The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-05-13

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Terrible AAvess1rs h CAaDsss
Waaers-
The steward on board my schooner
va. for . namber of years engaged IN
the cooiie slave trade said Captain
chri. Johanson Of the schooner Oscar
and Hattie. nos anchored in Seattle
bay. and he can relate some expert
enceS which l fed sure would prove
infere-tinx 20 the readers OF the Pos1-
ISrrIIfsKscxK- He has been with me
4 kong time. and have always fo1nd
him trsthfal. besides l have had .
number Of the incidents he relates
verified by Others, who were with hin
At the time
The day foiloxing this conversation
Captain 1ohan>on introduced his stew
ard. Mr. John Giernsea, who seemed
quite Wiling % talk He said. Il
was for namher CT years employed
on vessels engage. in the
ceoLiE SLAVE TRADE.
And have had interesting and exciting
lexperiences enough 10 Ill large book.
bat Al this time I shan co.ifine myself
| 70 single voyage This was eleven
wears ago. i was cook on the Chilean
ship Peter Markona, Captain John
NaearonA- she carried n crew OF "a
men. and Wa no ton ship, engaged
| IN the cociie slave trade. We vent
into the port OF Macox. sixty miles
south of Hongkoag. where we pro-
l m H.. srs
paid men to bring these Cinnamon on
board. For boys he gave $40 and for
men IS. and for old men not 80 much.
These coolies be expected 10 take 10
calao. Peru. where ne woald sell them
a. slaves at from $40 10 500 each, &C.
corsiing 10 age, the boys bringing the
highest prices
As these coolies came on board, they
we're put below, and furnished with
Tobacco, clothing and plenty OF grub.
| When the tailyman announced that
We had 20 on board, the ship put to sea,
As soon as we were outside. the Off
leers called some of the Cinnamon on
deck 10 wash down. pump ship. and
assist in the working Of the ship. All
who objected TO work. or who acted
unruly were
/ III II tkpN>
And sent below. After we had beer
out long time. and were within 81
miles OF Calao, where the slaves wers
to be sold, the Cinnamon mutinied. and
took charge OF the ship At about
$50 on this eyentfui morning a squall
struck the ship, and the mate ordered
the crew 10 clue the top-gailans sal
and royal. and told the second mate
to send some Cinnamon on deck TO as
sist in the work. The Cinnamon had
been acting badly for sometime. and
lexpected trouble. As soon a. the
matches were opened the Cinnamon
several hundred strong rushed on deck
disarmed the lookout on the main
hatch, and the forward lookout. and
the fellow on the poop deck, all o!
whom escaped. and went alo;t. / saw
| what was up, and ran aloft ON the the
fore yard. followed by half dozen pet
monkeys.
THE cHrSaNES HAD THE SHIP.
And pandemonium reigned supreme.
They were all on deck thick as bees,
jaiering and chattering at great rate.
The crew had all taken TO the rigging,
and in order to keep them there the
mutinous Cinnamon dug the brick
from the galley floor. and armed them
selves with brick bats. They also
broke open the magazine and took out
the ctItiasses, guns and pistols, which
they fiourished about like demons.
Some of the crew wanted to let a
yard down on deck and kill a lot of
them, bu, we finally hit upon another
plan. We unreaved the clewline. and
took double block and bent il fast.
This We would let down with great
force,
CRUSHING HEAD
Every drop. In one day with this
simple appliance we killed l1o China
men. We laid there all that day and
night, the ship drifting about in the
broad ocean with no one at the helm.
The next day the Cinnamon killed a
couple of pigs and boiled several sacks
of rice. BY this time hostiIities had
ceased. but We dared not come down
from aioft. We let lIne down and
they sent Us up some rice and pork.
| We remained aloft bll that day, but
did no fighting. On the third day
after the revolt the Cinnamon COM
inenced going below, and the leader
called for the interpreter When he
| appeared they grabbed him and order
ed him to tell the captain that il he
would take them
BACK To CHINA
| They would not burn the ship, but
| would let him have il. Otherwise all
| the white men on board should be
killed and the ship burned. The cap
tain could not see his way clear To do
anything but close with them on their
own terms. This he did. We were
all calle,i ON deck. and every officer
aud sailor put in irons with the exeep-
| ton of the captain and his wife, who
were left free. The Cinnamon who
were well armed kept possession OF the
ship, and the crew, in irons, were sent
below. The captain navigated the ship.
but the Cinnamon worked the vessel
and did the steering. One day eight
Of the crew were called on deck and
none OF Us ever saw them afterwards.
They were undoubtedly thrown over
board by the coolies as soon as they
reached daylight.
We were out eight months. four
weeks and fwenty-four days, most of
| which time Was consumed i'm getting
back TO Vapoo. China. after the coolies
took possession OF the ship. Instead of
throwing the bodies of the 10 dead
IChinamen overheard, they took every
one of them back 20 thina. The stencil
from their slecayesi caruasses was
something indescribabiy awful. On
reaching vapoo. the Cinnamon all left
the ship a. soon "a possible. leaving
the remainder of the crew in irons
We were released by the captain. and
took the ship TO iiongkong, where We
left her.