1794- her counter, by Tome unknown hand, the reft of the diabolical: fcheme March. . '
— v-— i was detect«! before the contrivers had time o r opportunity to Garry it
intoexecution, and by the exertions o f the. crew the-veflfel was faved-
Mr. Brown ftated further, that by the bad, advice, and far worie example,
of thefe people* the natives o f raoft o f the leeward- iflands had'
arrived, at fuch a degree o f daring infolence, as rendered any communication
with, them from fmall velfels, or even anchoring near the
fhores, highly dangerous; and that he trufted it might be within the lim its
o f my authority to take from thefe iflands fuch improper and dangerous
affoeiates.
I reprefented in the ftrongeft terms to Tamaakrnaah, all the bad con-
fequences that were likely to refult from thofe people remaining on
Owhyhee-; but no- arguments could prevail upon him, or the chiefs,
to deliver them up. Their knowledge in the ufe and management of
fire-arms, made their fervices o f fuch importance,, that it was evident
nothing but compulfion would have any effe£l; and to have reforted to.
fuch a meafure, in which I was by no means certain how far I ftiould
be j,uftifiable, would neceffarily have produced, a breach, and deftroyed
that harmony which we had taken fo much, pains to eftablilh, and care
to preferve, In addition to which, thefe people were ftated ta poflels.
landed property in the ifland, and to, have conformed to the laws, both,
civil and religious. Nor had any fpecific charge been exhibited againft
the feven failors living on Owhyhee, like that produced by Mr. Brown
againft thofe at Attowai and Woahoo,
With Kavahtero» alfo refided a perfon by the name of Howell, who,
had come to Owhyhee in the capacity of a clerk on. board the Wafliing-
ton ; he appeared to poflefs. a good underftanding, with the; advantages
of an univerlity education, and had been once a clergyman in England,
hut had now fecluded himfelf from European fociety : fo. that with
Young, Davis, and Boid, there were now eleven white men on the ifland;.
but, excepting from thefe latter, I much fear that our Owhyhean friends
will have little reafon to rejoice in any advantages they will receive from,
their new civilized companions,.
To
To Yo u ng and Davis I delivered fuch teftimonials of their good con- 1794-
duft as I confidered them fully intitl'ed to, for the purpofe of fecurino- to '
them the refpefl and confidence of future vifitors, who would be warned
by them of the fnares and dangers they were liable to, from the evil-dif-
pofecl, civilized or faVage inhabitants, of the country.
The land wind blew faintly, and our progrefs from- Owhyhee was- fo
flow, that an opportunity Was afforded to a few fmall canoes from the
fhores of Koaarra to vifit us as we pafled; but we did not recognize
any of the chiefs, or our former acquaintances'. Towards noon the Tea
breeze reached us, with which we flood ta- windward, in. order to pafs.
to the north of the eaft point of Mo-wee ;, this engaged our time until
after noon on the following day, when we bore away along the north Tuerday^.
fide of that ifland.
In this route we fell in with the fouth-eafl fide of Mowee, near to
the ftation where our furvey had commenced the preceding year; and
in beating round the weftern part of the ifland, which does not terminate
in a projefting. point, bu.t forms a large rounding promontory, we
very anxioufly looked out for the harbour mentioned by Captain King;
as reported by the natives to exift in that neighbourhood: ; but nothing-
was feen that could1 warrant fuch a reprefentation, excepting two fmall
open coves, lituated on each fide of the eaftern extremity of the ifland;
thefe, anfwering all the purpofes of the inhabitants with their canoes,
probably induced, them to- fuppofe that fuch accommodations were all
we required. Off this, eaftern extremity, which, according to our ob-
fervations, is lituated in latitude 20° 44^', longitude 203° 58', and bearing
by compafs from the north-weft point" of Owhyhee > „ 7 w „ at the distance
o f'9 leagues, lies a fmall iflet, with fome rocks between it and the-
fhore. To the north of this iflet is. a- remarkably elevated hummock,
nfing almoft perpendicularly from the fea, but gradually defcending in a
flope in land; it was covered with a pleafing verdure, and occupied by
feveral houfes, but deftitute of trees or fhrubs.,' The adjacent country,
which was moderately elevated, prefented a fertile appearance, and feemed.
to be thickly inhabited, as far back as the foot of thofe mountains that
compofe the eaftern part of the ifland. As we pafled this rounding promontory^