Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-06-01
MR.. H0LDEN'S NARRATIVE.
A Romantic Story Of Shipwreck.
Captivity and Suffering.
CAST AMONG BARBAR0IS SAYAGES.
Horace Holden Subjected to Unheard of
Suiferings Among the BarbarOus
Pelew Islanders.
CAST AMONG BARBAROuS sAyAGEs.
CHAPTER II.

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avail themselves of thousand sour
= ces Of comfort, which, by those il
prosperous circumstances, are eithe
p overlooked or neglected. We wer'
upon barren rock, in the midst o
a waste Of waters, far from kindred
and friends, and the abodes of civil
lied man. The ship which hao beei
our home, and on board OF which
we had embarked with high hopes
lay within sight, IA useless wreck
We succeeded in taking an eel, q
few crabs and a small quantity OF
snails. Having our fireworks with
us, we collected a sufficient number
Of sticks, with few pieces of drift
wood which had lodged upon the
rock, to make fire. With this we
cooked our fish and snails, and with
"A small allowance of bread, we made
what we then thought sumptuons
repast. After we had finished our
meal, we began to prepare for the
night. We erected "A tent of some
of our clothes and pieces OF canvas
at IA little distance from the boat,
and when night came on, part of
our number kept watch, and the
rest soon lost all consciousness of
their nisfortunes in sleep. About
midnight those who had watched
TOOK their turn at resting, and in
the morning we found ourselves con-
slderably refreshed, though an in
creased activity of our minds served
only TO bring home n more vivid
picture Of the horrors of the previous
night, and of our present condition.
Before sunrise we discovered "a
canoe within n short distance of us,
containing twenty-five of the inhab-
itants of the neighboring island.
They approached to within pistol
shot of where we stood, and lay on
their oars for some time looking at
us, and manifcsting no small degree
of fear. Thinking it best to be on
friendly terms with them, we at
tached shirt TO one of our oars, and
hoisted ii as II token Of II wish, on
our part, to regard and treat them as
friends. This had the desired effect,
and they Immediately rowed up to
the rock. Manifesting great pleas
ure, they left their canoe aud rushed
towards the place where the princi-
pal part of our boats crew were
standing, bringing with them cocoa
nuts and II small quantity of bread
made of the cocoanut boiled in IA
liquor extracted from the trunk of
the tree. At that time | was stand
ing near the tent, at II little distance
rom my companions and was an
anxious spectator of the scene.
Their appearance excited my aston
shmeni, and | was filled with hor-
FOR 10y the sight offerings apparently
human, and yet almost destitute of
The ordinary marks of humanity.
they were entirely naked. Each
me was armed with II spear and tom
lhawk; some had battleaxes. They
we're Enthusiastically tattooed on diff
erent parts of their bodies. Their
lair naturally coarse and black, like
hat of the Indians of America, was
'ery long and hung loosely over
heir shoulders, giving them n sin.
,ular and fhghtful appearance.
Their teeth We're entirely black;
ondered 50, as we afterwards
nund, 10y chewing what they call
'abook." The reader can Judge
II our feelings on finding our ;
elves In the hands of beings of this
description. Our confidence In the
honesty of our visitors did not inn
'roVe on further acquaintance. No
noner had they landid, than tAey
onnenced their depredations upon
he few articles which at that time
nnstituted all our earthly riches. :
he nautical Instruments, the '
lusket, and n part of our cloth !,
~, they Immediately appropriated =
their own benefit. Fortunately =
lart of our clothing, the powder. :
nd the cutlaSses We had succre,led y
couceallng in crcvice Of the "
'ck. Taking with them theirho0ty, /"
'cy prclpiIatcly got into their ga :,
"a, and, heckoning to us, evidently ~
ith "a view of inducing us TO follow ~
Iem, they si,cp'd diwctly for the "
eck. Their drst appearance, aud ~
is strong manifestation of their w
ieNlsh die position, 81 Tar from la. ~
ning us Ia cultivate their acquain- -
noe amy further had given us an ~
inclination 10 avoid w
en-. Our minds We're not long iu ~
ming Ia the conclusion that AN '"
en sea, with Heaven 10 pr,lcct us. ~
'uld le far pp'ferahle To n chance - ~
'ong beings like those. Acconl Wv Wv
,ly, with the least possible DELAY, w. w.
iauughal nnr hnat a,,a ,.,,..t uu