148 VISIT OF FUEGIANS. June 1828. 
that, by my orders, was stretched around our property, a re- 
striction which they did not attempt to evade. At sunset all 
were told to go away, and they immediately, as well as cheer- 
fully, complied. 
The next morning, and indeed throughout the whole day, 
the neighbourhood of the wigwams exhibited the appearance of 
a fair. I visited them, and found that they had not only re- 
paired an old wigwam, but erected another. Both together 
contained the whole party, consisting of twenty-six individuals, 
among whom were an old man, and two old women. They had 
brought over a collection of baskets, bows and arrows, stone 
heads of knives, &c. to sell to our people, who had always 
shown eagerness to possess these curiosities. The knife-heads 
were made generally of pitch-stone; but the greater number 
were of broken glass bottles, which they had collected when 
they visited us last year. A few strings of beads purchased all 
their riches ; after which they sold their dogs, and Mr. Graves 
procured one of them for a knife and a string of beads. It 
was a remarkably fine animal, and showed great reluctance to 
be handled by our people, several of whom were bitten in their 
attempts to take him to the boat. 
At night one of the canoes was despatched to collect shell- 
fish, probably sea-egos, from the reef of Rocky Bay. The fol- 
lowing morning all their goods were embarked, and then they 
paddled their canoes to the beach, near the tents, where some 
of their men landed. They had nothing to offer in exchange 
for several things which tempted them, and were beginning to 
grow troublesome. One of them, the individual who threw a 
stone at the sergeant, persisting to pass the boundary that was 
marked upon the ground, which no one of them had before 
presumed to do, was pushed back by the sentinel; upon 
which he ran to his canoe and took out several spears, doubt- 
less intending to try to force a passage; but the appearance 
of two or three muskets brought him to his senses, and the 
spears were returned to the canoe; after which he became 
familiar, and apparently friendly. This affair, however, was 
soon followed by their departure, which gave me much satis- 
