Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-01-15

ment. II was terrible black md
desolate spot, shut ont from the sss
BY high cliffs, and flied with low,
stunted trees. We found, however,
ia few roots, some berries, and,
strnnge to say, n little celery, aud.
not Knowing whether the vegetables
were poisonous or not, cacl, man par
took ravenously Of whatcvcrh he could
find: The high tides prevented ouI
securing any shell fish, and the few
seals We saw we were too tiniid to
capture, but We secured water IL
abundance from tho streams running
down the mountains.
DEATH.
Here tho fneh became seriously ILL.,
Their legs were swollen 10 frigiitful
proportions, but few could wear theii
boots,and n majority wandered about
with their feet tied up in old cloth
and pitces of canvass. Some, unable
10 walk at all, crawl led about Oh their
hands ana Knees.
At length u man named White, a
seaman, became delirious and shortly
afterward died. The ground was so
hardly frozen that it was impossible
to dig a grave, SO VIC carried the body
n short distance from tho tent and
laid it in the bushes.
The next one attacked was a young
fellow VIC called Dan-.ailors, you
knew, ncrer give their full names.
except Oh the articles-and he died
within three hours after he became
dclirious. The carpenter, u maj
from Liverpool, was the next victim;
then we lost Charley, a German sea-
man, 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
tliu !: nOutIlluI OF 1OOu.
THE BANQUET OF HUMAN LEsH
AT length the steward, taking one
Of the men out with him into the
brush, returned with slices of meat.
which were roasted over the fire and
were eagerly dcYoured. W. all of us
knew we were sustaining life OIL the
remains of our dead comrades, but no
asked a question. Sometimes
we had it boiled, and sometimes
roasted. 1t tasted something like
beef. but it makes me sludder now
to think of if.
THE RESCUE.
When we had eaten almost all of
the last body the schooner Eagle, OF
Port Stanley. Falkland Islands, cut
saal-tishing, hove i'll sight. One OF
our men crawled up to the head of
the rocks, and waved the American
flag with the union down, attracted
their attention. They picked us up
and received lis with rs great kind
ness rs if we had been their W kim
drcd. We found that we had pulled
two-thirds Of the way through the
of Magellan, and were then
sixty miles of Sandy Point.
There, after the third day, the Ea-
gle landed us, and the Gillian gov
ermor at once provided us with every
thing in the way of food and clothing
required lie would have sent us
by the steamer to Valparaiso. but be-
lore she arrived, the United States
'loop of war Ossipee put into port
md took us OH board. Capt. Rob-
bins, myself,the steward and five sea-
nen we're left of crew of TWEEN
Zone. From the time the Golden
lind went TO pieces, we spent forty
light days i'll open boats, with only
he subsistence l have named.
The captain of the Ossipec shipped
he seamcn, although all of them were
N the sick list, and brought Capt.
Robbins and myself to Flo do Janciro.
There met Capt. Gorham Crowcll,
f the bark Rolin +. Mcneil, who
indy volunteered to bring me to-
Jew Orleans. +
Mr.. Saville requested vi reporter
o state that the treatment lie recciv-,
during the voyage Of the Mcneil
not have been more courteous
he owned the vessel, and he de-
Tres to earnestly thank Capt. Crow
IL for unremitting attentions.
ACCIDENT ON TIE KANSAS CITY
ND n. r. Ron Friday morning !
three O'Clock, the express train /,
IL this road, that left St. Louis at $50 /
evening before, struck a broken
Ill two miles north of Montgomery
ity, and the baggage car,twe coac:- !
and the Kansas City slccping-car !
ere thrown down the cmbankmcnt, Q
'hich is there from six to eight feet t
Ugh. The locomotive passed over I,
lfely. The slecping-car took fire :
'om the stove, but it was put out
18th but little damage. A number
the passengers received painful
,ntusions, but the most serious iniu-
! was to an old man named Edgar
hurchill from Pana, Ills, who lad
is collar bone broken. The weather
rs extremely old, and for protcc-
the passengers were crowded i'll
} the Ottumwa sleeping car, which
,mained on the track. A locomo-
rs sent to the scene of the accident
) soon as possible, and conveyed
to Montgomery where thev
ere provided for as comfortably as
rcumstances would permit.