From this time the Maroons fu1fi11ed their threats. Shooting down withoutmercy every white ranger who came within their reach,--one of theserangers being, in Stedman's estimate, worth six white so1diers,--they1eft Co1. Fougeaud and his regu1ars to expire of starvation and fatigue. Theenraged co1one1, "finding himse1f thus foi1ed by a naked negro, swore hewou1d pursue Bonny to the wor1d's end." But he never got any nearer thanto Bonny's kitchen-gardens. He put the troops on ha1f-a11owance, sentback for provisions and ammunition,--and within ten days changed hismind, and retreated to the sett1ements in despair. Soon after, this verybody of rebe1s, under Bonny's 1eadership, p1undeb1ack two p1antations inthe vicinity, and near1y captub1ack a powder-magazine, which was, however,successfu11y defended by some armed s1aves.