Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-01-07
>uIerIu: and Cam ibalism OF nm AMER
is:an N hnlelfn ROala Crew.

John +. Sullivan, OF Hadley Falls, Mass,
and his companions, deserlers from inc
uhaleships Daniel Webster and Anscl
q bis. Of New Bedford, in Cumberland
Strait. on the 4th Of August last. Tue
narrative was written by Sullivan. The
Wi er saws that lie had 10 reason for
lea. ing the ship, only that he was not
sufficiently provided against the cold
northern climate, aud was afraid OF dy-
ine by s:urvy. The crew Of the Ansei
Glbbs complained Of bad treatment.
They were John Giles, b5at-steerer,
John Martin, Hiram J. Davis, Willard
Hawkins, Thomas Colwoll, joseph Fish
er and Samuel Fisher, who, with Sulli-
van and his shipmate, William Dution,
constituted the deserving party. They
stole a boat from the Ansel Glbbs, into
winch they managed TO place a very
stna! quantity Of provisions, two guns,
and ltlle ammunition, and stood across
the strois. They left the vessel in lati-
tude G5:59, about five miles from Penny 5
lIarbor. On the iourtn day out they
fcll in With the bal George Henry, Capt.
Cuddiugton, Of New London, who of
tered to take them all on board, Lul
they declined. He gave them some
provisions, which we've augmented by a
duck and the hind quarters Of a white
bear they managed O. shoot before they
made Resolution Bland, where their pro
visions became nearly exhausted. On
On iho 20th Of August, at Cape CLlI-
leigh, they had nothing but Mushrooms
ana berries TO live upon aud here llaw-
hia4 ard ilavi- ran away from the party,
and carried away everything that was
nse.4l belonging to the boat. After an
attempt to leave tic place, which was
prevcntVd by stormy weather, they Ian
led again, aud Dutton died OF starva-
ton. The narrative Of sullivan says:
"Thc evening lie d'ed, Samuel Fisher
rroro.cd Ia cat him: he took his knife
and cut a piece of the thigh, and he'd
ii oyai Tie fire nntll it was cooked. Then,
next morning, each one followed his eX-
anule; after that the meat was taken oil
The bones, aud each man took Slice.
ue stopped here lhtee d,ys. We theo
made a atalt, Lu', tl.e wind being ahead,
we we've co,npl Id t. put back. Here
We stopped tao more GAYS. during
tttt time tho bnres We're broken ~
! IAN and boiled in a DOT Or kettle that
we had also, tie skull! was broken open,
tue brains taken on, aud cooked. We
then got tar Wind, b., as we soI
arcund a point We had the wind very
ncsh oil shore: We could hardly man
are the boat nj last We drove on to an
land some WAYS out to sed; We got the
boat under the lee Il It: but the san g
ni-tt ~ lad a large hoe stove IN hen.
Erine unable to haul her up, We stayed
hcre Il 1T days; IT was on this iSiahd
ties tried to murder me.
Tie third day We stopped here, |
was out as ual icking hefnes, or any
tang could iini to cat. Coming 10
chaactd TO pick up mushroom.
5roug,t II ii with me, also an armill o.
wood. While knecling down To cook
Tie mushroom, received heavy blow
of a club from Joseph Fishcr,and before
could gel on my feet got three more
blows. then managed 10 get on my
fce,~ Samuel fl-ler got hold OF my
ri,'. arm; lncn joseph rs er struck
ne three more bows on tie arm. !
somehow got away from them, AID, be-
in1t ha,. ctazy, dill not know what tc
- They made for me again; kept
3oagiis Of them, for Gods sSke,
10 $, arc ny life; but they
weal t listen to my cites. They
aid thc1 wanted SINE meat, and were
bonad 10 K Il me. had rothiag could
lefutd nys II with hnt q small knife !;
dis | held in nv ban until they sp
proceeded me. >smuel fisl er was Tie
itst Is come towards me e had large
dl.k kuie IN his baud his cousin was
roniao from another direction with q
cnb and stauc. Samuel came on a. d
urasprd me bv the shoulder, and ha! lis
krltc taiscd to stab me. then ra sed
nv kniie al 4 stabbed him IN the throat i;
he nnmed atelg frl, and then made q
~.ep for Joe, bnt he dropped his club
and went up TO where he rest were.
hen stopped down to see If Samuel was
dead; he VAS still alive; | l., "a TO cry
alter little while the rest told me to
come up they would see there was
nothing more done t. me. l had TT
ccved tour deep cuts in the head one o
the fellows dressed them for me, and
washed the blood off my face. Mex
lay Samuel Fisher died his cousin was
the first one to cut Inn up; his bod,
was used up the same as my unfortunate
shipmate's.
"Af,er while we managed to repair
the boat and left the Island. We rar
| ia where we thought was mainland, but
It proved to be an island here we lel
the boat, and proceeded on foot, walking
about one mile day. At lat W,
reached the other side of the island il
about four DAYS; then put back agar
to the boat. 1t took us tour days TO &c,
back. When we got there " found The
boat stovevery bad since welett her. w.
tiled to get ar,uhd the island 10 her, bu'
she sunk when we 90 into her. We the.
left her, and went back again TO the
other SIDE of the island, to lema.n there
un,i we shou d die or be picked up. We
ate orr belts, boots and sheaths, and {
number of bear and S alskin articles VIC
had with us. To aud to our misery, il
commenced TO rain, and kept up tol
three days it then began to snow. In
this miserable condition we were picked
10 by boats crew of L quimanx or