THE PACIFIC OCEAN, 
3 
Captain Cook, he told him, that he was Jakanee * to the 
king of the ifland, who was at that time engaged on a mi¬ 
litary expedition at Mowee, and Was expected to return 
within three or four days. A few prefents from Captain 
Cook attached him entirely to our interefts, and he became 
exceedingly ufeful to us in the management of his country¬ 
men, as we had loon occalion to experience. For we had 
not been long at anchor, when it was obferved that the 
Difcovery had fuch a number of people hanging on one 
fide, as occalioned her to heel conliderably; and that the 
men were unable to keep off the crowds which continued 
prefling into her. Captain Cook, being apprehenflve that 
flie might fuffer fome injury, pointed out the danger to 
Pareea, who immediately went to their afliftance, cleared 
the fliip of its incumbrances, and drove away the canoes 
that furrounded her. 
The authority of the chiefs over the inferior people 
appeared from this incident to be of the moft defpotic 
kind. A fimilar inftance of it happened the fame day 
on board the Refolution ; where the crowd being fo 
great, as to impede the neceflary buflnefs of the lhip, 
we were obliged to have recourfe to the afliftance of 
Kaneena, another of their chiefs, who had like wife at¬ 
tached himfelf to Captain Cook. The inconvenience we 
laboured under being made known, he immediately or¬ 
dered his countrymen to quit the veflel; and we were 
not a little furprized to fee them jump overboard, with¬ 
out a moment’s hefttation; all except one man, who loi¬ 
tering behind, and fliewing fome unwillingnefs to obey, 
1779. 
J anuary. 
* We afterward met with feveral others of the fame denomination ; but whether it be 
rn office, or fome degree of affinity, we could never learn with certainty, 
B a 
Kaneena 
