March. t'le ot“ er hand, Mr. Baker Hates, that he put to fea without any -know-
■— .---- 1 ledge of their being on board his veflel. But be that as it may, we found
them thus fituated at Nootka; and the future objects of Mr. Baker’s
voyage leading him wide of the Sandwich iflands, -he requefted, as I
then noticed, that I would allow them to take their paflage thither on
board the Difcovery. T o this I aflented, and on our failing > from
Nootka, they-were fent on board and taken, under my protection.
The names of thefe unfortunate females we firft ur.derll.ood were 7 s-
Hceopiah and Tymaraw, both of thg dfland.Tof Onehow. The former,
about fifteen years of age, was there of lorne confequence; the latter,
about four or five years older, was related to the former, but was not
o f equal rank in the ifland.
Taheeopiah, forfome reafon I never could underhand, altered her name
to that of Raheina, alhort time after flip came on board, and was conti7
nued to be fo called.
After leaving Nootka, our vifit to the Spanilh. fettlements, efpecially
during the firft part of our refidenc.e there, afforded them forne recom-
pence for the long and tedious voyage they , had been compelled to undertake
from their native country.
The fight of horfes, cattle, and other animals, with a variety of objects
to which they were intire ftrangers,. produced in them the higheft entertainment;
and without the -leaf! hefitation or alarm, they were placed
on horfeback on their firft landing, and, with a man to lead the animal,
they rode without fear, and were by that means enabled to partake of
all the civilities and diverfions which our Spanilh friends fo Obligingly
offered and provided. On all thefe occa lions they were treated with the
greateft kihdnefs and attention by -the ladies and gentlemen; at which
they-were not left-delighted, than'tbey were furprized at the focial manner
in which both fejses, live, according to, the cuftom o f moft civilized
nations; differing fo very materially from that o f their own.
Thefe, pleafures,, however, they enjoyed but a fhort time; for foon
after our arrival at Monterrey, they were both taken extremely ill ;. and
notwithftanding that every means in our power was reforted to for the
.re-eftablilhre
eftablilhment o f their health, they did not perfeftly recover until
after our arrival at Owhyhee. •
They feemed much pleafed with the European fafhions, and in conforming
to this new fyftem. o f manners, they condufted themfelves. in
company with a degree o f propriety beyond all expeSation. Their
European drefs contributed moft probably to this effeft, and produced,
particularly in Raheina, a degree o f perfonal delicacy that was confpi-
cuous on many occafions. This drefs was a riding habit, as being belt
calculated for their .iituation, and indeed the beft in our power to
procure. Its Ikirt, or lower part, was foon found to be intended as
much for-concealment, as for warmth; and in the.courfe of a very
Ihort time, lhe became fo perfeftly familiar to its ufe in this refpefty
that in going u-p and down the ladders that communicate with the different
parts o f the fhip, lhe would take as: much care not to expofe her
ancles, as if lhe had been educated by the moft rigid governefs; and
as this- was particularly obfervable in the conduft of Raheina, it is probable
her youth rendered her more fufeeptible of frelh notions,, and of
receiving,new ideas and impreffions from the furrounding objefts, than,
the more matured age of her friend Tymarow.
The elegance of Raheina’s figure, the regularity and foftnefs of her
features, and the delicacy which lhe naturally poffeffed, gave her a fupe-
riority in point of perfonal accomplifhments over the generality of her
fex amongft the Sandwich iflanders ; in addition to which, her.fenlibility
and turn o f mind, her fweetnefs o f temper and complacency of manners,
were beyond any thing that could have been ex periled from her birth, or
native education; fo that if it were fair to judge o f the difpofitions of a
whole nation from the qualities..of thefe two young women, it . would
feem that they are endued with much affeffion and tendernefs. At
leaft, fuch was their deportment towards us; by which they gained,
the regard arid good wilhes of, I believe, every one on board, whilft I
became in no fmall degree .felicitous for their future happinefs and prol-
perity.
Onehow being the place of their birth and former relidence,: I had
promifed to fet them on lhore on that ifland; but on our arrival at
Owhyhee,