Source 3c

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Captain Cook returned to the shore where the boats lay. Surrounding him and his guard were a vast crowd alarmed at his boldness and perhaps at a loss to explain his return to the boats. For whatever reason many of them were armed. However at the same time others were crowding presents upon him, which he angrily threw away.

Some rudeness was afterwards shown and he fired a small shot at the offender without doing any damage. This was perhaps partly the reason for a skirmish starting and gunfire came from the boats and then from the marines, but without any orders from anyone as I can understand. Captain Cook turned to the boats, asked for the reason behind it, and ordered them to stop firing. A Chief came behind and stabbed him between the shoulders with an iron instrument like a knife. …

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[Captain Cook] was returning to the shore where the Boats lay surrounded both him and his Guard with a vast crowd who were alarmed at his boldness and perhaps at a loss to account for his return to the Boats – or from whatever motives it was soon perceived that many of them were Armed – tho at the same time others were crowding presents upon him, which with much Anger he threw from him – some insolence was afterwards shown him and he fired some small shot at the Offender without doing any damage, this is perhaps partly nearly the situation of matters when a Skirmish ensued and the fire became general from the Boats and then from the Marines, but without any Orders from any quarter as I can understand, for Capt. Cook turned to the boats enquired the Reason of it and was ordering them to cease firing when a Chief came behind and stabd him between the shoulders with an Iron instrument like a Dirk (a type of knife) …