i 54 A N A C C O U N T OF
1783- .
SEPTEMBER*
Monday 29»
fpear, but that he would fpeak to him further on this matter
the /next..morning.— As his two friends, the Rupacks, then
wanted to go to reft, he requeued that h e m ight I take them
to fleep in the vefiel, i^lthe- teht was to d fm a llfo r th em .
The. fucceeding day th e General. again ■ mentionedito Mr.
Sharp his fon’s accident; he informed him, that part of the
fpear was broken in his foot, and could not be.extra&ed;
reqtrefting that he would go. down , to Pelew, to ‘fee i f it
was poffible to draw it out. Mr. Sharp underftanding that
the young man’s foot was greatly rfwelled, and had been fomented,
wiihed that the fomentation'might be continued',
as the heft means to abate the fwehihg; aequaintWgdifee
General, that having three-of th e irb e ft men v e r y iM, it
would be out o f his power to accompany him that day to
Pelew, but as foon as. they were better, he would imme*
diately attend him. , .
Mr. Sharp enquired of lome o f our people who had been
in the battle., by what means the. youth had received this
wound; and learnt that the fpear having been flung into,
his foot, by trying to-pull it out, they had broken itlhort off ;H
that the natives then applied a cord, fattened to the end of
the fpear which remained in his foot, and had' exerted great
ftrength. to. extract it, but the barb of the fpear having been
forced between the final! bones, the inflammation and fuelling,
which immediately took place, rendered every effort
ineffectual; and. they would 5 more eafily, in the ftate the
limb.
limb, was, have/ pulled* off his foot*-! than havte^drawn out,thé* ^
£r'a£trired_ fpear. . 1 A^native, reputed' ',tG)N**.b^I fldlled in- thefe ;
matters,.was ».tl^en fümmon’ed thef v^outid-; who,
with a fmöïipk^i'fe, whiebu he. ih^.'jgbfr’f r é tk ljh e wreck/
hesaafefo* cut awayifhe%fle£b^ in bone b a re ;
Jaatt^b eings probably. preve nted * fin i fh in g f k e { j a ^ m & o n d f r iÉ h ,
the effufion o f blood, after Wangling the^p%i^'ey^f-efoAed
to their aceuftomed ^p3etho4^vOf• foménfetite^ëwbièlOlhey
were-purfuing*(asj the General. fzdcK)Vwhbh h esdeftfRe Ï,ew.
About noon Raa K ook went from Orqolo^ s , ,taking|with
him, th e , f lo w in g men, and .alfo.^thfe-.-fe4MlTguh,- for .the
third expeditidn, ;viz.> Mr. CüMMiN’/Mr. M. W ilson,- Jo hn
BLANCH'fthegunner, - John Meal -, J amb'S- +S|jykFTt N icholas
T y a ck e , Maha-n ^Blanchard, T h o m W hi f *51
T homas'W il so n , and T homa-s DuLTo'dli'- Mr. -DEvis.’-iae-i
companied them as. a volunteer.— This expedition appeared
to,be q£ great; eonfequence, as all the neighbouring Rupacks
were f^is-timc to attend the King;-whereas ónuhe two^fófmër
expeditions he had none,but his own fuhjedfewithhim;, ex-
cept the Englijb,
The veffel wasmow fo far advanced,; that’ hatö-rig ■ planked
her up-As high as the bends, in the afternoon -they|b^gah%i:b
tiench Under her bottom, in order tó plank to the k e el;
this had like to have been deftruélive to* all their labours,-
for the tide, in the beginning o f the night-, riling higher
than ufual, broke into the trench, and had nearly walked
1 a
T uefday 3.0.
away