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1783. <{ for his courage, by immediately placing -with his own
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“ hands hftring o f beads in his ear, and making him after-
u wards an inferior Rupack .on his'.return to .Pe lew . ■ j
“ In this a£tion five canoes were deftroyed, which the
“ enemy had hauled on Chore, |and . alfo |their w h a r f . or
•“ caufeway, which was much longer-and broader than that
“ at Pe l ew . -Befide doing much" other damage to the ene-
“ my, they brought away the ftonc; 011 Which the King o f
“ A rt in g a l l fits when in council; this afforded occafion
“ for great rejoicings when they got back, although thefe
“ Were not fo truly felt as after the fecond battle, the triumph
“ of the day being overclouded by .the death o f Ra a K o o k ’s
“ Ton, and another youth o f note, both killed in this engage-
“ ment,. as-' alfo from having thirty or forty o f their people
“ wounded,feveral o f whom died, in confequence thereof, in
“ a few days after their return to P elew 'mg
Wednefday ’ T h is ; morning. Mr; Barker unfortunately fell backward
from one - of the ftages, and was much hurt.— Our men
| being now employed about the yeffel, and Ra a K ook
waiting with two . canoes at Oroolqng, Captain Wilson
went, by the particular defire o f the King, to pay a vifit to
the Rupacks who attended him on the laft expedition. The
Captain was accompanied by his Ton H e n r y W il s o n .,
* T h e carrying o f f the, regal ftone from A r t in g a l l might add as much imaginary
glory to the day as our firft -Ed .w a r d ’ s bringing.to W e s t m in s t e r the inauguration
ftone o f the Kings of S c o t l a n d /
I T homas,
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T homas Du l to n his fervant, and the linguift.— After, they 1783.
had got out o f the harbour they waited Tome time for the ° Cl *
canoes,'which had been fifliing..-— The General Tent a turtle
and fome Fiih to the tents, arid took the reft to Pelew, where
they arrived about ten, o’clock at night ; the King: had heen
gone an hour before to the great ill and .called Emu nos,
where tlrefe Rupacks lived, but had left, his ekl.eft fon, Qu i
Bil l , to-.receive. Captain W ilson and go forward with him,
— Raa K ook afked the Captain i f lie liked to follow his brother';’
but he declined going any further, till morning, feeling
himfelfundifpofed, -
About feven o’clock the next morning they embarked in Thurfdayg.
Raa K ook’s' canoe ; the General was accompanied by;tWo
o f his wives, having eleven men to paddle, and taking with
them pfovifion for the day j they went to" the northward
' about- ten or twelve leagues, and -about noon were, off the
mouth of-a rivulet that ran u p -into the -iffand o f Emun.Qs,
where A bba T hulle then; w a s— R aa K ook here, ornamented
his: canoe with fhells, and founded his conch, to give
■ notice o f his arrival. ;
This rivulet was . both narrow and fhallow, its fides. full
o f mangrove trees, w h ich in feveral. places were cut away to
■ make a-free paffage for the canoes to pafs up and down.—
In their paffage: to get into- the rivulet or creek, they were
frequently in danger of .being a-ground, which the natives ,
Teemed much to fear, .on. account o f the fliarp coral-ft,ones
V / • upon