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57S3, « plained of. The canoe went back to the King of Artin- 
u gall, and, having communicated our proportion, re- 
66 turned with a flat refufal; on which the General in- 
u formed his brother that the enemy was difpofed for war. 
u The King then ordered the conch to be founded, and 
u Handing up in his canoe, in the fcarlet coat my bro- 
u ther had given him, waved his chinam-ftick in the air,. 
u as a fignal for the different fquadrons to arrange them- 
i6 felves for battle. 
a Whilft this was doing, the enemy affembled their ca- 
u noes clofe under the land, and kept blowing their conch- 
u fhell, as in defiance of us, but did not feem difpofed to 
“ quit the fhore and attack us. The ten Englifh were di- 
u vided in ten different canoes; the King taking one in his 
“ canoe* the General another, and the reft going fingly 
a with one or other of the Rupaeks , each Fnglijhman hav- 
u ing a mufquet, cutlafs, bayonet, and piftol. There were 
u feveral light canoes, containing four men each, every one 
“ having a white feather in his hair, the fame as in the 
u truce canoe; thefe were conftantly bufied in conveying 
orders from the King and the General to the other Chiefs, 
u They flew from fquadron to fquadron, cutting through 
“ the water with aftonifhing velocity, to convey command ; 
u and they were, for diftin£tion fake, called by the Englijb 9 
a the Frigate canoes, 
44 The King, perceiving a total unwillingness in the enemy 
a to 
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