Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-04-22
ramala Robinson Crnsoe.

p,c,>r. April Is. ls59.--The usual quiet
illness ofthisc city was to-day most agree
snHIi.S;nated hy tie arrival here OF the
SOL. ozelle. Marvin master. having on
scho rounc lady. Miss Sophia Richardson,
ooaroJ If Clcveiand, Ohio, who for the last
iM .ao year, has been living in solitude and
'n%nr;liinc seclusion upon a desolate N
uh"InaIi,ed island in Lake Superior, near
In'', Rr;,;sh coast, and in a northwesterly d.
",.;o, from Isle Royal. ,
Je,ailed narrative of the adventures OF
NJ. richardson appears in the New York
us w.. Of Yesterday, from which we take the
i'l wS"r cast ashore | found that had eight
WI. If pork. two kegs Of lard, twelve bar
rsI. Of -four. W of sugar several ooAes OF
.,ndy. candles. raisins, and DRIED herrings'
w., OF sardines, a bale OF bunalo robes a
Of dry goods. needles. pins, thread, yarn
W. box Of mining hatchets, a box OF heavy
e sfo,b;ng, and a bale of blankets.
,lnsu had provisions sufficient for three
-a"r Gears. had already learned to catch
81 +VT and cook nv pork and -four without
I'D ofdishes or stoves. With the frag-
"sn,. If the wreck, and some Of my empty
n..sIs and boxes, | made a low hut, which
Oorsrcd with sand othe depth ola foot. One
,nI nf ,bis was closed. the other was fitted
-;,h q door made from the lids Of my two
WIS over NV barrels and boxes of goods
,.o,cbeJ y sail. fastening it down by means OF
.,aLe.. As the winter pproached fabricated
80 nv bufFalo robes a dress. which fancled
a,onlJ ie impervious to the cold: My shoes,
"I,ro. and hat were made Of the same mate
s-;sl The forest supplied me with fuel. and |
."'n learned to chop it with considerable ease.
nnr;ng tho early part of the first winter SUI
,ercd terribly, but | managed to live through
:, and the next season was Injured to hard.
T. This manner | passed three long and
lonely wears. | kept a journal during this
,nbanny period, and this was my only re-
srearion. Nv books. and even my Bible,
.are lott in the vessel. During these three
rs.r. | saw but : vessels. They either did
moi zee or would not regard my signals; my
non. h nm these occasions was understandable.
Tbce thoughts of home. and of the friends who
we're now mourning me "a among the dead
soull rush upon me WIN oFetPo"oinuS
force, and my misery seemed too heavy for
me to bear.
AT length, | know not on what day, but by
ny calculations on the 18th Of February. my
Island was visited by six Menominee In
J;sns They had crossed from the British
shore, partly 10 their canoes and partly on
the ice They were as much surprised to
ind me upon the Island as 1 was delighted
70 SOC a human face again. We could not
understand each other, hut they made signs
tina, | should do with them. was in their
sower, but, | was willing To 60, rs ON
ceiyed tina, by their means might hnaily
obtain my release and restoration. ihey
returned with me to the British coast, which
1 think is not more than twenty or twenty,
hve miles from my Island. They conducted
me, in a two days journey, to a French trad
,nc post, where for the first time in three
Years | found myself in the company Of CIV
iliaed men. was received with Kindness
and soon forwarded TO Fort William.