26 Men::ies' Journal. 



Admiralty Inlet. 



1792. 

 May 8th. 



Mt. Ealnier, 

 alt. 14,408 ft. 



May 9 th. 



Quercus 

 Garry ana 

 (Garry Oak). 



May 10th. 



Port Ludlow. 



a very lofty round topped mountain coverd with Snow 

 about live & twenty leagues off nearly in a South East 

 direction which afterwards obtaind the Name of Mount 

 Rainier in Latitude 47° 3 North & Longitude 238° 21' 

 East. 



The Weather in the afternoon was Cloudy with 

 Showers which in the evening began to rain very hard & 

 became foggy, we rowd hard to gain our intended place 

 of rendezvous but our endeavours provd fruitless on 

 account of a strong tide of Ebb which set against us, & 

 the night was so very dark & foggy with excessive rain 

 that the only means we had of keeping together was by 

 frequent firing of Muskets, at last the night being far 

 advancd all idea of reaching the intended place this even- 

 ing was given up & we rowd in for the Starboard / shore 

 & went along it for some way before we could find a 

 landing place to pitch our Tents & kindle a fire on, the 

 latter was found a very difficult task it being so dark & 

 every thing so wet, it was midnight before we could get 

 under any kind of shelter & then every thing about us was 

 completely drenchd, & in this situation the greatest part 

 of the Boats Crews passed the night without any covering 

 to shelter them from the inclemency of the weather. 



The following day continud thick rainy weather so that 

 we could not stir to any advantage. — As intervals of fair 

 or clear weather permitted parties .stroUd along the Beach 

 & met with some Oak Trees on which account our present 

 situation was called Oak Cove, it stretches a little to the 

 Westward & nearly meets the termination of Port Towns- 

 end as has been already noticed. 



The morning of the loth was fair & we set out again 

 pretty early to explore the Southern Arm, after crossing 

 Oak Cove we kept the Starboard Shore on board & about 

 nine fell in with a few Canoes of Indians seemingly a fish- 

 ing party as they had no women with them or any thing to 

 traffic. — We landed soon after on the inside of the point 

 of a Cove which was named Indian Cove to Breakfast & 

 about eighteen of the Natives landed close to us upon the 

 Beach, where they very quietly laid down their Bows & 

 Quivers upon the stump of a tree & sat themselves down 

 very peaceably. They were but indifferently cloathd with 

 the Skins of Animals chiefly / Deer Lynx Martin & Bear 



