Auguft.
of thé fmall river, and iii óönféquente« aoFthe weather, eohftned*f#; their
lodges:! as they muft have heard: Pf; if not feen, us; and out’ arms being
out o f order from the rain; I was not fatisfied with dtn» fitü&tiöö’¥‘ -but did
not wifli to create an alarm; We,-therefore, kept in the edge of the wood,
and called to them, when they turned out dike To many furies, with their
arms in their hands, and threatening deftïüöionrif we dared tb^pp retell
their habitations. We remained ixi our Ration till theiï paflion and ap*-'
prehenfions had fubfided, when'our interpreter, gave them the üeëeffary'
information refpeSirig us. They proved to be ftraugers to us, but were
the delations of thofe whom we had already feen here, and who, as they'
told us, were upon an ifland at fome diftance tip the rivSrï1 A mèffengeri
was accordingly fentto inform them o f out arrival.
On examining t te 1 canoe, and ouripn^ehy,^hich we'had'l^ft behind,
we found it in perfeft fafety; nor was there the print of a foot near
the fpot. We now pitched our tent, and made a blazid^fiW, Md f trekthd*
Monday 5. myfeHjas well as the people, with a dram; but we had bfeti fd long without
tafting afly fpirituous liquor, that we 'had loft dll relifh for it.
The Indians now arrived from aboVe, and were rewarded for the care
they had taken of our property with fuck articles as were acceptable to
them.
- A t nine this momingT fent five men in the canoe, fdr the Various
articles we had left below, and they foon returned with them,' and ex--
cept ferae bale goods, which had* got wet, they were in good order,
particularly the provifions, of whi<JhVe were flow ih great need. '
Many of the natives arrived both from the upper and lower parts of
the
the river, each of whóm ’Was drefled in a bearer robé; I purchaféd ^ 798^
fifteM of them^dnd they preferred large knives in fê*changk It is -an -V—-
extraordinary circumftance, that thefe people, who might havé taken all
the property we left behind us, without the leaf! fear of detection, fhould
leave that untouched, and purloin any of - our utenfil% which ‘pun confidence
in their honefty gavethenyaready opportunkyjjf taking. In
faft, feveral articles .were miffing;; and as I was very anxious to avoid a
quarrel with the natives,rin this, ftage p f our journey, I told thofe who
remained near us, without any appearance pfapger, that their relations
who were gone, had no idea of- the paifchief that, would refill t to them
from taking our property; < I gravêfy added, that the falmon;. which w.a&
not drily their favourite food, but-abfolutely neceftary to their exiftence,.
came from the fea which belonged to us white men; and that as, at the
entrance of the river} we could pceyent thofe fifh from coming up it, we
poflefled -fbe power to' ftarve .them, and their children. To avert our
anger, thèréfo^ they . mUft r return all the articles that had beer» fiolen
fröm us. This finefTe.rucceeded. Meffengers were difpatched to order
the reftoration of every -thing that had been takefl.. We purchafed feveral
large falinon of them and enjoyed the delicious meal which they
afforded.
At noon this day, which I allotted for repolè, 1 got a meridian altitude,
0 .1 . i i . which gave 53. 24. 10, I alfp .took time. The weather had
been cloudy at intervals.
Every nec.cfta.ry preparation had been made .yeflertiay fdr us. to con-- TutóLy. 6.
tinue our route to day; but before our departure, fome of the natives
Ivin) .., /• , arrived