Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-05-24
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be seen ofthe men, but their boat was discerna
BILE drawn into little bay on the beach. Pingel
now became alarmed, and went to the captains
wife, who was on board and, stating TO her his
fears, suggested that the other boats crew
should 90 ashore TO look for their comrades
Of the amiabiity of this lady there Is much
room for doubt if half the opinion of the crew
be taken as authority. They represent her as
being the controlling spirit of the vessel I'M
der all circumstances, as she peremptorily re-
fused to permit the mate to go ashore and search
for her husband.
Dreadiug the worst, the mate assembled the
few remaining men, and had every means
taken for defence or escape, in the event of an
attack by the sayages during the night, but
morning came and matters remained as on the
night previous. Again the captains wife re-
fused TO permit the mate TO take the other boat
ashore, but he persisted in taking up one of the
anchors and putting the other in condition to
slip the cable and make sail at moments warm
ing. The day passed in great anxiety, and on
the next morning, in spite of the lady's OBJ
lection, Pingel took the boat and landed for
the search
The captains boat was found drawn pretty
well upon shore, and the party then entered the
dark, gnarly forest to seek their comrades, and
halooing TO attract their attention Fifty yards
from shore, among the underground, they en-
countered the dead and mangled body of Cap
tain Barnes, lying partly on his side, with both
legs cut off, in a cruel and hacking fashion,
just above the knees. He had also been stripped
of his clothing and two deep wounds were found
on his person, one on his forehead and the other
in the left breast. These wounds appeared to
have been made by spears-clubs, spears, and
arrows forming almost the sole weapons of these
| savagcs.
A few minutes later, and while searching for
| the other missing sailors, a boy, whom the mate
had left as lookout in his boat, gave the alarm
that savages were approaching. The captains
| body was carried to the shore TO be taken on
| board ship, but about mile distant were three
canoes rapidly nearing the ship, from an island
| along shore. The captains body was abandoned
and the mate and his men pulled for life toward
their vessel, and reached it just in time to es-
| cape. The anchor cable was slipped, sail set,
| and the brigantine began to make Roadway
| only when the Indians were within two or three
hundred yards of her.
In the canoes were about forty savages, hal
| looing defiantly, swinging clubs and making
other warlike demonstrations. They were all
| half naked, and shot from an old musket on
board the brigantine was sent to them, but
without effect. This musket, with some axes
| and bludgeons, formed the sole armory OF the
| brigantine, and had the Indians succeeded in
reaching her they would have left no white man
| to tell the tale of the tragedy which would have
| followed on board the Propontis. The vessel
now began to make good Roadway, and, the
savages seeing pursuit useless, went ashore and
| were soon lost sight of. The Propontis returned
| to this settlement and is now lying here await
| ing a crew. to be forwarded from Valparaiso by
| the captains widow, who went there some days
since for that purpose. The mate informs me
that Mrs. Barnes, the captains widow, is the
principal owner of the vessel.