[Sidenote: Yorkes sound.] The morning following being the first of August,
Captaine Yorke with the Michael came into Iackmans sound, and declared vnto
the company there, that the last night past he came to anker in a certaine
baye (which sithens was named Yorkes sound) about foure leagues distant
from Iackmans sound, being put to leeward of that place for lacke of winde,
where he discouered certaine tents of the countrey people, where going with
his company ashore, he entred into them, but found the people departed, as
it should seeme, for feare of their comming. But amongst sundry strange
things which in these tents they found, there was rawe and new killed flesh
of vnknowen sorts, with dead carcases and bones of dogs, and I know not
what. [Sidenote: The apparel found againe of our English men which the yere
before were taken.] They also beheld (to their greatest marueile) a dublet
of Canuas made after the English fashion, a shirt, a girdle, three shoes
for contrary feete, and of vnequall bignesse, which they well coniectured
to be the apparell of our fiue poore countreymen, which were intercepted
the last yeere by these Countrey people, about fiftie leagues from this
place, further within the Straights. [Sidenote: A good deuise of Captaine
Yorke.] Whereupon our men being in good hope, that some of them might be
here, and yet liuing: the Captaine deuising for the best left his mind
behind him in writing, with pen, yncke, and paper also, whereby our poore
captiue countrymen, if it might come to their hands, might know their
friends minds, and of their arriuall, and likewise returne their answere.
And so without taking any thing away in their tents, leauing there also
looking glasses, points, and other of our toyes (the better to allure them
by such friendly meanes) departed aboord his Barker, with intent to make
haste to the Aide, to giue notice vnto the company of all such things as he
had there discouered: and so meant to returne to these tents againe, hoping
that he might by force or policie intrappe or intice the people to some
friendly conference. Which things when he had deliuered to the whole