The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-10-10

were after something ut ana tender in
tho way OF human ilePh they would
certainly take Philbridk, and ] soon
saw they meant to. The choicest food
they could provide wa4 being carried
to him, and it was evident that they
were stuffing him for the least.
The visitors arrived about O'Clock
in the morning, and half an hour lat
or saw Philbrick led out. The peo-
pie at once gathered around him and
led him of to the woods in the rear OF
the village. It was 8 o'clock in the
afternoon when the men returned, and
! was soon aware of the fact that
Philbrick had been killed and de-
voured. Indeed. the people congratu-
lated each other on his excellent con-
dltion, and the strangers departed for
home with the promise to come back
on the third day. It now seemed that
the programme was to. kill and eat
one of us about every third day, and
the sailor and myself made up our
minds to eat no more food than
would barely sustain life. 7 was in
verv poor flesh, and. fortunately for
the sailor, he was not much better on,
while he hal q running sore on his
leg.
That evening my companion and
were inspected by the chief and his.
two doctors. They came to our hut
and ordered us to strip. Our lean
flesh disguised them, and when they
saw my companions bad leg they
were furious. and as they went away
the chief, who seemed to have a per-
sonal spite against me gave me slap
in the face and exclaimed: "Ah. you
lean, long. waisted devil, I'll roast you
for my dogs if you don't fatten up!"
Three days later the guests from
Little Cannibal came over again. and
preparations were made to feast on
poor Philbrick's fellow prisoner, g.
powerful young fellow named Kilder.
He must have realized the fate in
store for him, and the liquor which
they piled him with made him desper-
ately furious instead ofquietly drunk.
When they led him out he broke
away, backed into space between
two nuts, and there armed with q,
lance he wrested from one of the men,
he held them at bay. There was imne-
diate and great excitement. There
were two guards at our door. Ono
ran away at once. After q moment
the other called to boy OF IA. and
left him in his place. The boy was ex-
cited and anxious and gave US no atten.
ton. As soon as saw this went to-
the far corner of the hut and kicked
out enough of the poles to permit me
to crawl through. My companion
stood at the door to watch the boy,
and when I was ready called to him.
No one saw me as I glided away, and
I made a run of quarter of q mile
before I found that was alone. I
supposed the sailor WAS close at my
heels. but it seemed that he had taken
a different direction. No hunt was
made for US until after the feast. l.
crossed the island, found another
fresh water creek, and then looked
about for hiding place. 1 went to-
the top of q very thick tree, and for
the next three days and nights did
not set foot on earth. A vigorous
and persistent search was kept up by
the natives for that time, and then
they seemed to argue that had flung
myself into the sea.
For five days lived on the wild Or
anges and berries growing IN protusion
al ound me, and then small boat from
a wrecker came in to the creek for cask
OF water, and was taken of. Un-
fortunately for me the schooner got
hold OF wreck next day to the East OF
us, and this upset the Captains plan
to put me aboard the first vessel
bound for Honolulu. and it was ex-
actly two months from the day of
my capture that landed at the CAPT.
tai of the Sand ich Islands.