Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1817-10-28


of Lake Huron. Ofthis letter beg leave
to enclose you copy, together with the
copy Of one which was enclosed in ii, from
the Governor General of Canada 10 Mar.
Bagot.
| have the honor to be,with great respect,
yours, sc
RICHARD RUSH, .1elng See'ry.
Hon. R. Nj. JOHNSON.
Washiagf ron CITY, Sept. IL, 1877
SIR--ln reference to my letter OF the 5th
OF Merch last, have the honor TO enclose
to you the copy of a letter which have this
day received from His Excellency the Gov
ernor General OF Canada, acquain,ing me
with the resul. of his inquiries upon the
subject oftire American citizens who were
stated to be still held in captivity, by some
ofthe Indian tribes in the vicinity of Lake
| Huron.
Its very satisfactory to observe, by the
enclosed letter, that every means have been
taken by Sir John Sherbrooke for the prop
or investigation of this affair, and that there
is the fullest reason TO believe that the rep
reservations made upon the subject, TO the
| American government, were incorrect
have the honor to be, with the highest
consideration, your most obedient humble
| servant, CHARLES bAGOT.
| Hon. RICHARD RUSH.
Castle Of 81. Louis. Quebec, Aug. "a. 1917.
SrR-Referring 10 my letter to your Ex-
cellency, of the 10Th Of February last. |
have now the hOor to acquaint you, that,
after the most assiduous and minute inquir-
les among all the Indian nations in the
neig hborhood of Lake Huron, as well as a
meng all the other different Indian tribes
throughout the Canadas, have received
the most positive assurances that there is
not single instance ofsn American citizen
being held in captivity among them.
These inquiries have been made by our
own officers and agents, upon whose dill
gence to discover such fact, and on the
correctness Of whose information | can
confidently rely. am therefore satisfied,
that upon your representations hereof, MIR.
MoSRoR will be Convinced both ofthe mac
curacy of the statement made to him on
the subject, and of ny desire TO have dis
covered and redressed the grievance, had i,
existed. have the honor to remain, &c
&C. ]. c. SEERBROOKE,
The Right Hon G. BAGor.
SALEM, OCT. II.
1t is interesting 10 trace The steps of our
tellow-men, of whatever rank or character,
through extraordinary adventures, perils or
suferings. Capt. Page, who was lately in
ne ship indus, of this port, at Nooahevah
IN The south sea, the scene of Capt. Porter's
warfare with the iypees, has related to us
the following distressing account s-That
a, that place Eve of Capt Porter's men stole
boat, end deserted, probably intending to
harbour about among bye-places till the de-
partnre Of the American expedition should
enable them to return and take up their a.
bode for time with the natives. But what
ever might be their plan, it was soon over
shrown by an act of Providence. They
proceeded FIRST to small island or cluster
OF bare rocks, called the Hergest rocks,
their heads just peeping above water, and
which produced no edible substance for
man or beast; this, however, they conclu-
led to make their resting place for the
night, and accordingly anchored, and went
| ashore to sleep ;lbut before morning wind
| crosse which dashed their boat to pieces 8.
gainst the rocks, leaving them no means Of
return Here then they were obliged to
remain, and endeayour to live. as it were
upon nothing one of them after while,
attempted to swim towards Nooahevah,
but was soon devoured by the sharks ;three
others successfully persisted but the fifth
Whose name was Thompson) made out to
subsist there, chiefly upon the flesh and
blood of such birds as he could kill.
lighting upon the rocks, and upon the drip
ping water caught in the skull of one of
his deceased comrades, which he used as
vessel for that purpose, for about eighteen
months, when he was discovered by pass
ing vessel, by which he was taken off, and
carried to Nooaheyah. picture of famine
and despair.-Hsrc he remained till his
health and strength were repaired, when,
about year since, hesshipped on board the
brig Russell, Capt. Amy, of New-Bedford,
for Canton, bu, which has not been heard of
since her departure from Nooahesah, and
is considered as lost, and all her crew un.
fortunately to have persisted.