Series 03: Joseph Banks - Endeavour journal, 25 August 1768 - 12 July 1771 (vol. 2) - No. 0090
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attack us immediately went upon the poop &talkd to them a good deal telling them what if they provokd us we should do & how easily we could in a moment destroy them all they answerd him in their usual cant "come ashore only & we will kill you all" well said Tupia but while we are at sea you have no manner of Business with us the Sea is our property as much as yours such reasoning from an Indian who had not had the smallest hint from any of us surprizd me much. & the more as these were sentiments I never had before heard him give a hint about in his own case. all his preaching however had little effect for they soon renewd their stone attack on which a musquet ball was fird through one of their boats on which they dropd astern & left us at night the ship was in a place which some people conjecturd to be a channel betwixt an Island & the main others a deep bay where she came to an anchor
19. This morn two Canoes came from the land who said they knew Torava &calld Tupia by his name we took some of them onboard who behavd very well afterwards canoes came from the