The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-02-16

after they wounded the mates. lie
was walking on the half-deck near
them. and when he san one of the In
dams come up the steps from the main
deck he asked him what he wanted.
He pretended not to understand, and
walked on toward where the mates
were sitting, and the other Indian
came mp the steps almost immedl-
ately. The mates seemed to pay no
attention to their presence, but con-
tinued their conversation, the first
mate giving directions as to the work
that was to be done by the early
morning watch. The action OF the
Indians was quick as lightning, and
Schmidt had no idea they had hurt
the mates until
THEY STABBED HIM.
Having made the cabin and the
~forecastle secure on the outside,
butchered the carpenter Boothke, and
the man on the lookout, Antonio
Serein, the Indians now had the decks
to themselves, the only other person
alive there being the Chinese COOK,
All Say, who was in mortal terror, and
as useless as a kitten. They forced
him to cook for them, and he says
that they put a lot Of matches in the
coffee with the hope OF poisoning
them. They warned him to stay in
his galley ii he wanted to live an
other minute, and while one prowled
about the forecastle the other fingered
at the windows and doors of the cabin,
no doubt hoping and expecting at
every moment to get some token that
the captain was dead. All Sam, the
steward, had run away and locked
himself in his room, when he saw the
captains wounds, and it was only by
the threats that he was prevailed upon
to lend Mrs. Clarke the slightest aid.
Thus passed the dreary hours from l
O'Clock until daybreak, and on that
dismal Sunday there was scarcely any
change. The captain fingered be-
tween life and death. He knew moth
ing as yet about the fate of his crew,
but he guessed rightly that his mate
was dead. There a be no doubt
: that every IL who escaped from that
ship owes his life, Under the beneii-
, cence of Providence, to the faithful
! exertions Of Mrs. Clarke. All daylong
one of the Indians, probably the very
one who attacked the captain,
was heard about the captains
, windows by the inmates, and was seen
, by the man in the rigging listening
| for the dying captains groans, or a
1 cry from the poor wife or child that
would indicate that he was gone. Had
/ he died every soul would have per
ished, for the assassins could then have
/ entered the cabin with impunity,
$ secured the firearms and killed off the
4 rest of the men in detail. The sails
which were set during all the time
were alternately filled and Tapping
loosely, as the noble ship wounC
y round and round, a helpless and aim
less thing. The night came on a
c last. and il was an age of doubt, un
d uncertainty, dread and suffering t.
those unhappy mariners. Monda.
e morning, January 4th, dawned at last
II but no relief came; no sound or wore
l. of hope from the crew. Mrs. Clark
e. had succeeded in stopping the flow O
4. blood from her husbands wounds b
a. stufing cotton-batting into the gashe
d in his head and face, and by pressin
le the lung back into its place, an
1T bandaging the wound in his left sid
rs securely. He began to suffer intensel
id after the first excitement OF the fra
5, was over, but he kept his will and d,
is termination actively employed, an
d though he had neither food, drinl
ID medicine nor stimulants since supp(
ty time on Saturday, felt a shade bette
m Monday morning. The captain, atto
the first night, learned from Hendricl
a son that the Indians were the on
lg culprits. The captain now feltstrong'
rt than he was, and determined to mai
J. a desperate effort to dislodge the II
e. dams. But on Sunday night the a
er sassins had
o., PREPARED FOR THE BATTLE
Across the roof of the fire cabin,
bo few feet forward of the skylight, the
nv placed a heavy door on edge, lashiI
u It fast to the poop railing. Behlr
l., this they placed a wide two-inch pitt
~ pine plank and finished off the breaS
ho work with the bed and pillows fro
the murdered carpenters room. The
were armed with a fine sharp harpoC
N. and several javelins, made by lashll
NJ knives to the ends of rods ten fe
hoo long. They were worried by the she
elf from the skylight, and prepared
harpoon the first person who venture
there. They OWNED that all was u
nd well with their game, and they we
going to play their last despera
n, card. Hendrickson, directed by t
avn captain, kept up such a fusilade
Nv their breastworks that he finally d
AZ lodged them and forced them to Sc
ba shelter along the sides of the cabi
ho before they had a chance to hurl tn,
mo iavelins. Firing through the cab
~ where he knew they were standing,
W. hit n and wounded him so baC
..o % that he yelled and ran to the forwa
part of the ship, where he first put
ny ~ plank overheard and then went on
'en himself. The captain, meanwhi
cut the upper door OF the companl
way open with a broadax. Hendrit
40 son climbed up through the skylg
no Sandbergh, who was in the rlggll
Inc now came down, and Indian !
I'D 3 disappeared, nobody knew viii
err. Then the men broke out
the castle. In the tumult OF !
moment, while the men were act
like maniacs, or half-drunken wretcl
Weakened from sleep, smoke was'se
b;S issuing from the after-hatch, VIII
doo the mates were slain, and it was sol
minutes before the captain could
the men to go into the hatch with
,ar yolvers to kill. or capture the Ind
- whom all knew to be the incendia
At length Henry Wilson and III
Iolt erickson led the way and all the 9th
i 1T0' who were able, followed. But betwt
,;ob the decks was already filled "
smoke, and the Indian, tlourishlnlg
lus knife, kept well concealed behin'
o os bale of hemp, through which tn tn
DO bullets could not reach him: III
ny, Awere undoubtedly stiied with
t tio smoke until they say they thou
1Ie they had killed the Indian, so II
scrambled to the deck and began "
tho a will to
H. FIGHT THE FIRE.
,nce But, alasl there were only eight n
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