Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1837-10-11

"fst lieutenant wrapped UP the body IN
. part o. his shirt, which he tore from,
ms back Tor the purpose, and let i on
a'oug "ith the tide. The poor mother
could not account Tor the extraord,n.
ry vigor with which she WINS nl,la -
Dear up against this calamity, added
TO the other calamities to which ,he
was doomed to be exposed. Fortn
nately, she was for some time in . &C.
OF 'nsenslbiIity, and was not. for = cnns
siderable time after The child was con.
signed to the deep, aware that il wrs
ofought INTO world from which il was
SO rapidly hurried away.
Tor great many days they endea.
Vored IN VAIN TO reach Moreton Raw
being all the time without any food
| except small quantity Of the lees Of
nops which they had found IN n cask.
They suffered dreadfully from ,b,rs, -
wen as hunger while in this awful ii.
tnailon. Al last they reached a lar0e
rock, to which they fastened their boeta
ana went IN quest Of oysters and wnter
but their dlsappointmeats were mul.
tPlIed upon them, and they stretched
themselves along in expectation of ,
/ speedy release from their sullerinps, by
the lnterposition of another tempest
IA ine morning those who belonged 10
lno iong boat were astonshed 10 find
mat the pinnace, and the men that had
occupied her, had altogether disappear.
cd. These unfortunate fellows were
never heard of more.
The captains aim was all alone er
ter they had been obliged to ouit the
ship, to reach Moreion Bay; but find.
ing that wind and current were dead
/ against his object, and his companions
being reduced to the extremity oflyinp
on their backs in the boat, with Their
tongues out, to catch tho damn of tho
! dews that fell, he resolved 10 make for
the nearest land. Ii was a choice of
most awful evils, for he knew that IN.
shore which il was probable they would
reach was visited by tribes Of sayapes.
AT last they came within sight Of land.
and soon afterwards their boat ran in.
TO and they landed al place called
| White Bay. They were now within
about one hundred miles of More,on
Bay which is tho principal of the set.
Elements to which the incurripible con.
vets are sent to pass the remainder of
their days IN unremitted labor, and lust
as they touched the land they caught
| sight oi vast crowds of naked sayapos
who soon approached the beach. eyi.
IDENTITY delighted with the prize that
presented itself The sayages spr.
rounded the boat, and raising il IN,
carried It from the beach TO the bush
with ITS crew just as they were. The
moment they laid the boat on the
ground they began to strip the men Of
their clothes, commencing with the
captain and chief officers. John Bax.
ter, the second mute, endeayored 10
hide shirt ornament, in which his
aunt hair was contained, having will.
llngiy yielded up every thing else, but
the savages became iniuriated at the
attempt at conccnlment, and beat him
dreadiully. 1t is unnecessary TO saw
that they tore the tnnket away from
him. They broke in pieces the watch
es and chronometers, and each took
portion Of the machinery TO stick in
their noses and cars, and after thew
had divided among themselves the va.
uous portions of apparel, Of which thew
had stripped their captives, they threy
to them, TO appease their hunger, the
heads and gus Of the fish upon which
they had been lately making meal.
The savpgcs, after having detained
them two aays, took thom further M
10 the bushes, aud drove them onward.
that they might, as they soon ascer.
tanned, TALL into the hands Of other
tribes, by whom an ingenious variety
was TO be given TO their sufferings.
The captain had endeavorcd to pre.
vail upon them to accept the services
OF the poor crew for longer time, be-
ing apprehensive that any change
among the natives would be for the
worse /; but they beat all the now ma.
ked whites on before them, until fresh
tribes came up and took each prison.
er, and set him to work in carving
pieces Of trees, and toilng in other ex.
hausting ways. Mrs. Frazer. being
the only woman, was not selected by
any OF the tribes, but was left by her.
sell, while they all went onward; but
hsr husband got an opportunity to men,
ton to her not TO stir from the place in
which she was ut that moment, and
that he would contrive to see her in a
few hours. During that night, she lay
in the clefts Of rock, and in the NOR.
ming, after looking about without see-
ing a creature, she determined TO fol.
low some footmarks, and, after having
proceeded some distance, she saw
crowd Of black women approach.-
These women belonged 10 the tribe Of
savages by whom her husband had been
taken I'M the husb ~ a. -. =.