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liim SO Iiiglily as by even touching liis piece ; it was 

 now proper to enforce this prohibition, and lie tliere- 

 fore added threats to his reproof : the Indian bore 

 all patiently; but the moment Mr. Banks crossed the 

 river, he set off with all his family and furniture for 

 his house at Eparre. This being quickly know^n from 

 the Indians at the fort, and great inconvenience be- 

 ing apprehended from the displeasure of this man, 

 who upon all occasions had been particularly useful, 

 Mr. Banks determined to follow him without delay, 

 and solicit his return : he set out the same evening 

 accompanied by Mr. MolIineux,and found him sitting 

 in the middle of a large circle of people, to whom 

 he had probably related what had happened, and his 

 fears of the consequences ; he was himself the very 

 picture of grief and dejection, and the same passions 

 were strongly marked in the countenances of all the 

 people that surrounded him. When Mr. Banks and 

 Mr. Mollineux went into the circle, one of the wo- 

 men expressed her trouble, as Terapo had done upon 

 another occasion, and struck a shark^s tooth into her 

 head several times, till it was covered with blood. 

 Mr. Banks lost no time in putting an end to this uni- 

 versal distress ; he assured the Chief, that every thing 

 which had passed should be forgotten, that there was 

 not the least animosity remaining on one side, nor 

 any tiling to be feared on the other. The Chief was 

 soon soothed into confidence and complacency, a 

 double canoe was ordered to be got ready, they all 

 returned together to the fort before supper, and as a 

 pledge of perfect reconciliation, both he and his wife 

 slept all night in Mr. Banks*s tent : their presence, 

 however, was no palladium ; for, between eleven and 

 twelve o'clock, one of the natives attempted to get 

 into the fort by scaling the walls, with a design, no 

 doubt, to steal whatever he should happen to find ; 

 he was discovered by the sentinel, who happily did 

 not fire, and he ran away much faster than any of 

 our people could follow him. The iron, and iron- 



