Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1888-07-26

woods. Ivory thing which would
burn was ses on fro, and prisc crew
was put aboard the brig 10 navigate
her 10 Hong Kong. She reached the
port .safelyi and dur salvage money
went far TO reimburse the company for
its outlay.
When we sailed out OF the bay Il was
to look for the boss pirate. He was
nearer than we thought for At eight
o'clock next morning we saw his fleet
dead ahead, on It's way back 10 For-
mosa empty handed, and by ten we had
the iuuks under hrd These wei o a
Drawer lot OF men. Knowing they cnuld
not outsail us, and seeming to suspect
that we were an enemy, t,ey closed in
right for a fight. II did not last long,
however. We had one man killed by
the fall OF block from aloft, and three
or four wounded by the bullets from
their ancient firearms. and In return
not n man OF them ESCAPED M less
than en hours lighting altogether
We sent nine junks and two hundred
men to destruction. Butchery, was itp
Well, call IL so; but remember that In
the previous twelve months the feet Of
this old pirate had captured no less
than ten foreign craft and six traders,
and that every man, woman and child
aboard had been murdered. There was
no sentiment about Chin-Lung. He
thought OF nothing but blood and plum.
der, and he would cut a ehild's thrdat
with y smile on his lace.
We were now ready TO sail in search
OF Shung-Wong, who had less power
but was just as great villain. These
two leaders had divided up the terri.
tory. and compelled all lesser pirates
to join them and come under their
control So, then, we had only two
men TO strike at TO down the whole lot.
At the close Of the third day after
heading for tho south we came upon
the track OF the piratical aoet A
trader in woods end dyestuffs had been
overhauled about hundred miles
north OF the northern group OF Phil
lippines, called the Little Philippines.
The crew consisted OF three men and a
boy and the vessel had only part OF a
cargo. Shrng-Woug had boarded her
himself, and although the crew were
native Chinese, he could not restrain
his bloody hand. He demanded a sum
equal TO $500 in American money.
There was only about $50 aboard, and
he personally cut the captains throat,
had the others logged, and went on his
way to the bay OF Luzon, which is on
the west side OF the island OF that
name. We spoke the trader, and re-
ceived from her terrified crew the
incidents above narrated, and then
shaped our course for the bay. As
luck would have it, an Ameri-
can ship called the Joseph Taylor
was ahead OF US. and as she passed
down the coast was attacked by the
lleet about seven miles off shore. We
heard the rumpus about an hour before
daylight. There was little breeze, and
though greatly Outnumbered. the crew
OF the Taylor beat the pirates of At
daylight the wind freshened, and we
slid in between the junks and the shore
just as they were preparing for sec
ond attack. We were no sooner with
in range than we opened on them, and,
seeing escape cut of. the fellows tried
hard TO lay us aboard, In thirty min
utes from the opening OF the fight we
had sunk or run down every junk and
Of every pirate, and only had
four men wounded in doing il.
Our work had been done so prompt
ly and well that it struck terror to the
hearts OF all evil doors in those seas.
and it was several years before another
act Of piracy was committed. The
Chinese Government returned its
thanks 10 the association, ship owners
sent in contributions OF money to ex-
press their gratitude, and when we
came TO sell the schooner TO the
Chinese Government as cruiser, the
was financially ahead. II
was probably the briefest cruise and
attended with the greatest results re-
corded OF an armed vessel.-N y. Sun.