300 JOHN LEDYARD. 



crowd; and both the thunder of the cannon and 

 the effects of the shot operated so powerfully that 

 it produced a most precipitate retreat from the shore 

 to the town. 



" Our mast that was repairing at Kearakekua, 

 and our astronomical tents, were protected only by 

 a corporal and six marines, exclusive of the car- 

 penters at work upon it, and demanded immediate 

 protection. As soon, therefore, as the people were 

 refreshed with some grog and reinforced, they were 

 ordered thither. In the mean time, the marine who 

 had been taken up by Mr. Phillips discovered re- 

 turning life, and seemed in a way to recover, and we 

 found Mr. Phillips's wound not dangerous, though 

 very bad. We also observed at Kiverua that our 

 dead were drawn off by the Indians, which was a 

 mortifying sight; but after the boats were gone 

 they did it in spite of our cannon, which were 

 firing at them several minutes. They had no sooner 

 effected this matter than they retired to the hills 

 to avoid our shot. The expedition to Kiverua had 

 taken up about an hour and a half, and we lost, 

 besides Cook, a corporal and three marines. 



" Notwithstanding the despatch that was used in 

 sending a force to Kearakekua, the small party there 

 were already attacked before their arrival, but, by 

 an excellent manoeuvre of taking possession of the 



