The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-11-04


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man aud italian Ne fssiened them
round the nosas 10 The pelioans ty
means VI hsh Eui and shark hide Thf
birds noN away aud never returned Co
the island Twenty years aiiorNard
on bis return ~ civilization. some old
inhabitants ~ frcemAnile told him
that pelican CsrryinR tin dish
round It's neck bearing a message in
French had been found many years
previously by an Old boaman ON the
beach near The mouth % the swan
river.
ed by a nock of parrots, who ate up
nearly all his green corn and then went
on. lie made an almanac with piles Of
shells. keeping account of the years by
making no,ches on his bow.
After two years he heard his dog
barking wildly on the beach. Rushing
down to the shore, he saw a catamaran
nearing the island upvn which several
human beings were lying PROSTATE
When the catamaran came near to the
island he saw that II was surrounded
by sharks and carried four black per-
sons--a man, woman and two boys
all lying PROSTATE from exhaustion
He drove of the sharks, beached tn,
catamaran. and carried the blacks In
to his hut After considerable efforts
he succeeded In reyiving them. They
were very frightened, imagining thai
they had died and were In the pres.
ence of the Great Spirit. He lived with
them some time on the island and sue
ceeded in teaching them some English
The man was always sullen and super
stitious, so that DE Rolrgemont fount
IL necessary to keep a strict eye upoi
his movements and 10 deprive him o
spears and other weapons with whicl
he might take his life. After the!
succeeded In dragging the heavy boa
across the sand-spit and launching !
on the opposite side. They then tool
on board a liberal allowance OF foo'
and water. buried the box of pearl
! deep in the sand on one end OF tn
island, and leaving the hut OF pear
shells intact, they set sail in the direc
ton indicated by the native woman
who was the most intelligent OF tn
Quartette. On the fifth day they sight
ed a small island, and on the tenth da
they reached the Australian mainland
His native fellow-passengers at one
, landed, and by means OF smoke sig
, nails announced their arrival to Til
tribes in the vicinity. An immens
, crowd speedily assembled and behave
as II he were a god. They then pro
, vided him with a wife, a young woma
, who remained his wife for one da
only. on the following day he effect
ed an exchange with the man who ha
n been cast ashore on his island. Tn
. man was glad to obtain younger wifi
4 while DE Rougemont was delighted I
obtain a companion with whom
. could converse In English and who RI
garded him with dog-like fidelit!
, which more than once saved his lif'
. The locality where he landed was tn
Cambridge Gulf, on the north-nortf
o west coast OF Australia. The native
possess certain degree of civilization
2 He settled down among the native
\ who held him in high honor His de-
4 cription OF his life among the blac
men has hardly been commenced, an
n the story Is 10 be continued mont
o after month until II is finished.
Q This story OF European who ha
8 lived thirty years among savages in
4 country that has hitherto never bee
2 explored is one without precedent {
a parallel. The editor of the Wit
World Magazine declares that he hs
! satisfied himself by the closest invest
h CATION of the absolute accuracy OF a
g the statements made by NJ. de Roug
a mont.
oil ut only remains to add to this r.
@ markable and thrilling story that 1t
n a fabrication. Investigation has estaI
/ lished beyond question that /
e Rougemont is an imposter.)