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steamers. I received a letter from Captain Hill, 

 which partly confirmed the report of the pilot 

 "with reference to the affair which has been relat- 

 ed by Mr. Laird. 



Being very desirous of visiting Brass Town 

 with the captain of the Columbine, after pre- 

 paring some blanket-dresses, and providing our- 

 selves with everything we had that was neces- 

 sary, we rowed up to Barracoon point. Here we 

 found King Boy's state canoe lying, and also four 

 of his wives, whose names* were Bella, Awanhee, 

 Nain, and Hoowarrh. There were also seven 

 slaves, a small bullock, and a goat and pig, at 

 this establishment. — It would be almost impossi- 

 ble to describe the various articles with which 

 this kmg's state canoe was loaded, most of which 

 were presents from Mr. Lander. Including thirty 

 pullaboys, and the slaves, wives, and other at- 

 tendants, there were upwards of fifty individuals 

 in the canoe, which was in consequence exceed- 

 ingly deep, and her gunwale nearly even with 

 the water's edge. In consequence of this, two 

 slaves were continually baling out the water as 

 fast as it found its way in. There did not appear 

 to be much regard to order or good feeling 

 among those in the canoe, for I was concern- 



