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. 250

                                     New Wales or East Coast of New Holland

then took up a stone & threw at us which caused my firing a second Musguet load with small Shott [indecipherable] & altho' some of the shott struck the Man yet it had no other effect than making him lay hold on a Target. immediately after this we landed which we had no sooner done than they throw'd 2 darts at us this obliged me to fire a third shott soon after which they both made off, but not in such haste but what we might have taken one, but Mr Banks being of Opinion that the darts were poisoned made me cautious how I advanced into the Woods, we found here a few small hutts made of the Bark of Trees in one of which were 4 or 5 Small Children with whom we left some strings of beads etc. A quantity of Darts lay about the Hutts these we took away with us. 3 Canoes lay upon the beach the worst I think I ever saw they were about 12 or 14 feet long made of one peice of the Bark of a Tree drawn or tied up at each end & the middle keipt open by means of peices of Stick by way of Thwarts ______  After searching for fresh water without Success except a little in a Small hole dug in the Sand we embarqued & went over to the North point of the bay were in coming in we saw several People but when we landed now there were no body to be seen, we found here some fresh Water which came trinkling down & stood in pools among the rocks but as this was troublesome to come at I sent a party of men ashore in the morning to the place where we first landed to dig holes in the sand by which means & a small Stream they found fresh water sufficient to Water the Ship, the String of Beads etc we had left with the Children last night were found Laying in the Hutts this morning. Probably the Natives were afraid to take them away. After breakfast we sent some Empty Cask ashore & a party of Men to cut wood & I went myself in the Pinnace to sound & explore the Bay in the doing of which I saw some of the Natives, but they all fled at my approach. I landed in 2 places one of which the People had but just left as there were small fires & fresh Muscles broiling upon them, here likewise lay Vast heaps of the largest Oyster Shells I ever saw ________________
Monday 30th  As soon as the Wooders & Waterers were come onboard to Dinner 10 or 12 of the Natives came to the watering place & took away their Canoes that lay there but did not offer to touch any one of our Casks that had been left ashore & in the afternoon 16 or 18 of them came boldly up to within 100 yeards of our People at the watering place & there made a stand. Mr Hicks who was the Officer ashore did all in his power to intice them to him by offering presents but it was to no purpose. All they seemed to want was for us to be gone after