MUQUINNA (Macuina, Maquilla, Maquinna)

MUQUINNA (Macuina, Maquilla, Maquinna)

.). Relations with the Nootkas, which at first seemed cordial, deteriorated when Salter insulted Muquinna*, a leading chief of the Nootkas summering

). Although not as well known as Muquinna, the chief at Nootka Sound, Wikinanish was probably more wealthy and therefore

. According to Strange, Mackay was a bright young man who had already won the affection of Nootka chief Muquinna by

arrived at Nootka Sound (B.C.) in September 1788, after taking three months longer than the normal sailing time, and decided to spend the winter there. Kendrick systematically courted Muquinna, one of

from the Nootka chief, Muquinna*, a promise of free and exclusive trade; other accounts differ, however, and Muquinna himself later denied the

Muquinna*. When British fur trader Captain Thomas Hudson and five men died in a shipwreck on their way to the Spanish settlement in October, Eliza was able to enlist the aid of Muquinna in searching

Muquinna*. Departing Nootka Sound on 5 June, the schooners arrived the next day at Núñez Gaona (Neah Bay, Wash.), a post newly

Indians in retaliation for their theft of a chisel. The Nootka chief Muquinna told Esteban José

trip Haswell met the Indian leaders Callicum and Muquinna* and gained a sufficiently intimate knowledge of the Nootkas to compile a vocabulary of

Muquinna*, the principal leader of the local Nootka Indians, while at the same time approving the purchase of several slave children in the belief that they would suffer starvation or even become victims

. There Suria made drawings of the Spanish settlement, the Indian leaders Muquinna*, Natsape, and Tlupananulg in their basket-weave whaling

; indeed, he received no little assistance from Captain Kendrick, who introduced him to the Nootka chief Muquinna

in their own diplomacy, Alberni successfully emulated them with a simple verse for the soldiers to sing in Nootkan, praising chief Muquinna

Eliza* y Reventa, and the Nootka chief Muquinna*. The duration of Bodega’s stay allowed Moziño sufficient time to compile Noticias de

lasting affection and strengthened Spain’s hold over the area. Muquinna was often an overnight guest at Bodega’s