One Of This Sort Of Earees I Had, Most Of The Day, In The Cabin, And
Made Presents To Him And All His Friends, Which Were Not Few; At Length He
Was Caught Taking Things Which Did Not Belong To Him, And Handing Them Out
Of The Quarter Gallery.
Many complaints of the like nature were made to me
against those on deck, which occasioned my turning them all out of the
ship.
My cabin guest made good haste to be gone; I was so much exasperated
at his behaviour, that after he had got some distance from the ship, I
fired two muskets over his head, which made him quit the canoe, and take to
the water; I then sent a boat to take up the canoe, but as she came near
the shore, the people from thence began to pelt her with stones. Being in
some pain for her safety, as she was unarmed, I went myself in another boat
to protect her, and ordered a great gun, loaded with ball, to be fired
along the coast, which made them all retire from the shore, and I was
suffered to bring away two canoes without the least shew of opposition. In
one of the canoes was a little boy, who was much frightened, but I soon
dissipated his fears, by giving him beads, and putting him on shore. A few
hours after, we were all good friends again, and the canoes were returned
to the first person who came for them.
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