tlie place where I had left my people, who were rejoiced to fee us return,
having been in a ftate- of great anxiety from our long abfenee. I immediately
remunerated th«i young chief for his company and affiftanee
m our voyage to the fea, a& welf as his father,, fear his j former attentions,
I gave them cloth and- knives, and, indeed, a portion of< every
thing which now remained to os. The prefents had the defired efie6f
of reftoring us to their favour ; but thefe people are of fb changeable a
nature, that there is no fecurky with them, I procured three: robes and
two otter-flaas,-and. if-.I couldhave :givenfuehaitfcides im exchange as-
they preferred, Ifhould probably have obtained mom I nowrepre-
fented the length ©f the way which I had to go, andrequefted fome fifh
to fopport us on our journey, when he defired us to follow him to the
houfe, where mats were immediately arranged, and a fifh placed before
each o f us.
We were now informed, that par dog, whom we had loft, had bee»
howling about the village ever finee we left it, and that theyhad reafoft
to believe he left the woods at night to eat the fifii he could find about
the houfes. I immediately difpatehed Mr. Mackay, and a man, in fearch
of the animal, but they returned without him.
When I manifefted my intention to proceed on my journey, the chief
voluntarily lent for ten roafted falmon, and having attended us with his-
fon, and a great number of his people, to» the laft houfe m the village, we
took our leave. It was then- half paft three in the afternoon. I
I directed Mr. Mackay to take the lead, and the others to follow him
I 'in
in Indian files,f at a long and fteadypace,asldeterrnined to bring up
the, near, I adopted this meafure from aeonfufion that was obfervable
among the natives- which, I did' nd.fc comprehend. I was not without
my fufpicions that fotoe mifehfef was in agitation, and they were in-
creafed 'from the; eonfufed noife we heard in the village. At the fame
time a%onfiderahfenumbercame running after us; feme of them making
figns form toftop, and others rufhing by ; I perceived alfo, that thofe
who followed us Were the ftrangeis who dive among thefe people, and are
kept by them in a ftate tixf awe and fabjeftion; and ©aae of them made
% ns to me that we were taking a wrong road. I immediately called
oufc to Mr. Mackay to flop. " TMsiwas naturaHy enough taken for an
alarmj' and threw mypeople into great diforder. When; however, I was
uaaderftoodv and we had muftered again, our Indian informed u% that the
nenfe wfe heard was occafioned by a debate among the natives; Whether
they irould flop us or not. Wben,therefcre, we had got into the right
road, I made fuch arrangements as might be neceflary. for our defence, if
We ftiould have an experimental proof, that our late and fickle friends were
converted into , enemies.,
Out way was through a fbreft oC ftately-cedafts, beneath a range Of
lofty hills, covered with roeks^ and-Without any view o f the r iv tr .. The
path was well beaten, but rendered incommodious by*the large Rohes
which iay#long jfi.
Asi we were continuing our route, we aH felt the fenfetion o f having
found a loft friend at the fight o f our dog; but he appeared, in a great
degree, to ^aye foft fife former iagacity.;:i* He raft in a wild way backwards
and forwards; and though he kept bur road, I could not induce
him
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