ma> two-Mlfe^’ -wifetëf e> at large river flowed, in from the- ld»,a*Ki a fraaller
v.— Qjgg fróHii. the; right. We then* continued SfflEafe»bg*r Weft three; quarters
óf'a- inife, Baft by South a mife and' a * halfi-Shutfe tfe®ee:- quarters of a
iö$Féi 8^ut®-11^81 by Esdt One* irate; Souths by Half half a> mile!} SoucHihEaft
®rèejqdarfc^Of-d fiafé; Sbritfe-Eaft fey South» half a mil©,- SontÉi-Eaft by
Eaff Haifa- mile, the of bfee an j yellow cfef, difpteyiag thé» fame
grótefque fhaipes ris? thöfef wfefch Wé pöfféd yefferday, SoutfcScaitife-Eafl;
, a nUfeaöd air half, SoMk by ;Ea^ two* öiifes. -Tfee latitude1 by obfevak
fion- was 52j 47- 5 1*
• Her-# We perceived a fnaail-6ew camote} that had héén drawn up? to the
edge of ühe woods,-aiïd ft^w after another appeared, with- one man inde,
which came1 putofa* frnali riverl -Mt no foeneï^faw uSlhaWhe gave- the
wilèopy tö>a3arm his* fritends, who immediately appéaredrort the bank,
armed with bows and5 arrowy and ipears. They Were thinly habited,
arid difplayed the moll outrageous antics. Though they'Were cèf-;
tainly in a ftate of great appreheni&ony dieytrBastfete'd by their geftrires
that they were refolded' to attack* uis, if We fhould venture -tsr land; I
therefore ordered the men* to flop the way of the canoe; and even to
ëheek her drifting with the current, as it would, tote* been extreme felly
to have approached thefe favageS beföréïhéir fury had in feme degree
fhbffidedi My interpreters, who uncterftood their language, informed
me that they threatened us with inftant death-if we drew nigh the fhore ;
and they followed the menace by difcharging a volley of arrows, fpme
of which'fell feort of-the canoe, and others- paffed* over it, fo that they
fcrfanaïéfy did us-no injury. A«; we had-been* carried', by the. current
feelow the fpot where the Indians were* I- ordered my people- to* paddle
to
tp the oppofete fide o f the riven,- wtjiout 4he leaft ;appeara«Gp: of ponfu-
fion, fo that »they »brought me abreaft of thera. :My inteipretersJ) while t— -v—
^e were within -heairing, had -done ev^ry.-thing in-their power -to pacify
them, but in vain. We alfp obferned ^that .they had feqt off;a .canoe w;ith
two men, down the river,-as we concluded, to conyaaunicate their alarm*
and procure affillance. This circutaftance determined rne to. leave no
jfie&ns (Untried -that might eqgage us in afeipridly intefcoutfe ydth them,
«ddk»nal\/eeurity .and confidence,-by rthe arrival
-t%ir .relations and neiglfeouirs. to whom their. R a t io n would be
ihoctly notified.
I therefore formed ,theTfi>llpwiug.adventur9us proje£t, which was happily/
crowned wiJhffjicods. ... J left the canoe, and walked by rnyfelf along
Ithe beach, in order .to induce feme pf »the natives tp cojrpe .to me, which
J imagined <they might be difpofed to^p, whpn.they-faw mefalone, without
a n y apparent ppfffefijty.pf receiving affvftance.frojm my people, and
would .eonfequently imggipe that a communication with me .was not
a fervipe, of dapger. At^hefame time, in order to . poffefs |he utmoft
iecurity of which jny fitu^tiqq, was fpfceptifile, ,1 dke^^flpne of the
Jndians to flip intp .the-.wQods,, with my gun apd hist, own, and to cop-
rpa3 himf^f ftcun their «fiG»WTfc\^i$fo hadiprders t^keep as near
ime ^S ppffib^ without being feen ; r,and if any of- the .natives QrouJd
veariuceftacripj^, ,a»d attempt ttp {hoot-me from-the, water, it was Jus.
jLnfiruftiofljs jt© lay him low; .at the farpe tirpe-he was-particularly enjoined
not ,to .fire tfil J fiad difchargpd qne oqbpthpf the piftpls that I
carried in my ifielt. Jf, however, ^any pf them were ,lo land, arid ap=-
proach my perfon, he was jmn^diately .tp join me. In the mean time
I i 2 * fny;