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retire to a distance, I conceived that tiny acqui 

 in the propriety of the suggestion, ami that tiny were 

 going away, hut I was much deceived. They 

 retired to concert a plan of attack, ami returned in a 

 short time shouting some words which Augustus could 

 nol make out. We ^'ii, however, discovered their 

 purport, by two of the three chiefs who were on board 

 the Reliance, jumping out, ami, with the others who 

 hurried to their a88i8tance, dragging her towards the 

 south shore of the river. Lieutenant Hack d 

 the chief who remained with him to tell them to 

 desist, hut he replied by pointing to the beach, ami 

 repeating the word t> yma, /> yma i with a good-natured 

 smile. He said, however, something to those who 

 were seated in the canoes that wcie alongside, on 



which they threw their long knives and arrows into 

 the boat, taking care, in so doing, that the handles 

 and feathered ends were turned towards the crew, as 

 an indication of pacific intentions. 



A- - i as I perceived the Reliance moving under 



the efforts of the natives, I directed the Lion's . 



endeavor to follow her, hut our boat remained fast un- 

 til the Esquimaux lent their aid and dragged her after 

 the Reliance. Two of the most powerful men, jump- 

 ing on board at the same time, Beized me l.y the wrists 

 and forced me to sit between them ; and as 1 



them loose two or three times, a third Esquimaux 



