The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-11-19
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TREATED LIKE DOGS.
THE STORY OF CRUELTY TOLD BY
THE GREW OFA WHALeR.

Story that Sounds Incredibls,~,Icn Har-
| messed to Sleds and Compelled to HuuI
the Drutcs Who kicked and Cufred
Them About.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 5.--Alm ost in
credible stories OF cruelty and hardship
| are told by the crew of the Steam Whaler
Grampus, lately returned from a profta.
ble cruise in the Arctic.
y sailor known as Charley left the
ship at East Cape, Siberia, taken his
chances IN trackloSS waste OF ice and
snow rather than remain aboard. When
the Grampus went INTO winter Quarters.
at Ierschel Island, others of the crew
| ran away, risking death in "a porilous
attempt to journey from the mouth of
tne MackenZie to some trading port on
the Yukon River.
One Of the men gives this account of
what the crew endured:
| Nv hen III winter quarters at lIerSchel
we had to haul wood and ice, dragging
Sleds to Lower Sand8pit and back. y
distance o StWelIty-four miles. Twenty
degrees below zero was considered mild
weather.
"Twelvc men and six dogs were har-
nesSeu 10 each sled. Captain Norwood,
OF the GrampuS, and Captain Tilton'
or the Mary ID. Hume, usually went in
cnarge, one for each outfit. They would
ride on the SlcdS and lash men and dogs
together to make them 40 faster. liz
the lash Of the long whips failed to
MAKE us move as fast as they wished
the captains would get off and strike
the men with marlin spikes.
The harness for the men consisted
OF broad bands of canvas, aud that can
vas was Issued to the men from the
ships stores and charged to thcm.
"Ihe men were kept at dogs work
and fed on dogs food. We couldn't
stand this treatment and made uD our
minds to run away. We had more shan
1000 miles to make to reach whito resi-
dents and fully relied the dangers
ahead.
"Early in the morning of March Is
Robert Coleman, fireman Of the Mary
ID. Hume; e. G. McFauw, James Mason
and Fred Craig, from the Grampus.
started out for Lower SandSpit.
Late III the second night Of our peril
GUS tramp nativesiold us that two ship
captains and two natives had come to
take us back. Before we could get our
boots OH Wo were confronted by Win
cherter rifles III the hands Of the two
captains and compelled to surrender.
"Mason was told to unhitch the dogs
from the captains sled, and while so
, doing was Knocked down anu pounded
In the face by Capt. TiltoD. Norwood
grabbed McFauw, threw him down and
. kicked him in the face with frozen
! boots. They then went into the hut
I where Craig and Coleman were lying
> helpless from freezing. riuon struck
!, Coleman in the face five or six times
, and Norwood kicked Craig several
times in the side. Both captains were
drunk
!, "!he next morning, Coleman and
Craig, unable to walk, were put on the
Sled. The dogs were taken out and Nc
fauW and Mason were ordered to put
on the harness and haul the sled back
to the ships. The two captains rode
on the sled, only y getting OFF when nec-
eSsary to exercise to keep from freezing.
Their two native guides also rode on
the sled.
"The men pulling the sled were lashed
as II they were dogs daring tho whole
rae. Only two stops Of any length for
rest were made on the back trip OF thr.
ty miles.
LAS soon as we arrived at the shin we
were put in irons. Cold irons were
put around our frozen wrists without
anything being done 10 alleviate the
pain. Before 8 o'clock at night this
caused McFauws wrists to swell until
the skin burst. Then Mut~Lyons went
TO the captain and got him to remove
, The IRON from the injured wrist.
"The next morning al We're called on
f deck. Captain Norwood grapped Ma
son by the neck and SnatchlnT q ham
ncr from tho blacksmith struck Mason
IN the face with the handle. Then
, catching McFauw by the throat the
captain struck him three times in the
face. We were then worked all day
J and kept in irons at night.
ut was almost impossible to stand
the cold in the fOrccaStle. The fire in
the stove was ordered put out at g
o'clock each evening, and the men had
to walk about to keep th0lr blood in
circulation. Frost in the forecastle
was hanging from tie under side of the
, ftte.:k~ Az ipeA, and u half thick, andswe.
could never geT 6a:is@a = ~,
= IL out during the winter.
I'VE were kept In irons four DAYS
. Things got worse right along, and a
1 second attempt to run away was made
4 but the men were caught again and the
. next morning they were given thirty
9 iashes each on the bare back. Captain
= Norwood welded the whip, which was
I quarter inch rope with q raWhide -
, tnat cut into the flesh at each b. ~
ihey were then kept in irons at a
for one month and two days" 49,
The Late Earthquake In JaDan.
WASI1INGToN, Nov. GA telegram
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