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Henry Crout's Journal

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November 8, 1612 [at Flagstaff Harbour/Great Mosquito Cove]

In the morninge the wind at south some thing close weather but verie myld. This morninge we removed anker from this Sound of Truce and, in going Forth, we went ashoore at the place wher we had parley with the Savages. Comyng ashore, we founde all ther skins still standing upon the poles. So the governer, taking viewe of them all, did take 2 beaver skines, one sabell skynne and a skine of a kind of strange Fowl leaving For the same thinges one hatchett, one knife, and 3 needles threaded. ... the rest [of the skins] we lefte on the poles as we founde them being verie sorry we could not stay any longer for to have spoken with them [the Beothuk]. There were lefte in all some 14 skines ... of Beavers the most parte.

This day, in the after noone, we ankered in a sounde comynge into Truce Sound where we came first in, [in] which we [had] ankered on the 4th [of November].... The wind still at south, this daie we had some raine and snowe blancks. This night we had in this harbour verie Fowlle weather, the wind at north west, verie much winde and good store of snowe. We Feared much to be put from our anker.

Guy's entry for this date.




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