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280 JOHN BOIT

Spaniards, as the natives say, brought it among them. These Indians appear'd friendly.

N. Latt. 48 23' ; W. Long. 124 0' O * 1 Kept beating about the entrance of De Fuca Straits till 3d July, on SE. parts (off a small Isle) call'd Tatooch, 34 we collected many Otters. These natives gave the preference to Copper. Fine Halibut and Salmon was procured in abundance. Nails, Beads, etc. serv'd for this traffic. This Chief at Tatooch's Isle offer'd to sell us some young Children they had taken in war. 35.

July 3. N. Latt. 49 1' ; W. Long. 126 20'. Left the Straits. At 6 P. M. Cape Flattery 36 (so named by Capt. Cook) bore SEBE 8 leagues. Standing along shore to the Westward, wind from the East'd.

4. Took the wind from the Westward, employ'd beating to windward the land about 12 leagues. Many Whales.

AT ANCHOR IN BARRELL'S SOUND, IN QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLES

8. N. Latt. 52 10'; W. Long 131 12'. This day anchor'd in Barrells sound 37 on the SE. part of the Queen Charlotte Isles, 20 fathom, rocky bottom. Sent the Pinnace, with" an officer, to seek better anchorage, which was soon found. Got under way and stood up sound, and anchor'd in 15 fathom muddy bottom. A Chief by name Coyac, 38 came along side, with plenty of other Indians. The Natives here are much stouter than any we had before seen, and appear to be very savage. The Men go quite naked, except a skin over the

34 Tatoosh Island, off Cape Flattery; named in .17.88 by Meares, after Tatooch, by the Spaniards called Tetaous, the Chief of the vicinity. See also note 186 post.

35 In the same locality in March, 1789, Haswell records that the natives "offered their own manufactured blankets which weir realy curious and children for sale." Captain Peron alleges in his Memoires that, in 1796, "Apres une assez longue negociation, Makouina (Maquinna) nous le (i e. a child of six years of age) vendit, moyennant trois brasses de drap bleu." See vol. 2, p. 2. Other instances are recorded.

36 Named by Captain Cook on 22nd March, 1778, because its appearance "flattered us with the hopes of finding an harbour." See vol. 2, p. 263.

37 Haswell, writing under date nth June, 1789, says: "this sound was hon- oured with the name of Barrel Sound in honour of our owner." Joseph Barrel! was really the principal of the six co-owners of the Columbia and the Washington. It is now called Houston Stewart Channel; it separates Moresby Island from Prevost Island. Dixon, who was on the coast in command of the Queen Char- lotte in 1787, named it Ibbertson's Sound.

38 Haswell calls him Coya ; Hoskins calls him Coyah. The latter says that Coyah, whom Gray had met in 1789, did not com* near the ship until a little after sunset, when most of the natives had left; that he told them Captain Barnard (Barnett) had got all their skins and asked Gray to wait for a few day for a fresh supply.