James Cook - A Journal of the proceedings of His Majesty's Bark Endeavour on a voyage round the world, by Lieutenant James Cook, Commander, commencing the 25th of May 1768 - 23 Oct. 1770: No. 177

New Zealand
1769
November
one of them was hurt by small Shott after which they withdrew a small distance from the Ship & this was thought a good opportunity to try by what effect a Great Gun would have as they paid so little respect to
[Margin note} Bay of Islands
a Musquet & accordingly one was fir'd over their Heads. This I believe would have sent them quite off it had not been for Tupia who soon prevails on them to return to the Ship when their behaviour was such as gave us no room to Suspect that they meant to give us any further Trouble. ~
After the Ship was moved into Deeper Water I went with the Pinnace & Yawl mann'd & Arm'd & landed upon the Island. accompanied by Mr Banks and Dr Solander had scarce landed before all the Canoes left the Ship & landed at different parts of the Island & before we could well look about us we were surrounded by 2 or 300 People & notwithstanding that they were all Arm'd they came upon us in such a confused stragling manner that we hardly suspected that they meant us any harm, but in this we were very soon undeceived for upon our Endeavouring to draw a line in the sand between us & them they set up the War dance & immediately some of them attempted to break in upon us which I fir'd a Musquet load with small Shott at one of the Forwardest of them & Mr banks & 2 of the Men fir'd immediately after; this made them retire back a little, but in lefs than a minute one of the Chiefs rallied them again. Dr Solander seeing this gave him a peppering with small Shott which send him off & made them retire a second time, they attempted to rally several times after & only seem'd to want some one of resolution to head them, but they were at last intirely dispers'd by the Ship firing a few Shott over their Heads, & a Musquet now & then from us. In this Skirmish only one or 2 of them was hurt with small Shott, for I avoided killing anyone of them as much as Pofsible & for that reason withheld our People from firing. We had observed that some had hid themselves in a Cave in one of the Rocks, & sometime after the whole was over we went Towards them, the Chief whom I have mentioned to have been onboard the Ship happen'd to be one of them, he, his Wife, & another came out to meet us but the rest made off, these 3 People came & sat down by us & we gave them of such things as we had about us. After this we went to another part of the Island where some of the inhabitants came to us & were as meek as lambs. ~
Having taken a View of the Bay from the Island & loaded both Boats with Sellery which we found here in great Plenty we return'd on board & at 4 AM hove up the Anchor in order to put to Sea with a light breeze at E. but it soon falling Calm obliged us to come too again & about 8 or 9 o'clock seeing no Probability of our getting