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Mensies Journal. 



Puget Sound. 



1792. 

 May 24th. 



Pickering 



Hartstene Id. 



May 25th. 



Squaxln and 

 Hope Ids. 

 Totten Inlet. 



Cushman Point. 



May 26tli. 



it terminate in shoal water & low marshy land near which 

 we breakfasted in a small Creek & tried a haul of the Seine 

 with very little success only one Salmon Trout — As we 

 passed this morning a narrow arm going to the Southward 

 we put back & pursued it with very rainy weather & soon 

 found it inclining a little to the Eastward to meet the large 

 opening we passed yesterday, making the land on the left 

 of us a large Island, on the south side of which we encampd 

 for the night & found the country exceeding pleasant, & the 

 Soil the richest I have seen in this Country — The Woods 

 abound with luxuriant Ferns that grow over head. 



Next morning we again pursued the arm keeping the 

 Starboard Shore on board & passing on the other side some 

 Islands that were divided by two or three branches leading 

 off to the Eastward, we found the Arm which was now 

 about a Mile wide winded round to the Southwestward & 

 by noon we saw its termination though we could not get 

 with the Boats within two Miles of it on account of the 

 shallowness of the water which was one continued flat, dry 

 at every retreat / of the Tide, & on which we found abun- 

 dance of small Oysters similar to those in Port Quadra. 

 We returnd back the Arm till we came to the last opening 

 we had passed in the morning & then struck off to the East- 

 ward about two Miles & encamped on the point of another 

 arm leading to the Southward. 



We had on the morning of the 26th fine pleasant 

 weather with which we pursued our examination in an 

 arm leading to the Southward which we soon found divided 

 into two branches leading nearly the same general direction 

 for about 4 or 5 miles & then terminating among low land. 

 Near the termination of the Westermost branch we saw two 

 Indian Villages one on each side of it inhabited by about 70 

 or 80 Natives each. We visited one of them & they receivd 

 us in the most friendly manner without shewing the least 

 signs of distrustfull behaviour or any fear or alarm when 

 we landed amongst them, for the women remaind in their 

 huts & some of them had pretty good features, while the 

 Children followd us begging for presents. They seemd to 

 be of the same Tribe as those we saw before though very 

 different in their friendly & peaceable dispositions. Their 

 Huts were small wretched Sheds coverd with Mats made of 

 Bullrushes & their Dresses were chiefly formd of the Skins 



