The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-08-19
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The coming foreign sensation is am
thropologlcal. a sort of Ors0u has
been discovered in the great Austria
liam archipclago, whose history fairly
bristlps with points of interest, and as
the strange creature is already well on
his way to Europe, the scientific dis
cussons of which he is doomed to
furnish the occasion are net likely to
bp long deferred. There il no hoax to
he nnnrrhruded. as all the facts are
guaranteed by undoubted authority.
II seems that on the llth of April last
Tho John Hell. schooner, engaged in
fine bccbe lie ljCy fishery, anchored OF
Might Island, small island oil the
northeast coast of Queensland, and
snnt her boats ashore in onest of fresh
water. The crews dispatehed ON
this duty fell in with u party of
ohoririn9l blacks. amongst whom
10 thpir Great sllrprise they found
living with the natives and speaking
their tono1Ip. n man of about thirty,
who Ind once been white, but who, hy
thr lone action of the tropical sun up-
ON his perfectly max d body, had be-
come n bright red hue. This interest
INC nerson was tattood, or, to speak
,norn evoctlv. Scared with grotesWe
devices on his chest and arms his ears
>5era ,,inrrcI and had been pulled out
to an abuormul length, and he wOIe
nm oystpr.shcll ia his nose. Partly by
nursI,asion. partly by fear, he was got
info fine srh6Oner's boats, and as soon
an he was on board the John Bell
hoistpd sail for Somerset, Cape York.
A. ir.s fhe now raptive was SHY, sus-
Melons and even sullen. That he was
- white man was evident, but he could
rivn no account of himself, and it was
imnossihle TO understand his only
snn,i.srticulate uttpranrps, Little 10y
Tttle howeyer, his old self seem
cd TO return. Then he spoke a
few words which were found to
ho Frenrh. he took pencil and scrib-
haJ an ,RcIssE IEpELErIERn with
snn,a other wiered hicroglvphirs after
It, An English officer was found to
tnll; in French TO him, and at last, al
most rs Nv magic. the old recolleCtions
started tolife. the speech of his boy
hood revived, and the wild man of the
woods told nil his strange, eventtnl
hietorv When only twelve years Of
oro ia hod hean cabin.boy ON board
the 81 ponl ot Bordenux. which, with
Ior~e carrn Of coolies on board, was
wreoI,od On n coral reef of Roussel
s,ianJ in tho T,ouisiade archipelago
pha oonIio. ca far 80 can be gathered,
,yoro astan hv the Roussel islanders;
tha ofISneyI and crow of the st. Paul,
Snr,o,,nr oftar endurinp very terrible
nnnar;nr and derivation. contrived ut
Iont 80 nS1ni,a thair wnv in boats to New
ta9v W l'i'Nv I'aU'l a., Joontoin ranorted
S Enie''o Wo;sa a.' Ieno,lstier as dead
NJ nr. arT hoI no dnnht been left for
NniGiI ,; lai hii,,n font cn2 m r5ps nv the
rs1Gr Mines of the coral reef and his
chini,s etrenpth exhausted with the
or,,ai troninaI heat and the terrible
thIrSt AZ ho law. however, far more
dad thor alive. b3v the side of the wa
tor'hoIa wLare his companions had
ohomJorad him. he was reused by
"nntIo .hoI;ing of fine shoulder, and
ss, un,,I (;ue or siv blacks. men and wo-
r ,man" tooether' standing over him.
men, men, .osu,u, oIventnres have not
LIS 9 y" iio;,t PM it NAV be guessed
'o,'tV t w. Tora Stirring THE tribe Of
IN sI vi,,S W. Who rascned him, proved
~ t'I ho i,imdiw and treated him with
~ uo fni,mii'inoes Though they are
Good Good swimmers ,iy and divers, thelrphys-
go" :. '' h ''f' tha Enronean standard.
" N.Y. - oh HVlW cabin bov was the
a ane Sn'lT mon IN the whole tribe,
s.,1 i dorht enioved cores
" ann ~ odWam I He had GER
loiniv heco,ne more than reconcilcd to
nis Ky o "nd had long accustomed him
s a,'1 l to Look trnnouillv forward towards
s sHn t 70 ,oV when his remains should be
t; io mi IN inSfibro and neatly suspended
nen Up t 'm,i u 70 hs dried by the almost
w ,n"%i - ,oTs of the Australian sun--
He ,l,I'do n ,f' senut,Ire which is chiefly
nInU"v " Of notice as being, with the Que
worthy %, of nP the scanty sirdIe worn by
s exc ,ppdtna " tha onlv trace of nascent
ene iniis' which the tribe appears to
G %Onst IN spte Of his regrets for his
ponst. , in 'P Penelletier bids fair to be-
s sa'a ra ,, reconciled to civilization.
come ,, raP'1 fdy s sev entire years he
Al.housh 10. 9e word Of his native