Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-09-11
Adrift at Sea in a Dugout

A great object OF interest mat has Of late
a.frsessi the atteotion of people whose bus
iuess axes them to the waterfront ID Pc
culls ooking craft tuat iee upiurned on
the boa --k.ds OF the American snip Jaseph
:. Spioney, which is et Steuart street wharf
t-kjl.. ia cargo oigeueral merchandise Tor
New York.
T0e novel craft may te called an ou'-riS
: ger or cetdCosfan. Out II IS &. genuine dug
/ ou. - oerug bvwn out OF q soid piece Of
wood | tntrty ieet long bY fifteen inches
bram C,ests are stretched across III
tuwArtz, GA wbicn roweis Can eli, end al
either eud are raised pieces, evidently in-
! t1d 4 Tor Orcameu', 'cn are stlached 20
hs uain structure BY fore Cords. at the
/ outiom OF the f,twsrd cad pieces OF wood
j. rr ssnet IN - hlcn Ds- may be eieppeG.
II ere j. quite y history ached 10 toe Cav
. uo- er ous out, ~ Wi be SEQ oS the 10
I o*iuc o-y tod Oy CaPtaiu Ftsnk Curing,
( Of th- Sp,nue>:
w ~ete op our way, :" sa6 CAPTAIN Cur
/ ing. from Pbl ajouh y 10 koUe, japan,
al or lie moe, II 1889, We ee.e spout
2l0 Inue ca IT hs Peiew-cr Palsn IsaDGs,
W4.ca ara n past oi he Caro- lac Atchlpeie-
90 giCup in tue Western Pcc fc. in about
,4utuCe S degrees noJ;n sud 134 degrees
east ong lude About o'ciucg ia be morn
Jux OF tDat day we were going d org with g
Two knot 0reszs Rnd l was on ;ne poop,
~ueD the steward Called my attention
lc sc object astern, whi1h he said
was TocE took my Resses and
AZ oace saw it WIS bost OF come kiDd.
| nauied The snip 10 the wind, and we mar
aged to come cicse TO the queer craft that
you uOW STE on the skids Tus!e wsre sev
en uen 10 her, and more emacisted set OF
o..ngs you never saw. They pfesented
dresdiul sight. An CID man who vas in
! he stern of ho hoAt, and whom we ane;-
ward escertsined wac the King, cssped,
Rope, water We threw them rope, but
not Que OF them bad strength left to make it
! fast, The mate eot down iaio the boat sod
II ade he rope fast, and took q pannikin
| 0i wafer down with him, which be handed
| 10 The King. The poor fellow did not have
| ) reUgtG enough 10 ralse the water to his
| lips, much "a he cr9vsd it. We lowered
! n. gaugwsy, and The second mate went
down and took the King under his arm and
packed him no on deck. He wac sc enact
| ated nat he could not have weighed more
thap 70 pounds,
We'll, we got all the men on beard, and
e sorry spectacle they wete. Their stom
achs were shrunk in and their bones pre-
traded through their skin, forming sores.
As uck would have it, had lots OF ssIve on
| board, AID by careiu attention | got them
al well, with the exception of the Kiug, be.
| fore we got 10 Kobe. The King died four
days af'er we picked them up.
| TIE canoe, which WAS fitted on one side
with an outrigGer, ike catamersn, we
aoi-ted up TO ne epd of the Yankee boom.
All it contained, was knife or two, q pair
OF SCISSORS, altered straw sail and two
| paddles. IL came on TO Diow that night,
sud "e had to cut the ouuigger away.
When We go;.the on board I took
| he King at and gave hiu; spoonful of
hrGudy and 40 egg He then slept for four
| hours, and when be woke up he asked for a
smoke, and said no would talk in little
while gave m pipe o! tobacco and be
g. lyed is. He could Ia K little English
H. told Ms that the party. smoog whom
was bis sou, uud eft their island on fishing
Cru se. A gale sprang up. which lasted
| Iwelye hours, a0d they nad hee2 driven cut
Of sisht % laud. they knew not where.
| Their cocoaDuta we're al washed over board
aud the boat fisd with water With the
| sxcsptiou of two, a their paddles were lost
ovsrbostd. AL hands jumped overheard
| time and time agsin and bGled the boat out.
witGout food and Waer ahen We picked
them up. AID that morning the old King,
mad with hunger end iaiot wi,h thirst, bad
decided that hls sos, q bay sixteen years
Old, nus' be killed, ia order that The others
| migh; i've. Preparations were made and
| a! but mpieted, when our calls we're seen
and the bog g life was ssged
The men were on the verge OF s'srya-
tioG. They had copser cocred skins, long
& owing hair a.G pteedioc nostrils, and were
tattnoed from head 10 foot. In physique
and stature they wee somewhat of high
er siaadarc than the japanese l fed them
on broth and other hquid food for some
days, wstchins over them day and oight. I
hardly thought any Of them would live, but
tie ouig one that died was the King. He
WAS an ugly iookiog fellow, but the others
s ] looked up 20 him and were very atten-
tive tn hiD. L gave them anything to eat
they always iooked al him before putting it
to tbeir lips
'0n the fourth day af.er we reached them
the King, "hn was 10 the forward house.
sad to ne: King (they always called me-
King SO ca deck l said All right,
co'ne on H. said You help ne, King
l assisted bin on deck, and in one minnie
sHerwsrd be died. His son aud the Others
did not seem to take on much at his death.
The rest OF tho pssiy thrived we'll. All
the clothing they bad was 6bre loin-coth.
l geye them each suit of clothes out OF the
sicp chest. which hey put op, bu, they soon
pulled them off, tearing off tho buttons
They 6 a6ly put them on, however. when
VIZ gos in q colder CHM t., aud bad pio.
| ture OF tia survivors taken in their new raj
ment .; KOke. They never would wear
shoes, though, except when their picture
was taken.
TIE men seemed to be religious, for a.
ways before they ate they crossed thsr
hands ard seemed to pray Igeve each one
e pipe o. tobacco three times dsy, and
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