The Sun.
London, England, 1813-09-30 00:00:00

FROM AN AM E.RI CAN PAPER:

The folihwhig is au account of the singular an:i
,Melancholy fate of the American ship l'Octiin, the
tre'ev of which were destoyco by the savages, While
on a traditnz voyage on the coast north 'of - the
River Colambia,-on Vancouver's bland :
A native ship arrived front New Vork; after .a
passage of near SeVell mouths, with merchandise
and provisions for the company. It was jaerewe
-;earnt with horror that the story of the 770ttiPtill's
having been cut oft was but too true. The eir-
euntStance has been related in different ways. by
the natives in the environs of the establishment,
bat tliat which :carries with it the greatest ap.-
pearance of truth is as follow.
That 'vessel, after landing the cargo intended
for Astoria, departed on a trading voyage to the
coast of Colainbia river, with a company, includ-
ing Ofrkeers, of twenty-three men, and had pro-
ceeded about 400 miles along the sea bo;:rd, tvben
the stopped on Vancouver's Island, at a place
,called Woontiv-point, inhaidted by a 00,verl'iil 1-11.
Callealirakre-a-ninisheS. These people came
on board to barter their furs for merehandize,
Conducted themselVes in the. most friendly manner
daring the first dar Lbut the same evens 1g inror."
'nation was hems ;ht on board by an Indian whom
the officers had as an interpreter, that the tribe
where they then lay were ili-disposed, and intend-
ed attaching the ship the next day. Captain luta-
than Thorn affected to disbelieve this- piece of
news, and even when the savages came next
morning in great numbers, it vaas only at the press-
ing remonstrance of Mr. W.Kay, that he ordered
seven aloft to loosen the sails.' In the mean time,
about fifty Indians -were permitted to come on
hoard, who exchanged a number of tea otters for
blankets and knives g the fora@ they threw into
their canoes as soon as received, but secreted the
knives.

Every one, when arnica, morel from the gitai-
ter-dec4 CO a different part of the vessel, so that
by the time they were ready, in such a manlier
were they (hilt ibuted, that at least three agv,
were opposite every man of the ship, at a sip:-
given, they rushed on their Frey, and not w h-
standing the brave resistance of every indiri :ttal
of the whites, they were all butchered in a few
minutes.

The men above, in. Attempting to dcAcend,. lost
two Of their number, besides one mortally wund-

ed, ,Ivho, notwithstanding his weakmed condi-
,tion, made.good his rttrent wish the , fonr otimrs
to the cabin, where finding a quantny of bolded

arms, they tired on their savage-assailants through
the skyAights and coinpunim- waY, whit!'il had
the effect of clearing the ship in a siiart Linn., and
I,mg before night these five intrepid sons-- of Awe,.
Tien were again in full possessiOi.: at her. •
Whether train is atit of anitittes or. Strength,
supposing themselves unable to take the vesStd
.htiek to Columbia, on the following morning,
the four who were unhurt left her' in the long_
boat, in 'hopes of regaining the river, wishing to
tahe along with them tlu wounded person, nlio
refused their ..offer, saying, that he must die
before long, and was as well in tIIC vessel as
elsewhere.

Soon after sun-rise she was surrounded by tin
immense number of Indians in catiot•s, come for
the express purpose of unloading her, but who,
from the warm reception they met ‘vith the day
before, did not seem forward in boarding%
'the wounded man shored hirnself over the

railing, tnntle signs that he was alone, and wanted
their assistance ; on which some etitharked, who,
finding what he said to he true, spoke to their
people, who were not any longer slow in getting
on board, so that in a few seconds the dock wus

considerably thronged, and, they proceeded to
[n(b) the hatches without further ceremony. No
sooner were they completely cngnged in this,
than the only survivor Of the crew descended into
the cabin, and set fire to the magazine, contain-
ing newly nine thousand pOtitids of gunpowder,
whif:h in an instant blew the vessel and e‘ cry one
()Omar(' to atoms.

‘Thc nation acknowledge their hrivi,lg lost
nearly one hundred warriors, besides 3 vet num-
ber of wounded, by the explosion, ulio Acre in
canoes round the ship.
The tour. !nen who set off in the long-boar were,
two or three ihjys, after, driven ashore in a gale,
and antsacred by the natives.