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scencl, and as our men were much harrassed with fatigue, over¬ 
come with hunger, shivering and uncomfortable, I determined to 
take up my quarters in the Happah valley until next day to ena¬ 
ble us to refresh, and I hoped by that time the weather would 
prove more favourable. The chief soon arrived, and I commu¬ 
nicated to him my intentions, directing him to send down and have 
houses provided for us as also hogs and fruit, all of which he pro¬ 
mised should be done. Before I left the hill I determined by fir¬ 
ing a volley to show the natives that our muskets had not receiv¬ 
ed as much injury as they had expected, as I believed, under their 
impressions, at that moment, the Happahs would not have hesitated 
in making an attack on us, and to avoid any difficulties with them 
I thought it best to convince them we were still formidable. I 
had other motives also for firing, the Tayeehs and Happahs, I 
knew, would accompany us into the Typee valley; and as I had 
put off our descent until the next day, I concluded that it would 
be best to give them timely notice of our approach, that they might 
be enabled to remove their women and children, their hogs, and 
most valuable effects; for although I felt desirous of chastising 
them for their conduct, I wished to prevent the innocent from 
suffering, or the pillage and destruction of their property. My 
own men, I knew, would be sufficiently occupied in fighting to 
prevent their plundering, but the Indians, who accompanied us, 
I knew would be intent on that object alone; added to which I was 
desirous of impressing them with a high idea of our force, and by 
this means terrify them into terms without farther effusions of 
blood; I accordingly directed my men to assemble on the ridge 
and to fire a voliey; the Typees had not until then seen us, nor 
had they the least suspicions of our being there. As soon as they 
heard the report of our muskets, and discovered our numbers, 
which, with the multitude of Indians of both tribes who had now 
assembled, was very numerous, they shouted, beat their drums, 
and blew their war conchs from one qnd of the valley to the 
other: and what with the squealing of the hogs, which they now 
began to catch, the screaming of the women and children, and the 
yelling of the men, the din was horrible. 
After firing our voliey, which went off better than I expect¬ 
ed, we descended, with great difficulty, into the village of the Hap- 
