Narrative of a Voyage to the Northwest Coast of America in the years 1811, 1812, 1813, and 1814 or the First American Settlement on the Pacific

CHAPTER IX.

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Departure of the Tonquin.--Indian Messengers.--Project of an Expedition to the Interior.--Arrival of Mr. Daniel Thompson.--Departure of the Expedition.--Designs upon us by the Natives.--Rumors of the Destruction of the Tonquin.--Scarcity of Provisions.--Narrative of a strange Indian.--Duplicity and Cunning of Comcomly.