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fmall-pox ftrcmed to liave been very fatal amongft t!iem. 

 The prcfeiil dtpopvilatioii, it is npprclu-nded, may have 

 arifen, iii fomc meafurc, " from the iiilt>bit»iitj of this in- 

 terior part having been induced to ipiit'^Bieir former abode, 

 »nd to liavc movtd nearer the exterior coall, for the conve- 

 nience of obtaining in the immediate mart, with more cafe 

 and at a cheaper rate, thofe vahiable articles of commerce 

 that within thcfe hite yeai-s have been brought to tlie fea- 

 coails of tliii continent by Europeans and the citizens of 

 America, and wiiich are in great ellimation among thefe 

 pmple, and polfencd by all in a greater or lefs degree." 



I'rom Port Uifcovery, our navigators purfued their route 

 up the inlet, viewing in their progrcfs a very pic\urefque 

 and fertile oi^ntry, and fcemiiig to require only inhabitants 

 and cuhivatiuii ; having found a convenient road-llead, they 

 anchored near a village in which the inhabitants were em- 

 ployed, in their temporal^ huts, in curing, by the fmoke of 

 the fire, dams, mulclcs, and a few other kinds of filh, 

 which fcemcd to be intended for their winter's lubfiltcnce. 

 Several of th.m were bnfjly engaged, like fwine, in rooting 

 up a beautiful \erdant meadow, in quell of a fpccies ot wild 

 onion and other roots, for tiie fake of which tiiey appeared 

 to be attached to this fpot. One of thefe roots rcfcmblcd 

 the Saranne, and was gathered with great induitry and avi- 

 dity, for tlie purpofe of making a palle with which they filled 

 fmall boxes, placed in the balkcts containing the flicletons 

 of their children. In their manner, thefe people were 

 friendly and hofpitable, and very thankfully received the 

 prefents that were given them. They alio bartered for any 

 articles that were offered them ; but they chiefly preferred 

 copper. Bows and arrows, woollen and fl<in garments, and 

 a few indifferent otter fkins, compoled the whole of their 

 afTortment for trading ; and thefe they exchanged, in a very 

 fair and honell manner, for copper, hawk's bells, and but- 

 tons, articles that greatly attracSted their attention. 



The dogs belonging to this tribe of Indians were nume- 

 rous, and refembled thofe of Ponierania, but were larger 

 in fizc. They were all fliorn clofe to the fkin, like our 

 Ihccp ; their fleeces were compact, and compofed of a mix- 

 ture of a coarfe kind of wool, with very fine long hair, 

 capable of being fpun into yarn. It was conjeftured, that 

 their woollen clothing might be formed partly of this mate- 

 rial, mixed with a finer kind of wool from fome other ani- 

 mal, wiiich, though it mull have been veiy common, was 

 BOt difcovered. 



Here was difcovered a narrow paifage, which feemed to 

 communicate with an opening of fome extent, and to this 

 harbour was given the name of Port Orchard. In their 

 preient fituation, they were prcfented by fome of their 

 Indian friends with a whole deer, in the chace of which 

 and another they and their dogs had been bufily engaged 

 for alnioll a whole day. It was found that thefe people 

 had a great averlion for human flcfli ; for conceiving that 

 fome pieces of the deer that were offered them vi-ere of this 

 kind, they threw them away with gellures of great difplea- 

 fure. Hence it was inferred, that the character given of 

 North-weft America does not attach to every tribe : but 

 though thefe people were not in this refpetl favages, they 

 were not wholly exempt from the general failing attendant 

 on a favage life ; for one of them fecreted a knife and fork 

 under his garment, and when detedled gave them up with 

 the utmoll good humour and imconcern. 



Our navigators, having advanced into an opening, fituate 

 in lat. 47° 19I'. and long. 237° 42'. halted on an ifland 

 about a mile from the eallern fhore, which was one of the 

 icofl cxtenfive iflands difcovered in the examination of this 

 coall, and which they c;dled Fajhon's JJland. In one inlet 



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which they examined, they found a tribe of Indians, who 

 manifelled hollile difpolitions, and prepared their bows and 

 arrows for an attack. Upon the firing of a gun, though 

 they expreffcd no allonilhment or concern, they unilrung 

 their bows, and commenced a friendly traffic. Tlie village 

 point near their prcfent flation, fituate in lat. 47° 30'. 

 long. 2^7° 46'. was called Rijlurntioii Point. Their next 

 anchorage was in an excellent harbour, ftultcred fVom all 

 winds, ill lat. 48° 24'. long. 237" 57". The inlet, which 

 they had fpent a fortnight in examining, they denominated 

 ADMiR.ti-TV Inlet. On the 5th of June, they quitted this 

 inlet, faihng down Pojfrjfion Sound, and proceeded north- 

 ward ; the north point of this inlet, lat. 4S" 16'. long. 237" 

 31'. they called Point Partridge; and the well point, lat. 

 48° 10'. long. 237^ 31'. they denominated Port WUfim. 

 On the well lide of Strazi'ierry Buy, where they anchored, 

 there was an ifland, which producing abundance of upright 

 cypreis, they called Cyprefs /Jlaiid,\M. 48"" 364'. long. 237", 

 34'. It was alio found, that the eallern fhore of the 

 gidplis, from the paffage into Port Gardner, called Dccep- 

 lion Pafage, in lat. 48'^ 27'. lonj;. 237° 27'. to the north 

 point of the entrance into Pr>feJfion Sound, in lat. 47° 53'. 

 long. 237^47'. was an ifland aboiit 10 miles wide in its 

 broadelt part ; and it was diftinguiflied by the name of 

 JVhidliay' s Ifland. In purfuing their invefligation, they 

 denominated a point, In lat. 48^ 57'. long. 237^ 20'. Point 

 RoUtIs ; another, in lat. 49° 19'. long. 237° 6'. Point Grey; 

 a third, about a league diflant. Point Atkinjon ; an ifland 

 which they paffed, Pq/fage JJland ; and a canal near it, Bur- 

 rard's Canal; and another ifland, in lat. 49° 30'. long. 

 237° 3'. jlmvil Ifland, from the fliape of the mountain that 

 compofes it ; a found to the fouthward, H aloe's Sound; and 

 a point in lat. 49^23'. long. 236^' 51'. Paint Go-iver, near 

 which is an exteniive group of iflands of various fizes. In 

 their return to their fliips, they reached the north point of 

 the inlet, which producing the firfl Scotch firs that had been 

 feen, was called Scotch-fir Point, in lat. 49° 42'. long. 236" 

 1 7'. ; and to the arm of the fea they gave the name of Ser- 

 ins' s Canal. Thefouth point of the land which they paffed 

 in lat. 49° 28-''. long. 236^ 24'. was called Point Up-wood ; 

 and a fhoal, near which they purchafed of the natives fome 

 excellent llurgeon, weighing from 14 to 2Colb. each, they 

 called Sturgeon Banh. Near a clufler of iflands, in lat. 48° 

 36. to 48° 48'. and long. 237° 50'. at its eaftern extremity, 

 they found an extenfive bay, which was diftinguifhed as Bel- 

 linghaitis Bay. In their progrcfs northward, the fortfls were 

 compofed of a much lefs variety of trees, and their growth was 

 lefs luxuriant. Thofe moft common were pines of different 

 forts, the arbor vitje, the oriental arbutus, and fome fpecies 

 of cyprefs. On the iflands were feen fome few fmall oaks, 

 with the Virginian juniper ; and at the place where their 

 Ihips were lafl flationed, the Weymouth pine, Canadian 

 elder, and - black birch, which gave it the name of Birch 

 Bay, fituate in lat. 48° 53!'. long. 237*^ 33'. From thia 

 bay they failed northward, June 24th, dirediing their courfe 

 through the canal del Neuflra Signora del Rofario, in ex- 

 tent about ten leagues from Point tJpivood to Point Marjlally 

 the north-well point of the ifland of Feveda, in lat. 49 "^ 48'. 

 long. 235" 47V. ; near which is another ifland, called Har- 

 WOOD IJland, and not far off, in lat 49° 575'. long. 235° 

 54i'. Savary's IJland. In lat. 50° 4^'. long. 235-" 254'. 

 was a point which they called Paint Sarah ; and the oppo- 

 fite point, about half a league diflant, they called Poini 

 Mary. In a canal, denominated Bute's Canal, they found 

 an Indian village on the face of a fleep rock, lat. 50" 24'. 

 long. 235° 8'. containing about 150 of the natives, who 

 plentifully fupplied them with frefh herrings and other fifh 



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