On being informed of it, the Governor sent
a party over with orders to affix a plate of copper on a tree near the
place, with the following inscription on it, which is a copy of what was
written on the board:
Hic jacet L. RECEVEUR,
E.F.F. minnibus Galliae, Sacerdos, Physicus, in
circumnavigatione mundi, Duce De La Perrouse.
Obiit die 17 Februarii, anno 1788.
This mark of respectful attention was more particularly due, from M. De
Perrouse having, when at Kamschatka, paid a similar tribute of gratitude
to the memory of Captain Clarke, whose tomb was found in nearly as
ruinous a state as that of the Abbe.
Like ourselves, the French found it necessary, more than once, to
chastise a spirit of rapine and intrusion which prevailed among the
Indians around the Bay. The menace of pointing a musquet to them was
frequently used; and in one or two instances it was fired off, though
without being attended with fatal consequences. Indeed the French
commandant, both from a regard to the orders of his Court as well as to
our quiet and security, shewed a moderation and forbearance on this head
highly becoming.
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