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the latter, by illnefs, being reduced to 

 the moft feeble condition, was fup- 

 ported by Mr. Hamilton and Mr. Camp- 

 bel. After holding fome little confulta- 

 tion together, as to the beft manner o£ 

 proceeding in our journey, it was 

 agreed, that the Indian fliould haul his 

 canoe, with our affiftance, over land, 

 quite acrofs the ifland we were then upon, 

 and put her into a bay on the other fide, 

 from whence he was to go in quell of 

 fome other Indians, by whom he ex- 

 pelled to be joined : but as his canoe was 

 too fmall to carry more than three or 

 four perfons, he thought it advifeable to 

 take only captain Cheap and myfelf with 

 him, and to leave his wife and children 

 as pledges with our companions till hi§ 

 return. 



As it was matter of uncertainty whe^ 

 ther we fliould ever recover the barge 

 or not, which was ftipulated on our fide, 

 p become the property of the cacique, 



upon 



