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soon after came on board the Discovery with the melancholy 

 account that Captain Cook and four marines had fallen in this 

 confounded fray, and that the rest of the marines who were on 

 shore were with difficulty saved, three of whom were much wounded, 

 particularly Mr. Phillips, the lieutenant, who was a good deal 

 bruised by blows of stones, and had received a deep stab with an 

 iron pike in his shoulder. I immediately went on board the Reso- 

 lution, sent a strong party of people to protect the astronomers at 

 their tents, and carpenters who were at work upon the mast on 

 the eastern side of the bay, and received from Lieutenant Phillips, 

 who, with his marines, was on shore and present throughout the 

 whole with Captain Cook, the following account : 



" ' Captain Cook landed at the town situated within the N.W. 

 point with his pinnace and launch, leaving the small cutter off 

 the point to prevent the escape of any canoes that might be dis- 

 posed to get off. At his landing, he ordered nine marines, which 

 he had in the boats, and myself on shore to attend him, and im- 

 mediately marched into the town, where he inquired for Terre'aboo 

 and the two boys (his sons, who had lived principally with Captain 

 Cook on board the Resolution since Terre'aboo's first arrival among 

 us). Messengers were immediately dispatched, and the two boys 

 soon came, and conducted us to their father's house. After waiting 

 some time on the outside, Captain Cook doubted the old gentleman 

 being there, and sent me in that I might inform him. I found 

 our old acquaintance just awoke from sleep ; when, upon my 

 acquainting him that Captain Cook was at the door, he very readily 

 went with me to him. Captain Cook, after some little conversation, 

 observed that Terre'aboo was quite innocent of what had happened, 

 and proposed to the old gentleman to go on board with him, which 

 he readily agreed to, and we accordingly proceeded toward the 

 boats, but having advanced near to the water side, an elderly 

 woman, whose name was Kar'na'cub'ra, one of his wives, came 

 to him, and with many tears and entreaties, begged he would not 

 go on board ; at the same time, two chiefs laid hold of him, and 

 insisting that he should not, made him sit down : the old man 

 now appeared dejected and frightened. It was at this period we 

 first began to suspect that they were not very well disposed towards 

 us, and the marines being huddled together in the midst of an 

 immense mob, composed of at least two or three thousand people, 

 I proposed to Captain Cook that they might be arranged in order 

 along the rocks by the water side, which he approving of, the 

 crowd readily made way for them, and they were drawn up accord- 

 ingly. We now clearly saw they were collecting their spoars, etc. j 

 but an awful rascal of a priest was singing and making a ceremonious 

 offering to the Captain and Terre'aboo, to divert their attention 

 from the manoeuvres of the surrounding multitude. Captain Cook 

 now gave up all thoughts of taking Terre'aboo on board, with the 

 following observations to me " We can never think of compelling 

 him to. go on board without killing a number of these people," 

 and I believe was just going to give orders to embark, when he 

 was interrupted by a fellow armed with a long iron spike, which 

 they call a pah'hoo'ah, and a stone. This man made a nourish 

 with his pah'hoo'ah, and threatened to throw his stone, upon which 

 Captain Cook discharged a load of small shot at him ; but he having 



