Agnew continued to cultivate his new acquaintances, and seeing me holding back, he said, "More, old fellow, these good people give me to understand that there is another place better than this, and want me to go with them.

Will you go ?" At this a great fear seized me.
"Don't go!" I cried--"don't go! We are close by the boat here, and if anything happens we can easily get to it." Agnew laughed in my face.
"Why, you don't mean to tell me," said he, "that you are still suspicious, and after that dinner?
Why, man, if they wanted to harm us, would they feast us in this style?
Nonsense, man! Drop your suspicions and come along." I shook my head obstinately.
"Well," said he, "if I thought there was anything in your suspicions I would stay by you; but I'm confident they mean nothing but kindness, so I'm going off to see the place." "You'll be back again ?" said I.
"Oh yes," said he, "of course I'll come back, and sleep here." With these words he left, and nearly all the people accompanied him.

I was left behind with the women and children and about a dozen men.
These men busied themselves with some work over bird-skins; the women were occupied with some other work over feathers.

No one took any notice of me.

There did not seem to be any restraint upon me, nor was I watched in any way.