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die of hunger and then throw him overboard, from that moment they began to have bad thoughts against him. He seemed to know this- for that evening he armed himself and his officers with pistols, dinks, te, and the knives from the crew the people said aloud they would kill him if they did not get more food - this was why he armed himself and took away
took
away
their knives.
the threat was made at first merely to frighten him into groing the people, more food- it had no effect, aund the people becoming violent. I prayed
Averc
more
to
of them to be patient mutil we got Mujer and fromised them if the Captain would not by
Food & would buy some for them myself- they then became more quiet and went on with their work. We got to
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on 23rd of bctober a provision bout Aujer came off from the chore to the ship with 40 backets of potatoes and 6 doyen fowls which they offered for eight dollars then for
live but the lahtiin
would only give
only give four. The criw bought 3 backets of potatoes from
this boat in exchange for their clothe and shoes and the boat went off with the remainder the Captain then ordered the Chief officer to quap the water tanks. The C. C. did to, and
at 9 gallows a day for the Native
there was
crew
one
only
month's water the Captain said that
M
-
would carry
us to the cake and ordered the ship to proceed on we all then etruck work. the Captami then ordered the ship to be put about
but
on
no one
obeyed_ the people Caytown
the decks. "We then determined to
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