The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-18

vet feel that we had 10 put out 70 sea. Mean.
while we had tried 70 RIG up a sail but the iron-
w wers in 1 danger T - OF being cspsizsd. We had
therefore to break loose the maet and up
sS sGs o% sScr. T6sP SSS i 1s s
effect a landing, About an hour aiterward We
CHANGED upon what seemed e be a ssn ,i.
that. AZ We drew near we saw no obstacles In
the way. and very soon we were In such 20
decided upon an effort and headed the ship
for the beach. Riding on the top o. the break
Ell our ssq TS the srS 90 th S
should not be overturned. Having ridden
about six very heavy breakers We then found
about twenty yards from the shore, sounded
with my oar and found We were In compare
t be bottom. We pulled p easily to the beach
drew the boat up. and stepped ashore,
then dns to eat T SE the :t
Officers with, my wife and myself started e
were barefooted. aud all OF us suffered more
from want Of shoes than from ANYTHING else.
The spot where we had landed was perfectly
wild and there was not a trace Of human hsbf-
tatlon. We walked along the shore Tor some
oVet S nph we pstS we Il Brought US
again to the beach. When we reaohsd there we
saw. about i've miles away. At the d extreme me
SormanSy. with her nose high up on the rocks
and her hull sloping of to the sterp. Then We
Of a mile and saw ishins stakes. and then.
looking. inland. We saw o native csmpong
where there were two 6o1sss arrived bo thssa
fSst Of y the the ships co@Tsny or crew We
cam. f forward p'G and told US that in the
house were the Captain's wife, my wiie's
japanese maid. and himself, with some Of the
crew who had Geen in tho Captains boat; The
Captains boat soon after leaving the ship had
toward the sh9T S and ts oysL
nor his child had been seen again, and that he
believed as afterward turned out to be the
against some Of the boxes that were in the
boat and had been killed. The Captain was a
heavy powerful man: but even slight blow
on the head would have rendered him helpless
We went into the house. and ns found ,t the
way did all they could for us We got some
dry clothes, for the women, and they gave .
Captain wife was at times calm at others she
broke down with emotion. We found. by talk
mon who appeared on the scene. that Rho
was the nearest town. and they also informed
us that come q the t Lss had ALREADY
ties there OF the wreck. The same afternoon
we were told that the, Raiah lived near and
to take the Captains wife and my own wife
there. After we had gone through the woods
mistake. and we painfully retracsd our steps
to the houses whore We had first been received.
We had no fear OF the Maleys, but the appear
ance OF Cinnamon about there In some NUM-
bers alarmed as, and We kept guard watch and
watch as on ship during the night.
assistance, we decided to send the second en-
Rineer. Mr.. Robertson. to RHO with letters.
Gove ~ General OF Java and a circular letter
Of Introduction from my own State Department
m ba at Rno Se
wrote to him also. After despatching Mr..
robertson and after breakfasting. the two re;
up the beach to try to reach the wreck. / re-
manned in charge OF the women at the cam
In about an hour after they had gone. ma
tives and Cinnamon came to US telling US that
the body had Washed dn s;h0rs Th hs
back Il n possible. for Knew that the body must
In Keeping her away. but alter having walked
some distance the body unex pectedly appeared
had to use force to her from going ap
The head was covered with mat which con-
a TRS lea5 .nss ROM 10 Wss
and It could not have been there when the
wsy 70 sP the ship had sS her
q quarter OF an hour the mate came back and
that she could not see the body. Then we re-
turned. The two engineers, the nrst mate.
that the skull was cut open just above the eyes
and the brain exposed The rest OF the body.
however. was not mptillated. but yery much
when the Captain left the ship with the excep::
ton that his sea boots had been removed. aud
We noticed that the rings he wore upon his
Tho natives and Cinnamon refused to as
sist in any way in burying the body. and the
four Of us dug grave, as It was i'm possible to
carry the body any distance because OF the
state IN which i was The grave we dug be.
buried the body after having previously
wrapped 1t In native mats. That was about IL
We returned to the women. The body OF the
child had not been received when we left the
About an hour after We had returned from
burying the Captain. two Dutch officials. with
large number Ibs Of DS aas of ea TRY Ds0
appeared. These were the Controleur Of RHO
Mr., Thinning and Capt S1 ADJ Ham 0i the helm, In
us by the Dutch officials OF the island is be-
were clothed and fed that night, and the
next morning at half-past the three
sngiSecf 1 and S mysslf on loot. with ofcsls and
attendants. started Tor RHO across the Island.
the mate and the chief sPEnss remaining on
OF Bentang and our destination was RHO,
where the Resident lived, aud where We hoped
The officials who had come to our assistance
had heard the news only the night before at
midnight, and tho Resident had not then re-
=, The walk across the island wa, very dim
cult. there being no Driqges across the streams
except where trees had been cut down. and
the portors found IL very hard work carrying
the women. My wife walked nearly half the
distance. It was very hot. too. and We passed
through jungle. the only clearings gambler
and pepper plantations. After walking about
four and half hours We came TO q Chinese
camponR at the head OF q 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 toe shallow he had
taken three sampans. and the sampans were
Ia waiting to take US down the river.
He had had : large tent struck as a bathing
and dressing room for the women. and in an
ether large tent he had hne luncheon spread.
rive. reaching Rho at $3.50 Mr. Van HAsselt
took my wife and myself to the kesidencJ
there. and my own countTymen could not have
treated us with greater kindness or qonsidera-
tton during our whole stay, L feel eager to
make this acknowledgement at once Of his very
great kindness, and have sought to give the
same information to the representative OF my
Government here.
I'VE remained at RHO Friday and Saturday,
and yesterday morning left in the lndragirl
with Mr., Van hAsselt. getting here last night"
Funeral OF II. H. Cuttiak. sr.
The funeral services of the late Robert LiV-