The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-04-11
WITHIN SHOT RANGE.

my's boats contained about four
times as many, our prospects were
very gloomy indeed. So far we
could only see one boat, the other
two being out of sight. 1t was
about 2 o'clock P, NJ. when the first
boat came within shooting distance,
and kept astern Of ns, evidently
waiting tor she other boats to come
up. They had not long to wait,
for through the glass We, could see
that one was coming .'vin front of
us and the other from yhe starboard
side. The one that hadkept astern
now opened fire upon us, which
however, did us no harm, except
that our compass-box was damaged,
and a few shots went into the rig
ging.
"ALLAH! ALLAH"
In the meaLtime, the boat COM
ing nearer and nearer, the Captain
had ordered the deck to be covered
with boiling tar, and while this re-
mained liquid, we had studded
it with broken glass; Of course we
had then to put on boots ourselves
to avoid cutting our feet. What
the Captain foresaw, happened; for
when, after the first boat had come
alongside, the pirates boarded the
ship, crying "Allah! Allah!" and
came rushing toward us, they broke
down as they had their feet lacer-
ated by the glass. When the Cap
tain looked over the side to see how
many there were in the boat, q.lite
a shower of spears went over our
heads. Ten of us, amongst whom
| was, had hatchets, while the
others had hand-axes; we divided
our force one-half forward, the other
amidShips.
THE BUTCHERY BEGINS
In the next moment we were right
against them, and the most horrible
butcherY commenced. In the mean
time the second boat had come near
and placed itself under our bow;
from the cries we heard we knew
that there, also, hand-to-hand
fight had commenced with our men.
OF division only four were left
standing, and of the one fighting
forward, ONLY six; all, however,
more or less dangerously wounded.
| was suffering moreOr less from a
spear wound in the left shoulder.
Slowly ard fighting tor every inch
Of ground, we withdrew toward the
stern, where we made barricades of
our boats while the Malays cut off
the heads of the dead, tied them
together by the hair, and hungthem
over their shoulders
RELIEF IN SIGHT.
The Captain was sending shot
after shot into the crowd. We
were well nigh despairing, for what
would become Of us when the third
boat would arrive? Then, when the
cloud Of smoke was driven away by
a sudden gust Of wind, we were de-
lighted to See q steamer coming up,
which, a moment afterward, opened
fire upon the third boat, which sunk
after a few shots. The pirates
jumped into the water and tried to
save themselves by swimming; but
we saw that the boats from the
steamer were lowerek and began
to chase after thenS while, the
steamer herself came. in full speed
toward us. As soon as we sawthis
We picked up courage sgSin, and,
with a laundering hurrah, I'VE threw
ourselves once more upon those
pirates who still remained on board,
and cut down whoever came in our
way. | then RceiveG another
wound in my rightarmA
THE GUNBoAT'S WORK.
The steamer (Which turned out
to he an English gunbost, carrying
six gunS) had oysrrun the boat
lying under oHs bow, the same
having been left mguarded, and
then went alongside the other one,
the occupants Of which were mostly
on board our ship. The few that
Wele left in change tSied to row off