Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1883-07-20

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10 sink her too deeply.
The two sohooneFs sailed irom saler
together In fact jenkins would nO
hAyo dared lO sail alone. for be was no
sure bis riokoiy old erail would carr
him through. The Polly Ann wa
manned hy Captain Waltz his son Ma
than, youth oi nlneleeni a man a
thirty, named jim Tufts, and Samue
Locke. q Young man OF iweniy-llVf
The Eliza had beside her Captain, Da
yid, q brother Of the commander Waite
Davis and Charles Allen. both yonnI
men aud able.
When the two sohooneTs reaches
Wood Island. which lies At the moull
Of the Saoo River, they were hoarlel
by some Yankee fishermen who residel
there, and who informed them that !
would Dc Of no use for them to 80 an.
further
"Ye can't glt into the river sal'
one Of them, "lor a eussed hrlg.o'-war
a lyln OF an ON there all the time. An
! Ken tell ye one morc thing, iool Then
Brilishers are on the lookout for you
They've heerod as how yeou were /
comm IN with provisions an arms fol
prlyaieer They've been informed
somehow
This was a damper upon Captain
Ebcn Wait, lle had known that ther'
were British war vessels upon th,
coast; but he had hoped that ther,
might be none In his way. He could
not turn back. He knew that those
whom he loved were suffering for tho
want Of the food he had with him; and
that the prlyateers could not sail until
they had the stores he had in charge
for them. And, further. much Of the
provisions he had in cargo might spoil
by being kept too long In the hold OF
his vessel.
What should he dop The loss TO him,
II he failed to make his trip, would be
great; but he thought not so much
Of that as he did Of the loss to those who
were depending upon him for the very
means Of sustaining life. He questioned
the fishermen very closely, and was
convinced that they spoke truly. Three
OF them had come from Mauhegan only
two days before, and had been robbed
OF their fish by this same brig.
"And,o continued the informant,
lone Of the officers asked us If we
knowed the Yankee schooner Polly
Ann. We pretended 'at we didn't
know anything about il. He said he'd
have We ef We come that way
Captain Wait pondercd a long while
on the information he had received.
ITS hard case,n he said to his
friend Captain jenkins. ~ know how
these fellows watch. There's no getting
by them
"'Tis confounded bad" returned
jenkins. "Now if 'twasn't for the
cargo I've got aboard they might have
my old hulk in welcome. / don't know
but I'd be willin' to pay 'em somethin'
to carry her off; for the firewood she'll
make won't hardly be worth the trouble
of cuttin her up. She's half rotten,
and other half is as full of nails and
spikes as her sails are full of holes. But
with your vessel it's different She's
new and valuable. BY thunder, Eben,
I'm afeared wen have to 90 back. But
it's cussed hard isn't it?N
But new light had cleaned upon
the bronzed face of Captain Wait.
''Look We, Abncr,n he said, eagerly,
"if could carry your cargo all safely
up the river Would you give up your old
yesselpn
"Would I?n cried jenkins. "rn
bet | would. Yes, sir; I'd let her 90 to
grass in minute"
"Then | think we can do it. At all
events, we'll try. My schooner can
easily carry all the load you We got, from
here to Bath. Wen drop in shore and |
shift cargocs as quickly as possible"
jenkins heard his friends plan ex-
blamed. and his own face grew bright
The two schooners were anchored, and |
hen lashed side to side; and then all |
hands turned to with a will. Before
light the Eliza was " flying light,
With nothing aboard that could be posi-
by taken away. They left her hull,
Ter masts, her three sails, and such rig
ring as was absolutely necessary to
Keep her on the wind.
The distance from Wood Island TO the
mouth of the Kennebec is about thirty
niles; SO the run was not a long one.
Wait did not wish to start until after
midnight, as his plan was to bring the
var-brig in sight just about daybreak.
The wind was from the southhrd and
ast'rd, and blew fair breeze, and it
vas likely to remain so, at least until
he sun rose again.
AT one O'Clock in the morning the two
ohooners again made sail, and at three
he light upon Cape Elizabeth was upon
he larboard quarter. At $3.50 Seguin
ight was in sight ahead. Seguin is an
sland at the mouth of the Kennebec.
AT four O clock the first CLEANS of the
oming day appeared upon the horizon,
nd in very few minutes afterward
he tall spars Of British brig-of-war
ould be distinctly made out ahead,
lst outside of Seguin, and to the
Duth'rd Of it.
"Now's our time,n shouted Captain
Vait, hailing his companion who was
lose under his lee.
Abner jenkins ran his vessel to the
'indward Of the Polly Ann, and as he
anne abreast he cried out:
Would ye set her a going nowPn
Eyes. Are you going top
ayes. | can fix that there"
"Then do it as soon as We can. The
nglishman hasn't seen us yet. Set
er head little to the north'rd of eastr'
"Aye, aye" responded jenkins; and
lereupon he set at work.
In the meantime Wait had his sail all
ken in so that the Englshman should
Dt see him; and as the water was
ioal he let 60 light anchor !
jenkins first movement was TO lower ,
S boat and secure her by a painter to
he of the stern davits. Next he put =
! all sail, and had the sheets behaved !
,ry carefully for running with the /
ind a little forward Of the beam. The /
Ter was next set, and as soon as he I,
as satisfied that the schooner would /,
n in a direct line with the tiller thus. !,
! lashed il fast He knew the Eliza /
ell enough to know that she would be 4
ne to the course he had given her; and h
wing seen that the sheets were Sc /,
rely behaved, and that nothing Of any !
lue was left on board, he had his crew 4
4 into the boat and pulled for the \
lily Ann. y
Away went the schooner in fine style, q