that the natives of the villages beyond were his enemies, and would not
fail to kill him if they had him in their power, we decided to return to
the encampment. Having, therefore, distributed some presents to our host
(I mean the young chief with whom we had supped and lodged) and to some
of his followers, and procured a supply of fresh salmon for the return
voyage, we re-embarked and reached the camp on the 14th, without
accidents or incidents worth relating.




CHAPTER IX.

Departure of the Tonquin.--Indian Messengers.--Project of an
Expedition to the Interior.--Arrival of Mr. Daniel
Thompson.--Departure of the Expedition.--Designs upon us by the
Natives.--Rumors of the Destruction of the Tonquin.--Scarcity of
Provisions.--Narrative of a strange Indian.--Duplicity and Cunning
of Comcomly.


Having built a warehouse (62 feet by 20) to put under cover the articles
we were to receive from the ship, we were busily occupied, from the 16th
to the 30th, in stowing away the goods and other effects intended for
the establishment.

The ship, which had been detained by circumstances, much longer than had
been anticipated, left her anchorage at last, on the 1st of June, and
dropped down to Baker's bay, there to wait for a favorable wind to get
out of the river. As she was to coast along the north, and enter all the