Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1873-01-22

latter several days of fruitless buffeting
we went into our last encampment.
1t was a terribly bleak and desolate
spot, shut out from the sea by high
cliffs, and filled with low, stunted
trees. We found, however, 8 few
roots, some berries, aud strange to say,
a little celery, and, not knowing
whether the vegetables were poison
Gus or not, each man DartOok raven
ously of whatever he could find. The
high tides prevented our securing any
shell-fish, and the few seals we saw
were too tiDiid to capture, but we se-
| cured water in abundance from the
streams running down the side of the
mountain.
DEATH.
Here the men became seriously i'll.
Their legs were swollen to frightful
proportions; but few could wear their
boots, and a majority wandered about
with their feet tied in old cloth and
pieces of canvas. Some, unable 70
walk at all, crawled about on their
hands and knees.
At length, a man named White, a
seaman, became delirious and shortly
afterward died. The ground was so
hard frozen that it was impossible to
dig grave; so we carried the body a
short distance from the tent, and laid
it in the bushes.
The next one attacked was a young
! fellow we called Dan-sailors, you
know, never give their full name ex-
| cept on the articles-and he died with
in three hours after he became deliri-
Gus. The carpenter, man from Liv-
! erpOol, was the next victim then we
| lost Charley, a German seaman, and
| finally another sailor called Frank.
All of them died within ten days of
each other, and all were lain side by
side out in the bushes. As each one
left US, we took his clothes to keep the
living ones warm, but during all these
days not one of us had mOuthful of
food.
THE BANQUET ON HUMAN FLESH.
At length the steward, taking one
OF the men with him out into the
brush, returned with slices of meat,
which were roasted over the fire and
eae erly devoured. We all of US knew
we were sustaining life on the bodies
of our dead companions, but no man
asked question. Sometimes we had
it boiled and sometimes roasted. 1t
tasted something like beef, but it
makes me shudder now 10 think about
| it.
THE RESCUE.
When we had eaten almost all of
the last body, the schooner Eagle, of
| Port Stanley, Falkland Islands, out
seal fishing, hove in sight. One of
our men crawled up to the head of the
rocks, and waving the American flag,
with the union down, attracted their
attention. They picked US up and re-
ceived us all with as great kindness
as if We had been their own kindred.
We found that We had pulled about
twO-thirds of the way through the
| Straits of Magellan, and were then
within sixty miles Of Sandy Point.
There, after the third day, the Ea-
| gle landed us, and the Chilian Gov
ernOr at once provided US with every
thing in the way of food and clothing
we required. He would have sent us
by the steamer to Valparaiso, but be-
| fore she arrived, the United States
slOOp-Of-war Ossipee put into port and
took US on bOard-Captain Robbins,
myself, the steward and five seamen,
who were left out of crew of twenty
one. From the time the Golden Hind
went to pieces we spent forty, eight
days in open boats, with only the sub
sistence | have named.
The captain Of the Ossipee shipped
the six seamen, although all of them
were on the sick list, and brought
Captain Robbins and myself to Rio de
Janeiro.
There I met Capt. Gorham Crowell,
of the bark Colin E. Mcneil, vino
kindly volunteered to bring me to
New Orleans.
Mr.. Saville requested our reporter
to state that the Treatment he had re-
eeived during the voyage of the Nc
Neil could not have been more court
eOus had he owned the vessel, and he
desires to earnestly thank Capt. Crow
ell for uDremitting attentions.