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up in different parts of Reikevig. No such thing 
however, happened, but, on the contrary, the 
proclamation before alluded to was still regarded 
as continuing in force, nor was it ever, at any 
subsequent time, publicly repealed; so that in 
the month of June, a season of the year when 
by far the greater number of the natives make 
a journey to Reikevig for the sake of barter, 
scarcely an individual of this description was 
seen; all naturally dreading to expose themselves 
to the severe punishment threatened by such a 
proclamation, and knowing that, except from the 
English, nothing of what they wanted was to be 
procured. 
Such then being the situation of Mr. Phelps* 
affairs, and the convention remaining unpub¬ 
lished as late as the 25 th of the month, this 
gentleman felt that longer delay would be ma¬ 
terially prejudicial to his interests, and that he 
must consequently be under the necessity of hav¬ 
ing recourse to measures, no more consonant to 
his inclination than to his feelings. He there¬ 
fore gave orders to Captain Liston, the master 
of the Margaret and Anne, by virtue of the 
power granted him by his letter of marque, to 
seize the person of the governor, and detain him 
as his prisoner; directing him also, immediately 
before he took such a step, to make a prize of 
