Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-23

ARECoRp OF DYING MARTYRS.
little further up the beach one can yet
plainly see where their boat. the Pioneer, had
rotted in the sand. 1t seems that while the
| seven Englishmen were perishing by inches
| they kept daily record of their thoughts and
| doIngs, and months after they were dead a
tardy rescuing party found the journals. which
| had been preserved in an almost miraculous
manner from winds and rains and thieving
natives-half sheets of paper. written with lead
| pencils, containing Ineligible sentences
| though completely saturated with water, torn
and otherwise defaced. have been permitted
TO read printed copy OF those words traced by
| dying men. and wish 1 could transcribe them
| for you entire-so full of cheerful faith and
even happiness are they, down to the last
moment.
Space will permit but few extracts, here and
| and there, as follows: DIR. Williams SAYS; 1--WE
| all feel the want of food and sometimes the
cravings of hunger are distressing. After
eating musSels for fortnight / was obliged to
give them up. NV food is now wild celery and
broth made from the soft part of lImpets, when
they can be obtained. Today dined on part
of a shag, which killed while sleeping on
the beach by Mr.. Maidment ten DAYS ago. 1t
was dug up this morning and proved to be
quite tender. having lost its fshy flavor"
Capt Gardner writes: I'VE managed to trap
a fox, and found Ill its stomach feathers fish
end mice He was fine animal, with a splen
did brush. Albeit the odium attached to a.
fox. our party have already so overcome any
such natural fastidiousness that this morning
they made hearty breakfast of his pluck,
the legs and quarters having been cut up and
kept III reserve 1t was not the first extraordi-
nary boune bouche our worthy caterer has set
upon the spit or made into soup for US. We
are stu! confined to bed. varying much as to
our sensible condition at Indifferent times Some
times We arc apparently well: but the least
e&eruoD, IN talking or otherwise, has a pros
tratlnS influence that takes days to rally FROM
ABOUT two months ago l picked up some
weed from the rocks. which was boiled as an
experiment IN the event of our requiring it for
food. 1t became tolerably soft and was easily
mastlcated We thought no more OF il till a
few days ago. when Mr.. Maidment. unable to
procure either limpets or mussels and the old
stalks of the celery having become very I'M
palatable, added little OF it to the broth. BY
practice In the cooking of this weed We have
found It to be providential supply. 1t will
bon 20 gluten and must be very nutritious.
1t Is now my chief diet since limpets can only
be found at particular periods. The weed
grows IN small punches on the rocks and has
a thin, crimped. semi-transrarent leaf, resern-
| bhng picked cabbage. though OF an olive green
color. This jelly weed. Il We now call it. was
providentially brought to our notice by some
leaves OF IT adhering to the I'm of a mussel in
| the saucepan, which We're found to dissolve
| into soft pulp. l desire to thank my heavenly
Father for directing Us to it. and for SO merci-
| fnily providing pala:able diet in our present
necessity"
FINDING THE REMAINS.
1t was the American Captain Smiley who
first appeared upon the scene of the tragedy
dis log book says: Went on shore i'll Standards
harbor and found boat on the beach with one
person dead inside. supposed to be Pearce as we
cut tine name oil his froch. We found another
body on the beach completely washed in
pieces. wdich We nave every reason to believe
Is poor Dr.. Williams. Another buried is John
Babcoch. The sight was awful in the extreme.
anu the two hardy SEA captains with me cried
IKE children. Books. papers. clothing medi-
enc. tools were strewn all along the beach and
OF the boats deck. but there was no sign of
any edge tools whatever. The person in the
boat had large scar in his neck and another
In MS head. and 1 suppose that an Indian
might have killed him. as they were too weak to
oLcr resistance | lind they had long been out
OF provisions. and died miserable deaths from
starvation, but though Christians"
Capt Gardeners remains were found beside
Ms ooat, the stranded Pioneer. lie had put
on three suits OF clothes, one over another and
over all, his arms were thrust into WOODEN
stockings Mr.. Maidments emaciaJed body
was found IN the cave and upon them all birds
and fishes had been feeding.
OTHER MISSIONARIES.
From time to time other missionaries have
labored among the FueSoans in different parts
OF The archipelago, but N every case results
have been very meager. Perhaps tho most
, notable effort was made soon after the return
OF Admiral fltzroys expedition. which is de-
, scrlOeu II Darwin s voyage of the Beagle
-Four FuegOans were taken to England where
one OF them died. and the others remained for
three years anu were educated. One of these
was called Jimmy Button" because his
mother sold him to the Europeans for brass
button cut from officers coat. He was
fairly intelligent and gave promise of future
seidIness. SO II was decided to send him back
TO his native land as sort of assistant mission
airy Before starting Tor his former home
jimmy received a great many substantial gifts
from charitable English people, which rendere,
his welcome the more cordial when lie arrived at
his native island. The ships carpenter built
comfortable house for the missionary and
jimmy. a garden made and seeds we're
sOwn, the natives who fiocked around the shin
were well treated and all went swimmingly as
long as superior force remained on the side of
the whites.
But hardly was the ship out Of sight before
the natives robbed Jimmy of all his treasures
and forcibiy reduced him TO his original condi-
ton OF a savage like themselves. lhey burned
up MS me clothes and compelled him to dress-
or rather to undress-lIke his own people, and
the missionary would doubtless have been muir
CereG had not the ship looked in again after
few days absence to see how things were get
ting along and took him away. The next WIS.,
itors to Terra del Fuego found that his taste Of
eiSiiization had only made Jimmy Button a
cutter rascal than before. His tribe was the
worst on the islands, who stole everything thew
could lay hands on, tine same who, few years
later, nassacred the crew of a ship sent out by
the London Missionary Society.
Affairs are now IN u much more peaceable
conultioh- for many years Bishop Sterling
OF the Church of England has had charge of
missionary work in South America, with head.
/ quarters on the Falkland Islands. He has won
the friendship OF the islanders, far and near.
/ by presents ad hbiium of beads. Irvine, blank.
cts and clothing. and the schooner in which he
sails around the archipelago is another ALLEN
Gardiner. named in honor Of the first unfor-
tulaie missionary. FANNIE u. WARD,
Appropriately lmmortalized
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