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pahs, and were shown into the public square]! Around this place 
were several vacant houses which had, in ail appearance, been va¬ 
cated on our account: in these I quartered my officers and men, 
assigning to each ship’s crew their abode, after which I took 
possession of the one I had chosen for myself, in front of which the 
American ensign was hoisted; and after placing guards, and taking 
such precautions as our situation rendered necessary, I retired to 
sleep; my recommending to others to do the same was unneces¬ 
sary. We saw no appearance of cooking hogs however, no fruit 
was brought in, nor did the natives appear disposed to accommo¬ 
date us further than to abandon to us their houses: every thing was 
taken out of them, and we were left to shift for ourselves in the best 
manner we could. I requested a matt to sleep on, but it was 
long before one could be obtained: I wanted a piece of cloth to 
wrap round my loins, while my clothes were washing and drying, 
and it was with great difficulty I could get it; many of my people 
were complaining of hunger and could get nothing to eat, although 
the valley abounded in hogs and fruit. The Happahs assembled 
about us, armed with their clubs and spears; and the women, who 
had at first crowded round us, now began to abandon us. Every 
thing bore the appearance of a hostile disposition on the part of 
the Happahs: our friends the Tayeehs cautioned us to be on our 
guard. I directed every one to keep their arms in their hands, 
ready to assemble at a moment’s warning. I now sent for their 
chief and required to know if they were hostilely disposed. I told 
him it was necessary we should have something to eat, and that 
I expected his people to bring us hogs and fruit, and if they did 
not do so I should be under the necessity of sending out parties 
to shoot them and to cut down their fruit trees, as our people were 
too much fatigued to climb them. I also directed that they 
should lay by their spears and clubsv No notice being taken of 
these demands, I caused many of their spears and clubs to be ta¬ 
ken from them and broken, and sent parties out to shoot hogs, 
while others were Employed in cutting down cocoa-nut and banana 
trees until we had a sufficient supply. I now expostulated with 
them on their unfriendly conduct, compared their reception of us 
to that given by Gattanewa, and appealed to Tawattaa and Moui- 
ria (who had both arrived) for the correctness of my statement, 
