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CHAPTER IV. 
On the following day, however, ac¬ 
companied by natives, we met at the 
scene of destruction, and truly it was 
an appalling one to us. The mangled 
corpses of our companions, rendered 
rpore ghastly from the numerous wounds 
they had received, the provisions, cloth- 
iiig, &c. scattered .about the ground, 
the hideous yells of exultation uttered 
by the natives, all conspired to render 
our situation superlatively miserable. 
We asked, and obtained leave from 
our masters, to bury the bodies which 
lay scattered about. We dug some 
graves in the sand, and after finishing 
this melancholy duty, were directed to 
launch the * canoes, preparatory to our 
departure, (for we had come in canoes) 
when we begged permission, which was 
readily granted, to take some flour, 
bread and pork, and our respective mas- 
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