Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-09-11
GHOSTS OF THE GULF.
Phantom Ship md Crew Seen by the 81.
Lawrence Fishermcm.

OsuVSsS VI WE OOAE.
Phantom Ship md Crew Seen by the 81.
Lawrence Fishermcm.
Cor. Of the New Yorl, World
Quebec August 27.-The Westport and
Ballina fishermen have been for centuries
ready 10 make oath that the wild Con-
naught coast thereabouts ia haunted by
lights not of this earth. In the days of old,
When Scots came laundering from the Ilisil
shores,
And the sea foamed, struck with hostile
Oars,''
or, in other words, when the Irish squadrons
invaded the sea, Of Brita n, great fleet
left the Connaught shore, and the legend
runs that many Of the galleys were lost of
the mouth of the Moy, or Muadas, and that
their signal lights are the identical lights
which to this day warn the western fisher.
men, and are visible even to pilgrims on the
top Of Minbrea, Mount Nephin and Croagh.
patrick. The old men say that on that
night in August, '9s, when Humbert and
the three French frigates sailed into Killala,
these phantom lights lit up the coas, for
miles, as though honoring the bold inva.
ders.
II is probable that ships of that Irish
.AAh 'Ao WHY uAANSu dCIOsS tnc main IOtU
the Gulf of st. Lawrence, for phantom
lights are thicker here o nights than on the
Mayo coast. The most singular of these
that which appears in the Bale des Chaleurs.
It has been seen by the French fishermen
these hundred years and more, and there
are scores of witnesses now living who will
swear to it. The best description of it ever
hat he, tba Ill - -,
chi Times (of the 18th November, 1861,
who saw it clearly. He saws;
while in Caraquette, fine settlement about
forty miles below Bathurst, in the county of
Gloucester, We saw the famous light, appa-
rently short distance below Point Mizze-
net, but far out in the bay. 1t appeared as
if the hull Of some little craft was on fire.
and the devouring element was sweeping
through the rigging and consuming every.
thing within its reach. Such, of course,
with the efforts Of the Imagination in en-
deayoring to give outline or shape 10 an
indefinite something that was far beyond
the powers Of closer investigation Ii was
pointed out to lis by John Mcintosh, of tha,
place, in who-e company We were at the
time Of its appearance. The light in its
appearance and movements is totally ipdifl:
erent from the Jgnus Fatuus, or Will O the
Wisp. 1t tprecedcs nor,herly storm, and
is sure forerunner Of it. 1t is not confined
TO one locality, but is seen from time to time
at different places by the inhabitants Of
Caraqnet,e, Grauance, New Bandon, Sal
mon Beach in fact by the whole popula.
ton between Miscou and Bathurst. Iii.
not confined to summer nor to the open
water but is as frequently seen on the ice
during the frost Of winter. In the summe,
season parties have gone out to examine il
in the boats, but as they approach i, it dis
appears, and after they have passed the
place where it had been to some distance, i,
reappears behind them, giving the curious
but little chance of close investigation"
Some 81, that they have seen the illu
mihed craft SO distinctly that they coulc
even see sailors Of Wild aspect moving te
and fro on beard, and disting nguish the row
ers; while others declare they have hearc
voices speaking the old Irish tongue! How
do they know it was the Irish toneue9 Re
cause in lS4S and lS49 hundreds of fuci
tives from the plague and famine came from
Munster and Connaught to the St. Lawrence
thanking God in their Irish that they hat
been permitted to escape the two destroyin,
angels: This is matter worthy the at,en
ton Of Boston and New York spiri,ualista
The naturalization of the ship, the crcv
and the Irish language IL perfect, and, be
yond question, honest. The cratic Q
Blisses or Katie Kings could not play sucl
tricks.
OF Pointe Magdeleine, in the gull, tn.
French fishermen hear the cry Of an un
baptized infant Near tina. pleasant water
ing place, Tadousac, the vail Of woman
believed to have been the wife Of wicket
scignior in the feudal days Of Quebec
makes hideous the Dcacente des Femmes
and ia often heard on River aux Canard.
ON the south bank Of the lower Saguen,y
A phantom boat is scen in the fall in La,
s.. Jean, and when the first ice of winter i
forming in the Ashuapmouchoua river, j,
the parish Of ST. Louis Roberval, boat ap
pears toiling for hours, while the ghos,iy
crew strive in vain to break through. Ther,
% indeed rich harves, in these region
tor those who commune with the "o,hc
Ahorr"