and defired by the interpreter Glottoff and two of his
people to come on fhore and barter. Glottoff however,
having fuffident caufe to diftruft the favages,refufed
to comply with their demands : upon this they immediately
landed, and fhot from the fhore with fire-arms, but
without doing any execution. They were even bold enough
to get into their canoes a fecond time, and to row near the
veffel. In order if poffible to procure intelligence from
them, every’method of perfuading them to peace was tried
by means of the interpreters ; and at laft one of them
approached the fhip and demanded victuals, which being
thrown to him, he came on board. He then related the
-fate of the above-mentioned veffel, of which the iflanders
had made themfelves mailers ; and gave likewife fome intelligence
concerning the remaining fmall body of fugitives
under the command of Korovin. He alfo confeffed,
that their defign was to entice Glottoff on fhore, and
then to kill him ; for which purpofe more than thirty
iflanders were polled in ambufh behind the nearefl
rocks. After cutting off the leader, they imagined it
would be an eafy matter to feize upon the fhip. Upon
this information Glottoff detained the iflander on
board, and landing with a ftrong party attacked the
favages; the latter fhot with arrows, as well as from
the mufkets which they had feized, but without effect,
and were foon forced to retire to their canoes.
July
July the 14th a violent florm arofe, in which d o t -
toff’s veffel parted her cable, and was forced on fhore
without any other lofs than that of an anchor. The
crew likewife, through want of frefh provifions, began
to grow fo fickly, that they were almoit in a defencelefs
flate. Glottoff however, with ten men, fet out the 28 th
of July for that part of the ifland, where according to
information they expelled to find Korovin. They dif-
covered only parts of the wreck, but none of the crew,
fo that they now gave them up for loft. But on the
2d of Auguft, as Glottoff was on his way back, five
iflanders approached him in canoes, and afked why the
baidar had been out j to which a falfe anfwer being
given, they told him, that on the other fide of the ifland
he would find Korovin with his people, who were
building an hut on the fide of the rivulet. Upon receiving
this intelligence, Glottoff and his companions
went over land to the place pointed out by the iflanders,
and found every thing agreeable to .their information :
in this Korovin had not the leaft fhare, not having
been made privy to the tranfacftion. The circumftances
of his joining, and afterwards feparating from Glottoff,
have already been mentioned *-.
* See the preceding Chapter.
R Glottoff