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Rh lion iio liafl chofcn in the night nf)v.' met our appr<ih;itiun. From the nioinciit ol his coming onboard, Ik- liarl plc;irlc(l ihr caiife oi'Tiieeycr and 'J'dio with all his clofjucncc, ami travc a politive contrKhtlion to the reports in circuhition, of the nundiis liaving been prtnuchiatcd by them at Woahoo, and committed by their exprels orders, lor the fole pur- pofe oF rcvengin<^ a dillcrencc that had luippened between tliem and Mr, Ingraham. 'rhefe rejioris, he (ii(J, he was well aware prevailed at Owhyhee; but he denic-*! them in ihe moll; pofiiive term^;. i d allerted, that the conduct of the people at Woahoo, indead of being fanrtioned by their chief, had ineinrcd his highefl dirpleafure; and that Titecree on being informed of the event, fent immediate orders that tiie ofirndrrs fliould be put to death; and that in eonfequenee of thefe orders three men, who were prineij)ally concerned, had been executed.

'I'his led me to inquire ol' Toniohovioho, if three p(>ople only had been implicated in that barbarous tranfa^tion i* To this he replied, that there were three or four more conlidered as equally guilty; but that thefe had found means to efeape, and had fled to the mountains, where they had eluded their purfuers for fuch a length of time, that any further learch had been dlfcontinued, and the offence had blown over, and was nearly forgotten.

I had (uiderflood at Owlnhce, that three of the principal offenders concerned in the murder had been put to death by the orders of Titeeree; and if we rex'ert to the circumflances attending om* vifit in lafl march, fe- veral months fubfequent to the difpute with Mr. Ingraham, it is more tlian probal)le, that had an)' fuch fanguinary dire61ions, as have been already mentioned, been iffucd by Titeeree, they nmfl have been equally in force at the time we were there, as on the arrival of the Da:dahis not long after our departure. And though I mull confefs, that our reception at Woahoo did not imprefs me with the inoll; exalted opinion of their friendly and hofpitabh intentions, yet, they did not appear to ufe any means for carrying fucli orders into effeft; alihougli they had frequent opj)ortunities in the courfe of our walks through the plantations, where they could eafd- have intenupti'd our retreat. But. admitting that the people of 'oahoo were under fucli injundions, as fome have pretended, Vol. II. A a and 177 1703- M.r. h.

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