Series 03: Joseph Banks - Endeavour journal, 25 August 1768 - 12 July 1771 (vol. 2) - No. 0046
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Hawks bay
afraid that we should kill them so easily were these warriors convincd of our superiority
before noon we plainly saw that there was a small river ashore but no signs of shelter near it about this time 6 more armd canoes came off from the land they got together about 1/2 a mile from the ship & threatned most furiously with their lances paddles &c. after they had done this for some time they came nearer & Tupia talkd with them from the stern they came into better temper & answerd his questions relating to the names of the countreys Kings &c. very civily he desird them to sing & dance & they did so he often told them that if they would come to the ship without their arms we should be freinds with them at last one boat venturd & soon after 3 or 4 more they put all their arms into one boat which stayd at a distance while the others came to the ship & receivd presents after which they went away one of these men had hanging round his neck a peice of Green stone seemingly semitransparent some of our people imagind it to be a Jewel myself thought it no more than the green stone of which most of their tools & ornaments are made
in the evening the countrey flat upon it