The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-04-20
lowered, in which all hands escaped

lowered, IN which all hands escaped
Casks of provisions were towed ashore.
1t was very cold ali this time, the ther.
mometer being below the freezing point.
Seven of the eolored crew were frost.
bitten. The landing all effected and the
storm still continuing, an effort was made
to erect sort of shelter with piece OF
tarpaulin. One of the crew wandered
inland little and soon came running
back with the astonishing announcement
that he had found a house. The house
proved to be little wooden shanty-one
of five erected years before, doubtless by
some ships company on the island. One
of these shanties was larger than the
others, and in that the crew took shelter.
A fire was built, the clothes dried as
much as possible, and then tie exhaust
ed men lay down and slept soundly, with
the bowling of the storm and moaning of
the waters as lullaby. About midnight
the second mate and two seamen got up
and went out to look at the ship, for
upon her lasting long enough for them
to get provisions depended, as they tho't,
their chances for existence. The three
men walked down the sands opposite
where the ship was lying, still broadside
on. The tide had been rising. While
they were looking at her and specializing
as to the chances of her lasting until
morning, she gave "weather roll" and
tioated off as erect and buoyant as ever.
Straight off to sea went the Trinity, car
rying with her the provisions and equip
ment. The men, with staring eyes,
watched her until she disappeared in the
storm and mist-to reappear again, pos
sibly, as the Flying Yankee, to traders in
the South Sea-and then ran back to tell
the wonderful story to their comrades.
The situation when the next morning
broke, was most distressing to the men.
The ship was gone and with her their
hope of subsistence. 1t is true that they
had few casks Of provisions on hand,
but these seemed very insignificant when
the captain announced that their stay on
the island would be of one years dura-
tion under the best circumstances. The
island lies in latitude So south by 73s
east. 1t is thirty-fye miles long by about
four miles wide. On one end of it, at
Clinton Bay, about eighteen miles from
their comrades, were the four men that
had been put ashore there as the Trinity
came down the coast. The first thought
OF Captain Williams was to reach these
men, but huge volcanic mountain cov-
cred with icy sleeps and dented with
narrow ravines hundreds of feet deep
blocked the way. An investigation of
the resources of the island proved that
there were provisions enough of certain
sort. Wild cabbage abounded. 1t was
something like our own cabbage, but
very strong in odor and taste. It was
only by most thorough boiling that it
became palatabla. Hungry men and
castaways at that, however, might do
worse than eat wild cabbage, and the
Trinity's crew boiled and ate with an ap-
petite and an honest thankfulness. The
SEA elephants that they had come there
to hunt were found in great numbers, and
sea leopards, an animal about eight times
as large as a seal, were also caught occa-
sionally. A cooking committee superin
tended the preparation of these viands,
and so admirably did they succeed that
the bill of fare was oftentimes a surpri5-
ing novelty to those not in the secret
There was some difficulty at first about
the game, but the penguin, bird with
enormous wings and enormous dignity,
that prevented its flying, fell al easy
victim to the feet footed hunters.
AS the mouths grew apace it was found
necessary to devise means Of amusement
for The men, whose patience, as might
well be imagined. began TO give out
The weather was almost constantly stormy
ana there were few days when any out
door work could be accomplished, always
excepting the daily hunt for food that
was, of course, necessary. 1t was always
cold, aud the great glaciers of the vol
canic mountain were masses of ice from
the peak, 5000 feet above, TO the level
of the sea. The men were told off to the
fonr cabins and the fifth was used as
lockout. On it was hoisted a piece oil
sailcloth, which in time was substituted
by piece of fur. The mems clothing
gave out piece by piece, naturally enough
but the skins Of the elephant and leopard
made acceptable garments. The blankets
were also reinforced with furs, and beds
and pillows were manufactured witt
feathers of the birds captured. Theil
greatest want was tobacco, and all sorts
of substitutes were devised, but unsuc
| cessfully. A sun dial was put up, bu
was of little use, as the sun seemed tt
have withdrawn its light from them. The
days and months were kept by notche.
in wood, and in fact the men dressed
slept, ate and probably talked as Crusoe
might have done. The discipline wa.
perfect and the necessary work was al
ways cheerfully done. Several partie
patrolled the beach daily in search O
meat, and where one party failed anothe
succeeded.
Thus the days and weeks went by
There had been saved from the Trinit
three or four religious hooks, one prayo
book and about dozen copies of Har
per's Weekly. The ''library" was ar
ranged with much ceremony i'll on of th
cabins and was well patronized Eve
the Portuguese negroes would look at th
pictures of Harper's and spell out th