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

der. shOcN nxeS and = great variety of
notionN and whcre none If these were
wanted she paid cash
ON this trip the schooner worked 20
northward and made her stop AZ the
island ~ QuewAng. being the third n
from the northermo<t island Of the
group She met with u cordial rcccp-
ton. and AZ once began h~artcring for
and receiving cargo. She was an
chorcd In a sheltered hay. within i've
hundred feet Of the b~ach. and had
been there i've DAYS before anything
occurred 70 arouse Mrs Williams sus-
picions that all was not right She then
observed that the entire crew were
drinking deeply of n native liquor
which the natives were supplying In a
liberal manner and that some Of the
fellows were becoming impudently IA
miliar. When the captain wa spoken
% he laughed at her idea OF trouble and
promised better things, but the drinking
continued.
On the afternoon Of the seventh day
several women came of In the canoes.
One OF them who could speak English
pretty freely was presented with some
ornaments by Mrs. Williams, and In
turn she limited 20 her hat II was the
intention Of the natives % capture and
loot the schooner that night They had
discovered that there was a large sun
of money on board, and they had found
the crew an easy one to handle. The
native woman hadn't time nor opportu-
nity 10 say much, but no sooner had the
crowd OF natives left the schooner at
dusk. as was their custom. than Mrs.
Williams set out to sound the alarm.
Imagine her feelings when she dis
covered that every single mar on board,
from captain to cook, was No much UNI
der the influence OF liquor as 10 be UNI
able 10 comprehend her words. She
doused them with sea water and pound
ed them with Delaying pins, but all TO
no purpose. The entire lot were stu.
pidly drunk, just as the natives had
planned for.
II was n perilous situation for the
woman 20 be placed in. II the natives
captured the schooner they would muir
der every one Of the crew rs u natural
| Nfuntntts anu Aut hINA NA'N Wv nv
capturing her had already been taken.
The step she took showed sound judg
ment. The schooner's yawl was down
having been in almost hourly use. Tn,
native village was about forty rod
back from the beach, and AS th,
schooner swung 20 the ebb tide she pre-
scented her broadside 10 the village
Nh. A.. .-..-1 .a.. F,ss1tal around q
the port side she was out OF sight
Mrs. Williams first act was to step the
mast; her next to supply the craft will
provisions and water. There was al
unusual number of lights burning II
the village, showing that something
was ON foot. but she had no fear Of al
attack until a later hour. The native
would wait until certain that all tt,
people were helpless.
Mrs. Williams had determined to sill
away from the doomed craft in tn
yawl, although she had no experienc
4 in the management of Il small boat
After water and provisions she brough
up all her money which was in boNe
she could handle. Not n penny of
" was left behind. There was a rifle, r,
volver and double barreled shotgun b,
longing to her husband. These sh
took, together with powder, shot an
fixed ammunition. Then she gathere
d up all her bedding and clothing, too
three or four spare blankets, W suit
d Of clothes belonging to the officers, an
n when these were in the boat She too
} pots, pans, dishes and cutlery, bundle
e up n lot of carpenters tools, secure
n two axes, a lot of small rope, sever'
a pieces of canvas, and in brief loade
the yawl with whatever was portabl
/, and handy. including the clock, con
Ie pass, quadrant, sextant and n lamp an
IT four gallons of oil. She worked f.
r upward of two hours getting theS
4 things into II boat, and the last article
4, taken aboard were meat, -four, bean
= tea and provisions from the lazarette.
c. II was about ten o'clock when Mr.
ID Williams took her seat in the yawl an
cast off from the schooner, and the It'd
" ut once drifted her out of the bay an
ID to the north. The only thing Of cons
rs quence she had forgotten was n cha
OF the Java sea which she could hay
h put her hand on ut n minutes motto
or and il was the want of this which mac
&c n Crusoe Of her for several years. 4
Sc the yawl went out to sen after its ov
ID fashion, Mrs. Williams lost the poin
ID of the compass at once. Indeed, hi
rs she kept them in mind 1t would ha'
in been no benefit just then, AS she hi
n not studied the chart and could n
in have told which way to steer to rea'
er another group or the land.
She heard nothing whatever from q
n natives, but several years later 1t W
n ascertaincd that they did not board q
nd schooner until midnight. The men,
he of whom were still drunk and aslee
he were stripped and tossed overheard
or drown, and then the absence Of Z
xvoman and her money was diScOyere