The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-06-28

R I0uNGEuD. June ia oeennnD
1Sfe Z lie - Was thst told todsy s.
warren 10 the Posr-IxfKLxxssncRn
cndenk Warren Il st present en-
@ - eook on the schooner Halcyon.
Sxfvine II anchor in P0rt Towusoud bey.
arrived yesterday momtne from
III islands, alter . passage ~ lfty.
e1sya.
~ n Januasy." b. said. II shippsd
6fnr1oW, Scotland, - cook on The Brit
1faxtha Band. Of GiasguaW. I had
- printing business, but - NY
hnd ben vssy poor / thought = -
- vould do much toward IT. rocov-
70 vsre bound for esvau island With
l cargo, snd safely reached that
W loaded guano for . return trip.
- sail on August 70. W.
fnrd1y gotten out Of sight
- when il began to blow
and I'll attempts to run ont II
I'm proxing fruitlsss, With only :
tppsaiI tbs bark ran befose IL
On he night Of August n Iand
800. but q " had completely lost
koning no 0ne knew whefe NJ wefs.
IN was still raging and attempting
vhat appeared to b narbor.
ran between two cornl roofs and
list. Huge holes In her iron
cWod The Wetes to come In IN tor
"a eestng that any attempt to saws
~ bo4ts. One after the other va
III 70 b dashed 70 pisces By IL
- the coral resi-. The fourth
knse the ship was manned By Cap
10ponaId. . sailor named McLaugh-
reog sailor and myself. We trted
8 -, but our boat was taken mp By
~ DWell, snd l remember but
struck rock, to
held on for dear
~ rock Wal Of coral and svery
would lift my body high IN the
- dnsh me against the rock. NJ
loot Was cut from below the snkb TO
no Of my ribs were broken and
etherwise cut and bruised. II WAS
o'clock Ia the morning when Ne
20 : Friday. and IL va Saturday
managed. 1t low tide. to climb
III 70 rock until shoro re- reached.
- il IA awful plight. almost *
p~hysically. half-famtshed for want
and injured 50 badly that | VA .
ect for medical treatment. Ny
were terrible.
x1l1ged shout the scene Of the wreck
onnday and Iivsd solely on crabs.
caught at low tide and ste raw.
- shoy tasted splendid. l dug In the
come distance from ths water line
struck fresh water. and on crabs
uo1er I managed to keep alive. The
~on6ed foot troubled me very much. II
r1n 10 lester. and on Sunday. when I
6nfood out % hunt for . human habttar
IN. q every step the matter would ooss
outof the wound. l wsiked along the
oApeo. sleeping In the open air when night
oslrtook me. found plenty OF yaus and
tGend fruit. bat could not eat any raw and
~ no way Of making : FIRE. I walked
I'd walked and every step Was agony. I
- too much Of . coward TO com NIT sui
<de, but ! prayed for death Ill the Tina.
~ side panied me 20 much that when I
ND down ! could hardly get up again.
"kor sixteen days l wandered on. not
mouing where ! was going. Nv only
hofo va to reach . place whore there VA
ahuman being. On the seventeenth day 1
came b : native settlement. and by means
q slms ! managed to inform the natives
who gathered around me that l was
wounoed md wanted to rest. 1 was shown
= hut md given something to eat and
drink.
There Was white man In the settle
menk and he came to see me that evening.
- hnd been there twenty years and had
eamoet forgotten how to speak English.
~ nene Is Jewett, and he said he had run
auay rom m English whaler which had
pas Into 6uya for water. He had : native
We and = number Of half-brssd children !.
~ vas satisfied with his life among the
ensaese. Well. ! lived there until last May.
eearing nothing Of the rest Of the earth un.
= ~ Aalcyon arrived last April with .
eafGo OF lumber. which Was sold 10 the ma
nses. shipped - cook. so a. : get hack
ctvtlisation, and here I am.
natives are all canuihals. and
esnough their principal diet con sists Of
yems, bread fruit and fish, q coed fst mis-
aonary boy Is appreciated a. an entree on
lAesr bill OF fare. Just before l reached
rava, IN Episcopal missionary was killed
snd bArbccued amid great festivities.
Ihey yelled and made noise enough. so
sewets Informed me, to be heard miles
eMay. Four days before the Haicyon
1aed two missionaries landed IN . native
ooat u Suva, but they had not been mo-
Ssted when We left. passed . lazy exist
encs' eating, fishing or hunting and sleep
ns. The n old story from day 10 day
warren claims that Christianity Is doing
nors harm than good & the natives.
sa!s - he explained II. n Was
aoes for q chew of tobacco - get
sneiis and other trinkets to the value OF
Sto or more. Now, he says, as they be-
VINE more Ch~ristianixed. they want more
ID give less. The men and women ara
sanity in their attire. the days and nights
eeang very warm. Morality 10 an unknown
vanity smoug them. and cleanliness IL
nkssded as almost a sin. among Fiji isA
saaeFs. They would rather light than
~ and are continually quarreling.
warren is an Englishman by birth, and
HI Looks show that ho has ha1 rnp~A