Mcnzics Journal. 



Oregon Coast. 



on board, & the whole of them consisting of seven Men 

 accepted very readily of the invitation, having first made 

 their Canoe fast along side, which shewd a degree of con- 

 fidence that indicated their mild & peaceable dispositions. 

 Most of them appeard on our Decks naked having left their 

 garments which were made from squirrel racoon & deer skins 

 in the Canoe ; they wore Caps on their heads made from 

 the breast & belly parts of Shag Skins which fitted them 

 very close & comfortable ; Each of them had his ears & the 

 septum of his nose perforated, in the latter some of them 

 wore an ornament made of the tooth shell but which they 

 readily parted with on thrusting a small nail in the place 

 of it. Their bows & arrows were of an inferior sort, the 

 latter were armd with a kind of flinty stone fastend in a 

 slit in the end of the Arrow by means of hardend Resin. 

 We saw no Sea Otter Skins among them, nor did they 

 bring or offer any thing to barter, but receivd with avidity 

 whatever was offerd them. Their Canoe was by no means 

 calculated to go far to sea or / enduring much bad weather, 

 it had some distant resemblance to a Butchers Tray being 

 truncated at both ends short broad & shallow. It was about 

 1 8 feet long 4 feet & 3^ broad in the middle but a little 

 narrower towards the ends, & it was about 2 feet deep 

 formd of one piece of Pine Tree dug out & tolerably well 

 finishd, so that the wood on this part of the Coast must be 

 pretty large. — The blades of the paddles were narrow & cut 

 square off at the end, the shafts ended with a small knob. 

 These Natives remaind with us about an hour, & after leav- 

 ing us paid a short visit to the Chatham, after which they 

 went towards the shore & we saw no more of them. They 

 were of a middling size with mild pleasing features & nowise 

 sullen or distrustful! in their behaviour, they were of a 

 copper colour but cleanly, as we observd no vestige of greasy 

 paint or ochre about their faces or among their hair, some 

 had their bodies markd with slight linear scars crossing each 

 other in various directions & some were Tatooed in different 

 parts. 



On their coming along side & after they were on 

 board they kept constantly repeating the word Slaghshcc 

 the meaning of which we did not comprehend, some thought 

 it was their word for friendship, others imagind they meant 

 Iron a metal they were very desirous of posessing, for dur- 



1702. 

 April 24tb. 



tooth-shell, 

 Dentalium 

 pretiosum Sby. 

 The cunoe 

 resembles the 

 river canoe of 

 Puget Sound 

 ludlans. 



