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Excerpts from Robert Haswell's Journal
Wednesday 17 of September 1788
Captain Gray in the long boat maned and armed went over to the other side of the sound in surch of some of there villages and by conversing with the inhabitants convince them of the friendly intention of our visate to the sound but they saw not one of the Natives.
Friday 19 of September 1788
We hauled onshore and payed her bottom. Captain Mears polightly alowed his blacksmith to repair our redder Irons which had been damaged on Murderers harbour bar."
Tuesday 23 of September 1788
Our people were employed constantly in the nesecery duties of prepairing for sea...our water filled and wood cut the hold and rigging overhauled, some of our Gentlemen were onshore and saw a sail in the offin which by our glasses we soon knew to be the Columbia. I concluded at first sight her people were in an advanced state of the scurvy for tho' very moderate and pleasant her topsails were reefed and her topgallant Masts down on deack.
March 1780
They amuse themselves in evenings and some times in Day time by making entertainments for their Nighbours...on these occasions their chief mirth consists in singing and dancing...they are clamerous but accompaneyed in true time by the beating of paddles etca. against the roof and their voices met in exact unison...indeed the womun sing sometimes malodiously. they have a game which is played by seting a stick purpendicularly in the sand. he that knocks it down wins the bet.
Monday 6 of April 1789
Earley on the 6th the Wind increesed in a violent degree and reduced us to a 3 Reef'd Main sail and head of the fore sail...at 8 Captain Gray finding the gail likely to continue violent deturmined to bear away.
Excerpts from Howay "Haswell's First Log".
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