88 cook's voyage to march, 



The frequent mention of the name of Captain Cook, 

 with other strong and circumstantial descriptions of 

 death and destruction, made him conclude, that the 

 knowledge of the unfortunate events at Owhyhee 

 had reached them, and that these were what they 

 alluded to; whereas all they had in view was, to make 

 known to him the wars that had arisen, in conse- 

 quence of the goats that Captain Cook had left at 

 Oneeheow, and the slaughter of the poor goats 

 themselves, during the struggle for the property of 

 them. Captain Clerke, applying this earnestness of 

 conversation, and these terrible representations, to 

 our calamitous transactions at Owhyhee, and to an 

 indication of revenge, kept his telescope fixed upon 

 us, and the moment he saw the smoke of the muskets, 

 ordered the boats to be manned and armed, and to 

 put off to our assistance. 



The next morning I was again ordered on shore 

 with the watering party. The risk we had run the 

 preceding day, determined Captain. Clerke to send 

 a considerable force from both ships for our guard, 

 amounting in all to forty men underarms. This pre- 

 caution, however, was now unnecessary; for we found 

 the beach left entirely to ourselves, and the ground 

 between the landing place and the lake, tabooed, with 

 small white flags. We concluded, from this appear- 

 ance, that some of the chiefs had certainly visited 

 this quarter ; and that, not being able to stay, they 

 had kindly and considerately taken this step, for our 

 greater security and convenience. We saw several 

 men armed with long spears and daggers on the 

 other side of the river, on our right; but they did not 

 offer to give us the least molestation. Their women 

 came over, and sat down on the banks close by us, 

 and at noon we prevailed on some of the men to bring 

 hogs and roots for our people, and to dress them for 

 us. As soon as we had left the beach, they came 

 down to the sea side, and one of them threw a stone 



