The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-05-15
An Old SIaver's Story.

occurFencss which / ana about ~ relate
to"k place. bat were | 70 live ~ be-
twice A. old, the remembrance Of my
first ahd last cruise iii . SLAYER would
/ never BE- erased from the tablets If NY
mcmory.
lift the hsTbor o. Havana, Wcs.
lndi's in the ciipp~r bark Ariel. on
the 18th Of March. le-. for the cnas,
os Africa, for slaves and gold dos. We
had crew o. .twenty five men, mostly
Spaniards and Americans The captain
WAS a Spanisrf, bat his two officers
were Americans
n We made quick passage 10 the coast
But were delayed s,m-time waiting for
cargo by the abseice of the chief
Upon MS ARRIVAL. Captain D made
arrangements f'r load ot slaves, which
the chief promised to supply US with
immediately upon the arrival or a band
/ of natives no had been sent ou. pre-
/ vlously Ia capture prisoners. la = few
/ days days We received our cargo of hu-
man freight. They were mostly NJ.
I groes from tho neigbborhood of the
| Congo river large. ston, fellows, who
giared resengeiuily upon Us as they
| We're passed into hold aud were ironed,
| few women being among them,
Oar captain, deening himself very
/ fortunate ~ securing them AZ low
| price. aud hearing that an English
cruiser hai been seen further up the
east - few days previous, made up his
! mind 10 sail immediately for Cuba. So,
after u day spent In watering and vic
taalling the ship. We left the coast and
/ headed for sea.
! We were staggering along uader a
wholesale breeze, with every sail set
/ that would draw, few mornings after
/ leaving port, when the watch on deck
/ We're startled by seeing the matches fly
/ opeE aud u hundred OF the negroes
. swarmiug on deck. who had somehow
broken loose from their irons Tile ye,!s
OF the ssvages had aroused the crew be-
low. who, hastily coming nn deck.
were net by the slaves and literally
tom In piecrs before they had chance
to arm themselves Meanwhile the
watch on duty, seeing the large NUN b~r
,hat had broken loose. rstr-ated to the
cabin, where the arms were keIt
We numbered in the cabin fifteen al.
told We b.rricaded our stronghold IN
the best way we could, aud then waited
the attack from the slaves. which
We knew would come. We had the
advantage Of having plenty arms AID
ammunition. while we knew that the
mu,ineers mad nothing to arm them
selves with but handspikes aud what
pieces of iron they could pick up on the
a.,Gk.
We fired couple OF volleys into
th.ir ranks. which made them retreat
to the forward part If the vessel. be-
hind the toreeastie. where they re-
manned for some time. Soon. one, who
Appeared 10 be chief, was seen urging
them to again attack the cabin. We
stood calmly awaiting thsir advance,
every man determined TO make every
shot tell with deadly effect when they
came within range Very soun the
chiefs word. seemed to revive their
dfoopiug courage. fer. altering ear
spiIttlug yelis. tncy iuaic Wild rush
for our bar icsie They receiveda vol
les from fifteen guns. which Killed tho
.rAi-r aud several othrrs hc~li,s
Wnuat!Itg msuy, Whch u.d thy ifcct
az ~ stti driving ia ,tnl turWAtd.
Knowing that ,In, muti3,y n.ust lie
cudch before night olt.,ei up"n u. Tie,
mu>t darn. II ouf force. taking their
arm.. lett the cabin aud asccntI.d The
mig2en rigging. vi here we saon saw Shu,
after shot tits, al ,ir alob with d.-.dly
,llrct. unt,l many Jumped overheard
10 escape tue bullet. aii tEc rest he
cutning ,i.morslitcsi, made a break for
tbc ha;chways. Down which they dis
appeared like Il flash As soon ~ the
captain saw them disapp.ar in the hold
he ordered the hstoh.s on aud secured
We discovered. on comm. on deck.
that they had broken into the cap,air's :
chest. which was key, hear the fore
castle. nad bad taken nearly all the
tool, shereiFom Our captain. vi ho was
had. unpf,aclple,i man, bade our cook.
who Was an African. and who could
converse with those III the hold, IL ia
tutm> ,hem sh.t If they did no, come
up nv pairs and lee irouvd he would
smoke them 10 death Accordingly
Barnco addressed them in their own
language. and informed them al the
captains Intentions. bat received no
reply.
While giving the necessary orders To
prepare ~ smoke out the vessel. the
captain WAS approached by onr first
o.heer Mr. Johnson. who said il an
excited whisper. loud enough to he
heard by all
"Captain D. the vtss.l Is on
tite b.lo~ the magazine
This proved too true lh- blacks
had no; only fired the ship In the after
part. Tut also - the forward end. After
M eNsm.uatioa o: the situation. su,I
~eelug that it wou!d L.. a hopeless task
10 undertake to subiue the asm,s With
= lot of ho~ ling sasagc> eager for cur
s.!n,d. the tS,st was .owvres,. water aud
provisions placed Within her. and then
ihc skipper aud SECOND mate disappear
Ell ia, ilsc cabiu, from wLi,h they >,pn
returned. each with kfg Il =, WIDER
which ih,v carried forward aad olru-
lng 'lse for~ssd hatch ,.,'i,. dtupp.i
i.. :, =, ,u.o thc held I hey ihcn X;
snta tls t,es.', AID - e pulled s~ss from
.hs lii-t.,si se>~si Alter n-ac'srr &
= >sfe lt-,.,.ct. f1aus lj.g avs C,pta,"
h .- e.aers8 a~ az .ss on sauf .,sF>,
al exs.sls,ss,i ss.-a sa'Ag ssau. 4,
Il h.te l,>s my vy->,i, b,.' | aase
scat ;hs>. hiacS hsnd, TO Ia i. ao'oo'"-
lv,rir,t hy .nn~,c.
Handy hsd 10 sva~d spssk'ne ef"