w o u ld n o r co u ld pafs u n n o tic e d an a f t o f fuch atro c ity . W i th th is
v ie w C ap ta in V a n c o u v e r had demanded o f the ch ie f o f W h a h o o th e
murderers o f M r . H e rg e ft and h is u n fo r tu n a te companions. It w a s
n o t fup pofed th a t th e p eop le fac rificed w e r e the ac tual perpetrators o f
th e ie m u rd e r s ) h ut th a t an equa l n um b e r o f the nativ es had been
g iv e n u p as an atonem en t fo r the Europ eans w e had loft.
T h e n a tiv e o f th is c o u n t r y w h o ac com panied L ie u ten an t H an fo n
w e had- th e fa t is fa d io n o f fe e in g return fafe in th e Difedalus. H e had
con d u c ted h im fe lf w i th th e g rea te ft p ro p r ie ty d u r in g the v o y a g e ,
r e a d ily c om p ly in g w i th w h a te v e r w a s required o f h im , and no t in cu
r r in g , in a n y o n e in ftan ce , th e d iflike o r ill-w ill o f a n y pe rfon on
b o a id the fliip . W h e r e v e r h e w e n t he re ad ily adopted the manners o f
th o fe ab out h im ; and w h e n at O w h y h e e , h a v in g d ilco ve red that fa v ou rs
from th e females w e r e to be p rocured at th e e a fy ex ch an g e o f a lo o k -
' “ g-gtafs» a nail, o r a k n ife , h e w a s n o t b a ckw a rd in p re fen tin g his
little o ffe r in g , and w a s as w e ll re ce ived as a n y o f th e w h ite p eop le in
th e fliip . I t w a s noticed to o th a t h e a lw a y s d ifp lay ed fome tafte in
f e le d in g th e objeCt o f his attentions. T h e k in g o f O w h y h e e e a rn e ftly
w ilh e d to detain h im on the ifland , m a k in g fp lend id offers to M r .
H a n fo n , o f canoes, w a r lik e in ftrum en ts , and other cu riofities, to p u r -
cha fe h im ; bu t i f M r . H a n fo n h ad been w i llin g to h a v e le ft h im ,
C o llin s w o u ld n o t h a v e con fen ted , b e in g v e r y an x io u s to re tu rn to
N ew So u th W a le s .
H e d id no t appear to h a v e acquired m u ch o f o u r lan gu ag e d u r in g
h is e x cu r fio n ; but feemed to comprehend a g rea t deal more than h e
co u ld fin d w o rd s to exprefs.
O n his a r r iv al at S y d n e y h e fo u n d h is w ife , w h om h e had le ft in a
fta te o f p r e gn an c y , in th e p ofie flion o f an o th e r na tiv e , a v e r y fine
y o u n g fe llow , w h o fince h is c om in g am o n g us had g o n e b y th e name
o f W y a t t . T h e circumftance o f his return, and the n o v e lty o f his
appearance, b e in g habited lik e o n e o f us, and v e r y clean , d rew m an y
o f his co u n trym en about h im ; and am o n g others his r iv a l, and his
wifi?. W y a t t and C o llin s e y ed each o th e r w ith in d ign ant fullennefs,
w h ile th e p o o r w i fe (w h o had re c en tly been d elivered o f a female
ch ild , w h ic h f lio r t ly after died) appeared te r r ified , and as i f no t k n ow in
g w h ic h to c lin g to as h e r p ro te s to r , b u t e x p e c tin g that lh e fhoutd
be
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b e th e fufferer, w h e th e r afcertained to b e lon g to h e r fo rm e r o r h e r
p re fen t h u fb and . A few d ay s , h ow e v e r , d e termined the p o in t : h e r
trav e lled h ufb and fh iv e red a fpear w ith W y a t t , w h o was w o u n d ed in
th e conteft, and th e w ife became the p r iz e o f th e v i f to r , w h o , after
th u s a fce rtain in g his r ig h t b y arms, feemed in d iffe ren t ab out th e rew
a rd , and was fo on after feen tra v e r fin g th e c o u n t ry in fea rch o f
an o th e r w ife .
T h r e e y o u n g gen tlemen o f th e D ifc o v e r y and C h a th am ’ s quarterd
eck s ar riv ed here in th e Daedalus, to p ro cu re paffages from h en ce to
E n g lan d . A m o n g th em w a s th e H o n o u ra b le T h om a s P it t, w h o on
h is a r r iv al he re firft lea rnt th e death o f h is fa th e r , th e late L o r d
Cam e lford .
C ap tain V a n c o u v e r n o t h a v in g ro om fo r all th e p ro v ifio n s w h ic h
w e r e fen t h im from th e p u b lic ftores o f th is fe ttlem en t, the g rea te ft
p a r t o f th em w e r e returned .
W h i le th e Daedalus w a s in th e m o rn in g ftan d in g in fo r th e h a rb ou r ,
th e A r th u r w en t o u t, b ou n d to that p a r t o f th e w o r ld from w h ic h fh e
w a s ju f t a r riv ed, th e n o r th -w e ft coa ft o f Am e r ic a . F o u r c o n v i& s
w h o fe terms o f tranfp ortation h ad e x p ired w e re p e rmitted to q u it
th e c o lo n y in he r . S h e alfo to o k aw a y th e ca rp enter o f th e F a i r y ,
Am e r ic an b r ig , w h o had b e en le ft o n fhore d an g e rou fly ill w h e n
M r . R o g e r s failed , b u t w h o h ad p e r fe c t ly re cov e red th ro u g h the^great
a ttention and med ical affiftance w h ic h h e re c e iv ed at th e h o fpital.
T h e d a y fo llow in g th e a r r iv al o f th e Dsedalus, th e Erancis fch o o n e r
re turn ed from N o r fo lk Iflan d , h a v in g be en ab fent fiv e w e e k s and o n e
d a y . In h e r ar riv ed th e R e v . M r . B a y n e , th e chaplain o f the N ew
S o u th W a le s co rp s , and M r . G r im e s , th e d e p u ty - fu r v e y o r o f lands,
w i th fome few o th e r paffengers.
L ie u ten an t -g o v e rn o r K in g ’ s fe con d c ro p o f In d ian co rn h ad been
fo p ro d u c tiv e , th a t h e w a s enabled to m a k e an offer o f fen d in g fiv e
thoufand bufhels o f th a t ar ticle to th is c o lo n y , i f required .
T h e peace and g o od ord e r w h ic h u n iv e r fa lly p re v a iled at N o r fo lk
Ifland h a v in g rendered u n n e ce ffa ry th e k e e p in g to g e th e r th e fettlers as
a m ilitia, th e y had fom e tim e b efore th e a r r iv al o f the Francis return
ed to th e ir feveral avoca tions on th e ir refpeCtive farms.
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