Accidents > Dangers of the deep, or, Narratives of shipwreck and adventure at sea

SUFFERINGS AMONG THE INDIANS. 201
afterwards in a cruel manner. I comd not
see this treatment of my benefactress without
the highest concern for her, and rage against
the author of it; especially as the natural
jealousy of these people gave occasion to think
that it was on my account she suffered. I
could hardly suppress the first emotions of my
resentment, which prompted me to return
him his baabarity in his own kind; but be¬
sides that this might have drawn upon her
fresh marks of his severity, it was neither
politic, nor indeed in my power, to have
done it to any good purpose at this time.
Our cacique now made us understand that
we must embark directly, in the same canoe
which bronght us, and return to our compa
nions; and that the Indians we were about to
leave, would join us in a few days, when we
should all set out in a body, in order to pro¬
ceed to the northward. In our way back no¬
thing very material happened; but upon our
arrival, which was the next day, we found Mr.
Elliot, the surgeon, in a very bad way ; his ill¬
ness had been continually increasing since we
left him. Mr. Hamilton and Mr. Campbell
were almost starved, having fared very ill since
we left them; a few sea-eggs were all the sub-