Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-11-06

James Turrence was faremaask hand
o. the Britizh bark Huntrsss. and e1e
u1RainR ID he sssentfsa we len Sinza
pare. honEd % ths south b. way q rs
Straits q Hunda. We had sixteen naa
On he bark and fer AfEsalent ~ I'D
q mise poan1eE naounte4 On 9 oaEElzas
and good supply e musk2ts ard pikes.
All 81 he ssas % The north Of Australia
are 1spiglo1g waters for a ho1eai ship.
Piratss have aboundea there ever sines
ships hegan - sail. and I'm thinking 4
VII Be long before tAe b1sinsgs d En-
tirely wiped Gus. There are hundreds
0f tslancs p tie Java and Blanda ssas.
and each one Of them e&aEs seoare
headquarters fer eaaa o. nstivs pi-
fniea. They are net e. bold e. bafoxe
the 0overaUGlt cruisers cot orders %
patrol thoas watars ard sink every orak1
walsh could NOS show honest papers,
bus they are there still, and The tempta
tions are TOO Ereat 20 expsef thsy can
ever Be- entirely Suppressed.
On cur Way a., when OF the Red Isl
4nogs On TIE EoFtheEn oosSf Of e1mosF4,
we oFeKhauled an Italian hRiR called she
Campeiio. She vas stripped Of sails,
oordage and most II her cargo, and had
beea sec FRA 90 and seuktled. For some
reason the flames had died ont, and the
water oEms n 90 slowly that she vas
doated six hOass after The pirates ahan-
doned hsF. Our mste vas ssnt OF 50
beard her, and be fonnd q shocking
state Of affairs. She had bean laid
aboard witheut eesisfanos by tWo native
boata. armed only with muskets and
pistols. The Grew had ct oros been
made pElGgneTs and eGf 70 work 70 strip
the ship and hoist cut eaoh cargo as the
pirates toEeaad. She vas run il behind
one Of the islands and anchored. and
! for three days and niQhfs The pirates
we're hard At waFk on her. Each man
Of ths Grew worked under QuaRd during
The day, and af night captain and ell
we're secured ID tbs foreeasflo. the crew
numbered f0urtssn.
Toward evening Of the third day the
| plFaies had secured all their plumber.
| Several native crafts had haeu loaded
and sailed up the coast 20 some rende1'
| v0us, and only one remained 20 take on
the last Of the plumber. As no heEnAl
violence had been offered thu captain OF
crew during the three days, there uag
! hops that the pirates w0aid 20 away and
leave them IN possession Of the robbed
and dismanslet brig. Just what SHIFT
/ they would have made 10 this ease can
not say, for the craft vas left without
sail, rope, block OF provisions. Aboat
o'eloek In the afternoon she crew were
ordered forward while the natives col
leeted aft. and at given signal Gre was
opened on she defenssle8s men. To
their credit let it be recorded that they
seized whatever weapons they could lay
hands on and dashed 81 she pirates, bat
| it vas simply 70 die like brave men. In
ten minutes the last one vas shot down.
The pirates thsn Faised the anchor and
got if inte their boat, bored holes in she
ship's bottom and started g IRE In the
hold amidships.
The information have given you
came from q little chap on board Who
was making his first voyage as an ap-
prentice. He vas, IL remember right,
only Is years old. On the morning 81
the third day be managed 10 hide amone
the cargo. and the pirates completed
their work and seat the hulk drifting
cot to sea without having missed him.
de Was on deck 70 catch the painter OF
/ the mate'e boat when she drew alongside
and to one OF our crew, Who could spsak
Italian, he gave the story as straight a.
AAnN0 AA4A20s
We reported the affair at Singapore.
and British Rnnb0at was sent OF "a
investigate. She returned be- ore We had
completed our loading. and reported that
she had made no discoveries. It vas a
warming for orr captain, and he wisely
determined to heed It. We took on shell
and grape for our Cannon, q dozen re-
volyers we're purchased for the crew,
and, on the very day We left, the captain
brought aboard two very heavy rides
which be had picked up somewhere at a
bargain. call them rides. but they
Wtre young csnnon, carrying q three
ounce bali, With powder enough behind
/ it to kick the maEksman half way acrosG
the ship. We left Singapore as we'll pre-
pared as a merchant vessel could be, and
Il seems that the captain was advised 70
bear well up toward BoFne0 and give the
/ Red islands q wide berth. We crossed
the equator at least 100 miles TO the east
Of thu islands. a. I overheard the cap
tain say. and then altered our course 90
tue southeast, calculating 30 pass 20 the
east Of Billion island before hauling
Q zav for Sunda Strait.
The bark made good weather Of Il,
a. d We had crossed the equator and run
4 down on the new o0ur5s uutil Billion
might b I'VE been sighted from the mast
head. Ween there came q calm. The
| Wind had died away about midtorenoon
/ and the drift Of the bark was TO the
north. We looked for q change az san
set, but none came, and the night passed
without wind enough 10 move feather.
Nv watch vas below when dayIiRhl
came, and We got the weird TO turn oui
lively. To the northeast, On the coast
Of BoEne0. two or three green islands
were IL sight, aud between us and tee
| islands weFe two native craft bearing
down upon us. These craft were about
the sixs Of pilot bo8ts. half decksd over,
and rugged like q catboat. They had
been sighted when six OF seven miles
away, and, as my watch came on deck,
tie mate descended from the perch alofi,
where be had been using the glass, and
reported 10 the captain that ths craft
vas BpprsachinR as by the use Of sweeps
The calm still held, but It was clear
enough 10 a sailors eye that Ne should
have . breeze as 5000 es the san began
10 elimb up. No man asked himself the
errand Of those boats making out for
the bark Huntress. At that time and
locality there could be bat one answer.
The captain presently called as aft and
said;