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ed them that the vessel# having but two 
masts, did not belong to my nation, and 
I was certain I could not speak their 
language. 
They at length consented for me to 
go; We arrived within a few miles of 
the vessel at night, and early the follow¬ 
ingmorning, were joined by a number of 
canoes, which made in all two hundred 
men. It being squally in the forenoon# 
we remained where we were, but when 
it cleared up, the yells of the Indians 
announced the approach of the vessel. 
I had only time to see that it was really 
an armed schooner, when I was secre¬ 
ted with their women, about forty in 
number, in a hut near the shore, and the 
women had orders to watch me close# 
that I did not get away. 
A boat at this time from the schooner, 
was seen approaching the shore. She 
landed at about a hundred yards dis¬ 
tant from where I was confined ; but it 
being near night, I soon found she was 
making the best of her way towards 
the schooner. Night came, and I was 
