of three split stockfish upon a dark blue
ground, were shortly afterwards for the first
time displayed upon the top of one of the
warehouses of the town, under a salute of
eleven guns from the Margaret and Anne,
and were afterwards hoisted upon Sundays,
and occasionally on other days. Mr. Jorgensen
now, as much perhaps for the sake of
finding what merchandise could be procured,
as for the purpose of seeing that his various
proclamations were respected, accompanied
by five of his soldiers, made a journey across
the country to its most northern parts, in*the
course of which he was every where received
with the kindest welcome, as well whilst his
guard was with him, as on his return when
only escorted by a single Icelander. In all
places that he visited, the natives crowded
about him to relate the impositions they were
subjected to by the Danes, and to assure
him of their satisfaction in the prospect of
being freed from their tyranny.
During the time he was occupied in this
expedition, Mr. Phelps was employed in
executing a part of his Excellency’s orders,
by putting the town and harbor of Reikevig
in a state of defence, an office he readily undertook
for the security of the very considerable
property he now had there, as well as
of that which he still expected from England.
For this purpose a battery, denominated
Fort Phelps, was formed near the
town, at which the natives, in great numbers,
and the crew of the Margaret and Anne,
worked with so much alacrity that it was in
a short time completed, and mounted with
six guns, that had been dug up from the
sand on the shore, where they had long been
lying ; having been sent over from Denmark
one hundred and forty years ago.
The order for the confiscation of all Danish
property in the island, which* was begun to
be put in execution immediately after the
publication of the second proclamation, was
still more vigorously prosecuted on Mr. Jorgensen’s
return from the north. The property
contained in the shops and warehouses
in Reikevig, which had from the first day
been secured by a guard, was now put under
sequestration, and persons were sent for the
more effectually enforcing of the decree to J o
the distant factories, such as H avnfiord and