PORTER'S JOURNAL. 
after a silence of a few minutes told me he would send his son 
to advise them to be friendly with us; nay, said the old man, I will 
go myself; they are not aware of the dreadful effects of bouhies, 
and they must not suffer in consequence of their ignorance. I told 
him to send his son, that he was too old to proceed to so great a 
distance, and that I would wait his return before I determined 
what course to pursue. In two days he returned and was desired 
by the Typeesto tell Gattanewa and all the people of the valley 
of Tieuhoy that they were cowards—that we had beat the Hap- 
pahs because the Happahs were cowards; that as to myself and my 
people, we were white lizards, mere dirt; and as the most con¬ 
temptible epithet which they could apply, said we were the poste¬ 
riors and the privates of the Taeehs. We were, said they, inca¬ 
pable of standing fatigue, overcome by the slightest heat and want 
of water, and could not climb the mountains without Indians 
to assist us and carry our arms; and yet we talked of chastising 
the Typees, a tribe which had never been driven by an enemy, 
and as their gods informed them were never to be driven. They 
dared us to come into their valley, and said they would convince 
us they did not dread our bouhies as much as they were dreaded 
by the cowardly tribes of the Taeehs, Happahs, and Shouemes. 
Now, said Gattanewa, I consent to war, they deserve chastisement; 
and Mouina shortly afterwards appeared at the village boiling 
with rage, and in rather a peremtory tone insisted on immediate 
hostilities. My aim was to render all the tribes subservient to 
my views, and I thought it necessary to check the manner of 
Mouina, lest it might become contagious, and I should find a dif¬ 
ficulty in keeping them in that subjugation by which only we could 
render ourselves secure. I told him, therefore, that I did not 
need his advice, and that I should go to war or make peace when 
I thought proper, without consulting him; that it was only neces¬ 
sary that he should do as I directed him, and every tiling must be 
left to my management. I further told him to leave our village 
until he could learn to conduct himself more respectfully. He 
walked off a few paces among the crowd, then turning round, cool¬ 
ly said, he believed I was a great coward. Forgetting that this 
Was the observation of a mere Indian, I seized a musket and pur¬ 
sued him; he retreated among the crowd) and on my approaching 
