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" On the thirteenth, at night, the Discovery's large cutter, which was at her usual moorings at the bower buoy, was taken away. On the fourteenth the captains met to consult what should be done on this alarming occasion ; and the issue of their opinions... "
The Library of American Biography - Page 131
by Jared Sparks - 1847
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Memoirs of the Life and Travels of John Ledyard: From His Journals and ...

Jared Sparks - Explorers - 1828 - 454 pages
...large cutter, which was at her usual moorings at the bower buoy, was taken away. On the fourteenth the captains met to consult what should be done on...should be kept as perpetual hostages for the good behaviour of the people, during the remaining part of our continuance at Kearakekua. This plan was...
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The Life of John Ledyard, the American Traveller: Comprising Selections from ...

Jared Sparks - Explorers - 1829 - 332 pages
...large cutter, which was at her usual moorings at the bower buoy, was taken away. On the fourteenth the captains met to consult what should be done on...should be kept as perpetual hostages for the good behaviour of the people, during the remaining part of our continuance at Kearakekua. This plan was...
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Self-made Men

Charles C. B. Seymour - Biography - 1858 - 606 pages
..." On the 13th, at night, the Discovery's large cutter, which was at her usual moorings at the lower buoy, was taken away. On the 14th, the captains met...him by a restitution of the cutter; and if it was afterward thought proper, he, or some of the family who might accompany him, should be kept as perpetual...
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Self-made Men

Charles C. B. Seymour - Biography - 1858 - 1454 pages
...should land with armed boats and a guard of marines at Kiverua, and attempt to persuade Teraiobu,who was then at his house in that town, to come on board...him by a restitution of the cutter ; and if it was afterward thought proper, he, or some of the family who might accompany him, should be kept as perpetual...
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The Life of Dr. Elisha Kent Kane: And of Other Distinguished American ...

Samuel Mosheim Smucker - Explorers - 1859 - 438 pages
...delinquents and their abettors with the severest punishment ; but. not being able to effect any thing, he came off just at sunset, highly displeased, and...him by a restitution of the cutter; and, if it was afterward thought proper, he, or some of the family who might accompany him, should be kept as perpetual...
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A Library of American Literature...

Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1888 - 566 pages
...large cutter, which was at her usual moorings at the bower buoy, was taken away. On the fourteenth the captains met to consult what should be done on...him by a restitution of the cutter ; and if it was afterward thought proper, he, or some of the family who might accompany him, should be kept as perpetual...
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A Library of American Literature from the Earliest Settlement to the Present ...

Edmund Clarence Stedman, Ellen Mackay Hutchinson, Mrs. Ellen Mackay Hutchinson Cortissoz - American literature - 1894 - 592 pages
...large cutter, which was at her usual moorings at the bower buoy, was taken away. On the fourteenth the captains met to consult what should be done on...him by a restitution of the cutter ; and if it was afterward thought proper, he, or some of the family who migat accompany him, should be kept as perpetual...
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Under Hawaiian Skies: A Narrative of the Romance, Adventure and History of ...

Albert Pierce Taylor - Hawaii - 1926 - 624 pages
...of marines at Kaawaloa and attempt to persuade Teraiobu (Kalaniopuu), who was then at his house in town, to come on board upon a visit, and that when he was on board he should be kept a prisoner, until his subjects should release him by restitution of the cutter; and if it was thought...
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Under Hawaiian Skies: A Narrative of the Romance, Adventure and History of ...

Albert Pierce Taylor - Hawaii - 1926 - 624 pages
...marines at Kaawaloa and attempt to persuade Teraiobu ( Kalaniopuu ) , who was then at his house in town, to come on board upon a visit, and that when he was on board he should be kept a prisoner, until his subjects should release him by restitution of the cutter ; and if it was thought...
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The Life of John Ledyard, the American Traveller: Comprising Selections from ...

Jared Sparks - Biography & Autobiography - 2007 - 233 pages
...large cutter, which was at her usual moorings at the bower buoy, was taken away. On the fourteenth the captains met to consult what should be done on...board he should be kept prisoner, until his' subjects would release him by a restitution of the cutter; and if it was afterwards thought proper, he, or some...
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