Joseph Banks - Endeavour journal, 25 August 1768 - 12 July 1771 - No. 0287
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Georges Island
April 1769
it with wood for the doing of this our people cut the boughs of trees & the Indians very readily assisted them in bringing them down to the place Three sides of our fort are to be thus guarded the other is bounded by a river on the banks of which water cask are to be placd
The Indians brought down so much provision of Cocoa nuts & bread fruit today that before night we were obligd to leave off buying & acquaint them by signs that we should not want any more for 2 days every thing was bought for beads a bead about as large as a pea purchasing 4 or 6 breadfruits & a like number of Cocoa nutts
My tents were got up before night & I slept ashore in them for the first time The lines were guarded round by many Sentries but no Indian atempted to come near them during the whole night
19. This morn Lycurgus & his wife come to see us & bring with them all their household furniture & even houses to be erected in our neighbourhood a circumstance which gave me great pleasure as I had spard no pains to gain the freindship of this man who seemd more sensible than any of his fellow cheifs we have seen his behavior in this Instance makes us not doubt of having gaind