Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1860-11-07

the wide branchesof a breadfruit tree
and began to talk over old times, anc
former voyages, until VIC keeled oyel
and both fell fast asleep. | reckon VIC
had slept five o. Aix hours when | rouseG
up, shook my shipmate, and PROPOSED
that we should INT back to tie ship
W. IS started st.faF there. Id %
sdeIh ~ u most " ~
yclta.s tAsl I lag heara. Tho miss
seemed to come fr9ll every side, and to
approach US as We hurried forward, and
to echo through every part Of the val.
ley. Mother Of Us said word, but by
motions and looks each encouraged the
other to greater speed, for we both well
knew that the sarpQats we're aroused and
were dom something that they hada',
oughter
AT last VIC drew near Tie shore.
where, from behind a tree, we looked
out upon the devils who were gathered
on the beach. They were yelliu', shout,
in aud dancin as il they had been Bit
ten by rattlesnake3 aud were tryin. to
shake off the effects. Beyond them,
just laulin' along side Of our ship, We
saw four boats, from which chr Ship.
mates leaped into the fore and main
chains like PARCEL Of frightened chill.
dron. We understood the whole thing
at once they had been attacked by the
savage and had managed to escape, You
can immagine our icclns sir when we
saw that VIC were left on the island
alone. As the attention Of the whole
tribe of devils was bent on the retreat.
ing men, we crept steaithily along be-
bind the trees that fringed the sort Of
amphitheatre made By the sandy shore,
passing within two hundred feet of the
canlbals,and gained q path that agccnded
one side Of the rocky cliis that shut in
the bay from the ccgan aud ran out in.
to it We pressed on aud up until, at
the elevation Of about a hundred and
fifty feet, the eyes Of the .savaces fell
upon US, A wilder shout than any we
had heard before came up ous from the
hundred throats that thirsted for human
blood a score Of the brutes at once
at+f aff4 IN Is sui trf iii Ia a itNas A. So
i5gbt, n i.a iron II N5ais lais y s. tliy
didat Ait as, \ stver and we b Tls1
on determine 70 iump nto the esk-
ers that were dashing over the rocks aud
washing the cliffs far up above the level
of the sea, rather than be taken and
roasted alive by our pursuers.
con we sped, and on came the saya
ages we had the advantage in the start,
and managed to keep it for some time
longer AZ last we came to one Of the
tombs, for you will see, if We put in
there, that their dead are placed along
the cliffs the cloths before which, dut,
tering in the breeze resemble the flap,
ping Of the wings CT some immense bird
upon its nest, Into this top | man
aged to slip, but as my sb,pma,e was in
advance Of me, be Eop, on. found q
number Of things in my retreat such
as food, implimerts of war, canoe pad
dies, and clothing took two long spear
handles and as ickly rs | could lashed
them together win a rope-yarn that |
happened to have in my jacket pocket.
BY this time the foremost of cur pur-
suers had come up, and as the curtain
at that moment blew out before him, he
stopped and discovered me, As quick
as thought he raised his club to dash
out my brains, when, with vigorous
thrust of the weapon | had prepared J
pushed him to the edge of the rock lie
tottorcd and fell Another came along,
and tripped over him they both clong
to the sharp edges Of the stone, in the
vain cndeavor to save themselves, but
their struggles were of ne ayail--oyer
they went together, and down they fell
to the base of the cliff. | could not
resist looking after them, so, leaning
carefully on tile spears, ga2ed down
over the spot they had struggled on, |
saw the bodies, but at the distance Of a
hundred feet or more from where |
lay crowd of savages were gathered
I saw them lift something from the surf
which here ran over the rocks upon the
sands / was almost benumed with hor-
ror, for it was my shipmate that had
fallen over and down in their hands |
staggered back into the cave, and threw
myself upon something, or somebody
that laid there in death Darkness was
approaching, and expected that in each
succeeding moment one Of the sayagos
would come up and deal me blow,
which was now powcrless to defend
myself from ; but found that no one
approached, and that for some reason or
other the rest Of my pursucrs had turned
back, perhaps in the belief that both of
us had fallen from the cliff. AS the even.
ing advanced, lurid light nOw and then
shot up from below, and us the curtain
lifted, dartcd into the cove where l was
resting. Full ofapprebension crawled
to the verge of the path, and looked
upon scene such as | never expected
tc live long enough to see. The canni-
balls were roasting my Sbipmate. There
was a spell upon me aud | could not
move, saw by the fred light Of the fire
that they dcvoured him dividing his