They said Mr.M'Kay was a chief among the white men, and had built a great house at the mouth of the river, but had left it and sailed away in a large ship to the northward where he had been attacked by bad Indians in canoes.

Mr.Hunt was startled by this intelligence, and made further inquiries.

They informed him that the Indians had lashed their canoes to the ship, and fought until they killed him and all his people.

This is another instance of the clearness with which intelligence is transmitted from mouth to mouth among the Indian tribes.

These tidings, though but partially credited by Mr.Hunt, filled his mind with anxious forebodings.