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Most of our neceffary bufinefs being now completed, 

 the armourers forges and the brewing uteniils were brought 

 May! on board, and every thing was got in readinefs for fail- 

 sstiirday iz. .^^^^ ^^ ^^ o'clock in the afternoon the long-boat ieit 



ofF for Cook's River, her crew in good fpirits, and 

 well found, for a fix weeks cruife. In the evening four 

 canoes came along-fide, but they brought no trade ; 

 and after ftaying a fhort lime, paddled away for the- 

 fliore. 



Sunday 13. j-^ ^Jig aftcmoon of the 13th we were viiited by two 

 large Indian boats, containing about forty men, women, 

 and children ; a number of fmall canoes attended them. 

 They brought only two very indifferent Ikins and a few 

 fi{h, which I bought, and made their chief, whofe name 

 I underflood was Shee-na-waa, ahandfome prefent. Shee- 

 na-waa I found was chief of the moft powerful tribe in the 

 Sound; they were audacious thieves, and, v/hat was very 

 remarkable, even the little boys were furnifhed with fmall 

 hooked fticks for the purpofe of picking pockets. Our 

 vifiters remained about the fliip till near fix o'clock, when 

 they left us and went out of the harbour. At this time 

 the Queen Charlotte's boat was about two miles without 

 the harbour with a fifhing party ; and the Indian boats 

 immediately joined her. Being rather uneafy for fear of 

 their pillaging the boat, I kept a look-out on them with 

 my glafs, and prefently perceived a ftruggle between the 

 two parties ; on this I immediately fet off in my whale- 

 boat, {he being always ready armed ; and leaving direc- 

 tions with my mate to follow in the yaul, pufhed out to^ 

 wards them with all fpeed. The Indians no fooner faw 

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