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Nov. 13th, 2007
Captain Cook's funeral
Nov. 13th, 2007 06:26 pmsource
"To day Captain Clerke took upon him the Command of the Resolution and appointed the first Lieut. of her, Mr Gore, to the Command of the Discovery; the 2nd Lieut of her was appointed 1st & the 3rd to be 2nd Lieut. of her. At eight o'Clock at night the 2 Sentries on the Resolutions forecastle perceived a Canoe under the Bows with two Men in her laying hold of the Cable, upon which they fired upon them, the alarm was given in the Ship of the Indians coming to attack her & all were immediately upon deck under arms. The two Indians on being discovered & fired at cryed out for Teene (as they called Mr King). Our people jumped into the Boats along side, seized the Canoe & brought the two men on board, who were much frightened & asked Mr King if they would be killed and he told them they would not as they were well known to us, both belonging to our Friend Kaireekea the Priest; one of them was he whom we called the Taboo Man as he always went in the head of Captain Cook's Pinnace holding a long stick in his hand... He had a bundle under his arm & he was carryed down into the Cabbin where he opened it, and presented to us a Spectacle that struck us with Horror; this was a large piece of human flesh, being the whole of the upper part of a Thigh with the bone taken out, it smelled strong, he told us repeatedly it was the Thigh of Capt. Cook & that he was carrying it over as a present to Cahoo from Kariopoo, & we supposed it might be intended as an Offering to their Gods. We asked him if they eat the flesh of their Enemies, this he strongly denyed; we enquired for his Head & the rest of the body, he told us that the head was beat to pieces & the body & Limbs burnt & the Bones in the possession of Kariopoo. Cahoo, who is the head priest & Chief of Ohekeaw, to whom the Taboo man belongs, does not seem on this occasion to espouse the Interest of the King but rather to favour us".
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"To day Captain Clerke took upon him the Command of the Resolution and appointed the first Lieut. of her, Mr Gore, to the Command of the Discovery; the 2nd Lieut of her was appointed 1st & the 3rd to be 2nd Lieut. of her. At eight o'Clock at night the 2 Sentries on the Resolutions forecastle perceived a Canoe under the Bows with two Men in her laying hold of the Cable, upon which they fired upon them, the alarm was given in the Ship of the Indians coming to attack her & all were immediately upon deck under arms. The two Indians on being discovered & fired at cryed out for Teene (as they called Mr King). Our people jumped into the Boats along side, seized the Canoe & brought the two men on board, who were much frightened & asked Mr King if they would be killed and he told them they would not as they were well known to us, both belonging to our Friend Kaireekea the Priest; one of them was he whom we called the Taboo Man as he always went in the head of Captain Cook's Pinnace holding a long stick in his hand... He had a bundle under his arm & he was carryed down into the Cabbin where he opened it, and presented to us a Spectacle that struck us with Horror; this was a large piece of human flesh, being the whole of the upper part of a Thigh with the bone taken out, it smelled strong, he told us repeatedly it was the Thigh of Capt. Cook & that he was carrying it over as a present to Cahoo from Kariopoo, & we supposed it might be intended as an Offering to their Gods. We asked him if they eat the flesh of their Enemies, this he strongly denyed; we enquired for his Head & the rest of the body, he told us that the head was beat to pieces & the body & Limbs burnt & the Bones in the possession of Kariopoo. Cahoo, who is the head priest & Chief of Ohekeaw, to whom the Taboo man belongs, does not seem on this occasion to espouse the Interest of the King but rather to favour us".
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