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Mencics' Journal. 



Nootka. 



1792. 

 Sept. 5th. 



She & her Sisters were then very young, yet they frequently 

 shewed so much solicitude for my safety, that they often 

 warned me in the most earnest manner of the dangers to 

 which my Botanical rambles in the Woods exposed me, & 

 when they found me inattentive to their entreaties, they 

 would then watch the avenue of the Forest where I enterd, 

 to prevent my receiving any insult or ill usage from their 

 Countrymen. But it was not till after I left them that I 

 became sensible how much I owed to their disinterested zeal 

 for my welfare by knov/ing more of the treacheries & 

 stratagems of the Natives on other parts of the Coast. — I 

 emptied my pockets of all the little Trinkets they containd 

 in her lap & begged her to come on board the Vessel with 

 her Father who she told me was still / alive, that I might 

 have an opportunity of renewing our friendship by some 

 gratifying present. 



As soon as the Party was seated S'" Quadra explaind 

 to the Chief the purport of our visit & with a disinterested 

 zeal which markd his benign character he said every thing 

 in recommending Cap* Vancouver Mr. Broughton together 

 with their Officers & the English Nation in general to his 

 kind attention & to a friendly intercourse with all his tribe ; 

 he assurd him of the friendship & good understanding which 

 subsisted between the English & Spaniards, & that the latter 

 were only to quit his Territories by a mutual agreement 

 between the two Nations, but that they would ever continue 

 steadily their friendship & respect for him and his Tribe. 

 The Chief assented, but expressed his sincere regret at the 

 prospect of losing so soon S*" Quadra to whom he seemd 

 attached by the most sacred ties of friendship. 



The object of our visit being thus introduced Cap* 

 Vancouver & Mr. Broughton made presents to Maquinna & 

 his Brother together with their Wives & Apinnas the Heiress 

 apparent, consisting of Sheet Copper, Blue Cloth, Blankets, 

 Beads & a number of other ornamental articles which were 

 receivd with satisfaction & the Chief in return presented 

 some rich Furs. 



During this time a number of the Natives were equip- 

 ping themselves in the adjacent houses, & now assembled at 

 the Chiefs door in a group of the most grotesque figures 

 that can possibly be imagined, dressed, armed, / & masked 

 in imitation of various characters of different Countries, 



