The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-07-15

tribe; III three out of the five his trib
was conquered, and he changed hands
the prisoners always appearing to e1
plain to their captors their object i
keeping him.
Among the third tribe wit
which he lived he saw a whit
woman; she was the Chilian lady whom
l have already mentioned, and Thorol,
took the first opportunity of going up t
her. The Fuegans held him back at first
for they regarded her as a goddess; bu
at her command they let him approach
her. They were unable to converse, fo
she spoke only Spanish, and he only Eng
lish; but from that time Thorold wa
treated by the natives with more defer
ence than before.
He was never allowed again to ap
| proach the Chilian woman, who appeareC
! to be rather ashamed of her situation be
fore him, but he saw her manner of life
She was the wife of the chief and ha6
apparently a large number of children
The natives treated her with the creates
respect, and cooked meat for her, anC
made her a more elaborate hut thar
they made for themselves. Her dres:
was mixture of civilization and bar
barism. On the whole she appeared sat
isfied with her strange life.
About four weeks after Thorold joineo
this tribe, another tribe came upon them:
there was a fight, and he changed hands
Just before the fight began the Chilian
woman went away with few compan-
ions, and he saw her no more.
Toward the end of the sixth month the
tribe which possessed Thorold reached a
place on the sea shore which consisted of
bay almost shut in by land. He had
often reached similar place, for there
are many bays ON that coast with an is
land facing them.
On the morning of the third day after
they had reached this spot he was on the
beach gathering his usual breakfast of
shell-fish, when he heard sound that
sent the blood rushing toward his heart.
It was the familiar sound of a steamer,
and looking up he saw the black smoke
floating away in the wind.
Then he knew that he was on the shore
of the straits of Magellan, and before he
had time to consider how to secure his
safety he had dropped on the beach in a
dead faint, for six months living in hor-
rible suspense, without shelter, and with
the poorest apology for food, had left him
very little of his old strength.
On that day the steamer "Aconcagua,
of the Pacific Steam Navigation COM
pany, bound from Liverpool to VaIpar-
also, left Sandy Point and was proceed
ing westward through the straits. The
bulwarks were crowded with passengers
and officers and crew looking out for ma
tive canoes, for it is the custom of steam
ers passing through these straits to slow
down, unless they are in a great hurry,
and interview the natives in their ca
noes, ending by dropping over the ships
side barrel filled with old clothes and
tobacco and other things calculated to
please the savage mind. Once or twice
a couple of natives have been hoisted on
board and shown round the steamer.
With awe they gazed at the long saloon,
and in horror they fled when they were
taken down to the fire-room and furn-
ace door was suddenly opened at them.
reminding them of crater of one of the
volcanoes that gave their land its name
of Fire.
Before the awful adventure of Thor
old, all that was known about these
strange people was learnt in this way,
and thus the curious fact was discovered
that although their near neighbors the
will drink all the rum and
other fire. water they can lay their hands
on, the Fuegans will take no alcohol of
any kind, but, when offered it, turn away
with the same appearance Of disgust that
a dog shows under similar circumstances,
e1- I.
they stand In the scale of humanity.
however, they greatly appre-
;iate.
On this occasion the passengers of tha
'Aconcagua" were not disappointed in
heir desire to see the natives. Several
;anoes were shooting out to meet them, |
md in one of them they saw to their in
ense surprise white man standing up, |
md heard him shouting to them in Eng |
ish to stop for Gods sake!" OF course
hey stopped. The canoes came along |
ide, and the white man was hauled up |
IN deck without the slightest opposition |
rom the Fuegans, and indeed by their
evident desire,
On reaching the deck Thorold tainted. /
lie was carried away and attended to by
he doctor; and the natives, we may be
ure, got a good toll that day. Several
'arrels were dropped over the ships side,
aden with all things that the savages
ould desire.
The rescued man soon recovered suffi-
iently to tell his wonderful story. He
vas taken to Valparaiso, and thence
'ack again to England in the steamship
Galicia;" as distressed British seaman.
During the first part of the voyage his
mental faculties appeared to be good
eal weakened. He would frequently
ang over the bulwarks in a sort of
tupor, and the doctor ordered any one
Vho saw him in this state at once to ap-
roach him and touch him, and ask him
vhat he was thinking of, until he an
wered them.
And the answer that came at last was
lways the same:
Il was thinkin' of how the faces of my
mates looked when them sayages was
nurderin' of them. m."-Cornhill Maga-
inc.