Menzies' Journal. 



Gulf of Georgia. 59 



less & inoffensive tribe, so after distributing some few 

 trinkets amongst their women & children we left them appar- 

 ently well satisfied with our short visit, & afterward walkd 

 for some distance along the Sea side where we passd a low 

 extensive Morass well cropd with Bullrushes of which large 

 patches had been pluckd by the Natives & were now laid 

 neatly out upon the Beach to season them for making their 

 Mats, & it is probable that the conveniency of procuring a 

 good supply of this Plant so necessary to their domestic 

 comforts indued these few families to fix their temporary 

 residence in the vicinity. 



After a walk of about two Miles we embarkd in our 

 Boats to pursue the survey & in the afternoon having got 

 out from amongst the Islands we crossed the great Arm to 

 the Vessel where we arrivd about Sun set. 



/ Next morning two Canoes came from the Northward 

 & paid us a visit pretty early ; Curiosity seemd to be their 

 principal motive as they had nothing to dispose of neither 

 fish nor furs. In the bottom of one of the Canoes I was 

 told they had some Bodies coverd up which were supposd 

 to be dead as they would not suffer them to be examind, 

 but it is probable that it might be some of their women 

 hiding themselves from strangers which is not uncommon 

 amongst Indian Tribes. 



This & the following day we had fair pleasant weather 

 with a light breeze of wind from the South ward. 



About noon on the 22<^ the Launch returnd to the Ship 

 having accidently parted Company with the Pinnace on the 

 evening of the 19th as they were coming back a long Arm 

 that had carried them among the snowy Mountains to the 

 Latitude of 50° 32' North; they had explord several Arms 

 leading to the North ward & traced the large opening a 

 considerable way to the North West ward which they found 

 to preserve that direction uninterrupted by the intervention 

 of any land as far as the eye could discern from the most 

 distant point of it they had explord. The Weather con- 

 tinued remarkably serene & pleasant this & the following 

 day. 



At noon on the 23'^ of June Cap^ Vancouver & L* 

 Puget returnd to the Ship in the Pinnace after being absent 

 about eleven days & a half, & the latter gentleman was so 



1792. 

 June 19th. 



Probably on 

 the north shore 

 ijf Orcas Id., 

 where each a 

 swamp exists 

 opposite East 

 Sound. 



Tule 

 (Scirpus 

 occidentalU) . 



June 20th. 



June 22nd. 

 tJnder cotnmaud 

 of Mr. Manly, 

 fe'ce Puget' s 

 narrative, 

 23rd Ju. 



June 23rd. 



