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

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Rnsat adFsnfana.
A. soon = Tia captain knea wha1 had
karEensd be oaiie4 uPen I'll he aee9 70
shsIleE themgetses and wsi1 % 1re q
eaase QoaFkaKa Ona nan Vas oekallso
g asslst tha cook with the hos wAleE,
ard powder and boIlels were plaDs1
handy foR reinsdina tha mnskets. Twas
stationed near tie Gun osrFiaRe. and !
naliced several shella lying about under
fest. The American kept hxina away
with The rifles, knocking over pirate
Is sgery shot, and pretty son he tUo
eraEf wera naaF enuaRh for ue % pm
Ere with the musketa. I presume @a
uasfed COED many shots. fer - were
green ha8ds and aFazely exailed; hul
an likewise certain that - also DID
oreaz execution. We had q plnnainE
IRE down npon q man of halt naked
fellows. and We mast have weeded cut 3
full third 81 them. There was no ar
stiEriug. aad the smoke soon grew thick
about ns. By and b tha shoufa and
yeils Of the pirates sounded Gloss q
hand, and their craft were laid along
aide. We nov fang down the mnskets
and used the reviewers and pixies. when
the reFolvera we're empty We used cap
sian baFa. dubbed muakets, aR whafsver
would serve toa1Fike blow. Ons dhow
lay on oar quaRtsF and the other o. The
boz, and the fellows tried 20 carry us
By boarding.
Ioan't dsSoribs the FIGHT 70 yo1 further
than 20 say that there vas shoosinc,
clubbing and seabbiBg all long he port
rail We bsat them OF the rail again
and again, and twice ! Drained giFates
who reached the deck over the blades Of
pikes. By and By heard some one sing
out that the fellows bad boarded as foE.
uard. did Aot see how We could spare
man from the quarter. for two had
gone down aud the rest Of ~ were hard
pressed. All Of q sudden thought Of
the shells lying at my feet. There we're
half aozsn baFniua wads on oar decks
from the iinRals Of The pirates. and with
one Of these lighltd che fuse 20 q three
second she'll aud gave the ball q toss fer
the dboW. It fell right into the thiokegt
Of her crew and IL was q settler. O1E
rail was clear in half & minute, and
then l picked up another she'll and .
burning Wad and ran forward. A do3 q
natives bad gained the bow and we're
pushing our men back. ] lighted the
| fuss and gave the she'll roll alonQ the
4 0G8A Aat4 us 4IA8N1t UAA XIV NSu - y
word that not one Of them YES Ieft alive
after the explosion. One Of our men on
She quarter threw q third shell, and
brought the fourth one and threw Il from
the bow.
The ieht was ended. A biz Of wind
blew the smoke away, and We looked
down upon q terrible sight. The boats
seemed full Of dead and wounded; the
living having soaQht shelter under the
half decks. Why, there we're bodies
without heads, heads without bodies.
and arms and legs and pieces Of bloody
meat enough q make the bravest turn
pale. As We cut their lashings they
dRlfted Of, and the American. with his
big rifles, and two or three Of the men
with muskets, kept no q Ere on every
l thing that moved. Presently the breeze
came uD, and as We made sail and Got
che bark where We could handle her, We
ran down for the dhows. They were
light built, and it needed only q fair
blow to crush them. The hrst enc We
strnck on her staEboard quarter, and
altheuRh the bark glanced OF, We
cru he'd in her timbeFs and she filled
and went Down inside Of i've minutes.
There we're about twenty living men on
the other, and as We bore down foF her
at q good pace. they uttered shout Of
terror and made signs Of surrender.
Our captain had no mercy for them.
We put the ship right at the dhow's
bFoadside, and We cnt her square In two
and rolled the bow one way and the stern
the other, while the living, wounded and
dead went int the sea together.