He will officially protest against the removal of anything from the hold of his vessel, but he will not employ force to resist us when we begin to land stores, foodstuffs and all that sort of thing.

He understands the situation perfectly.
"Now, here is what we will have to do.

We must select a site for our camp,--or town, you may well say,--and we must build upon it without delay.

That is to be our first step.

Details will come later.