268 A VOYAGE TOTHE 



CHAP. XIIL 



A new Party of 'Traders fro?n the Eajl. — Under a Ne- 

 cejffity of exchanging Hojiages. — Part of the Ship's Cojn- 

 pany go 07t Shore. — Meet with Indian Tea. — Vift the 

 Natives at their own Ref device. — Their Habitations and 

 Manlier of Living defcribed. — An Account of the Spa- 

 niards having been on the Coaft^ and left the Small-pox. 

 — The Zjong-boat returns from an Expedition to the Eajl- 

 ward.-. — Exami72e the Sound. — Another Vift from our 

 North Weft Friends. — Cerejnonies to be obferved before 

 commencing Trade. — jofeph Woodcock fent as an Hojlage 

 — Three Days in the Country, — An Account of the Na- 

 tives — Their thievijig Difpoftion — Naflinefs^ Orna?ne?JtSy 

 Drefs^ and Language. — Obfervations on the Advan- 

 tages likely to accrue from a Settlement 07t the Coafi. — - 

 Some Thoughts of an Expedition by Land, — Leave Port- 

 lock's Harbour. 



T N tlie morning of the 1 1 th two large boats came into 



-*■ the Sound from the Eaftward. Thi^ tribe were entire 



aIIV&. ftr-^ngers to us, and confifted of twenty-five men, women, 

 Saturday ii. aud children, from whom I bought a few very good fea- 

 otter fkins, a cloak made of the fmall black fkins I have 

 before taken notice of, and feveral fkins of the fame fort. 

 This new party of traders did not affociate with the other 

 Indians ; but after their bunnefs was over, and their cu- 

 riofity gratified by looking at the fhip, they went on 



lo fhore 



