Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1854-05-13
itHtisfeIlaneoulls..
AN ABDUCTION INDEEDi


With our geutlcman's kid gloves all made Of
monkey-skins, las they are,) Il is ret irrelevant
10 the epoch" to know Of what the monkey tribe is
capable.a We think Il worth while, therefore. 10
copy passage from paper read before the Amer
can Geographical Society by Captain Gibson. late
~ returned from the East Indies, and bringing with
him some new facts rs to the tribes of Orane on
tangs nhabiting the deserts Of that part Of the
world. lie says WV
"My statement Of tho extraordinary peculiar;.
ties OF these apparently semi-humau beings has
lea 10 the expression Of so much curiosity 10
20 the fact of their existence on the mart Of o,b
ers, that have deemed il due TO myselr aud 70
pnDlc curiosity TO give some additional facts olong
with all the corroborative evidence that has fallen
under my observation.
hlie at Mintok, Palembang and Batavia, /
hearo many remarkable stories Of the agility, au-
dacity and especially of the surerhuman strength.
OF the Orang Outang / will trcspass upon YOUR
attention byreating one of the most extraordinary.
AT the same time one Of the best attosted which [
neard az bataviaj Lieutenant Shoch Of the Dutch
East India Army was on march with n small de-
nchment OF troops and coolies on the southeastern
coast OF Borneoi he had encamped on one occa-
slon during the MONDAY heat, on the banks of one
otthe small tributaries Of the Bangarmassin. The
lieutenant had with him his domestic establishment,
Mn'9n included h's daughter, playful and interest
ing little girl of the age Of thirteen One day.
while wandering in the jungle beyond the prescri-
bed limits OF the camp, and having from the on
prcssive heat, loosened her garments and thrown
them on almost to nudity, the beauty Of her person
excited the notice Of an Oranp Outnng who snrara
upon her and carried her off, 1Ier pieTcng screams
rang through the forest to the ears of her DOING
protectors, and reused every man In tho cnmn
The swift, bare-footcd coolies were foremost IN
pursuit and now the cry rings in the agonized
iathers cars that his daughter is deyoured NV n
binataug-agaiu that an Orang Outanr has carried
her of-he rushes, half frenzied, with the whole
company to the thicket from whence the screams
proceeded, and there among the topmost limbs of
an enormous banyan, the father behOds his dauph-
ter Eaked bleeding and struggling In the erasn of
powerful 0rang 0utang who held her tightly vet
easily with one arm, while he sprang lightly from
limb to limb as it wholly unencumbered IL was
vain 70 think of shooting the monster so agile was
he. The BYak coolies knowing the habits of the
Orang Outang, and knowing that he will always
plunge into the nearest stream when hard pressed |
began system Of operations to drive him to the |
water; they set up great shout throwing mis-
slles OF all kinds and agitating the undcrbrush,
while some proceeded to ascend the tree. BY the |
redoubed cxcrtions Of the whole company, the
monster was gradually driven toward the water,
yet still holding tightly to the poor girl At last,
the monster and his victim were seen on an out
streachiug limb, oyerhanging the stream the
coolies, who are among the expertest swimmers in /
the world Immediately lined the banks, the soldiers
continued their outcries. and throwing of missiles
lie casped his prize more tightly, took a survey |
OF the water, aud Of his upward gazing enemies, |
and then leaped into the flood below; he had |
hardly touched the water, ere fifty resolute swim
mers plunged in pursuit-as he rises a dozen hu
man arms reached out toward him. he is grasp
cd, others lay hold upon the nscnsible girl the |
orang Outang used both arms to Defend and after
lacerating the bodies of some of the coolies with
his powerful nervous claws, finally succeeded in |
driving deyOnd the reach Of his pursuers, and in |
escaping down the stream, while the bleeding, in
sensible Ledah was restored to the arms of her
father and nurses, in whose hands she was ulti- |
mately restored to consciousness, strength and
health once more. This savage version of the
classic story of Pluto and Proserpine is well au-
thenticated, and the girl now grown-up woman, |
is living at Ambonya, in the Moluccas" |