inundated

"Quickly clambering in and grabbing our oars, we had rowed two crossbow shots from shore when a wave inundated us."

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I think this means to be covered or washed over maybe engulfed.

tarry

" They told us to tarry a little while, then they would do as we wished."

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This word must mean to wait or stall maybe.

grubbed

" As the sun rose next morning, the Indians appeared as they promised,bringing an abundance of fish and of certain roots which taste like nuts,some bigger than walnuts, some smaller,mostly grubbed from the water with great labor."

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I think it means dug from or taken out of

brutes

"it was amazing to see these wild, untaught savages howling like brutes in compassion for us."

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i think brute means savage.

beseeched

"But death being surer and nearer if we stayed where we were, I went ahead and beseeched the Indians."

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The book says this word means to beg.

plight

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"The Indians, understanding our full plight, sat down and lamented for half
an hour so loudly they could have been heard a long way off."

I think that plight means and unfortunate or unfavorable situation.