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SIMON FRASER'S
uad been pillaged, that his hands and feet had been tied, and
that he was about being knocked on the head when the Chief
of the Achinrow arrived, released him and secured his escape
to this place, where he was now detained as a slave. This
unpleasant recital served to warn us, more and more, of our
danger; still we were bei1t upon obtaining sight of the main
ocean, which was but at a short distance from where we had
returned, but unfortunately we could not procure a morsel
of provisions, and, besides, the Chief insisted upon having his
canoe restored to him immediately; this demand we were
obliged to resist. .
The Chief invited us to his house and we went, but were
not above five minutes absent when one of the men came
running to inform us that the Indians had seized upon the
canoe and were pillaging our people.. Alarmed at this report,
we hastened to their assistance, when we found that some of
the Indians from belo,v having arrived, had encouraged the
others in these violent proceedings. Sensible by experience of
our criticd sitnation, and that mild measures would be impr:oper,
as well as of no service, I pretended to be' in a vi-olent pa,ssion,
spoke loud, with vehement gestures, exactly in their own "'ay,
and thus peace and tranquility were instantty restored.
The expo- From these repeated specimens of the insolence and ill-nature
dition fIN' 1 . b d d d' ffi l' .
abandoned. 0 t 1e atlVes, we saw not 11J1g ut angers an 1 lCU tIes m
our way, we therefore relinquished our designs and turned our
thoughts towards home; but we could not proceed without
the canoe and we had to force it away from the owner, leaving
a blanket in its place. Thus provided, we pushed off. Here
we missed one of our men, G. B.; the fellow being afraid had
fled into the woods and placed himself behind a range of
tombs, where he remained during the greatest part of the time.
We stayed on shore, and it was with great difficulty we prevailed
upon him to embark.