Los Cerrillos rustler. (Cerrillos, N.M.) 188?-1891, 1891-05-08
hauling q,

brought In line nj L. seen
miles long by thru b AZ its wid-
cst part. well " vi waencd
The woman laudet rast side nj
the mouth II = c On torms .
snug little harhor. She wAas convinced
that This was one Of the islaBds 81 the
Kinderoun group, but she did not know
that n was the most northerly one by
consulting the compass she got the car
dinal points. but not having studied the
chart she could not say In what dircc-
ton any other land lay. She had seen
the sails u two traders that morning,
but as they were native craft she had
every wish 10 avoid them. The boats
which were sent in pursuit Of her must
have taken another our as she saw
nothing Of them.
When Mrs Williams landed IN the
island she had no idea Of stopping there
for more than a day or two, or until
she could decide ON some plan. She
had scarcely gone ashore when a gale
came up which lasted about thirty
hours. during which the yawl was NJ
damaged that she must undergo repairs.
j nnN LAlNNNfA HAA EkNAH vi ~ NAARANH
covcI ed them from the weather, and
then set out TO explore the island, pref
" we'll satisfied that Il was inhabited,
and hoping. IL il was. that her money
might secure assistance. Before night
She wa satisfied that she wa all alone,
and she made a shelter out of blankets,
and slept the night away rs peacefully
as II in her cabin on the schooner. Next
day she changed her apparel for a
mans suit and began the erection " u
hut. In a grove about two hundred
feet from the beach she erected n shell
ter ten by twenty feet, which withstood
the storms of almost four years. While
the sides consisted of canvas and poles,
the roof was matched with along grass,
which she found ON the island in album
dance.
p II 10, the woman about a week 20
/ construct her hut and move her stores
into II. and this had scarcely been done
when her boat, owing TO carelessness
$ ON her part, was carried of by the sea
and She now realized that She was a
1 prisoner until such time as the crew of
some trading vessel might land and dis.
cover her. After her house was com
: pleted she made n more thorough *
, ploration Of her island home. There
e were parrots and other birds, snakes OF
5 a harmless variety. Borneo rats and a
c drove of about three hundred Java pigs,
which are about the size Of the Ameri.
can pcccary, but are wild instead ol
o fierce.
+ The woman had clothing 10 last her
c five or six years, but the provisions she
h had brought from the schooner would
n not supply her needs more than a few
n months. While hoping and expecting
& to be taken off almost any day, she
n wisely prepared for a long stay. Sh'
had fish hooks and lines in her outfit
and with fish from the sea, meat from
the woods and bananas and wild fruit
p from the groves, she had a variety anC
i'm plenty. Six months after She landc'
e a native craft put in about a mile from
l. her hut. but creeping through tn
II woods she saw that all were Malays
: and so savage in appearance that sh
IL did not dare make herself known
t. Seven months after n second craft sen
G men ashore TO fill two water casks, bu
le she was also afraid of these. She live
"a very quietly from that time until near
"a ly two years after her landing, havin
'K remarkably good health all that time
Is but naturally lonely and east down d
~ times.
'k One afternoon, rs she was in the foi
"a est about half a mile from home, hay
"a ing her shotgun with her, n Borne
~ sailor suddenly confronted her. ii
"a was entirely alone, and whether he ha
lie been marooned or cast away she ncve
n learned. As she was dressedin n man
III suit he naturally took her for n maI
Ut but his first move was n hostile on'
Sc lie advanced upon the woman with
rs club in his hand and uttering shouts {
- menace, and to save her own life sh
was compelled to shoot him.
:. Now and then. all through her sta
III trading vessels were sighted in the of
ie ing, with now and then a craft know
III to be manned by Gnglishmen, but u
e- signals made to the latter by means
III smoke were never needed. Her ma
hope was that the loss Of the schoon'
&C. would in some way reach her friends
Singapore and that u searching part
AS might be sent out to her rescue.
va One day, when she had been on q
us island four years, lacking about fft
ad days, the British survey ship Sahi
We then engaged in resurveying the grou
dropped anchor off the mouth of u
lot creek, and sent a party ashore TO G
en- plore the interior. | had the honor N
only TO head the party, but to be Il
first to see and speak to Mrs. William
ns We found her in excellent healt
ne although tanned and %roughened by c
y" posture to the weather. When she HI
p donned her own proper apparel al
~ had time to tidy up no n could fiji
~ fault with her appearance.