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the inhabitants of the valley of my intentions, and the mark 1 had 
put on them, in order that they might not kill them, which they 
promised they would not do, but to the contrary, would take care 
of them, and feed and fatten them against my return. The num¬ 
ber that I in this manner marked and turned loose did not fall short 
of five hundred, my ships were all full, no more could be taken on 
board, and a sufficient stock was reserved in the enclosure to sup¬ 
ply us as long as we should remain here. I did not regret being 
over stocked, as it enabled me to leave so many in this valley, 
which was in some measure a compensation for those we had been 
supplied with by the inhabitants. 
Peace now being established throughout the island, and the 
utmost harmony reigning, not only between us and the Indians, 
but between the different tribes, they mixed with one another 
about our village in the most friendly manner, and the different 
chiefs with the priests came daily to visit me. They were all much 
delighted that a general peace had been brought about, that they 
might now all visit the different parts of the island in safety; and 
many of the oldest men assured me that they had never before 
been out of the valley in which they were born. They repeated¬ 
ly expressed their astonishment and admiration that I should have 
been enabled to effect so much in so short a time, and that I 
should have been able to extend my influence so far as to give 
them such complete protection, not only in the valley of Tieuhoy, 
but among the tribes with which they had been at war from the 
earliest periods, and had heretofore been considered their natural 
enemies. I informed them that I should shortly leave them and 
should return again at the expiration of a year. I exhorted them 
to remain at peace with one another, and assured them that if they 
should be at war on my return, I should punish the tribes most 
in fault. They all gave me the strongest assurances of a disposi¬ 
tion to remain on good terms, not only with me and my people, 
but with one another. The chiefs, the priests and the principal 
persons of the tribes were very solicitous of forming a relation¬ 
ship with me by an exchange of names with some of my family. 
Some wished to bear the name of my brother, my son-in-law, my 
spn, my brother-in-law, &c. and when all the male stock were ex¬ 
hausted, they as anxiously solicited the names of the pther sex,' 
