The Portland daily press., 1894-01-19
ON THEIR WEDDING TRIP.
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have rendered him helpless at that time.
1--WE went to the houses and found the
natives to no Malay fishermen who in
| their way did all they could for US. We
| got some dry clothes for the women and
| they gave a room as a sleeping place for
| the women. The captains wife was at
| times calm; at others she broke down
with emotion. We found by talking
| with the natives and with some China
| men who appeared on the scene, that
| RHO was the nearest town. and they also
| informed us that some of the Laacars
| had already started for RHO to inform
| the authorities there of the wreck. The
| same afternoon we were told that the
Raiah lived near and would receive us
at his house, and we decided to take the
captains wife and my own wife there.
| After we had gone through the woods II
| long distance on foot we found that it
| was mistake, and we painfully retraced
| our steps to the houses where we had
first been received. We had no fear of
| the, Malays, but the appearance OF China
men about there in some numbers
| alarmed us and we kept guard waUch and
watch as on the ship during the night.
| Next morning no one having come to
| our assistance we decided to send the
| second engineer Mr.. Robertson to RHO
with letters / had with me letter OF
| introduction to the encouragement OF
| Java and circular letter of introduce
| tion from my own state department in
Washington. / added another letter from
myself to the Dutch Resident at RHO
| and the mate wrote to him also. After
| despatching Mr.. Robertson, and after
| breaktasting, the two remaining engi-
neers and the first mate walked UP the
beach to try to reach the wreck. re-
1 manned in charge Of the women at the
| campong.
/ "In about an hour after they had gone,
/ natives and Cinnamon came to US telling
| US that the captains body had washed
| ashore. The captains wife Immediately
setsout to go to the spot, and went with
her to Try and keep her back il possible
for knew that the body must be badly
| mutilated. l would have succeeded in
keeping her away but after having
i walked some distance the body unex-
| pectedly appeared i'll full view about
| forty yards away. then had to use
| force to restrain her from going up. The
head was covered with a mat, which
confirmed my fear that the body was
badly mutilated. The corpse was lying
from east to west, just as it had been
| washed in by the sea, and it could not
have been there when the mate and the
engineers passed by on their way to the
ship. After had held her for about a
quarter of an hour the mate came back
| and took her away to the campong, tell
ing her that she could not see the body.
Then we returned The two engineers,
the first mate, and myself examined the
body. and we saw that
4 The Skull was Cut Open
Just above the eyes and the brain ex-
4 posed. The rest of the body, however,
| was not mutilated, but very much dis
colored, though the body was clothed As
when the captain left the ship, with the
exception that his sea boots had been re-
moved, and we noticed that the rings
he wore upon his fingers were gone.
"The natives and Cinnamon refused to
assist in any way in burying the body,
| and the four of as dug grave as it was
impossible to carry the body any dis
| lance because of the state in which it
was. The grave we dug beyond the
reach of the water mark and we buried
the body after having previously wrapped
it in native mats. That was about
| eleven O'Clock on the day following the
| wreck. Then we returned to the women.
The body Of the child had not been re-
ceived when we left the scene Of the
| disaster.
about an hour after we had returned
from burying the captain, two Dutch
officials, with large number OF attend,
ants carrying provisions, clothes and
letters for the women, appeared. These
were the Controleur of Rho, Mr.. Tim
| ming. and Capt. Van Hang of the Inder-
| agiri and they had with them about
thirty-five or forty porters. The kindness
shown to us by the Dutch officials of the
island is beyond anything that can
lodo nj opd fad
that night, and the next morning at half
past eight the three women, on canvas
stretchers, and the third engineer and
myself on foot, with officials aud attend
ants started for RHO across the island,
the mate and chief engineer remaining
the island of Bentang and our destination
was RHO, where the Resident lived and
where we hoped to get into communica-
ton with Singapore. The officials who
had come to our assistance had heard
the news only the night before at mid
night, and the Resident had not then re-
ceived my letters.
1.-The walk across the island was very
difficult, there being no bridges across
the streams except where trees had been
cut down, and the porters found it very
hard work carrying the women. Ny wife
walked nearly half the distance. 1t was
very hot, too, and we passed through
Jungle, tHe only clediinSS gam Dlef ana
pepper plantations. After walking about
four and half hours we came to a
| Chinese campong at the head of the
river. and here we met the Resident Mr..
Van Hasselt, who had come to meet us
from RHO in steam launch When the
water had got too shallow he had taken
three sampans, and the sampans were in
waiting to take us down the river. He
had had large tent struck as a bathing
and dressing room for the women and in
another large tent he had fine luncheon
spread. We bathed and lunched and
started down the river, reaching RHO at
s. 80 Mr.. Van Hasselt took my wife ard
myself to the Resldyehtre, and NV own
countrymen could not have treated ms
with greater kindness or consideration
during our whole stay. feel eagers.to