p. 392.
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p. 396.
he perceived that the poor fellow, whom he named Jofeph Freewill, from his
readinefs to go with them, became gradually lickly, after he had been fome
time at fea. He lived only till they got to the IHand of Celebes, where he
died. The largeft of thefe iilands, which the natives called Pegan, and to
which Captain Carteret gave the name of Jofeph Freewill’s Wand, lies in
50 minutes north of the line, and in 137° 51’ eail longitude.
Purfuing their courfe on the N. W. on the 27th of October they arrived
on the coaft of the Wand of Mindanao. The boat going aihore to procure
refreihments, obferved at the fouthermoft extremity of the ifland a town and
a fort. As foon as ihe was difcovered by the people there, they fired a great
gun. and fent off three boat« or canoes full of people; and the Lieutenant,
who commanded the boat, not having fufficient force with him to oppofe them,
returned to the ihip.
Being thus difappointed of landing here, on the 2d of November they
anchored in. a little bay to the eaftward, and procured from a river that was
near two boat loads of water ; but about nine o clock at night they were fur-
prized by a loud noife on that part of the fhore abreafl of the fhip, made by
a great number of human voices, which very much refembled the war-hoop of
the American favages.
The next day, a parley taking place on fhore,’one of the people addreffed the
Lieutenant in Dutch, and afterwards in bad Spanifh: in which language,
having aiked many queftions, hepromifed that they fhould be introduced to the
Governor, and all their wants fupplied. -But about two hours after many
hundreds of men p.ofted themfelves among the trees on the beach, armed
with muikets, bows and arrows, long pikes or fpears, broad fwords, hangers
and targets. It was in Captain Carteret’s power to have deftroyed many of
thefe unfriendly people by firing his great guns, but it would have anfwered
no purpofe. And ftill hoping to procure refreihments, upon friendly terms,.
at the town, he refolved to vifit it.
Accordingly,
Accordingly, early on the 4th; they failed from this place, which he called P- 396-
Deceitful Bay. But juit as they arrived off the town, the weather becomihg
thick, with heavy rain, and the wind blowing hard towards the fhore, they
were obliged to iland off, and having no time to lofe, Captain Carteret
thought it moil prudent to bear away for Batavia.
All the fouthern part of Mindanao is extremely pleafant, with many fpots P* 399*
where the woods have been cleared for plantations; and fine lawns, of a beautiful
verdure. This part alfo is thickly inhabited, as well as the neighbouring p- 398.
iilands. It lies in about 6® 15’ north latitude, and 127® 20’ eail longitude, p. 401.
Captain Carteret fufpedts that this oppofition to their landing was made by
fome Dutchmen who were in the town, or at lead Dutch partifans, to prevent
their having any intercourfe with the natives.
After leaving Mindanao, greatly difappointed in their hope of procuring p* 402»
the neceffaries they fo much wanted, they ilood to the weilward, and the
ihip failing fo ill, they made but little way; by the 3d of December the p-4°5*
ravages of the fcurvy were become univerfal. Through the infufficiency of
the hands to navigate the ihip, occasioned by this difeafe, they were in continual
danger, from the tempeiluous weather th t prevailed; and the winds
and currents were fo ilrong againil them, that they endeavoured in vain to find
a place of refreihment. In this deplorable fituation, which one would
imagine it was almoil out o f the reach of fortune to iricreafe; on the 10th Pi4o6.
they had the additional misfortune to be attacked, without any previous-fuf-
picion, by a pirate, at midnight: this fudden attack, however,, rather roufed
than depreffed them; and though the pirate attempted to board tliem before
they had the leail apprehenfion of an enemy being near, they defeated his pur-
- ftofe. He then plied them very briikly with what they fuppofed' to be fwi.vels
and fmall arms; and wounded the lieutenant and one of the- men; but they
foon returned his falute with fuch effeil, that ihortly after he funk, and all on
board periihed. It was a fmall veffel; and- they afterwards learnt that ihe
belonged to a freebooter, who had more than thirty fuch ihips under his
command.
On