The morning call., 1894-09-27
A MISSIONARY WHO WAS CRUEL.

William Butcher is the name of one of
the crew of the whaler Jennie, that came
into port yesterday from the north. and
he has had an experience 10 the land of
the midnight sun that has convinced him
that the life of a tramp in that uninviting
part Of the world would be an existance
of misery.
Butcher left here with the whaling bark
Alexander last season. He ascrlbes all
his woe to the pugilistic traits of cheap
negro crew that was shipped to lend
variety to the monotony of bewhiskered
blubber-hunters vino generally apply
for passage on ships that go chasing
leviathans.
There were eight white men in the AL
exander's crew rand eight negroes. The
latter had emulated Their ideal, Peter
Jackson, and learned to work their props
with dread effect There was a war of
races on the Alexander and the white men,
not having practced in the manly art of
self-defense, were beaten and made to be-
come servants of the black men, who, it is
alleged, maltreated them to such an extent
that life became a burden to the eight un-
fortunates who were not defendants OF the
tribes of Africa.
When Unalasks was reach the white
men deserted. Captain Green of the AL
exander made an ATTEMPT to bring them
back to the ship and succeeded in securing
Butcher The other seven got away.
Captain Green did all be could to help
matters, but the darkies were too much
for him. He treated Butcher very kindly
aud tried to protect him. The negroes
would not be paci1ed, however, and when
a place near Point Hope was reached
William made another dash for liberty
when he was sent ashore to spect for
coal
Butcher regretted very much afterward
that he had left his vessel, for he found
himself in a cheerless, uninhabted part of
the country, sixty miles from Point Hope,
with only few sea biscuits to keep him
from starvation while on his journey
thither.
On one side of him was the cold Arctic
Sea, covered with floating ice. broken
here and there by barren rocks and unin-
habited islands. On the other lay mar
row strip Of coast, backed by lofty range
of mountains. white with snow. His path
toward Point Hope lay along the beach
and across extensive fields of ice.
To add to his discomfort it commenced
TO snow and rain. TIE wind blew in
chilling blasts and at night the only way
that he could protect himself from its
freezing influence was by burying himself
in a snow bank, where slight rest but
very little sleep could be enjoyed.
The howl of the wolf sounded in his
ears and he dreaded the approach of a
pack of the ravenous beasts and of polar
bears.
The fourth day after be started his sea
biscuit, which had been carefully pre-
served to make them last long as posi-
Bile. gave out and he found himself with
out food. His limbs were weak and his
strength was fast failing him.
On the morning of the fifth day be
reached a SPOT eight miles from the point,
but be was so exhausted that he could
scarcely place one foot before the other.
He noticed an Indian driving toward
him in sleigh. signaled the man that he
wanted help and then fell in faint on
the snow. Every kindness was shown by
the savage, who placed him on the sleigh
and drove with him to the hut of mis-
sionary named Drake, at Hope.
Drake refused to take any notes of
Butcher; said he had no food to spare,
as he had only limited supply, and sent
him away from the mission.
The native was not so hard-hearted: he
took the sick sailor into his hut, provided
for him until he got well, and ended by
taking him distance of sixteen miles to
place where two white men had camped
and were "spring whaling"-that is, se-
curing early whales for sale to the whal.
ing fleet. There he was well provided for
Near the spring whalers' camp were
the wrecks of the schooners Silver Ways
and Emile Schroeder of San Francisco
The vessels were quarter of a mile apart
The crews of both craft were camped on
the beach near by ana made up quite
colony of Americans.
Butcher stayed three months at ttS
spring whalers' camp pending the arrive
of the Jennie. He aided the hunters, WIZ
were San Francisco men. in killing whaleS
which was done in canoes. The huntela
were quite successful and were doing wels
When the Jennie arrived Butcher was
given passage as a foremost hand to San
Francisco.