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 Our cacique now made us under- 

 ftand that we muft embark direftly, 

 in the fame canoe which brought us, 

 and return to our companions ; and that 

 the Indians we were about to leave, 

 would join us in a few days, when we 

 fliould all fet out in a body, in order to 

 proceed to the northward. In our way 

 back, nothing very material happened ; 

 but upon our arrival, which was the 

 next day, we found Mr* Elliot, the fur- 

 geon, in a very bad way ; his illnefs had 

 been continually increafing fince we left 

 him. Mr. Hamilton and Mr. Campbell 

 were almoft ftarved, having fared very ill 

 fince we left them : a few fea-eggs were 

 all the fubfiflence they had lived upon ; 

 and thefe procured by the cacique's wife, 

 in the manner I mentioned before. This 

 woman was the very reverfe of my 

 hoftefs ; and as flie found her hufband 

 was of fo much coafequence to us, took 



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