The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-06

forecastle deck and now tugging with all
his might at the chain which held him
If there was any one thing that bull
dog hated it was a black. The sight OF
one drove him into rage little short
of frenzy. The blacks, noticed, cast
every now and then quick look at
the dog, and l observed that they kept
well clear of him. | took all this in in
flash, as l also saw that nothing
short of some stampede would save the
brig and the lives of all her crew, and
that something had to be done quickly.
Just to show those On deck that
was not afraid backed the headyards,
for / had the brig under full control,
and told them all that merely wanted
to keep the briggs head off shore. Hav-
ing done this, ordered up some cases
of rum, and no sooner were the heads
knocked in than l saw that pande-
monium was about TO reign supreme.
Immediately they went at the rum,
pouring it down their threats like
water, and, in one instance, one man
pouring the entire contents of demi-
fellows. Once they got hold of rum
they refused to talk trade of any kind,
and their game became apparent, if it
had not been before.
lat this stage one of my crew came
aft with the word that the boats COM
ing up were loaded with spears, and
that it looked as if the spears were
oh 70 Ao ,ooce0l hnor1 Without
further ado, / myself took the wheel,
telling the steward, who was close by,
to stand by to relieve me, and gave the
word to my men to fill away the head
yards. The crowd on deck was by this
time too much engrossed in getting
drunk to notice nv movement. In a
twinkle / had the head sails drawing.
In another moment the brig was keel
ing over under her canvas to the tune
of an eight-knot breeze, and the boats
alongside were at the same time cut
adrift. let the brig go off some three
or four points and ordered every man
in the crew to be prepared to jump In
with his pistol and cutlass. For by this
time the yells of the inmates of the
canoes we were leaving behind had at
tracted the attention of those on
deck, and the latter were just begin
ming to realize their situation.
Il now turned the wheel over to the
steward in order to have my hands
free, for, as they felt and saw the brig
fairly SWIMMING over the water, fear
and anger were at once depicted on
their faces. Some drew knives, others
vaguely looked about for the arms they
expected, all Of which latter had been
capsized by the brig Is she bore down
on the canoe containing them.
Il saw that the time to act had come,
and, giving the word, one of the men
forward turned loose the bulldog.
With one leap Bull seized the nearest
black, who, as he felt the dogs teeth,
gave one of the most unearthly pierre
ing yells 1 ever heard. Go in, men!
| shouted to the crew, and my brave
fellows, a mere handful, flung them
selves, cutlass and pistol in hand, into
the black mass. The yells of the man
first seized by the dog started the en-
tire crowd, and, as black after black
went down before the cutlass strokes
of my men, the yells, the slashing, toe
terrible blood curdling scene was some
thing horrible.
AT almost the first assault OF the
crew the blacks made rush for ME as
l stood aft. AS they came along fred
into the mass, aud then cleared myself
for free use of the blade. AS did SC
the frenzy of the brutes seemed to
reach its height, for man after man OF
them who was unhurt sPrang upon the
rail and leaped into the sea. In the
distance far behind could be seen the
outlines of the canoes still pulling
toward the brig, and toward these
canoes those who sprang overheard