retained fome common Spanifh phrafestheiather h ad fh e appearans»
o f being deraagedin mind. |
Captain Cook once,more ac-?
companied by Captain. Gierke -indl3be-.I>ifce.we®yE;
the jjarth^vs^coafb o f America, in -1777. > .They anchored. .at-Gweh.
tapeha <oa the. 1 3th . of-Auguft, and found Teianraboo^ ati dpfcitjjsrie
fubjedt tb a k b y tw e lv e .y eh s^ ^ to\tkej£ortnef;WabeaHaaa,
whabrik'dlsd dlmaft i\ira.yeassb?f®^e.\ j
When Sthe a
natiyg. of, the neighboring
companied Captain Fnmqaux;&mt-Ae latter 5d*he,c«sfd proceeded to
England in t ^ Adventaire/hfterf parting ^ith dhe^efoliation. - l i e
returned feom:thence with Captain Cook <on g & third voyage.'. Thas
young man wias nqt o f th e -higher Tank amon^ his schuntrynien, mof
were his tedents iof a fapefiot caft. I»®ugidhd gr^afrattetl-tiori w«S
pad-to him h y fbraehf ti$e &cbflhy,oba£ few^^fai^y.'irl^^A'<i9da8
^mufpwiPnt, arid tended rather to augment than to id iw n ifh '.h kh aj
bitual profligacy. One friend o f human kind, M r iG ^ h v illp Sharpy
«aftK> great pains to inftrudt him Jii « e a d a ^M bW * * ^
preft h®s mind witk -ii^siMGtaDMky; and^e|igW8f
fnfaptihlejof eonvidtioa b y familiar arguments onithe-fetterdubjedbs,
afad; had. made fueh ;progr-efs by. ;apfdip|tiQ®? to the:, former, «hat
he witste from risk G up eb f Good Siepe a: ldtSei? to ftk ; loiander^Wsho
had accompanied^ Si*
expirefled b y Englllh charai&ers. Havmgviflted the F sk n d ty i& a d s
previoufly to his arrival at procured a garment richly
^d«rne<j with red andyeilosvr feathers, which hc^ig^nedtoiprefad tcg
Qtoo« T h is he delivered to young Waheadooa, requefting him «0
tranfinit it.-toGtoo, *0 t h e ^ p e ^ ir^ ia tia tin g himfeM' at Price with
both o f the, fovereigns in the ifland where he intended to fettle. The
prize .was, however, too valuable to-pafs through the-' hands.fof the
young, chief, who deemed a very fmafl part o f tjhe fa th e rs fufficient
to be lent to the monarch o f the larger peninfula.
Thfc ^hdy:aheh9l8dthereon-the, ayth
o f fri^ndiy -iintervieSV iuTfl^edift'teJy todkrplaeie 'With Otoo
and his f ^ c p y ,: w h ic b k ffm a lrd ,4n''i|hfci@Wie f$atg;&s, formerly.
„Captain Ceekdelivered into hk.hhaigeah ^ ig l ilh bMll,' three cows*
a horfe, a rmuii, Iwd rf^ h l^ 'ih f^ fj^ h id ^ h d ll^ b ^ e n igonyoyedrfrQm
E n g i r d : witb~yerjy rg ^ t? t-rpdhfe, ■./&. the hope o£-;fefl(feiahg idfential
fcrviee ^ - thefe boCpitoblp; ifl%pdiei§»: | ^Khg'Spabilh. bull had been
tran%orte4 f r p ^ TeiaKahooitf M^tavgerfiffid^^aytto Bsfebola; the
feyefl^g& d f jthafcijlfeid having ife®t an em i^ ^ . Y^hop^epded iio
-in£pir^io8i>$p.|^ncw^ iWrbdJbrffonj: Waheadfl^ai f Captain; Coek
arriving m tim s to flop its progrefs, committed this animal alfo, which
was of a capital breed jid h fhe ^Ujflody’d f 0tp,a. 'V^tioys domeftic
fowls wererhkewdfe left with him.^agd garden-fe^jjdanted in l^me
goovpd iclseared for d^-purgcd®, iQtoA* had befides f i i his'p^K®e!fi
the gander that.had b^h.'gbwd^^yseaaf b^Jb#iibf^ ^ a g t^ ii'fw ra ^ to
C l^ y a .. :r TJn^dydyjhad didJ^nifediftlfetfneFyi^Si'c^JtheRcfolutignf
Tfee bSdy^f; -Te, £he king’s" uncle,'nnd-fmini{iier of-tftatf, who had
then [been dead fou*.;n^onths,
H f fce-hete had arrived at MattaMfte-.byt-n SfhpKt(bmp before his^nglifh
fr,iends|’)tg whorn be; fhewed lan(adl^^t'fft#:t't%ch,0Wnf d hut bp dtdtined
the" ufe p f , fpme> clothihg which;thsy fhad^btobgb^ tollft ,a' prdfent «0
bjm. Qroan havtugcja^d. 4 f ^mpftdentlyj the di^ofal ‘"of; his
property at this place as'at Teiarraboo, the-defign- o f eftablifliing him
at Gtah^ijy /yths riehnqm^h^d• f '
Intelligeiace being received Trpm'dMnteOjV/that Maheine had.again
revolted from Motooaro, and had obliged him to take refuge in the
mountains,, Otoo earneilly eiilrcalcd.-..Captain,Cook 'to . 1 1 1 1 <V
part in the quarrel, but he prudently declined to .interfere. Human
facrifices .were pflered at AttahoorOo- to i-nfurefnccefs. to the expedition;
and Towha and Potatto again conduced the fleet belonging to their
diftrias, to attack Maheine. i They found him, however,- ; fo well!
prepared to receive them, that, after repeatedly applying;to.Otc^bf
reinforcements, without procuring any, they concluded a peace on