Joseph Banks - Endeavour journal, 25 August 1768 - 12 July 1771 - No. 0301
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Georges Land
May 1769
an answer which coming from Tubourai satisfied us very well nothing else was wanting but what could easily be repaird so we pack'd all up in grass as well as we could & proceeded homewards. after walking about 2 miles we met Captn Cooke with a party of marines coming after us all were you may imagine not a little pleasd at the event of our excursion
The Captn on leaving the Tents left orders both for the ship & shore which were that no canoes should be suffer'd to go out of the bay but that nobodys person should be seizd or detaind as we rightly guessd that none of our freinds had any hand in the theft these orders were obeyd by the 1st Lieutenant who was ashore but the second aboard seeing some canoes going along shore sent a boat to fetch them back the boatswain commander did so & with them brought Dootahah the rest of their crews leap'd overboard he was sent ashore prisoner the 1st Lieutenant of course could not do less than confine him which he did to the infinite dissatisfaction of all the Indians this we heard from them 2 miles before we reachd the tents on our return Tubourai, Tomio & every indian that we let in Joind in lamenting over Dootahah with many tears I arrivd about a quarter of an Hour before the Captn during which time this scene lasted as soon as he came he orderd him to be instantly set at liberty which done he walkd off sulky enough tho at his departure he presented us with a pig
3. Dr Solander & myself who have all along acted in the capacity of market men attended this morn but no kind of provisions were brought indeed few indians appeard except the servants of Dootahah who very early took away his Canoe. Soon after Tubia (Obereas right hand man who was with her in the Dolphins time) came & overhauld every part of her canoe which had also been detaind seemd satisfied with what he saw so much so that he would not take it away about noon several fishing boats came abreast the tents