Mensies' Journal. 



Nootka. 



113 



to the Mountains and demolishd with ruin & destruction the 

 fertile plains of that district. And what rendered these civil 

 commotions still more distressing, many of the ill disposed 

 of Cap* Weatherhead's Crew had taken the part of the / 

 Matavaians & fled with them to the Mountains, so that 

 they threatened Oparre with destruction in return. Cap* 

 Weatherhead himself & a few of his people lived under the 

 protection of the Royal Family at Oparre where they were 

 very hospitably treated till the Jenny\, a small Vessel from 

 Bristol touchd there some time after for refreshment on her 

 way to this Coast, on the Fur Trade, & brought Cap* 

 Weatherhead & two or three of his People to this Port, the 

 rest of his men staid at Otahcite with the Natives, a party of 

 whom intended to fit out a Whale Boat they had, with such 

 provisions as the Island afforded, & undertake the hazardous 

 Voyage of returning to Botany Bay. 



No sooner was Cap* Weatherhead's situation made 

 known to Don Quadra than he immediately took him under 

 his own protection, & with that disinterested humanity which 

 formd a striking trait in his character, he oft'erd to forward 

 his passage home across the Continent by the way of Mexico, 

 which he afterwards did by carrying him in his own \'essel 

 to Monterrey in California & from thence he sent a Vessel 

 with him to S**^ Bias with recommendatory letters to provide 

 for his journey from thence across at the different places he 

 might touch at, & at parting he urged him to accept of a 

 purse of two hundred Dollars for his own pocket. Such 

 acts of generosity are seldom to be met with & as they 

 redound so much to the credit of this worthy man it gives 

 me much pleasure to relate them in this page. 



In our walk yesterday a spot near / the Beach behind 

 the Village was pitchd upon as the best situation for the 

 Observatory, which this day was landed with the Astro- 

 nomical Instruments & erected together with a Markee & 

 large Tent for the Attendants. The Watches & Time keepers 

 were afterwards landed to ascertain their rate of gaining by 

 equal altitudes under the direction of Mr. Whidbey Master 

 of the Discovery. 



And next day with the assistance of the Spanish 

 Caulkers & some from the Merchants Ships in the Cove they 

 began to give the Discovery a thorough Caulking. 



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1792. 

 Aug. 29tb. 



Quadra's 

 generosity. 



