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J i l l fobs behaviour. Lordered the carpenter not to quit me
— ■ till-the other people were in the boat. ^Nageete* finding
I .would not flay, loofed' himfelf from : my hold andgwent
off, and we" a-l-^ot Into the boat ex-eept one man, Who,
while I was getting on boardV quitted it, and ran up the
beach to eaft the flera faft off; motwithftanding the matter
arid others called to him 4© i et-nra, while they were hauling
mé out of theiyater. -
I was nu fooraer in the- boat than the attack began by
,ab^eftr2 ë emen? thè unfortunate poor naan who had nan
up the beach was knocked down,-and the domes, flew like
a fhower of fhot., Many Indians got hold of the Hern rope,
puft were near hauling t he boat on there; which they would
certainly have effèdtédj/üf I had not had a knifein my
pdckefowifh- Which I out; the rope. We then hauled off io
the grapnel, every one- being naore or lèfs hurt. ‘ At .this
time, I law'five öf thi natflr^s about the poor -man they had
killed, and two* o$ihen$ wtsfe beating'‘him about thediead
with ftèiiés in their hajacte.
We had no time to reflect, forto my furprife, they filled
their canoes with (tones, and twelve men came off after Us
to renew the attack,® which .they did fo effectually,, as neatly
to dilaHè us: MU Our gfrapöeï Wtes foul^but Pravadtóniee
■ hefe affifted usg the fluke bf0ke, afid we .gat to our Oars,
and-pulled to-fea. ■ They, however# oould paddh; röundus,
fo that we were Obliged to fiiftain the* attack without- being
aMe to return it, except with foeh ftones as tóéged<Sffistlie
boat, and in this I found we were veryitiferior to thenh.
We could not clofc, becaufé our boat was lumbered and
heavy,' o f which they well knew how to take advantage:'. I
therefore adopted the expedient of throwing overheard
Come clothes, which, as I expedted, they- flopped to pick
up;
tip:; and, as; Jt wa^hyifthis Amp Mrpoft dark,. they, gaye over j| |K
the attack>&d resumed towards; the Ihore, leaviqg.us.to .re- v.—
flteft qUcur unrhappy fituatipn. .
The poor man- killed by r the .natives was John .Norton:
this"was his feeoad Wcpyage^vith me a§ ayquarter-mafteF,
and® talk worthy ebsuaiefter made me lament h-i^ leffs .-v,er,y
much. "He has -left am aged .parent,-I am told, whom he
fnpp<s®tgd>.: ' . '
l once before fuftained a» attack qf> fimilar nature, with
a frhalter numberof 1 Europeans, ag-ainft a- multitude of Indians
r it was after the death of^G^ptain, Goqk, on the-Moral
-at Owhyfe.ee, .where 1 was- left by .Lieutenant ^ p g ^ Y e t ,
Botwithfianding this-experience, Lhad not ..an.idea-that the
power of a man’s -arm eUuld forowiftones^ from two tqcight
pounds, weighty -with- fu'ch fiasco -jand ex^Ctn^flf.as thefe
people-did. Here. uohilppily wci^erc .without fire-.arms, .
Which the Indians knew? and itt^as a fortunate ,circum-
fiance -that they did not begin to. attack us in - -cave, jyfof
jja 4hat( Gafedhp defhuifl)icfu.fonft|'have .feepn-lnev it ^Ipe, .and*
we fhould have had,^nothing, le ft-for it huf .to.j^blLour^y^.
as>dearly-as- w c could; in which I found ;every o-nev cheerfully
difpofed to -concur. This appearance of-.cefolution
deterred them; fuppofing' that they «eould-ql^lfttheiE pur--
pofe Wlthmit'.rifk mftQrfwe>W?ere' in the,-boaf.-: .,
'TMidgithds as-a ;fafople>'fif the
^iere Was-but little-reafon -to expert mucbfoenefitf b,y perfer
yqiin'g ihith®iht®nfopS>fiPpulahq ;* -ford confidered
their'good behaviour formerly to havq .proceeded from a-
dread of ouyfire-arms, andjwhich# therefbre, was- lik^y to-
eeafe, as' they knew we were flowdeftitute oftflem-: and,-even
fuppofing our lives not in danger# the boat and every thing
we had, would moft probably be taken from us,.and thereby
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