The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-09-02

trip up the rock wall was beyond them.
Had they done as Crusoe did in the
story they would have searched for some
convenient cove along the shore. and like
him, have landed and reached the head
lands by making a detour by easy stages.
One day. few years ago, the United
States man-of-war IroquOis was lying at
anchor in the harbor of Valparaiso,
Chilli. In that region at that time the
trade winds blow fercely from the north
and are destructive to shipping, so much
so that all vessels Whereabouts seek a
place of shelter.
Along the coast of Chilli there is no
place so safe as under the protecting
wing of the island of Juan Fernandez,
situated 800 miles off shore. At this
time, and for years before, whalers
stopped at the island for water. This
was all they could get there unless it
would be some beef from the single Cholo,
who occupied the only ten acres on the
island which were a all productive. This
CholO was one of the many half-breeds-a
mixture of Spanish and negro bloOd-who
inhabit the countries south of the equator.
Possibly he is a descendant Of Crusoes
good man + riday.
On board the Iroquois was an Indian
lad serving as apprentice. He shipped
with the vessel from Boston and was a
member of the famous old tribe of New
England Indians known as the Gay
Heads, who nowadays are familiar to
summer visitors at Martha's Vineyard,
Mass He was as nimble as cat, wiry
and brave, and he could climb rocks with
the agility of a goat. The sailors sent
for him, gave him a rope and sent him up
the cliff.
McKinlay, who was one of the adven-
ture-seeking sailors, says it was mar
velous feat the way that gritty little Gay
Head mounted the cliff. Crawling on all
fours, springing lightly from rock to
ledge, clinging to bush or tree 10 catch his
breath or hauling himself by main
strength over the bare, smooth sides Of
giant boulders, but always with his eye
fixed on the goal, always onward and
never looking back on the hopeless gulf
between him and the sea, thelad assembled
the cliff slowly but surely, dragging a
rope behind him.
When he reached a vantage ground he
fastened the rope ana the sailors pulled
themselves up. Fifteen OF the men had
lost heart and had turned back soon after
the trip was begun. The remaining five,
after two hours climbing, their progress
meanwhile being eagerly observed by the
officers and crew on the ship, succeeded
| in seal ng the last ledge, and there before
them was the tablet and the lookout with
its parapet over the side, where Selkirk
| looked out at sea with hope almost dead,
for the ship that was TO take him back.
In the story Crusoe tells Of his scanning
the horizon lin hopes of seeing ship,
then fancy at a great distance ! spied a
sail, please myself with the hopes Of IT.,
and then after looking steadily till was
almost blind lose 10 quite, and sit down
and weep like child, and thus increase
my misery by my folly"
! Fortunately one of the seamen, among
whom was McKinlay, carried with him a
camera To that fact is 10 be attributed
the existence Of the photograph, OF which
two negatives we're taken. these were
printed after the lroquois returned by
San Francisco, and then the plates were