Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-01-05

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$500 49, g e 70 pioodshed II Il could s. prs-
ven'sd' neither In the seizure nor Is ~. ~
sare career Of the craft, nv nsrns ~.
p'ncsd on the list Of mutineerx 81 s.cc,d
..,aae, and was sold that every man N IN
utew outside OF the officers. hod acrs..i ",
W. project noon found this to IS ths cess
ohsier other circumstances should hav.
so''e 70 tho cabin and made q clean I,reast ~
sne piot 70 the captain. Indeed. that ~. =,
nFSS Thought, but quickly absndo,,a.s y II
tne hrst place, he would not hava hsissvsd
me, and IN the next he was not IL. mar -
cope with mutiny. To have told the :, 80 -
would not have helped the case. and "a - -
taken any Of tho em:grants into INV co,,e'
aence would have. precipitated Tia mntir,
AZ the nrst move Of officers Or rricra 49, ~
sailors would have thrown on All dis9n; ~
seized the ship, and probably sent the ,,sor,,,
away IN the boats After turning the ,,,s,t t..
over and over in my mind decided thst , !, !,
wisea. poiicy was to remain silent. and sae,,
70 20 hand and glove with the con.ri,.at,,,
.nr tedious voyage we finally made tn
Amazon. At any time after leaving HAVE
sseorh would have doubtless DESTROYED -
~. ~ encountered no peril Of that sort M
oysse could have been attended bv mora
"a. .asolaoie winds or better weather, During
suo iast week OF the voyage the emierants
Z. ueeoilie moro reconciled to each other. ana
~ captain and his coterie also perfected
snc', pans. 1t was resolved to steal the shin
.asu ner stores from the syndicate. settle ont
slue me companys tract, and found : Young
.epuDiic. The idea that the government n
clazii, Or the government OF any other South
american state, would have voice n snch
project never entered their heads. The
colony or republic was to be Increased Il
numbers BY emigrants from America who
would come by the thousands. the cnntsin
said, the Laws and ordinances were to - ~
the most liberal character. Slaves wers &
be brought from Africa. and every vhits
man should have two or three to work for
him All property was to be heli in com
mon, and all coIonists should nav homage To
the captain as president.
There were, therefore. two hands NJ cor-
spirators at work, each unknown to the other.
had week to think it over. and maid ~,
my mind to go with the mutineera To be
left on wild coast, exposed to sicknea. and
want, and to be mixed up with such state
81 aHairs a. would soon prevail in the colony,
was as bad as helping to run of with the
vessel AS to piracy, that was matter which
might never come up at all We ran to the
soutn y the Amazon, about l5O miles, and
Drought up in bay which was well sheltered
on all SIDES A stream Of fresh water here
descended to the sea, and the land was rich
and the locality evidently free from malaria.
The captain AMI several people went Oh to
survey the locality, and before the day was
over it was decided that the colony should be
located here. The people were wild to get ON
shore, seeming to believe that they had found
paradise The ship had brought out lum-
Der to construct houses, but the emigrapts
would not wait for plank to be unloaded.
On the second day every soul of them went
ashore, and before night most Of them had
sTected some sort of temporary cover. A
Ight ashore among the insects and wild ami
rnals took away much Of the enthusiasm. and
the next day many returned to the shelter Of
the ship. While the lumber, seeds, tools, and
household goods were being unloaded sur.
vey OF the land was made, and in about five
days each individual was in possession Of his
ground, and the first Of the rude shanties were
erected and inhabited.
THE captain paid little or no attention to
the ship. Everything favored the plans of the
mutineers, and it was determined by them to
carry off the second mate and force him to
join them. The ship could have been seized
any hour after her arrival, but La Fount
wanted her clear of her useless cargo. and
perhaps felt some compassion for the colo
nists. TWAS on the morning Of the tenth day,
and everything had been landed, the captain
and mate were ashore, when La Fount took
command The second rate, when informed
of what was on foot, made no objections to
joining, and under his directions the anchor
was weighed and the Albatross stood out of
the harbor. When at sea La Fount took
command, the mate was made first, and was
installed second officer. The plot had been
canvassed SO often that there was little ex-
citement or enthusiasm. La Fount gave all
to understand that he should exact discipline
and obedience, and he was as good as his
word Never was there a speedier or more
radical change in the conduct of a crew.
81 do not know what La Fount's plans
were but we had held due east two days when
two six pound cannon in the hold were
ordered hoisted on deck, and he went down
into the after hold with lantern to make an
inspection He had not been absent ten min
utes when the ship suddenly lifted out of the
water, split into thousand fragments. and
then followed a burst of fame and terrific
explosion. She had blown up. / remem-
bered of being lifted high in air and then
lost my senses When ! came to was cling
ing to portion of the mainmast, and had
probably drifted for an hour or more, as nc
other person or wreckage was in sight.
was burned in two places and had received
several wounds from missiles, and how
reached the spar and chung to it is mystery
xo mo That pirht at Q O'clock the shin VIII.