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The castle was well stocked with provisions in case of a siege . `` The next day , after all was in order for business , a large number of canoes made their appearance near Massacre Island . Shaw said that this fleet belonged to another island -LRB- of the group -RRB- and he had never known them to stop there before . My husband , having some suspicions , did not suffer the crew to go on shore next morning at the usual time ; and about eight o'clock one of the chiefs came off , as usual , to offer us fruits , but no boat was sent to meet him . He waited some time for us , and then directed his course to our island , which my husband had named Wallace Island , in memory of the officer who had bravely fallen in fight on the day of the massacre . This was surprising as not a single native had set foot on that island since our works were begun ; but we were not kept long in suspense , for we saw about a hundred war-canoes start from the back side of Massacre Island , and make towards Wallace Island . We knew that war was their object , and the _ Antarctic _ was prepared for battle .