[142] If Jewitt's information about the departure of Lewis and Clark from the Columbia River is even approximately accurate, the date must be wrong by a year, and the subsequent one quite as far out of the due reckoning. 1806 may be a misprint for 1807.
Names of the Crew of the Ship _Boston_, belonging to Boston in Massachusetts, owned by Messrs. F. and T. Amory, Merchants of that place--All of whom, excepting two, were on the 22nd of March, 1803, barbarously murdered by the savages of Nootka.
John Salter, of Boston, Captain. B. Delouisa, Ditto, Chief Mate. William Ingraham, of New York, Second Mate. Edward Thompson, of Blyth (England), Boatswain. Adam Siddle, of Hull, ditto, Carpenter. Philip Brown, of Cambridge (Mass.), Joiner. John Dorthy, of Situate, ditto, Blacksmith. Abraham Waters, of Philadelphia, Steward. Francis Duffield, of Penton (England), Tailor. John Wilson (blackman), of Virginia, Cook. William Caldwell, of Boston, Seaman. Joseph Miner, of Newport, Ditto. William Robinson, of Leigh[143] (Scotland), Ditto. Thomas Wilson, of Air,[144] ditto, Ditto. Andrew Kelly, Ditto, ditto, Ditto. Robert Burton, of the Isle of Man, Ditto. James M'Clay, of Dublin, Ditto. Thomas Platten, of Blackney, Norfolk, Eng. Ditto. Thomas Newton, of Hull, " Ditto. Charles Bates, of St. James Deeping, " Ditto. John Hall, of Newcastle, " Ditto. Samuel Wood, of Glasgow (Scotland), Ditto. Peter Alstrom, Norwegian, Ditto. Francis Marten, Portuguese, Ditto. Jupiter Senegal (blackman) Ditto. John Thompson, Philadelphia, Sail Maker, who escaped--since dead. John R. Jewitt, of Hull (England), Armourer,
the writer of the Journal from whence this Narrative is taken, and who at present, March 1815, resides in Middletown, in the State of Connecticut.
_Commencing with a Chorus repeated at the end of each line._
Hah-yee hah yar har, he yar hah. Hah-yah hee yar har--he yar hah. Iye ie ee yah har--ee yie hah. Ie yar ee yar hah--ee yar yah. Ie yar ee I yar yar hah--Ie yar ee yee yah!
Ie-yee ma hi-chill at-sish Kla-ha--Hah-ye-hah. Que nok ar parts arsh waw--Ie yie-yar. Waw-hoo naks sar hasch--Yar-hah. I-yar hee I-yar. Waw hoo naks ar hasch yak-queets sish ni-ese, Waw har. Hie yee ah-hah.
Repeated over and over, with gestures and brandishing of weapons.