c;ook's first voyage oct. 



tlie skin, he began to pack up both that and the 

 baize, which he had received as the purchase of it, 

 in a basket, without paying the least regard to my 

 demand or remonstrances, and soon after, with the 

 iishing boats, put off from the ship ; when they were 

 at some distance, they drew together, and after a 

 short consultation returned ; the fishermen offered 

 more fish, which, though good for nothing, was pur- 

 chased, and trade was again renewed. Among others 

 who were placed over the ship's side to band up 

 what we bought, was little Tayeto, Tupia's boy ; 

 and one of the Indians, watching his opportunity, 

 suddenly seized him, and dragged him down into 

 the canoe ; two of them held him down in the fore- 

 part of it, and the others, with great activity, pad- 

 dled her off, the rest of the canoes following as fast 

 as they could ; upon this the marines, who were un- 

 der arms upon deck, were ordered to fire. The shot 

 was directed to that part of the canoe which was 

 farthest from the boy, and rather wide of her, being 

 willing rather to miss the rowers than to hurt him : 

 it happened, however, that one man dropped, upon 

 which the others quitted their hold of the boy, who 

 instantly leaped into the water, and swam towards 

 the ship ; the large canoe immediately pulled round 

 and followed him, but some musquets, and a great 

 gun being fired at her, she desisted from the pursuit. 

 The ship being brought to, a boat was lowered, and 

 the poor boy taken up unhurt, though so terrified, 

 that for a time he seemed to be deprived of his 

 senses. Some of the gentlemen who traced the canoes 

 to shore with their glasses, said, that they saw three 

 men carried up the beach, who appeared to be either 

 dead, or wholly disabled by their wounds. 



To the cape off which this unhappy transaction 

 happened, I gave the name of Cape Kidnappers. It 

 lies in latitude 39° 43', and longitude 182° 24' W., 

 and is rendered remarkable by two white rocks like 

 hay stacks, and the high white clifls on each side. 



