Series 03: Joseph Banks - Endeavour journal, 25 August 1768 - 12 July 1771 (vol. 2) - No. 0419
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Septr. 1770. New Guinea
immediately threw a third dart on which we loaded & fird again our Balls I suppose this time fell near them but none of them were materialy hurt as they ran away with great alacrity. From this specimen of the people we immediately concluded that nothing was to be got here but by force which would of course be attended with destruction of many of these poor people whose territories we had certainly no right to invade either as discoverers or people in real want of provisions we therefore resolvd to go into our boat & leave intirely this coast to some aftercomer who might have either more time or more better opportunities to gain the freindship of its inhabitants before we had got abreast of her however we saw the two people in her make signals to us that more Indians were coming along shore & before we had got into the water we saw them come round a point about 500 yards from us they had met probably the three who first attackd us for on seeing us they halted & seemd to wait till the main body should come up nor did they come