The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-03-01

lone has made his escape. and ;..l
me melancholy story, is now hss "k
aau ieei Il duty To give Won S ne
account OF the affair, as r.Ia,.a " acc
particularly AZ | know you arr y In
alive on this subject, and ar. in "'Hhs
ID do much towards putting s,aa s'uatas
scenes of murder and raplne 10 has
Inc person saved, and who ,ou
me Tie following account, is N, e'a
Collins, of Wiscasset, state Of A.. paaa
Mas second officer of the y..s..I i Ii
states that he left Wiscasset Na,a.',1 III
IN the big Betsey, with Can,,in r "ref
ten bound To Ibis pot, that, wbe" ", -, IT.
~ one days out, about 4 A. NJ lbo psa
struck on one of the double he,d ,,e 5'est
Keys. in about ten minutes sl,s Oh!
pleces-the deck load aud bpat hin "'1' Ia
through passage where The vs. 'tFi
smoother they all succeeded in g. s"' w
the boat. At day light, blomipe , ,',s la3
from the westward they steered n! @d
all that day and night 10 the Somb" e O''
IN the morning made low SANDY ""e>'
discovered two buildings upon lI-thtasaa
aud found five men, whUm they s,.n,
10 be Rshermeu.-I'hey were v,,lr Poei
two days. There was at this place no. "ea
sci of about eleven tons, and tvn n. YES
which they said belonged In them ' T
wcrs two other boats there wheb l -I's
Ike the yaHls of merchant ,,ssal ,'OAea
which 'he fishermen said did no, 6.lan@ "aa
them, but to some people that WERE D.,
sent, and who would soon he baek
II. made an agree"eGt with thu h.aS
erman To take them In ala,anzas Ear Co.,,
one dnlsars, aud uas to halp-hem IN h.,
their vessel with fish, which Tam, \ a.
crew did, with great bur and ,,tjrn, l..
ing obliged to wade off a r0nsiderabe A.
lance from the shore to pat the G.A u
board. The vessel of eleven tons snota
OF, they had got loaded, and were aim
getting under way, when boat Of abM
ten tons came in, and fired several times /,
them with muskets and hIunderbusses
then anchored and boarded them, p,
ut The plratlcal crew examined the fsb0l
vessel, and part went on shore to the ba1
They gave one Of the fishermen two don
blooms, and took him and the Others
board of their boat. There they drm
and caroused about half an hour, maxim
threatening menaces towards Captain n. /
the fishing boat. During the time tbe
sent a Jug of liquor TO Capt. Ii. and cred
and made them drink some Soon sne
those who went TO the huis JOINED theul
ers, am came along side of the fishing ,ey
sci, with two Canoes, drawn by the fd
ermen--the piratical crew accomrnrns
with swords and long knives, which hgv
pointed at Capt. II. aud his men, feeling
the edges of the knives, and making lid
most appalling signs to them. AT lengt
they took them and bound their arms be
hind them with cords, putting them 10 lid
greatest possible torment, then tumbIad
Captain Hilton and MIR. AIerary I'D
| officer, aud two Of the men, into one uftd
canoes, and Mr. Collins and the rest A
the crew, two others, into the other cauoel
| and drew them round some distance into i
cove. The fishermen, two at each canoe
| drawing them, and the others Wadiog be,
side with their knives aud cutIas3es draw
giving them TO understand that they wen
| soon 10 feel them, which, horrible IL rela,
was the case. Mr.. Collins says taj
| they first struck the Captain with cuiIas l
on the side of the neck, then put bis head
across the gunwale OF the boat, or CanOd
and chopped it off. He saw the heads d
MIR. Merary and the rest in the Canot
cleaved open, and their bodies St
bed and cut in the most horrible name
The canoe that Mr.. &. was in was nsavs
to the shore, and he sat in the middle |
tween his two comrades one of thpmano
man, by the name of Russell, had his be
entirely split open to his body, his toq
aying over Mr.. G.. Alr. e.. attempted
spring from the canoe al the same n
he received a heavy blow on his ha1
which nearly stunned him. tie hoHed
soon had his reason, so AS to perceive ha
self out of the canoe, and under the walel
| and the Iashing on his arms either cut
broken, which he supposed was done eilbe
by his great exertioo made at the tim, o
his spring from the canoe, or from mNI
| rected blow from one of their cutlaSe81
lie instantly sprung upon his feet an
made for the shore, with several Of The
rates after him. One of them reacF
him, and in attempting to run him tbr
With his sword, made a miss step and ie
his length into the water, winch gave hi
considerable start before the other coa
recover himself. His other comradx
III the canoe, sprang from it, the same
slant with himself. However saw the
rates overtake and stab him before
reached the shore, SO that be is conhdr
no one escaped but himself lie got
the bushes and mangroves on the ls@o
aud run with all his might two OF the nu
derers IN pursuit OF him, and which ne
not lose sight of under two hours, anu
could hear them IN search of him unlII Su
down. Ii was about nine or ten ~ ~
morning when he made his escape n1l
the canoe. He sccreted himself ina. N.Y..
III thick bushy mangroye tree ~ ~, ~.
morning started again. lie came w '"s
beach, and saw at 9 or miles alS'ane'
uunfh.r Il n,, -. I,l,pd NhIph ne swain ~