Wichita eagle., 1889-11-05
PITTSBURG'S CRUSOE.

A cAsTAWAY WHO SPENT FOUR
YEARS WITH A RACE OF GIANTS.
Dan MoIntyre Il the Only Survivor Of .
Vessel Wrecked ON . Cogal Rset-He
Spends -Four ard Half Ieaxs On an
IsIand and Is Rsyaaly Treated.
Mr. Dan +. A. MoIutyTs has had some re-
markable experiences on the seas dc has
spent good part Of his days whaling Ia the
Arctic ocean and hunting the sperm Whale In
the South Pacific seas Mr. Mc1ntyres ship
was once wrecked on coral reef, and be was
the only man Of the crew who was saved.
| His companions were washed up on the rocky
beach Of the GerQuesas islands and Killed.
Mr. Mcintyre stu bears an ugly scar over
| his right eye that he received during the
| storm, and, when he came to his senses, he
found himself lying on the rocky shore with
| group OF natives bending over him. Hero
he remained for four and half years, the
| only white man On the island, when he was
picked up by French ulan-of1war. Relating
bis experience, he said:
1.-THE Marquesas group on which found
myself consists of sixteen islands, twelve OF
which are inhabited The greatest distance
between any of them Is ebout forty miles.
! The natives, away back In those times, passed
| from one island to the other in big canoes
and small sail boats. During certain seasons
of the year the Pacific was stormy; but the
natives were well acquainted with the
weather, and knew when to venture. The
islands are locstcd in latitude 8 dega south
Of the equator.
The people belong to the Malay class, hav-
ing dark, straight hair and swartAy COM
plexions Like the FIJI Islanders, they are
very tall and muscular, plenty OF tham
measuring seven feet in height. l never, be-
fore or since, saw sach powerful fellows.
They are rather bright men, and live, like
the Samoans, on the fruits Of the islands,
that grow in abundance without much cuiti-
walton. Wild hogs and SEA fowls were the
only game to be hunted; In fact, there were
no other animals On the islands The natives
spent most OF their time In taking life easy,
occasionally hunting and fishing.
THE KING's PET.
"Ny life for four and onehaH years
among these people WAS pleasant, taking it
altogether The 6gxt nix months ! could
scarcely endure it. If had been impris-
oned In q cell could not have led . more
miserable existence. Day after day climbed
the highest mountains, and sat for hours
scanning the horizon, looking for sail; but
mono appeared The people were friendly,
and tried to console me in their uncouth way.
I appreciated their kindness, and, after
while, learned enough of thsir language to
be able to converse with them.
Life then became less unbearabae, and
prepared myself to wait for vessel to como
along The king of the island made me
namesake Of his, and lived with him for the
first year. When found I would have to
stay for some time, built house, and, to
an,use myself, was in the habit Of going
into the forest and pulling up young orange
and lemon trees to plant about my home.
''The ling tatsooed his name ON my leg,
which made me a privileged character, and
equal to one of his relativea II broke any
of their Laws l was not punished, and the
king would not allow any OF bis people to in
suit me or treat mo rudely. In this rcspectI
must say that l was greatly admired by ell
the natives They have vast deal Of respect
for white man, and many Of them envied
my white skin.
1.-The natives On the different islands were
hostile to each other, and most Of the time
were at war. The king would never allow me
to mix up in any Of their fights. He held me
In too sacred light. Once was captured by
a neighboring tribe They knew by the tat
too on my leg that belonged to their enemy,
and they decided to tattoo me all over. They
started on my lower limbs but the pain was
so great that could scarcely stand IT, It
seems some French missionaries had visited
the island forty years BEFORE and falling to
Christianize the natives they left. One of the
old men had learned from them to talk lit
tie French, and in that language l begged
him to go to my king and inform him of nay
plight This he did, when my master made
peace with his enemies and was released. II
they had disigured my face l don't believe
should ever have come back to America.
"When the French ship came along I
boarded it. and went with them TO the Island
Obatite, where a number OF Europeans live.
There remained for two years before Re
turned to San Francico. The French man
of-war was making soundinss and surveys
for the purpose of locating a naval station.
Since then l have learned that they estab-
Ished coaling station on the island where
spent four and half years Of my life"
THE BAMBOO PIPE LINE
Mr.. McIntyres story Of how he astonished
the natives with an engineering feat on the
Marquesas Island, where he was SO long
castaway, is very good. They had, from
time hmmemorial, been in the habit Of carry
ing al their drinking wster from springs
away On all en1inence in the back ground Of
the principal settlement. In that tropical
cline this was quite task, yet they could
conceive of no way to improve upon it.
First convincing the king that he had a
much better plan, Mcintyre was granted the
necessary assistance, ard succeeded in con-
structing sort OF bamboo pipe line from the
springs to the settlement, so that the natives
thereafter got their drinking water without
any labor whatever 1t was great scien-
tific triumph to their notion.
When Mr. Mcintyre came back to Pitts
burg he found it SO greatly changed that the
old familiar city was new TO him Finally,
however, by dligeu. inquiry, be located his
brother. liquor dealer, III the eastern part
of tho city. One day he went out, ordered a
glass of beer at his brothers bar, and, with
out making himself known, engaged il con-
versation with the gentleman
You bad g brother Danl" said he.
YES" was the reply but be was
drowned in the Pacific Ocean-went down
with his shir-a cf7.,d many Years son