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16 - Captivity of Nearly Three Years Among the Savages of Nootka Sound by John R. Jewitt · Captivity of Nearly Three Years Among the Savages of Nootka Sound

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  Speaker 1: Section sixteen of A Captivity of nearly three years among
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  Speaker 1: the Savages of Nutkah's Sound by John R. Jewett. This
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  Speaker 1: LibriVox recording is in the public domain. It was now
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  Speaker 1: past Midsummer, and the hopes we had indulged of our
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  Speaker 1: release became daily more faint, For though we had heard
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  Speaker 1: of no less than seven vessels on the coast, yet
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  Speaker 1: none appeared inclined to venture to Nootka. The destruction of
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  Speaker 1: the Boston, the largest, strongest and best equipped ship with
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  Speaker 1: the most valuable cargo of any that had ever been
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  Speaker 1: fitted for the Northwest trade, had inspired the commanders of
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  Speaker 1: others with a general dread of coming thither lest they
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  Speaker 1: should share the same fate. And though in the letters
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  Speaker 1: I wrote imploring those who should receive them to come
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  Speaker 1: to the relief of two unfortunate Christians who were suffered
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  Speaker 1: among Heathens, I stated the case of the Boston's capture,
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  Speaker 1: and that there was not the least danger in coming
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  Speaker 1: to Nootka, provided they would follow the directions I laid down. Still,
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  Speaker 1: I felt very little encouragement that any of these letters
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  Speaker 1: would come to hand. When on the morning of the
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  Speaker 1: nineteenth of July, a day that will be ever held
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  Speaker 1: in me in grateful remembrance of the mercies of God.
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  Speaker 1: While I was employed with Thompson in forging daggers for
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  Speaker 1: the king, my ears were saluted with the joyful sound
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  Speaker 1: of three cannon and the cries of the inhabitants, exclaiming,
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  Speaker 1: weena weena Mamithli, that is Stranger's white men. Soon after,
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  Speaker 1: several of our people came running into the house to
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  Speaker 1: inform me that a vessel under full sail was coming
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  Speaker 1: into the harbor. Though my heart bounded with joy, I
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  Speaker 1: repressed my feelings, and, affecting to pay no attention to
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  Speaker 1: what was said, told Thompson to be on his guard
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  Speaker 1: and not betray any joy, as our release and perhaps
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  Speaker 1: our lives, depended on our conducting ourselves so as to
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  Speaker 1: induce the natives to suppose we were not very anxious
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  Speaker 1: to leave them. We continued our work as if nothing
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  Speaker 1: had happened, when in a few minutes after Makina came
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  Speaker 1: in and, seeing me at work, appeared much surprised and
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  Speaker 1: asked me if I did not know that a vessel
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  Speaker 1: had come. I answered, in a careless manner, that it
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  Speaker 1: was nothing to me. How John said he you are
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  Speaker 1: no glad go board. I replied that I cared very
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  Speaker 1: little about it, as I had become reconciled to their
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  Speaker 1: manner of living and had no wish to go. He
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  Speaker 1: then told me that he had called a council of
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  Speaker 1: his people respecting us, and that we must leave off
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  Speaker 1: work and be present at it. The men having assembled
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  Speaker 1: at Makina's house, he asked them what was their opinion
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  Speaker 1: should be done with Thompson and myself, now a vessel
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  Speaker 1: had arrived, and whether he had not better go on
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  Speaker 1: board himself to make a trade and procure such articles
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  Speaker 1: as were wanted. Each one of the tribe who wished
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  Speaker 1: gave his opinion. Some were for putting us to death
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  Speaker 1: and pretending to the strangers that a different nation had
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  Speaker 1: cut off the Boston, while others, less barbarous, were for
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  Speaker 1: sending us fifteen or twenty miles back into the country
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  Speaker 1: until the departure of the vessel. These, however, were the
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  Speaker 1: sentiments of the common people. The chiefs opposing our being
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  Speaker 1: put to death or injured, and several of them, among
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  Speaker 1: the most forward of whom were yealf Lower and the
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  Speaker 1: young chief to a Kaninish, were for immediately releasing us,
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  Speaker 1: but this, if he could avoid it by no means,
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  Speaker 1: appeared to accord with Makina's wishes. Having mentioned to a Kaninish,
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  Speaker 1: I shall briefly observe that he was a young man
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  Speaker 1: of about twenty three years old, the only son of Tupekchatti,
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  Speaker 1: the oldest and most respected chief of the tribe. His
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  Speaker 1: son had always been remarkably kind and friendly to me,
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  Speaker 1: and I had in return frequently made for him daggers,
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  Speaker 1: chilled tooths and other things in my best manner. He
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  Speaker 1: was one of the handsomest men among them, very amiable
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  Speaker 1: and much milder in his manners than any of the others,
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  Speaker 1: as well as neater both in his person and house,
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  Speaker 1: at least his apartment, without even accepting ma Kina with regard. However,
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  Speaker 1: to Makina's going on board the vessel, which he discovered
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  Speaker 1: a strong inclination to do, there was but one opinion,
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  Speaker 1: all remonstrating against it, telling him that the captain would
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  Speaker 1: kill him or keeping prisoner in consequence of his having
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  Speaker 1: destroyed our ship. When Makina had heard their opinions, he
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  Speaker 1: told them that he was not afraid of being hurt
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  Speaker 1: from going on board the vessel, but that he would, however,
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  Speaker 1: as it respected that be guided by John, whom he
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  Speaker 1: always found true. He then turned to me and asked
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  Speaker 1: me if I thought there would be any danger in
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  Speaker 1: his going on board. I answered that I was not
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  Speaker 1: surprised at the advice his people had given him, unacquainted
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  Speaker 1: as they were with the manners of the white men,
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  Speaker 1: and judging them by their own, but if they had
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  Speaker 1: been with them as much as I had, or even himself,
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  Speaker 1: they would think very different. That he had almost always
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  Speaker 1: experienced good and civil treatment from them, Nor had he
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  Speaker 1: any reason to fear the contrary now, as they never
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  Speaker 1: attempted to harm those who did not injure them, And
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  Speaker 1: if he wished to go on board, he might do it,
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  Speaker 1: in my opinion, with security. After reflecting a few moments,
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  Speaker 1: he said, with much apparent satisfaction, that if I would
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  Speaker 1: write a letter to the captain telling him good of him,
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  Speaker 1: that he had treated Thompson and myself kindly since we
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  Speaker 1: had been with him, and to use him well, he
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  Speaker 1: would go. It may easily be supposed that I felt
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  Speaker 1: much joy at this determination, but knowing that the least
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  Speaker 1: incaution might annihilate all my hopes of escape, was careful
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  Speaker 1: not to manifest it, and to treat his going or
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  Speaker 1: staying as a matter perfectly indifferent to me. I told
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  Speaker 1: him that if he wished me to write such a letter,
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  Speaker 1: I had no objection, as it was the truth, otherwise
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  Speaker 1: I would not have done it. I then proceeded to
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  Speaker 1: write the recommendatory letter, which the reader will naturally imagine
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  Speaker 1: was of a somewhat different tenor from the one he
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  Speaker 1: had required. For if deception is in any case warrantable,
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  Speaker 1: it was certainly so in a situation like ours, where
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  Speaker 1: the only chance of regaining that freedom of which we
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  Speaker 1: had been so unjustly deprived depended upon it. And I
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  Speaker 1: trust that few, even of the most rigid, will condemn
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  Speaker 1: me with severity for making use of it on an
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  Speaker 1: occasion which afforded me the only hope of ever more
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  Speaker 1: beholding a Christian country and preserving myself self, if not
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  Speaker 1: from death, at least from a life of continued suffering.
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  Speaker 1: The letter which I wrote was nearly in the following terms,
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  Speaker 1: to Captain Dash of the Brig Dash Nootka, July nineteenth,
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  Speaker 1: eighteen o five. Sir, the bearer of this letter is
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  Speaker 1: the Indian king by the name of Makina. He was
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  Speaker 1: the instigator of the capture of the ship Boston of
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  Speaker 1: Boston in North America, John Salter, Captain, and of the
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  Speaker 1: murder of twenty five men of her crew, the two
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  Speaker 1: only survivors now being on shore. Wherefore, I hope you
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  Speaker 1: will take care to confine him according to his merits,
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  Speaker 1: putting in your dead lights, and keeping so good a
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  Speaker 1: watch over him that he cannot escape from you. By
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  Speaker 1: so doing, we shall be able to obtain our release
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  Speaker 1: in the course of a few hours. John R. Jewett,
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  Speaker 1: armorer of the Boston for himself, and John Thompson, sail
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  Speaker 1: maker of the said ship. I have been asked how
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  Speaker 1: I dared to write in this manner. My answer is
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  Speaker 1: that from my long residence among these people, I knew
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  Speaker 1: that I had little to apprehend from their anger on
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  Speaker 1: hearing of their king being confined, while they knew his
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  Speaker 1: life depended upon my release, and that they would sooner
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  Speaker 1: have given up five hundred white men than have had
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  Speaker 1: him injured. This will serve to explain the little apprehension
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  Speaker 1: I felt at their menaces afterwards. For otherwise sweet as
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  Speaker 1: liberty was to me, I should hardly have ventured on
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  Speaker 1: so hazardous an experiment. On my giving the letter to Makina,
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  Speaker 1: he asked me to explain it to him. This I did,
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  Speaker 1: lie by line, as he pointed them out with his finger,
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  Speaker 1: but in a sense very different from the real, giving
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  Speaker 1: him to understand that I had written to the captain
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  Speaker 1: that as he had been kind to me since I
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  Speaker 1: had been taken by him, that it was my wish
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  Speaker 1: that the Captain should treat him accordingly and give him
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  Speaker 1: what molasses, biscuit and rum he wanted. When I had
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  Speaker 1: finished placing his finger in a significant manner on my
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  Speaker 1: name at the bottom, and eyeing me with a look
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  Speaker 1: that seemed to read my inmost thoughts, he said to me, John,
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  Speaker 1: you know, lie, Never did I undergo such a scrutiny
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  Speaker 1: or ever experience greater apprehensions than I felt at that moment,
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  Speaker 1: when my destiny was suspended on the slightest thread, and
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  Speaker 1: the least mark of embarrassment on mine or suspicion of
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  Speaker 1: treachery on his path us would probably have rendered my
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  Speaker 1: life the sacrifice. Fortunately, I was able to preserve my
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  Speaker 1: composure and my being painted in the Indian manner which
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  Speaker 1: my Kina had since my marriage required of me prevented
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  Speaker 1: any change in my countenance from being noticed. And I
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  Speaker 1: replied with considerable promptitude, looking at him in my turn,
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  Speaker 1: with all the confidence I could muster. Why do you
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  Speaker 1: ask me such a question? Tayee, have you ever known
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  Speaker 1: me to lie? No? Then, how can you suppose I
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  Speaker 1: should tell you a lie now? Since I have never
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  Speaker 1: done it? As I was speaking, he still continued looking
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  Speaker 1: at me with the same piercing eye, but observing nothing
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  Speaker 1: to excite his suspicion. He told me that he believed
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  Speaker 1: what I said was true, and that he would go
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  Speaker 1: on board, and gave orders to get ready his canoe.
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  Speaker 1: His chiefs again attempted to dissuade him, using every argument
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  Speaker 1: for that purpose, while his wives crowded around him, begging
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  Speaker 1: him on their knees not to trust himself with the
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  Speaker 1: white men. Fortunately for my companion and myself, so strong
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  Speaker 1: was his wish of going on board the vessel, that
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  Speaker 1: he was deaf to their solicitations, and making no other
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  Speaker 1: reply to them than John no Lie left the house,
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  Speaker 1: taking four prime skins with him as a present to
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  Speaker 1: the captain. Scarcely had the canoe put off when he
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  Speaker 1: ordered his men to stop, and, calling to me, asked
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  Speaker 1: me if I did not want to go on board
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  Speaker 1: with him. Suspecting this as a question merely intended to
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  Speaker 1: ensnare me, I replied that I had no wish to
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  Speaker 1: do it, not having any desire to leave them. On
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  Speaker 1: going on board the brig, Makina immediately gave his present
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  Speaker 1: of skins and my letter to the captain, who, on
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  Speaker 1: reading it, asked him into the cabin for he gave
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  Speaker 1: him some biscuit and a glass of rum, at the
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  Speaker 1: same time privately directing his mate to go forward and
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  Speaker 1: return with five or six of the men armed. When
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  Speaker 1: they appeared, the captain told Makina that he was his
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  Speaker 1: prisoner and should continue so until the two men whom
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  Speaker 1: he knew to be on shore were released, at the
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  Speaker 1: same time ordering him to be put in irons and
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  Speaker 1: the windows secured, which was instantly done, and a couple
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  Speaker 1: of men placed as a guard over him. Makina was
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  Speaker 1: greatly surprised and terrified at this reception. He however, made
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  Speaker 1: no attempt to resist, but requested the captain to permit
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  Speaker 1: one of his men to come and see him. One
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  Speaker 1: of them was accordingly called, and Machina said something to
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  Speaker 1: him which the captain did not understand, but supposed to
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  Speaker 1: be in order to release us. When the man returning
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  Speaker 1: to the canoe, it was paddled off with the utmost
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  Speaker 1: expedition to the shore. As the canoe approached, the inhabitants,
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  Speaker 1: who had all collected upon the beach manifested some uneasiness
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  Speaker 1: at not seeing their king on board, But when on
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  Speaker 1: its arrival they were told that the captain had made
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  Speaker 1: him a prisoner, and that John had spoke bad about
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  Speaker 1: him in the letter. They all, both men and women,
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  Speaker 1: set up a loud howl, and ran backwards and forwards
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  Speaker 1: upon the shore like so many lunatics, scratching their faces
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  Speaker 1: and tearing the hair in handfuls from their heads. After
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  Speaker 1: they had beat about in this manner for some time,
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  Speaker 1: the men ran to their huts for their weapons, as
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  Speaker 1: if preparing to attack and invading enemy, while Makina's wives
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  Speaker 1: and the rest of the women came around me, and,
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  Speaker 1: throwing themselves on their knees, begged me with tears to
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  Speaker 1: spare his life, and saught sat sulksies, who kept constantly
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  Speaker 1: with me, taking me by the hand. Wept bitterly, and
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  Speaker 1: joined his entreaties to theirs that I would not let
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  Speaker 1: the white men kill his father. I told them not
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  Speaker 1: to afflict themselves, that Makina's life was in no danger,
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  Speaker 1: nor would the least harm be done to him. The
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  Speaker 1: men were, however, extremely exasperated with me, more particularly the
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  Speaker 1: common people, who came running in the most furious manner
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  Speaker 1: towards me, brandishing their weapons and threatening to cut me
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  Speaker 1: in pieces no bigger than their thumbnails, while others declared
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  Speaker 1: they would burn me alive over a slow fire suspended
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  Speaker 1: by my heels. All this fury, however, caused me but
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  Speaker 1: little alarm, as I felt convinced they would not dare
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  Speaker 1: to execute their threats. While the King was on board
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  Speaker 1: the brig The chiefs took no part in this violent conduct,
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  Speaker 1: but came to me and inquired the reasons why Makina
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  Speaker 1: had been thus treated, and if the captain intended to
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  Speaker 1: kill him. I told them that if they would silence
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  Speaker 1: the people so that I could be heard, I would
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  Speaker 1: explain all to them. They immediately put a stop to
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  Speaker 1: the noise when I informed them that the captain in
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  Speaker 1: confining Makina had done it only in order to make
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  Speaker 1: them release Thompson and myself, as he well knew we
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  Speaker 1: were with them, and if they would do that, their
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  Speaker 1: king would receive no injury but be well treated. Otherwise
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  Speaker 1: he would be kept a prisoner. As many of them
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  Speaker 1: did not appear to be satisfied with this, and began
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  Speaker 1: to repeat their murderous threats kill me, said I to them,
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  Speaker 1: if it is your wish, throwing open the bear skin
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  Speaker 1: which I wore, here is my breast. I am only
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  Speaker 1: one among many, so many, and can make no resistance.
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  Speaker 1: But unless you wish to see your king hanging by
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  Speaker 1: his neck to that pole pointing to the yard arm
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  Speaker 1: of the brig and the sailors firing at him with bullets,
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  Speaker 1: you will not do it. Oh no, was a general
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  Speaker 1: cry that must never be. But what must we do?
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  Speaker 1: I told them that their best plan would be to
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  Speaker 1: send Thompson on board to desire the captain to use
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  Speaker 1: my china well till I was released, which would be soon.
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  Speaker 1: This they were perfectly willing to do, and I directed
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  Speaker 1: Thompson to go on board, but he objected, saying that
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  Speaker 1: he would not leave me alone with the savages. I
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  Speaker 1: told him not to be under any fear. For me,
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  Speaker 1: for that if I could get him off, I could
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  Speaker 1: manage well enough for myself, and that I wished him
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  Speaker 1: immediately on getting on board the brig to see the
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  Speaker 1: captain and request him to keep Makina close till I
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  Speaker 1: was released, as I was in no danger while he
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  Speaker 1: had him safe. When I saw Thompson off, I asked
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  Speaker 1: the natives what they intended to do with me. They said,
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  Speaker 1: I must talk to the captain again in another letter
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  Speaker 1: and tell him to let his boat come on shore
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  Speaker 1: with Makina, and that I should be ready to jump
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  Speaker 1: into the boat at the same time Makina would jump
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  Speaker 1: on shore. I told them that the captain, who knew
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  Speaker 1: that they had killed my shipmates, would never trust his
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  Speaker 1: men so near the shore for fear they could kill
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  Speaker 1: them too, as they were so much more numerous, but
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  Speaker 1: that if they would select any three of their number
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  Speaker 1: to go with me in a canoe when we came
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  Speaker 1: within Hail, I would desire the captain to send his
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  Speaker 1: boat with Makina to receive me in exchange for him.
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  Speaker 1: This appeared to please them, and after some whispering among
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  Speaker 1: the chiefs, who from what words I overheard, concluded that
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  Speaker 1: if the captain should refuse to send his boat with Makina,
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  Speaker 1: the three men would have no difficulty in bringing me
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  Speaker 1: back with them. They agreed to my proposal and selected
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  Speaker 1: three of their stoutest men to convey me. Fortunately, having
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  Speaker 1: been for some time accustomed to see me armed and
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  Speaker 1: suspecting no design on my part, they paid no attention
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  Speaker 1: to the pistols that I had about me. As I
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  Speaker 1: was going into the canoe. Little Satsat Sulksis, who could
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  Speaker 1: not bear to part with me, asked me with an
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  Speaker 1: affecting simplicity, since I was going away to leave him
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  Speaker 1: if the white men would not let his father come
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  Speaker 1: on shore and not kill him. I told him not
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  Speaker 1: to be concerned, for that no one should injure his father.
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  Speaker 1: When taking an affectionate leave of me, and again begging
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  Speaker 1: me not to let the white men hurt his father,
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  Speaker 1: he ran to comfort his mother, who was at a
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  Speaker 1: little distance, with the assurances I had given him. On
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  Speaker 1: entering the canoe, I seated myself in the prow facing
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  Speaker 1: the three men, having determined if it was practicable. From
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  Speaker 1: the moment I found Makina was secured to get on
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  Speaker 1: board the vessel before he was released hoping by that
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  Speaker 1: means to be enabled to obtain the restoration of what
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  Speaker 1: property belonging to the Boston still remained in the possession
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  Speaker 1: of the Savages, which I thought, if it could be done,
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  Speaker 1: a duty that I owed to the owners. With feelings
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  Speaker 1: of joy impossible to be described, did I quit the
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  Speaker 1: Savage shore, confident now that nothing could thwart my escape
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  Speaker 1: or prevent the execution of the plan that I had formed.
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  Speaker 1: As the men appointed to convey and guard me were
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  Speaker 1: armed with nothing but their paddles. As we came within
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  Speaker 1: hail of the brig, they at once ceased paddling. When
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  Speaker 1: presenting my pistols at them, I ordered them instantly to
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  Speaker 1: go on, or I would shoot the whole of them,
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  Speaker 1: a proceeding so wholly unexpected, threw them into great consternation,
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  Speaker 1: and resuming their paddles in a few moments. To my
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  Speaker 1: inexpressible delight, I once more found myself alongside of a
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  Speaker 1: Christian ship, a happiness which I had almost despaired of
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  Speaker 1: ever again, enjoying all the crew crowded to the side
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  Speaker 1: to see me as the canoe came up and manifested
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  Speaker 1: much joy at my safety. I immediately leaped on board,
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  Speaker 1: where I was welcomed by the Captain Samuel Hill of
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  Speaker 1: the brig Lydia of Boston, who congratulated me on my escape,
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  Speaker 1: informing me that he had received my letter off Cluis
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  Speaker 1: Art from the chief manchi Ullatilla, who came off himself
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  Speaker 1: in his canoe to deliver it to him, on which
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  Speaker 1: he immediately proceeded hither to aid me. I returned him
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  Speaker 1: my thanks in the best manner I could for his humanity,
• 22:42
  Speaker 1: though I hardly knew what I said. Such was the
• 22:45
  Speaker 1: agitated state of my feelings at that moment, with joy
• 22:50
  Speaker 1: for my escape, thankfulness to the Supreme Being who had
• 22:54
  Speaker 1: so mercifully preserved me, and gratitude to those whom he
• 22:59
  Speaker 1: had rendered instrumental in my delivery. That I have no
• 23:04
  Speaker 1: doubt that, what with my strange dress being painted with
• 23:08
  Speaker 1: red and black from head to toe, having a bear
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  Speaker 1: skin wrapped around me, and my long hair which I
• 23:15
  Speaker 1: was not allowed to cut, fastened on the top of
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  Speaker 1: my head in a large bunch with a sprig of
• 23:22
  Speaker 1: green spruce, I must have appeared more like one deranged
• 23:26
  Speaker 1: than a rational creature. As Captain Hill afterwards told me
• 23:31
  Speaker 1: that he never saw anything in the form of man
• 23:36
  Speaker 1: looking so wild as I did when I first came
• 23:40
  Speaker 1: on board. The captain then asked me into the cabin,
• 23:45
  Speaker 1: where I found Makina in irons with a guard over him.
• 23:50
  Speaker 1: He looked very melancholy, but on seeing me, his countenance
• 23:54
  Speaker 1: brightened up, and he expressed his pleasure with the welcome
• 23:57
  Speaker 1: of wokosh John. When taking him by the hand, I
• 24:02
  Speaker 1: asked the captain's permission to take off his irons, assuring
• 24:07
  Speaker 1: him that as I was with him, there would be
• 24:10
  Speaker 1: no danger of his being in the least troublesome. He
• 24:14
  Speaker 1: accordingly consented, and I felt a sincere pleasure in freeing
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  Speaker 1: from fetters a man who, though he had caused the
• 24:22
  Speaker 1: death of my poor comrades, had nevertheless always proved my
• 24:26
  Speaker 1: friend and protector, and whom I had requested to be
• 24:31
  Speaker 1: thus treated only with a view of securing my liberty.
• 24:36
  Speaker 1: Makina smiled and appeared much pleased at this mark of
• 24:39
  Speaker 1: attention from me. When I had freed the king from
• 24:43
  Speaker 1: his irons, Captain Hill wished to learn the particulars of
• 24:47
  Speaker 1: our capture, observing that an account of the destruction of
• 24:51
  Speaker 1: the ship and her crew had been received at Boston
• 24:54
  Speaker 1: before he sailed, but that nothing more was known except
• 24:59
  Speaker 1: that two of the men or living, for whose rescue
• 25:02
  Speaker 1: the owners had offered a liberal reward, and that he
• 25:06
  Speaker 1: had been able to get nothing out of the old man,
• 25:09
  Speaker 1: whom the sailors had supplied so plentifully with grog as
• 25:13
  Speaker 1: to bring him too much by the head to give
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  Speaker 1: any information. I gave him a correct statement of the
• 25:21
  Speaker 1: whole proceeding, together with the manner in which my life
• 25:24
  Speaker 1: and that of my comrade had been preserved. On hearing
• 25:28
  Speaker 1: my story, he was greatly irritated against Machina, and said
• 25:33
  Speaker 1: he ought to be killed. I observed that, however ill
• 25:37
  Speaker 1: he might have acted in taking our ship, yet that
• 25:41
  Speaker 1: it might perhaps be wrong to judge an uninformed savage
• 25:46
  Speaker 1: with the same severity as a civilized person who had
• 25:50
  Speaker 1: the light of religion and the laws of society to
• 25:53
  Speaker 1: guide him. That Makiina's conduct in taking our ship arose
• 25:58
  Speaker 1: from an insult that he thought he had received from
• 26:02
  Speaker 1: Captain Salter, and from the unjustifiable conduct of some masters
• 26:07
  Speaker 1: of vessels who had robbed him and without provocation, killed
• 26:12
  Speaker 1: a number of his people. Besides that, a regard for
• 26:16
  Speaker 1: the safety of others ought to prevent his being put
• 26:19
  Speaker 1: to death, as I had lived long enough with these
• 26:23
  Speaker 1: people to know that revenge of an injury is held
• 26:27
  Speaker 1: sacred by them, and that they would not fail to
• 26:30
  Speaker 1: retaliate should we kill their king on the first vessel
• 26:35
  Speaker 1: or boat's crew, that should give them an opportunity, and
• 26:38
  Speaker 1: that though he might consider executing him as but an
• 26:43
  Speaker 1: act of justice, it would probably cost the lives of
• 26:46
  Speaker 1: many Americans. The captain appeared to be convinced from what
• 26:52
  Speaker 1: I said of the impolicy of taking Makina's life, and
• 26:57
  Speaker 1: said that he would leave it wholly with me whether
• 26:59
  Speaker 1: to spare or kill him, as he was resolved to
• 27:03
  Speaker 1: incur no censure in either case. I replied that I
• 27:07
  Speaker 1: most certainly should never take the life of a man
• 27:09
  Speaker 1: who had preserved mine, had I no other reason. But
• 27:13
  Speaker 1: as there was some of the Boston's property still remaining
• 27:17
  Speaker 1: on shore, I considered it a duty that I owed
• 27:21
  Speaker 1: to those who were interested in that ship to try
• 27:24
  Speaker 1: to save it for them, And with that view, I
• 27:27
  Speaker 1: thought it would be well to keep him on board
• 27:29
  Speaker 1: till it was given up. He concurred in this proposal, saying,
• 27:34
  Speaker 1: if there was any of the property left it most
• 27:38
  Speaker 1: certainly ought to be got. During this conversation, Makina was
• 27:42
  Speaker 1: in great anxiety, as from what English he knew. He
• 27:47
  Speaker 1: perfectly comprehended the subject of our deliberation, constantly interrupting me
• 27:52
  Speaker 1: to inquire what we had determined to do with him,
• 27:56
  Speaker 1: what the captain said if his life would be spared,
• 27:59
  Speaker 1: and if I I did not think that Thompson would
• 28:01
  Speaker 1: kill him. I pacified him as well as I was
• 28:05
  Speaker 1: able by telling him that he had nothing to fear
• 28:09
  Speaker 1: from the Captain, that he would not be hurt, and
• 28:12
  Speaker 1: that if Thompson wished to kill him, he would not
• 28:14
  Speaker 1: be allowed to do it. He would then remind me
• 28:18
  Speaker 1: that I was indebted to him for my life, and
• 28:21
  Speaker 1: that I ought to do by him as he had
• 28:24
  Speaker 1: done by me. I assured him that such was my intention,
• 28:28
  Speaker 1: and I requested him to remain quiet and not alarm himself,
• 28:33
  Speaker 1: as no harm was intended him. But I found it
• 28:37
  Speaker 1: extremely difficult to convince him of this, as it accorded
• 28:41
  Speaker 1: so little with the ideas of revenge entertained by them.
• 28:46
  Speaker 1: I told him, however, that he must restore all the
• 28:49
  Speaker 1: properties still in his possession belonging to the ship this.
• 28:54
  Speaker 1: He was perfectly ready to do, happy to escape on
• 28:57
  Speaker 1: such terms. But as it was now past five and
• 29:01
  Speaker 1: too late for the articles to be collected and brought off,
• 29:05
  Speaker 1: I told him that he must content himself to remain
• 29:08
  Speaker 1: on board with me that night, and in the morning
• 29:12
  Speaker 1: he should be set on shore as soon as the
• 29:14
  Speaker 1: things were delivered. To this, he agreed, on condition that
• 29:19
  Speaker 1: I would remain with him in the cabin. I then
• 29:22
  Speaker 1: went upon deck, and the canoe that brought me having
• 29:25
  Speaker 1: been sent back. I hailed the inhabitants and told them
• 29:29
  Speaker 1: that their king had agreed to stay on board till
• 29:32
  Speaker 1: the next day, when he would return, but that no
• 29:36
  Speaker 1: canoes must attempt to come near the vessel during the night,
• 29:40
  Speaker 1: as they would be fired upon. They answered, woe ho,
• 29:44
  Speaker 1: woe ho, Very well, very well. I then returned to Makina,
• 29:50
  Speaker 1: but so great were his terrors that he would not
• 29:53
  Speaker 1: allow me to sleep, constantly disturbing me with his questions
• 29:58
  Speaker 1: and repeating, John, you know, when you was alone and
• 30:02
  Speaker 1: more than five hundred men were your enemies, I was
• 30:05
  Speaker 1: your friend and prevented them from putting you and Thompson
• 30:09
  Speaker 1: to death. And now I am in the power of
• 30:12
  Speaker 1: your friends you ought to do the same by me.
• 30:15
  Speaker 1: I assured him that he would be detained on board
• 30:18
  Speaker 1: no longer than whilst the property was released, and that
• 30:22
  Speaker 1: as soon as it was done, he would be set
• 30:24
  Speaker 1: at liberty. At daybreak, I hailed the natives and told
• 30:28
  Speaker 1: them that it was my Kina's order that they should
• 30:31
  Speaker 1: bring off the cannon and anchors and whatever remained with
• 30:35
  Speaker 1: them of the cargo of the ship. This they set
• 30:39
  Speaker 1: about doing with the utmost expedition, transporting the cannon and
• 30:43
  Speaker 1: anchors by lashing together two of their largest canoes and
• 30:48
  Speaker 1: covering them with planks, And in the course of two
• 30:51
  Speaker 1: hours they delivered everything on board that I could recollect,
• 30:55
  Speaker 1: with Thompson's and my chest containing the papers of the ship,
• 31:00
  Speaker 1: et cetera. When everything belonging to the ship had been restored,
• 31:05
  Speaker 1: Makina was permitted to return in his canoe, which had
• 31:09
  Speaker 1: been sent for him, with a present of what skins
• 31:11
  Speaker 1: he had collected, which were about sixty for the captain
• 31:16
  Speaker 1: in acknowledgment of his having spared his life, and allowed
• 31:20
  Speaker 1: him to depart unhurt. Such was also the transport he
• 31:24
  Speaker 1: felt when Captain Hill came into the cabin and told
• 31:28
  Speaker 1: him that he was at liberty to go, that he
• 31:31
  Speaker 1: threw off his mantle, which consisted of four of the
• 31:34
  Speaker 1: very finest skins, and gave it to him as a
• 31:38
  Speaker 1: mark of his gratitude, in return for which the captain
• 31:42
  Speaker 1: presented him with a new greatcoat and hat, with which
• 31:45
  Speaker 1: he appeared much delighted. The captain then desired me to
• 31:49
  Speaker 1: inform him that he should return to that part of
• 31:52
  Speaker 1: the coast in November, and that he wished him to
• 31:55
  Speaker 1: keep what skins he should get, which he would buy
• 31:58
  Speaker 1: of him. This Makina promised, saying to me at the
• 32:01
  Speaker 1: same time, John, you know I shall be then at Tassis,
• 32:06
  Speaker 1: But when you come, make pow that means fire a
• 32:10
  Speaker 1: gun to let me know, and I will come down.
• 32:14
  Speaker 1: When he came to the side of the brig he
• 32:16
  Speaker 1: shook me cordially by the hand and told me that
• 32:20
  Speaker 1: he hoped I would come to see him again in
• 32:22
  Speaker 1: a big ship and bring much plenty of blankets, biscuit,
• 32:26
  Speaker 1: molasses and rum for him and his son, who loved
• 32:30
  Speaker 1: me a great deal, and that he would keep all
• 32:32
  Speaker 1: the furs he got for me, observing at the same
• 32:36
  Speaker 1: time that he should never more take a letter of
• 32:40
  Speaker 1: recommendation from any one, or ever trust himself on board
• 32:44
  Speaker 1: a vessel unless I was there. Then, grasping both my
• 32:49
  Speaker 1: hands with much emotion, while the tears trickled down his cheeks,
• 32:54
  Speaker 1: he made me farewell and stepped into the canoe, which
• 32:59
  Speaker 1: immediately paddled him on shore. End of Section sixteen.