Feeling sure that they did
not wish me to go because they were afraid the hoop-iron, the knives,
axes, beads, and cloth might also be distributed on the other side, I
told them I must go; so they left me to my fate.
I took the teacher with me that I hoped to leave there. We were received
very kindly by the people. They led us inland, to show us there was
water, and when we got back to the seaside they regaled us with sugar-
cane and cocoanuts. They then told us that they did not live at the
village, but at the next, and merely came here for food. We then got
into a canoe, and were paddled up to the other village, where a great
crowd assembled, and where we publicly gave the chiefs our presents. They
danced with delight, and told the teacher not to be long until he came to
reside with them.
On our return we thought our friends seemed disappointed. We had
suffered no harm; however, as I had been unwell for some days, and felt
worse on the day following my trip, they felt comforted, and assured me
it was because of our visiting Tepauri.
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