The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-10-13

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they halted also and held council / sup
pose as to what was to DO done. leis
urely entered the tbicket, unsaddled m.
horse and fastened him as far back as
could, that he might not get shot, ant
throwing myself fat on upon my blanke
on the ground nd,prepared to watch througl
the night
Laying fat upon breast, could dis
tinctly see any object 100 yards ava,
from me. The bank of the river wa
shaped much in form of a crescent so
really had only my front to guard.
had no fears of an attack before twC
or three o'clock 10 the morning; the say
ages would then expect me to be sleep,
and negligent, and would be most ikel!
to choose q late hour for an attack,
had. as said before, been travelling 70
four days, and consequently was near,
worn out for want Of rest. Several time
| was nearly overcome by sleep, bu
would rouse myself up to a sense Of tn,
dauger surrounding me. The moon wa
at its full, and shone with an unwentec
brilliancy Not a sound was heard tC
disturb the awful stiffness except the rip
pie Of the waters beneath me. Now anC
then the howl of prowling wolf would
break upon my ears, but besides this a.
was as quiet as the grave, and still
watched on. One o'clock came, as
could tell by looking at my watch by tn,
moon. Two O'Clock, and still lay IL.
motionless as the dead. My horse seemeC
to feel the situation, tor he never move,
or stirred 1t must have been thre,
o'clock, and the suspense was terrible
when | beheld half dozen dark figure
creeping noiselessly towards me Tn,
hour had come, and grasping my rifle
awaited their approach
Soon one Of the figures was in plai
view, and casting my eye along the barre
of my trusty Henry fired. and with
horrible yell the object at when ha,
fred leaped into the air and again ie
PROSTATE upon the ground. lu less tim,
than it takes me to write it,the remain
ing five had risen to their feet and rushe,
towards me.
Again my rifle spoke, and a yell from
the painted demons told that my ain
u-o 40, L-I. TL~y ~OuiL nut see 10 ur'
at me, as | was hidden by the bushes
but some of their arrows came within
very close proximity to me. When thel
we're within about forty yards Of me
commenced with my revolyers, and al
though they were scattered, yet | mus
have come irightfully close to them. 70
after firing four or five shots at the COW
ardly villains they turned and hed,ani
was left in possession Of the field.
They did not trouble me any NOR,
and with the breaking Of day. | noun,
ed my horse and rode away in the direC
ton Of the fort The Indians iollowe
me at respectful distance, occasionall
sending a shot after me. As ! ha
wounded two Of them and killed on
they feared to rush upon me as the
knew one or two Of them would pay tt
penalty of any such foolishness Whe
arrived within about eight miles
Fort Concha they wheeled and rode MAJ
ly away, and were soon lost TO new.
entered the fort none the worse Tor m
nights adventure, and the same cvenlr
was rejoined by my men, who had lie
Central Station upon that morning. :
the fort the commanding officer kind
furnished us with provisions and att
resting couple Of days we proceed(
upon our journey, aud arrived at our de
tination without further trouble
Loss OF THE SHIP JouS TucKER.-Cal
tain Taylor writes under date Of Sing
pore, Aug l6; and states that he sale
from Hoilo with full cargo of sugar AT
sapan wood for Queenstown or Falmou
f.; for orders. He passed through the Su
and Celebes Sea and Strait Of Macassar,
tending to pass between the Islands Of S
baroe and Kemba, which according to Il
chart and directions has clear passag
of nine miles.
On the 2lst Of July he reached II
southern limit Of Mscassar Strait, in la
50 ~ s.. lon. llso r., FROM whi'
position the Island Of Sibaror bore sout
west half west, distant sixty miles. !
midnight Judging the island bore We
by north fifteen miles, hauled up Il
courses and steered W. S.W At | Al
land was seen seven miles OF, when Il
ship was headed To the north 10 sight TO
small islands lying north of Sibaroe.
twenty minutes these islands were disco
cred, when the captain feeling sure of /
position, tackled to the south all sail hei,
set with tine breeze from E.SE.
At > o'clock thin line Of breahe
we've discovered to lcewarl, Sibaroe bc'
ing ". by n, distant miles I
helm was Immediately put down, but +
ship came up only one point, when :
struck and stopped. She commenced
l pound heavily, and in half an hour h
/ ten feet Of water in her hold. 1t was /
possible for the ship to get off, as
} wind aud sea were directly on the re
D She soon listed over to windwarJ so Il
e the rail was under water. The sea tu
I bled in on deck, washing everything adj
e and breaking in the houses. Fearing
{ ship would break in two before dayis
!. the mariners cut away the masts TO ct
| aer At daylight large portion OF
), cargo had washed out. aud the decks W
p breaking up. As nothing more could
| done to save the property all hands ab
K doned the ship aud effected safe landi
d the vessel and cargo being total loss
). As nothing could be saved from
Il wreck, the survivors on the 22d left
e uninhabited island where they had tai
;. refuge and started in their boats for b
1t jamassin, Dutch port in Borneo, VIII
d they arrived on the 9th July. Ca
Is Taylor lost a great part OF his effects
- John is II wag \ poor Frcnchr
being seized with an unconqnerabe de-
=, to learn English John wrote him
= present tense Of the verb ITO 90"
:, - Frenchman spent all OF his spare time
- three weeks in useless attempt to le
-, it, then went to another friend compl
ing of the vtreme irrcgularity of