114 A N A C C O U N T O F
1783- C H A P T t I XI.
SEPTEMB1R*
FurtherAccount o f,HkStfatwespf f eaew.— j4 Gouneil -of State
isbetitfitit the Brea fang -up fifi'iobieb'tbe Kbtg ¥efu efisof
CdptbinWirsdN ten Mehtagewribbim on vfieabwi.-EStp'^
Hifibh dgainft ibe.fume Enemy— wbrdb n tagreedlto.^aE)efirip*
-tan o f’the 'FtaHee fifOre Wnrr&rs^Bur 'People PeMtfi j§6
Oroolonc, find tbeir Countrymen ‘Seed, and i'npf'etit'Uttft3?
nBkity advancing tbe Veffeli— Pbe ten Mehfil6tfed~%tibo %ere
to -attend tbe -King - to -Battle*
Monday 1. r I 'HIS day in the forenoon, a great council was held, in
-*■ the open air, on the large fquare pavement near the
houfe allotted to the Englijk. It confided of a number of
Rupacks, or Chiefs* feated each on a Angle ftoiie, placed;'
near the outer border of the pavement; that for the King
was more elevated than the reft; and cjofe to the fide of it
was a ftone ftill higher, on which heoccafionally refted his
arm: when in their places,,they are encircled by officers of
inferior rank. They debate from fide to fide, on whatever
fubjedl happens to be under difcuffion, and it was underftood
that the plurality of opinions determined the matter before
them.
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them. In the ptefent cafe it did not require the knowledge
of their language to difcoye® the bufipgfs they were on; as
the houfe in which the Captain and his' companions were,
looked full on their .council;''and their geftures, as well as
fhe frequent repetition of the words sd&*j3fear .and Artxn-%
©ala, left out people no room to douht but tha^ ,lj^ haa
been the fubje<ä of their deliberation.. After, the council
broke up, the King, attended hy the ,linguift, came to the
kaufe where the EngUJh weKe,„apd requefted Captain
yoK would permit teji of his men to. .gp with him ■ to battle,
againft t.he fame enemy gs before. Captain Wilron Replied
to theiKing nearly as hehad done before, “ that theFpgfifi.
« were his friends, and would regard thofe who were; ids
« - being .enemies o f Jtheir own.5?. ;TMs repl#
greatly pleafed the King. The Captain defiringto know
thexsy*feofthe war, Abba T höule-informedhim,through
the diuguift:, Jithat Tome time back, at a feftival at ARnräN-
<5&AL,.on£-of his brothers, $nd Aw,oof his Chiefs,-hadheen
kiHedj had been .at war ever fince;
the people .of ART.in&all, fo far from making
faftfon, had prote<äed,tke murderer?. Captain WinsoN, in- _
treated that his, people, .might not he' .detained at :Palew
longer , fhan was 3}ep6fi$£ff> as it would .greatly retard the
-building of his vefiel. The King anfwered, “ that be.amid
p 'mt in decency fin d tb.ein knob tbe moment b e bad bad- < tbeir
fim ic e jyM t, thatfkp& ould keep tfip t^M y two or M e ß