1787. talk about, permitted them to come on board: they had a little
Auguft, ^ a]o n g with them of which they feemed particularly fond,
and not caring to truft it with the people in their canoe, the Chief
came on board by himfelf, leaving their tender charge with his
wife. When the poor fellow firft came on deck he was a good
deal frightened, and began to ling and make a number of humiliating
geftures, the intent of which Was to imprefs us with a
favourable opinion of him. By degrees he grew ealy, and was prevailed
on to go down into the cabin ; having fiaid there ibme
time, he came upon deck, and after fatisfying his curiolity with
looking at various things, went into his canoe very well pleafed.
The woman, after giving her infant a maternal kifs, came over
the fide without the lead: hefitation, and when fhe got on the
quarter deck gave us to underftand that Ihe was only come to fee
the veffel, and with a model!: diffidence in her looks endeavoured
to belpeak our indulgence and permiffion for that purpofe. She
was neatly dreffed after their falhion; her under garment, which
was made of fine tanned leather, fat clofe to her body, and reached
from her neck to the calf of her leg: her cloak or upper garment
was rather coarfer, and fat loofe like a petticoat, and tied with
leather firings. Having taken notice of every thing which feemed
to attraft her attention, Captain Dixon made her a prefent of- a
firing of beads for an ornament to each ear, and a number of
buttons, with which fire was highly pleafed, and made her acknowledgments
in the belt manner Ihe was able. She was icarcely
got into the canoe before a number of women flocked about her,
and feeing the beads in her ears began to talk very earneftly; mofi
probably to tax her with incontinency, for Ihe immediately clafped
her infant to her breaft with unfpeakable fondnefs, burft into-a
flood of tears, and it was a confiderable time before the Toothings
of