402 CAPTAIN COOK'S VOYAGES 



''Saturday, 20th February, 1779. 



" An aree of distinction came off with two hogs and a large 

 quantity of roots, which he said was a present from Terre'aboo, 

 who, he gave me to understand, was very desirous of peace. I 

 told him I had very little objection to peace, but insisted they 

 should first return the remains of Captain Cook, which he promised 

 heartily to do. He took his leave and returned to the shore. 

 About noon E'ar'po came to the beach with abundance of 

 attendants, laden with roots and some hogs. I went in the pinnace 

 and took Mr. King in the cutter, near enough to the shore to hold 

 conversation, and demanded the remains of Captain Cook, which 

 he delivered to me very decently wrapped up. I then took him 

 on board, and treated him, with three arees, his friends, socially. 

 I asked him for the remains of the other four people ; but he told 

 me that Captain Cook, being the principal man, he of course became 

 the property of king Terre'aboo ; that the others were taken by 

 various arees, who were now dispersed in different parts of the isle, 

 and that it would be impossible to collect them. I thought this 

 BO probable an account, that I said no more upon the subject." 



"Sunday, 21st February, 1779. 



" In the evening E'ar'po and his friends returned to the shore 

 apparently very happy. They gave me an account of their loss 

 of men in our various skirmishes, which amounts to four arees 

 killed and six wounded ; of their people, twenty-five killed and 

 fifteen wounded. This is the same as I have before heard ; and 

 as it is corroborated, I suppose it is the fact. Upon examining 

 the remains of my late honoured and much-lamented friend, I 

 found all his bones, excepting those of the back, jaw, and feet 

 the two latter articles E'ar'po brought me in the morning the 

 former, he declared, had been reduced to ashes with the trunk 

 of the body. As Car'na'care had told us, the flesh from all the 

 bones, excepting those of the hands, the skin of which they 

 had cut through in many places, and salted, with an intention 

 no doubt, of preserving them. E'ar'po likewise brought this 

 morning the two barrels of Captain Cook's gun the one beat flat, 

 with intention of making a cutting instrument of it ; the other a 

 good deal bent and bruised, together with a present of thirteen 

 hogs from Terre'aboo. The day before it on which this miserable 

 business happened, during the old gentleman's visit, I made him 

 a present of a red cloth cloak, which he desired might be edged 

 with green cloth, and left it on board with me for that purpose, 

 proposing to come for it next morning ; but these unhappy cir- 

 cumstances falling out, it still remained in my possession, and 

 he now desired E'ar'po to ask me for it, which of course, I sent 

 him, with a proper return for his present. I mention this 

 circumstance among many others, to evince how little idea there 

 was of this miserable breach that has happened between us. Dxiring 

 the forenoon, I had a visit from the young prince Ka'oo'ah, who 

 as I have before observed, is a son of Terre'aboo's, and of course 

 paid great attention and respect to here by all ranks of people." 



