The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-24

we don't know whether it has gone up
or down the river. and it would be alb
solutely useless our waiting for ii until
we get some clew TO its whereabouts.
After we have finished with it. we will
go UP another branch. and try to find
. the two We know to be up there. 1
Should not like to leave our work IN
finished
Certainly not. sir; it is OF no use
landing and trying to get hold of a
prisoner No doubt the woods are full
of them. Some OF those from the
sunken boats may have been taken by
the allisators, but the greater portion
must have swum ashore and joined
their countrymen. They may have all
crossed the creek during the night by
the narrow path, and gone further up
country
Il should hardly think So the cap
tain replied; they know well enough
that we cannot follow them in their
woods. and they viii feel sure that we
shall be moving away in day or two.
l should think that it would be a good
pan to send party of 20 men on shore
after nightfall and to distribute them
two men to 4 hut Possibly two or
three of the AIalays may come down to
the village before morning, either to
fetch valuables that they may have left
behind, or to see whether we are still
may come some time tomorrow, crawl
ing through the plantations behind the
houses. At any rate, I will wait here
z day or two on the chance"
who shall 1 send with the men,
sir?"
You had better send Parkhurst and
Balderson; they viii have more author
lty among the men than the younger
nlidshipmen. The men had better take
three days cooked provisions on shore
and 10 small kegs Of water, one for
zach hut. ] viii give Parkhurst his in
strUctions before he lands"
NOW, Mr.. Parkhurst," he said, when
the boat was lowered soon after dark.
you must bear il mind that the great
est vigilance viii be necessary. Choose
ten huts close together. One man in
each hut must always be awake; there
must be no talking above a whisper;
and during the daytime no one must
leave his hut on any account whatever
After nightfall you and Mr. BaIderson
will move from hut to hut. to see that
q vigilant watch is kept You must. of
course, take watch and watch. night
and day. You must remember that. not
only is it most important that d native
should be captured, but you must be on
ycur guard against attack on your
selves. 1t IS quite conceivable that a
party may come down to see if there
are any or US IN the village. IN case of
attack, you must gather in one hut, and
fire three shots as a signal to US: a
musket shot viii be fired in return.
When you hear il, every man must
throw himself down, as the guns will
be ready loaded with grape, and 1
shall fire a broadside towards the spot
where I have heard your signal"
LAS soon as the broadside is fired,
make down te the shore, occupy a house
cicse to the water, and keep the Malays
of till q beat comes ashore and helps
us. Your crew has been carefully pick
ed. 1 have consulted the warrant Of
ficers, and they have selected the most
taciturn men in the ship. There is to be
no smoking, but, of course, the men can
chew as mucn as they. like, but the
smell of tobacco smoke would at once
deter any native from entering hut.
II a Malay should come in and try 10
escape, he must be fired on as fle ru-s
away, but the men are to aim at his
legs
The instructions were carried out. A
small hole was bored in the back of
each of the huts, so that constant watch |
could be kept up unseen. by the closest
observer in the forest, from a hundred !
yards behind The night passed off |
quietly, as did the next day. The men /
slept and watched by turns. On the |
afternoon of the second day a native |