"took kekwick and the flag, and went to the top of the mount, but found it to be much higher and more difficult of ascent than i anticipated...near the top of the cone i placed a small bottle, in which there is a slip of paper, with our signatures to it, stating by whom it was raised. we then gave three hearty cheers for the flag, the emblem of civil and religious liberty, and may it be a sign to the natives that the dawn of liberty, civilization, and christianity is about to break upon them."