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wives and children with them, in all 

 about fifty perfons, who immediately fet 

 about building themfelves wigwams, 

 and feemed much reconciled to our 

 company ; and, could we have entertained 

 them as we ought, they would have been 

 of great affiftance to us, who were yet 

 extremely put to it to fubfift ourfelves, 

 being a hundred in number; but the 

 men, now fubjeft to little or no comroul, 

 endeavoured to feduce their wives, which 

 gave the Indians fuch offence, that in a 

 fhort time they found means to depart, 

 taking every thing along with them ; 

 and we being fenfible of the caufe, never 

 expeded to fee them return again. The 

 carpenter having made fome progrefs in 

 his work upon the long-boat, in which 

 he was enabled to proceed tolerably, by 

 the tools and other articles of his bufi- 

 nefs retrieved from the wreck, the men 

 began to think of the courfe they fliould 

 take to get home ; or rather, having bor- 

 rowed 



