Mensics' Journal. 



Savarv Island. 



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people in the most open & friendly manner, & though these 

 presents were not accepted, yet their generosity & good 

 intentions were rewarded by some little presents in return 

 that highly pleasd them & establishd at once a mutual con- 

 fidence on both sides. As their number was but small & 

 they had no women with them some of the Gentlemen 

 expressd their wish to be conducted to their habitations but 

 after repeated solicitations they found them so unwilling to 

 comply with their request, that rather than offend them they 

 suppressed their curiosity & gave the business up, & after 

 purchasing from them some Bows Arrows & other little 

 articles of curiosity they parted with them on the best terms, 

 as in these little dealings they appeard to conduct themselves 

 with the strictest honesty & friendship. Two of them had 

 been sent off to their Village for Fish but they were so 

 dilatory that our party did not wait their return. 



Our party continued their examination of these Islands 

 & the Southern Shore opposd by strong wind & disagreeable 

 sea which renderd their progress tardy & difficult on this & 

 the following day, when on the evening of the latter they 

 came to the entrance of an opening leading to the North 

 West Ward & landed on its / Southern Shore to encamp 

 for the Night. The opposite point which was a steep bluff 

 had a large Village upon it & was very numerously inhabited 

 as they conjecturd by the number of Natives that visited 

 them in their Canoes & crouded so fast that some apprehen- 

 sions were entertaind they might be too troublesome about 

 the Boats during the Night, & a Swivel was therefore fired 

 off to intimidate them, which had the desird effect in sending 

 them peaceably home to their habitations & our party enjoyd 

 their rest in quietness. 



Next morning which was the 4th of July they enterd on 



the examination of this Channel which w^as more than a Mile 



wide & ran in the direction of North by West environd on 



both sides by Land of a moderate height coverd with Pines, 



but they proceeded little more than two Leagues when they 



were agreeably surprised on meeting with the Tide of flood 



coming from the Westward in such a rapid stream that they 



could hardly stem it with the Boats. This affording such a 



favorable prospect of finding a passage through to the North 



West Ward for the Vessels that they immediately returnd on 



board with the intelligence in order to have the Vessels 

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1792. 

 .July 5tb. 



Dlscovei-y 

 Passage. 



Cape Mudge 

 and Tuculta 

 Village. 



