...ter the death of Mansvelt, the headquarters at Tortuga presented a busy scene. Councils of war were continually held as the chiefs discussed various p... ...re an assemblage of at least a thousand persons, sixty of whom were said to be privy councillors. There were also four Turkish envoys, dressed in robe... ...ss of the cutter, from which Captain Cook was convinced that he was in no wise privy to it, he invited him to return in the boat, and spend the day on...