[XXXI‑8] Sir William Beeston, governor of Jamaica, issued a proclamation in keeping with these instructions on the 8th of April 1699, and similar orders were issued by the governors of Barbadoes and New York. Darien, Orig. Papers, 42-6.
[XXXI‑9] Up to this time the king had partly concealed his policy. June 28, 1697, the council of the company complain to the king of the action of his resident in Hamburg. Aug. 2d, the secretary of state replies that the resident has been directed not to obstruct the company's negotiations. On the 28th of September 1697 the company's directors complain that the resident has received no such order. July 22, 1698, parliament was besought to assist in procuring from the king such action as would deter his resident at Hamburg. An inquiry by the council, Jan. 13, 1699, is answered by the secretary of state Feb. 7, 1699, requesting information about the settlement. Darien, Orig. Papers, 10, 20, 34; confirmed in Darien, Enquiry, 26-33; and in part in Macpherson's Annals, ii. 666.
[XXXI‑10] For full description of these people see [Native Races, vol. i.], this series.
[XXXI‑11] His reason was restored after he returned home, and he lived until 1719. Four years before his death he was awarded the sum of £18,241 as indemnity for his losses in the Darien expedition.
[XXXI‑12] Winterbotham, Hist. U. S., 125, gives 1698 as the date of this memorial. There is a copy of the original in Defence, Scots Settlement, 2, where the date is given as in the text.
[XXXI‑13] In August 1699.
[XXXI‑14] The capitulation was signed March 31, 1700.
[XXXI‑15] When news arrived in Mexico of the capitulation of the Scotch, the church bells were rung and a solemn thanksgiving observed. Robles, Diario, iii. 254.
[XXXI‑16] Ariza, Darien, MS., 18-21. In this work the career and fate of García are told.
[XXXI‑17] This information was furnished by the dean of the cathedral of Panamá.