Mensies' Journal. 



Port Discovery. 21 



pursued, or it may be the means they have of felling large 

 trees for making their Canoes, by which they are thus partly 

 scoopd out. 



Next day in the forenoon some Natives came along side 

 in a Canoe with Fish & a few pieces of Venison for which 

 they found a ready Market & soon after left us having 

 nothing else to dispose of & seemingly little curiosity to 

 gratify, our appearance affording them no degree of novelty 

 lead us to suppose that ours was not the first European 

 Vessel with which they had had intercourse, tho' from the 

 few European commodities we saw amongst them the inter- 

 course did not appear to be very extensive. From the 

 affinity of their dress Canoe & language they appeard to be 

 of the same nation with the Nootka Tribe & were like them 

 fondest of Copper & Brass Trinkets for their Ears; they 

 also took Iron with which Metal many of their arrows were 

 barbed. 



/ In strolling about the verge of the wood with some 

 of the officers, we saw several stumps of small trees as if 

 they had been cut down with an Axe not many months ago, 

 from this it was thought probable that some other Vessel 

 might have been here before us, as I never observd the 

 Natives on any part of this Coast make use of an Axe in 

 felling of Timber of any kind preferring always an Instru- 

 ment of their own construction somewhat in the form of a 

 small adze which hackd it in a very different manner from 

 an Axe. 



The Carpenters were now employd in Caulking & on 

 the various necessary repairs — the Blacksmiths had their 

 Forge going on shore — a party were cutting down fire wood 

 — Another brewing Beer from a species of Spruce — in short 

 the weather being so favorable & vivifying every spring 

 was set in motion to forward our refitment. 



The 6th being a day of relaxation parties were formd 

 to take the recreation of the shore & strolling through the 

 woods in various directions saw in one place a number of 

 human bones deposited in a thicket & coverd carefully over 

 with Planks, others were found suspended in an old Canoe 

 coverd with the bark of Trees & with Moss, but what much 

 surprizd them in one place of the wood they came to was 

 a clear Area where there had been a large fire round which 

 they found a number of incinerated bones & about half a 



1702. 

 .May 4th. 



May 6th. 



More probably 

 helonged to the 

 Salishan 

 (Clallam) 

 people. 



.May 6th. 



See illustra- 

 .ions by Warre 

 in Sketches of 

 N. Am. & 

 Oreg. Terr, and 

 Kane in 

 Wanderings of 

 au Artist. 



