Tench reports: “We saw several canoes on the river"

Tench reports: “We saw several canoes on the river…A native, from his canoe, entered into conversation with us…He was a man of middle age…marked with the small pox, and distinguished by a nose of uncommon magnitude and dignity…Two stone hatchets, and two spears, he took from his canoe, and presented to the governor, who in return for his courteous generosity, gave him two of our hatchets, and some bread…” (Barkley and Nichols, Hawkesbury 1794-1994, p3).