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224 Endeavours River
which was 4 or 5 feet high & as dry as stubble burnt with vast fury a Tent of mine which had been put up for Tupia when he was sick was the only thing of any consequence in the way of it so I leapd into a boat to fetch some people from the ship in order to save it & quickly returning hauld it down to the beach Just time enough The Captn in the meantime followd the Indians to prevent their burning our Linnen & the Seine which lay on the grass just where they were gone he had no musquet with him so soon returnd to fetch one for no threats or signs would make them desist Mine was ashore & another loaded with shot so we ran as fast as possible towards them & came just time enough to save the Seine by firing at an Indian who had already fird the grass in two places just to windward of it on the shot striking him tho he was full 40 yards from the Captn who fird he dropd his fire & ran nimbly to his comrades who all ran off pretty fast the Captn then loaded his musquet with a ball & fird it into the Mangroves abreast of where they ran
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