Elizabeth-Town gazette. [volume] (Elizabeth-Town, N.J.) 1818-1821, 1819-06-15


to hand, detailing the particulars of the savage
treatment he received, and of his almost mirac-
ulous escape from captivity--it is dated,
SAMARANG, Feb. 9, 1918.
Dear Brother,
Since writing you last have gone
through scene of anxiety and distress,
which had 10 expectation / should sur
vive-on the 22d of Jan. on my return
from Batavia, (where | had been obliged
to go over land to obtain a port-clearance
and certificates was made prisoner by
baud of Natives who had ventured upon
the public road-a narrative of which
will relate TO you-at O'Clock of said
Iday, | discovered band of about 100
men armed with pixies, knives aud mus
kets, Immediately on which the driver
Jeff his seat and escaped, leaving the horses
running towards the Savages, and before /
could gain the reins, was within ten
PAGES OF their advance, when the horses
stopped, aud | jumped from the carriage
upon which musket was instantly pre-
scented to my breast, but missed fire. l
then seeing their intention gave myself up,
begging for life whea they instantly
rushed upon me and seized me by the
throat and arms, and after using me in the
most savage manner, they rifled my
pockets; they then put cord made Of
bark, around my neck, and pinioned my
arms with the same cord, drawing them SO
close behind my back, as to put me in
the greatest agony-after which they
tied my wrists across, so as completely TO
stop the circulation of the blood-they
then, Git being the heat of the day. COM
menced march with me, without any
hat often pulling the cord which led to
my neck-after walking about two miles
in that distressing condition they made a
halt, when they set up most horrid
lyeH, at which there instantly appeared
from the edge of the woods a detached
party bringing two naked bodies, one of
which they brought by the side of me.
pierced in a shocking manner-the other
appeared to show symptoms of iife-they
then turned into the woods on the opposite
side with the dead body, with part Of
the patrole and with me.
The other part kept on with the other
body, and carriage and horses-we had
not gone far into the woods when they
slightly buried the corpse, naked as ii
was, and continued on with me my anx-
iety was so great and the agony | was in
so extreme, that the sweat ran off at the
bottom of my garments. After going
several miles in that condition, they came
to small village, by river, over which
they passed on log, except those who
led me making me wade through. l
asked for water to drink, but was inhu-
manly denied; we then came to an ex-
tensive paddy ground, where instead of
going on the bikes they made me wade
through the mud about foot deep; after
crossing this extensive plain, We came to
second river, over which they made
me wade as before, when we came to the
village where they belonged.
was then seated on the wet ground 10
the stocks, where / remained until the
chief came | was then taken out, placed
on bench, and Is men called who fold.
ING their hands, kneeIed, and kissed bis
feet. After which they we're brought be-
fore me and their knives examined by the
chief, in which place supposed l was to
Ibe executed; but hearing the chief say
Hollander, Immediately said .Anerican ;
Iron which he appeared to look earnestly
al me, and as earnestly at him, repeating
the word American; when after few mo-
ments he ordered the knives to be re-
Turned, and commanded me to be taken
off the bench and put into shed, it
training violently