1787. circumftances, I fhall give thee an account of it in the Captain’s
T ’ j own wort^s* as copied, from his journal:
“ This morning, the 5th, I went-with the two whale boats, and
the King George’s long boat, in order to fearch for Indians, and,
if poflible, to purchafe fome furs. My intention was to make
Hinchinbrooke Cove firft, and from thence proceed to Snug Corner
Cove, as I knew they were the moll likely places to meet with inhabitants.
Bad weather coming on, at eight o’clock I put into a
cove in Montague Ifland; but towards nine o’clock, the weather
clearing up, I proceeded round the North Eaft end of the ifland
into a large bay : here I found fome Indians on a hunting party,
who gave me to underhand, that they belonged to Cape Hinchin-
brooke. It being late in the afternoon, I came to an anchor for
the night in the long boat, and made the whale-boats fall, one on
each fide.
“ As the Indians did not leave us when night came on, I ordered
fix hands to keep watch, and the remainder to have their arms
ready, fo that I might call them at a moment’s notice. The Indians
fculked about us till near two o’clock, waiting, no doubt, for
an opportunity to cut the boats off, but finding us attentive to all
their motions, they then left us. ,
“ At four o’clock in the morning of the 6th, I weighed, and
flood over for Cape Hinchinbrooke, where I came to anchor at half
paft ten. At this place I found feveral Indians, and purchafed a
few fea otter fkins. The Indians frequently pointed towards Snug
Corner Cove, and endeavoured to make me underftand, that a vef-
fel lay at anchor there. Though' this circumftance ftrongly excited
my curiofity, and made me particularly anxious to know whether
ther this piece of intelligence was true, yet the day being by this
time far fpent, I determined to keep my prefent fituation during
the night, as the weather was very unpromifing; fo that our
Handing for Snug Corner Cove, under fuch circumftances, would
be attended with fome degree of danger and difficulty.
“ A ftrict and vigilant look-out was more neceffary this night,
if poflible, than we had found it the preceding one. The Indians
whom I had traded with for furs, during the afternoon, were a
different tribe from that I met with in the bay at the North Eaft
end of Montague Ifland : their behaviour was very daring and
infolent, though they did not direCtly attack us, and they did not
leave the boats till day-light the next morning. I make no doubt
but that a fight of the various articles I had brought to trade with
thefe people, occafioned them to lurk about us the whole night, in
hopes of obtaining a booty, but finding themfelves disappointed,
they paddled away, feemingly much difcontented.
“ Early in the morning of the 7th, I fet off for Snug Corner
Cove ; but the wind during the whole day being very light, the
long boat made little way, fo that the whale boats were obliged to
take her in tow : this retarded my paffage fo much, that I did not
arrive in the cove till eleven o’clock in the evening. Contrary to
my expectation, I found no veflel in the cove, neither did I perceive
any of the inhabitants; notwithstanding which, I ordered the
fame ftr-ift watch to be kept as before, well remembering, that the
Difcovery was boarded by the natives in this .very cove,. during
Captain Cook’s laft Voyage, in open day.
“ During the night, none of the inhabitants came near us; but
at day-light in the morning of the 8th, two Indians came along-
U fide