Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-02-03

slip last night, DuC we count ourselves
no worse off. Within week we'll have
the Hindu and the life Of every man,
woman and child aboard"
Having exhausted their rage, they re.
tired to the shelter Of the forest and
their camp. 1t was raining that morn
ing, and cannot tell you how thankful
I was. Those men had been worked uI
to that pitch that they would have fired
the bushes without an hours delay In
hopes to encompass the death Of al
aboard the bark. They would ten times
rather have destroyed her than to see III
sail away. The last threat Of Johnson't
could not make us any more vigilant,
for there was never q minute we were
Off our guard. Even the children were
put on watch during the day.
So far as could observe from aloft,
the mutineers stuck pretty closely tt
their camp, while the quarrels among
them were frequent and violent. In one
of the alterations one Of the sailors
was killed, and through the glass
could plainly see them dig. a shallow
grave and roll him into it as if his body
had been the carcass Of dog.
On the morning Of the twenty-second
day of our anchorage in the bay the sur
came up in a cloudless sky. The bad
weather was not yet over, but this was
lull or break in it. I came on duty al
z O'Clock that morning, and as soon as
reaching my accustomed perch aloft J
made out brig, with her sails aback
and only about a mile away to the west.
The signal flag which the mutineers had
kept flying had evidently attracted at.
tention. From the number Of boats on
the davits I believed the brig to be
whaler; but, if so, she must have blown
inshore or had some business / could
not we'll reason out. She showed nc
colors, but took her to be German
or Dane.
turned my glass on the camp OF the
mutineers and saw them all running
down to the west shore in great haste
I hailed the deck and told Captain CLARK
what was going on, and he at once came
up to me. bringing the British ensign
and rife. Just as he got up small
boat with four men in her pulled away
from the brig toward the shore. At the
same moment we saw such of the mu-
tineers as wore the uniforms Of convicts
seorete themselves in the thicket, while
the sailors were pushed to the front.
"Ralph, we must block that game, "
said the captain after look through
the glass. IF they take off those men,
the brig will be seized, her crew MUIR
dered, and the mutineers will make of.
I'll set the ensign flying, and do you
load and fire the rife as fast as you
can"
The boats crew had got within half
cables length Of the beach before our
signals were seen and heard. They could
see our flag over the tree tops, and the
reports of the rife must have been very
distinct. The boat was held steady fol
three or four minutes, and then the brig
signaled for her return. saw man
going aloft with glass and was salts
fed that he could see me and would
make such report as would stop the
boat. She pulled back to the brig, and
then came pulling along the west shore
until she opened the bay and got sight OF
ua We signaled for them to come in,
but they were evidently afraid OF q
trap, and when we lowered boat tc
pull out to them they at once took to
their oars and rowed for the brig. We
hoped her captain might investigate,
but he evidently became alarmed at
their report and swung his yards and
made sail. Had he come in to US, he
might have lent US a few men to navi.
gate the Hindu down the coast, but in
driving him off we had at least baked
the plans Of the mutineers.
From the lookout aloft I saw them
return to their camp. They were wran'
Cling and quarreling, and many of them
stopped to shake their fists in the direc'
ton Of the bark. We expected another
visit from them en- masse, but they did
not appear. About midafternoon the
weather shut down again, accompanied
by rain, and aboard ship we settled
down into the old routine. We were
daily looking for the appearance of 9
man-of-war, and I think every man OF
US felt more hopeless and discouraged
that night than at any time since we
had been embayed. You can therefore
imagine our joyful surprise when, an
hour after midnight, we heard the boom
of guns on the open ocean to the south.
That signifed that the long expected re-
lief ship had arrived. From the moment
we got the report of her first gun up to
daylight we were up and down and on
the watch. We could make out hel
lights and knew that she was lying tc
for the day to break.
It seemed to us as if daylight would
never come, but when it finally did il
was a glad sight which met our eyes.
There was the old Endeavor lying out
there, carrying forty odd guns and crew
Of over 200 men, and we had only made
her out when a boat left her side and
came pulling into the bay. Captain
Clark was taken off in her to make re-
port of our case, and soon after his ar
rival on board the Hindu her captain
sent us off four sailors and six marines.
The latter were to relieve us of oul
guard duty and the former to help us tc
get things shipshape preparatory to run
ming out of the bay. Just before noon
Captain Clark returned in company
with the first lieutenant Of the man-of'
war, whose name was Robson. He had
heard the particulars of our story, AND
after introducing himself he rubbed hls
hands in anticipation and said: