NORTH WEST COAST OF AMERICA. i6i 



icn. Charlotte's Bay, to look at the harbour fo much ^ ^^^f- ^• 

 fpoken of by the natives, and Towanooha, the yava- 



chevver, accompanied him as a pilot. Decembet- 



^ ^ Tuefday 12. 



Taheeterre paid me a vifit this forenoon, and the furf 

 on the fliore ftili running very high, he came off in a 

 iingle canoe, it being much fafer in the furf than a double 

 one. The king made ufe of a paddle himfelf, and when 

 he came near the fhip, obferving her to roll very deep, 

 hfe would not venture his canoe near her, but jumped into 

 the water and fwam along-fide ; we gave him a rope by 

 which he got on board, but the motion of the fhip dif- 

 agreeing with him, he took leave of me in a very fhort 

 time, jumped over-board, got into his canoe, and paddled 

 for the fbore. 



My friend the prieft now grew very refllefs and uneafy ; 

 on my enquiring the reafon, he hinted that Taheeterre 

 and his principal warriors were meditating fome mifchief 

 againft us^ and taking me upon deck, he pointed to a 

 large houfe on the top of a hill over the Eaftern point of 

 the bay which afcends from Point Dick : this houfe the 

 old man affured me was building for an Eatooa, or God's 

 houfe, wherein they v/ere gouig to make great offerings 

 to their different Eatooas (for almoft every chief has his 

 feparate one), and to confult them on the event of an at- 

 tack, which he affured me they intended to make on us 

 if their oracles gave them encouragement. He appeared 

 quite difpleafed with the king's conduct on this occaiion, 

 and defired we v/ould be conflantly on our guard againft 

 him. 



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