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The natives then caught the bride of Mr. Bourne's
horse and refused to carry them back, and sue
ceeded IN wrestling two-barreled gun from the
possession of one of the men, Mr.. Bourne then
jumped from his horse, telling his men to follow
his example and return to the boat foot, and in
case OF being attacked TO sell their lives as dearly
az possible. The natives then gathered around
them, obstructing their course, when Mr.. b. drew
brace of pistols from his pockets, making ready
70 fire, and ordering the natives to be of. He was
Immediately seized and pinioned by three or four
natives, who advanced behind him, which, how
ever, did not prevent him from drawing the trigger
Of one of his pistols while the natives trying
to wrest 1t from his hands. Fortunately the pistol
missed lire, or more serious consequences to the
party must have ensued, from the utter disparity
OF numbers. And after the natives had succeeded
in securing Mr.. Bourne, the old chief came up and
took him by the wrist with one hand while he
brandished his cutlass in the other in defending
him from the sayages, who wished to kill him with
their knives; the motive OF the CHIEF being TO secure
supply Of rum and tobacco, which Mr.. b. had
promised to him, and which he well knew he would
lose in the event of Mr.. b. 70 death.
|, Mr.. b. was then mounted upon horse, and the
party proceeded to the boat Stipulations were en-
tered into for the release Of the men upon the
natives receiving five bottles of rum and FIVE
pounds of tobacco, for EACH and the boat returned
from the vessel at about dark with the articles &C
cording to the stipulation, which were delivered to
the natives The chief however, refused TO release
Mr.. b., demanding further ransom barrel OF
rum, tobe delivered on shore in the morning, and
in the mean time Mr.. B. was closely guarded
through the night at their wigwams. In the morn
ing he was taken back to the shore, but as heavy
gale prevented the vessels boat from landing, he
was carried back to the wigwam; and on the fols
lowing day was again returned TO the beach, when
| ii was discovered the schooner had gone. The feel
ings of Mr.. b. at this time may be imagined far
better than can be described. He then endeavored
to induce the natives to carry him to Port Famine,
but as they had stolen horses in that vicinity they
would not consent promising, however, to carry
him to Cape Holland, the north coast Of the
Straits, on the condition of receiving barrel OF
rum, one hundred pounds of tobacco, &c. Ac-
cordingy Mr.. b. was despatched in charge of sevc-
raj Of the natives, and, after tedious journey OF
ninety days, reached the banks of the Santa
Cruz river distance Of about three hundred miles.
| The party had the colors of the English brig
Avon, which they had plundered from the vessel,
after numbering her captain and two or three sea-
men, and taking two men prisoners, whom they
subsequently killed, after getting a ransom for
them. Mr.. b. raised the coors reversed, which
signal attracted boat from Sea Lion Island, where
a company of ten men were collecting guano.
These men told him that it was impossible to take
him from the Indians, hut agreed to keep lookout
for him in case he should contrive opportunity
to escape by himself He then watched an oppor-
tunity, while the natives were gathered closely
around him, and, under pretence Of wanting to look
at the boat, plunged into the river and swami off to
the boat and arrived at Sea Lion Island on the 7th
OF August, after being prisoner with the natives
coolest days of Patagonan winter, the distance to
the island about three miles, and my teeth
chartered in my head all the way. On the Cd Of
October the whale ship Hudson, Of Mystic, Conn
and her tender, schr. Washington, touched al
Santa Cruz, and went on board the ship and re
NAMED until the oath then went on board the
Washington and went on a cruise for whales, wher
we boarded the schr. Hope%ell, Captain Morton, o
Boston, from Antigua bound for San Francisco.
} took passage on board the Hopewell and entered
the Straits on the 29th Of October-was fifty day,
in getting through the Straits, and arrived at Cal
lao on the 9Th of January.