The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-06-15

consequences Is that the natives know no
know nothing Of food in the shape OF flesh
and live mainlv upon paste made OF wild
arrowroot and cocOanut, upon breadfruit,
and upon an occasional feast OF fish. At
the dark Of the moon they go out at night
upon the lagoon In their canoes, In which
they carry flaring torches. The lights at
tract the flying fish, and with dig-nets in
the water and spread across the boats they
manage to catch good many. This IL the
only way they have OF fishing, aud a. they
can only employ il on dark nights there
are long times between bells.
The only thing we saw in the way OF re-
ligious ceremonies were at the changes OF
the moon, when the chief men 90 through
q queer sort OF dance, or series Of CULVER
ing movements. without moving from the
spot on which they stand. Meanwhile the
women make hideous noise by beating on
wooden drums, and other people stand
around the place with bright torches burn
ing. AS well as we could understand their
explanation, this performance was intended
TO scare the evil spirits from The island.
Ujae is so small that it does not attract
the traders, and ms vessels never touch
there the people were totally unacqumnted
with white faces and customs until we
came among them. The natural result was
that they watched lis with the keenest Curl
osity, and the women were especially in
quisitive about my daughters dress and
| habits. This sort of thing was annoying
at times. but II was so natural that we
could not afford to be really angry about
! it. Taken all in all. they are the happiest,
most INDECENT, and kindest savages | have
! ever seen or read about.
; As soon rs we were housed we set about
making preparations for our return to civil
/ iZatioD, and To that end induStriOusy gath
cred everything we could in the way OF
salvage from the wreck. a great deal Of
driftage was washed over the reef into the
! lagoon. and from the water and the hulk
! itself we gathered material TO build and
rig a little vessel OF our own. AS Uiae Is
about 5000 miles distant from any cCpti-
nent, we had no idea OF making such far
off lands in boat OF our own cOnstruc-
ton, our only intention being TO reach
the larger islands, where traders touch.
/ Meanwhile, it was well 10 make an
effort 10 catch a passing ship as
! soon as possible. as our provisions
could not last forever and As we lacked all
sorts OF comforts and necessarieS. We bad
no medicines. nor forks nor plates, and a
| host OF other things were missing, to say
nothing OF the fact that the native food
was scarcely suited to our civilized palates
and stomachS. The second mate and four
men volunteered to take the long-bOat and
make an effort 10 reach Jaiut, IN island
SOME hundred miles distant. where two
! German trading houses were established.
provided them with 4 chart OF their
l IN MT a
with water and provisions for twenty
days, and they set sail on the 10th OF Janu-
airy.
BUILDING A SCHOONER.
After they had gone we prisoners on the
1 island commenced TO build schooner, and
| cot il finished about the middle OF March.
/ She proved to be a neat little craft. and
quite seawOTthy, although not exactly OF a
! size which one would choose for long
VOYAGE. Her dimensions were 10 feet in
( length, IN beam, ard ) in depth OF hold,
and she was dccked all over. ON the 18th
OF March our steward died OF dropsy. and
! this east gloom over the party. The tr0u-
! bic and worry had already made me sick, but
| | sailed in the schooner on March 18th.
/ taking with me eleven OF the crew and two
natives to act As pilots, leaving my daueh-
ter with her husband, the mate, and nine
men on the island. We thought it best
that she should not risk the sea in such q
craft, and, besides, were all the time hoping
that help might be brought by the volun-
tpers who had sailed in the lOng-boat. W.
had TO beat up against the northeast mon.
soon to ,Jalut, but reached there all safe on
March oath. We found there German in
one OF The two trading-hOuses. who held
the position OF American consular agent
and to him l applfed for assistance. a
schooner was Just sailing for Hong Kong,
and he shipped ten Of my men by her,
the other one volunteering TO stay
with me, as had become par
TALLY parayzed and had almost entirely LOST
my speech | made repeated efforts to gel
that consular agent TO send medicines and
provisions to ny people in Uiae, but be
declined on the ground that his house could
not afford to lose the time 1t wouId take for
one OF their schOOneTS to go there. Then
| tried the other house, but they declined
TO render any assistance. | was beginning
TO deSpair, when one day Il yacht reached
.Jalut from another island, on which lives
King Kaborra, or King John. who Is the
chief ROYALTY on the Ralick group. This
vessel was the old yacht Lotlie, which
formerly belonged to san Francisco, and
which had been brought to the isond
some wears before and sold to King John
The Yacht was in charge Of the Kings
chief navigator, and he agreed to return al
once and ask the Kings permission to
carry medicines and provisions TO my peo-
nile and 10 bring them over TO Jalut. BY
This time was bedridden, but | managed
! L., "a; Of aaIlpr lad
who volunteered to sail with the LOttlc.
| bought the necessary outilt from the Ter
mans with 1850 borrowed from them
at per cent. month"; my
scbooner. thermometer. and nautical
instruments beng held by them as se'
curity. The Lottie sailed with Wlill'
jackson on board and handsome present
OF tobacco and other trlies for King IA
bora. subsequently ] heard from jack
son (by 4 trading SchOoner) that the L0ttlt
had sailed for Uiae. but never saw OF
heard OF him again, although ] nave
every reason TO believe that he Is all lght
He reached Ujae too late, and must have
then returned to Jalut, where ! lett my
nautical instruments for him. AZ he Is
Bath boy and competent navigator, he /
sure 10 get along all right, whether he stays
for awhile among the islands or returns by
way Of Hong Kong on the first schooner
from .Jalut, for which arrangements were
made before we left.
HOW THEY WERE RESCUED.
Now comes the story Of how we were
rescued from our island prison. The see
ond mate and his four men in the long
boat left Ujae, as have said, on January
10th. After several days had been spen
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