IgMt danger which might not exift, and if it did, I ^e^t|r^§e4ilMiiïI'with the,
*Trrx- r J j ^ n g g s g ^ p ’S e ^ iijt^ fjjr(giqttBting! |t»fo Nor did I forget to urge t h e t
hunaja&ityï and ityuftipe qfofoairingfltheipqqr fiek^ aCiidL j
die. I alfo.added, .thatasmy particulajj ebjé£t: fiad been! accopplifhedv I:
had nqw no other "but ourcoramon, fafety ;, that th& foie.^dh,of my,
heart was to employ thé beft means in my power, and to purfue the beft.
inqthdd, which myunderftanding.couldfoggeft, to. fecure them: and nSyfojffopm
£ver^dapgei:;that might imp-fdelpor' rqbdfowfo
My fteerfman, who had been with me;for five years in that capacity,
inllantly. replied, that he wasready to follow; me wherever I {liquid go, but
that he would never again enter that canoe,; as he hadfolemnly fwornhe.
would not,;while he was in the . rapid. -His example -Was followed by
all the refo exeept two, \^hq embarked with Mr. Maekay,* myfelf, and
ih ? % ^ Ipdian. : The current,^however, w as fodlrong, that we‘ dragged
up .the greateft part óf the way, by the branches of.trees. Our progrefsi-
as may he imagined, was very tedious, and attended with-uncommon
labour ; the party who went by land being continually obliged to wait
Mackay’s gun was carried out,of the.canoe and,loft, at a time2
when, we appeared tp ftand in very great need of it , as two canoes, with
fixteen Qf, eighteen men, were coming down, the ftream; and the appre-*
henfions^.w^di they occafioned did,not fubfide till they {hot by us with;
great rapidity. w - • . ■
At length yre came in fight of the houfe, when we faw our young Indian
* I t is but common juftice to him, to mention in this place, that-I had eye^y. reafon to be
fatisfied .with
with
.with fix . others, .nn 3h banae1 coining to1 meet us; | This1 was alvery enJ.
couraging oheumftance^.as it-.fa^isfiedrUs, that th^'nativesbwho hdd pip.
■ fegded, and;whole: maligiianit defigns.’weohad every reafon'to fafpefr,
hadjn^beep able)to spr&judiee therpeoplef againft ids;- We; therefor^
landed a^ythe hcmfo,?whefe,wigf,wer,e';fe'ceived in a frieiidly manner, ;and
J^yipg procured fome fob, we proceeded on our journey. :
< ,It .was almoft dark;whep. we .arrived at the next houfe,; and ‘ the firft
perfons , whp prefented themfelyes to our observation were the turbulent
Indian and; his four companions. They were not very agreeable objefils;
but, we wereneverthelefs well received «by, the'inhabitants, who. prefented
us wjth fifh .and berries. . The Indians who had caufed us fo’ much
alarm, .wp nowu discovered, tofoe inhabitants of .the iftandsMnd tmdersdti
various articles^ fuch as .c.edar-bark, prepared to. be wove into mats,’ fifh-
fpawn, copper, iron, and heads, the .latter o£ which'they get on their owb
qqaft. For thefe.they, recpive-in exehangp-i»aftedifiafosja^:.feemldcl^barfc
cake§, and foesicforreh,an#bitterberries;
Hwn&prqcured,as much'fifh as would ferve us for our fupper, and the
»^aJs;9f foe next |ay, all my people went to reft except ;6ne, with whom
I kept :the,firft watch. | ,.
After twelve Iaft,night;I cabled op Mr. Maekay, and oneof the men,
to relieve us, but a? a general tranquillity,appeared to prevail in the
place, I recommenced them to return to.their r e f i l l was the firft awake
the morning, andjqqt Mr. Mackay:tq- fee if our canoe-remained where
we left it; but he returned to Worm me that the Iflanders had loaded it
with, foeir articles .of traffic, and were rpady to depart. On this -intelligence
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