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articles which were held in the highest estimation by them. They 
could not supply them in sufficient quantities to exchange for 
whales* teeth, nor could they be persuaded to part with them for 
harpoons, of which we had a large stock on hand. 
The day after the gun was moved for the mountains, the chief 
warrior, named Mouina, was introduced to me. He was a tall, 
well shaped man of about thirty-five years of age, remarkably ac¬ 
tive, of an intelligent and open countenance, and his whole appear¬ 
ance was prepossessing. He had just left the other warriors in 
the fortified village, and had come down to request me to cause a 
musket to be fired (which he called a bouhi) that he might wit¬ 
ness its effects. Several individuals of the tribe of the Happahs 
were at that moment about the camp, and I was pleased at the op¬ 
portunity which was afforded me to convince them of the folly of 
resisting our fire arms with slings and spears. I fired seve¬ 
ral times myself at a mark to show them that I never failed of hit¬ 
ting an object the size of a man. I then directed the marines to 
fire by volleys at a cask, which was soon like a riddle. I directed 
them to tell their countrymen that it would only be making a use¬ 
less sacrifice of their lives; that I had no wish to destroy them, 
but that my own safety and the security of the friendly tribes, 
whom I had promised to protect, required that they should be 
driven from the mountains overhanging the valley, where they 
had constantly kept their position, daily waving their cloaks to us 
to come up, and threatening us with their spears and clubs. Indeed 
considerable numbers of them had been seen in the grass on the 
hills at the back of our encampment, and I had much reason to 
apprehend an attack from them soon, if means were not taken to 
dislodge them. 
Mouina appeared much pleased with the effect of our mus* 
quetry; and frequently exclaimed, mattee , mattee! killed, killed! 
The Happahs, however, replied that nothing could persuade their 
tribe, that bouhies could do them the injury that we pretended: that 
they were determined to try the effects of a battle, and if they should 
be beaten, that they would be willing to make peace; but not 
before. I informed them that they would not find me so ready to 
make peace after beating them, as at present; and that I should 
in&§t on being paid for the trouble they might put me to. They 
