Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-05-25

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it impossible for the ship to hold
u together till morning, ordered his
own boat to be let down. This
could be effected only by the united
exertions of the whole of the re-
: naming part Of the crew. Some of
the men, and myself among the rest,
! had resolved upon remaining upon
e the ship to the last; and consider
ing it impossible for boat to live,
We earnestly expostulated with the
captain, for the purpose of persuad-
ing him not to hazard the expert
} ment. But he seemed to think it
best to make it, and with great
earnestness entreated the men to
assist him in lowering the boat.
We were enabled, at length, by
great eXertions, to lower the boat.
The captain, Charlie Bouket, Will
liam Sedon, and William Jones, inn
mediately placed themselves in it,
and commenced preparing to leave
us. In compliance with his request,
a rope was fastened round the waist |
of the captain, so that should the
boat be destroyed, as there was rea-
son to apprehend she would be,
there might be some chance of res
cuing him from the waves. The
boat was at this time suspended by
her falls, and, at this juncture' a
tremendous sea broke into the boat
and dashed it in pieces;-so entire
was the destruction, that not a frag-
ment was afterwards seen. The
captain was drifted away to the dis
tance of nearly one hundred and
fifty yards. 1t was with the utmost t
difficulty that we retained our hold I
on the rope which had been fastened :
to him; but at length we succeeded
in drawing him in. After the fail.
ure OF this attempt, and having i'm c
so short time lost one-half of our r.
it was agreed upon, after
due consultation, to remain upon S,
the wreck till daylight should reveal a
10 us more fully our situation. In y
his state of suspense and suffering II
We clung to the rigging, and with g
much difficulty kept ourselves from lC
icing washed away. At day ", "
We discovered that part of the II
eef, apparently about three miles te
III to the leeward, was dry; and IL
his, though but of small conse- ~ ~
Iuence, afforded us some comfort. Il,
n a short time we discovered land Sc
t the distance of twenty or thirty W
niles, in an eastwardly direction. a.
his, though we We're ignorant of of
ne character of the inhabitants-if ce
ideed it should turn out to be the
'sidence of human beings-present- tw
1 to our minds the possibility Of m
'cape; and without any delay we in,
repaired, ms well as we could, to a :
Iandon the vessel. There remain
but one boat, and that was I'm n a.,
Dor condition for conveying us, int
even in number, so great dis tie
nee. But, as no choice was left us. th'
'" PieP"Ieu, ana COZ
hen the sun was about two hours gis
gh, we had completed our arrange ey,
ents. We took INTO the boat one 90
lall chest of bread some water, "
quantity of wearing apparel, j
MISTER of gunpowder, one musket, sas
brace of pistols, three cutlasscs, wei
ii Undertook. In this frail bark. the
Il with these poor means of sub sto'
tence and defense, we took leave
the ship, not without feelings of i,
ep sorrow, and with small hopes N VII
improving our forlorn condition. s,,n
IN leaving the ship we steered di- she
'tly for the reef above mentioned y
Il without much difficulty landed Of W "
4 are" up our boat, This proved Kin
De- as We had previously con- sam
'ured, II part of the reef upon @ o"'';
'ich We had been wrecked; and fer I
soon ascertained that that nor. strol
II of the rock above water WAS ing
'nl sixteen lods long, and quite ml,' Ials
row. but sufficiently large to af- Of n
l us II secure footing for the little Dan
e we had To stay upon it. 1t
''''' gnu UTMOST our only merl
'ct, To remain here until we w1rl
lat render our arrangements NOR, 1883,
feet, and either mn IN SON v.;r, pure
hazard, or make our passage to '''>
l. which was still distinctly visi- Ac
As yet but little time had been amy
rdcd us for calm reflection; and s%n~, nvI
as now question of serious i'm. Speci
ahce, whether il would be most is We
lent Ia encounter the billows In sSaiu
nay boat which was our chief de. "'S'''
''h'N upon the open sea, with Th'
scanty means of .ni..i.,.. ton
,ro,v ,n,s,,,,.. '''''''' o' disea.
'''" tue hands, last {,
w" tue mercy nt whatever curah
ot beings might chance IA in docto
! the island, In favor of the ana