1792. found fid«, o f this point, the low marfhy land takes a fouth-wed di-
Decem er.^ whofe other openings appeared to communicate with the
laft mentioned. Before thefe openings lie the fhoals already noticed.
On the northern fhore, immediately without the entrance
into the river, is an Indian village; a part of it only was occupied
by the natives, who fupplied our friends very liberally with falmon,
and promifed to follow them with more to the vedel. From hence
they fleered for a low fandy ifland, partly covered with trees, in the
eaflern part o f the found, with foundings from 7 to 5 fathoms, until they,
drew very near to it, when the water became fo {hallow that they were
obliged to hawl off. Towards its north-wed part 2% fathoms were found
clofe to itT Mr. Broughton had no opportunity o f examining whether
there was any paffage in this fituation towards the fouthern fhore, as it
was at this time dark ; but, by its former appearance from the elevated
land on the northern fhore, he was o f opinion there was not. A bank
nearly dry continued all the way from this ifland to point Adams. He
however palled fome didance along the north edge of the bank, towards
Tongue point, in 3 fathoms water, until nearly a-bread of Gray’s
b a y ; here they came to overfals from 3 to 7 fathoms, and found
themfelves within, or to the fouth of, a dry bank, which obliged them to
pull back in order to clear i t ; after which they had regular foundings
in croffing Gray’s bay from 4 to 6 fathoms water.
A t nine' in the evening the party arrived on board the Chatham;
having employed exaftly half the time in returning, that had beep Occupied
in going up this river, in confequence of the general rapidity of
the dream downwards, and of being affided fOmetimes by a favorable
wind,
Mr. Broughton had now lod fight o f the Difcovery twelve days, and
though he had received no orders for the invedigatioh he had undertaken,
yet he was convinced, that in fo doing he would aft agreeably
to my withes; and having obtained fo much information, he deemed
it expedient to join the Difcovery with all poffible difpatch.
Much to his fatisfa&ion, he found the Chatham ready in every refpeft
for fea; the next morning fhe was unmoored; but the wind from the
•3 ead
ead fhifting fuddenly to the fouthward, and blowing in fqualls very hard, »79».
attended with a heavy rain, they remained at their anchorage until the .Deccmberl
next day, when the weather being more moderate they got under w eigh;
but they had feareely filled their fails when the wind, as on the preceding
day, came round, and as they had a very narrow fpace to work in
between the northern fhore and the fhoals, they. again anchored in 8
fathoms water, to wait a more favorable opportunity, This prefented
itfelf in the afternoon; but by the time they had reached the large de-
ferted village, it again became dormy, with a heavy rain from the wed-
ward, which compelled them again to dqp in 6 fathoms water, a little
below the deferted village called by the natives Chenoke. Cape Difap-
pointment bore by coinpafs n . 84 w ., Tongue point n . 64 e ., one mile
didant; point Adams s. 51 w „ and the neared fhore north, at the distance
o f a quarter o f a mile.
The fame unpleafant weather continued until the next morning,
(November 6) when, with the wind at e .n,e ., they dood towards cape
Difappointment. The launch founded the channel before the vedel,
and the furf was foon feen to break aerofs the paffage leading to fea
with great violence, and in fuch a manner as to leave no apparent
opening. The wind at this time alfo veering to the fouth, induced
Mr. Broughton to bear away for a Bay that is fituated immediately
within, and on the eadern fide o f cape Difappointment; the fouth-ead
end o f that promontory forms its wed point of entrance; its ead point
being formed by the wed extremity o f the fpit bank, lying from each
other e.s.e . and w. N.w., about three quarters of a mile afunder. In
padmg the channel a fufficient depth o f water was found, until bordering
too much on the fpit bank they came into 3 fathoms, with a very
eonfufed fea that broke violently on the bank. A t ten in the forenoon
they anchored in 5 fathoms water; point Adams, by compafi,
bearing S..46E.; Chenoke point s, 86 E .; the inner part of cape Difappointment
forming th e . wed point of entrance into the Bay s. 4 E.,.
half a mile didant; and the fouthernmod part of the coad in fight
s , 2 6 e „
Here