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enclosures, an Indian, whose jealousy had probably 

 been upon the watch, came suddenly behind him, 

 and struck him. Mr. Monkhouse laid hold of him, 

 but he was instantly rescued by two more, who took 

 hold of Mr. Monkhouse's hair, and forced him to quit 

 his hold of their companion, and then ran away with- 

 out offering him any farther violence. 



In the evening of the 19th, while the canoes were 

 still detained, we received a visit from Oberea, which 

 surprised us not a little, as she brought with her none 

 of the things that had been stolen, and knew that she 

 was suspected of having some of them in her custody. 

 She said, indeed, that her favourite Obadee, whom 

 she had beaten and dismissed, had taken them away ; 

 but she seemed conscious, that she had no right to 

 be believed. She discovered the strongest signs of 

 fearj yet she surmounted it with astonishing resolu- 

 tion ; and was very pressing to sleep wdth her attend- 

 ants in Mr. Banks's tent. In this, however, she 

 was not gratified ; the affair of the jacket was too 

 recent, and the tent was besides filled w^ith other 

 people. Nobody else seemed willing to entertain 

 her, and she, therefore, with great appearance of 

 mortification and disappointment, spent the night in 

 her canoe. 



The next morning early, she returned to the fort 

 with her canoe, and every thing that it contained, 

 putting herself wholly into our power, with some- 

 thing like greatness of mind, which excited our won- 

 der and admiration. As the most effectual means to 

 bring about a reconciliation, she presented us with a 

 hog, and several other things, among which was a 

 dog. We had lately learnt, that these animals were 

 esteemed by the Indians as more delicate food than 

 their pork -, and upon this occasion we determined 

 to try the experiment. The dog, which was very fat, 

 we consigned over to Tupia, who undertook to per- 

 form the double office of butcher and cook. He 

 killed him by holding his hands close over his mouth 



