The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-30
WILD WHITE MEN.
Derelicts in Australia Who PRESIDED
Louis de Rougemont.
Pa. Mall Gazette


The nete3Fxc .ppear4Ese Z our midst Of
gzlt-sEnan -SGaea LAsgls ie RogSemont,
waIta "a marvellous story Ct hitherto Gane&Td
o. adventures during A. alleged residence
o. sosGz lA.rgy years WITH Ire blacks Of
Northern Aa%IE4laa, reg1seS recolaltsozs OF
ta4 %4-9 ai44.e l1Sa i3aI f4oza TINE ~
tine Aase tA.4ea lIZo the naaGs oi the
Gsic1s 4I-zed AUSTRALIAN 11<rIg 4uSS and E@su
restored 20 Wake humanity 2EISg long
!tar@ - SEPARATION and degradation. IN
the EFeSaZ. unsatisfactory coEQltlGA o. tho
llbel iaSs it @oald uos be prudent 20 say
more 81 the zLsg~1 koGgeuoaIlan a1yen-
lures ana experiences Than trAai they AaNe
aroused considerable skept.c2sEl n the
ia44A4s Of H4any sel.-lniorl1Sd AUSTRALIANS
: a.c se1era- impression II colon.4s cirEst5
IS tLas they are largely a sapersruciure
@ romance based usOa sEflaa4 t9A4.&i4 t10a
o. realty. /. Is lt1le less than Incredible
t@as : sn41 II The olened-Ep austria OF
gar tine should have lived for tAree De
cAGes 2E7oa5 tie blacks, and rescued mo
white 1omIexi Tram their Clutches, without
4 aorQ o. rs experience oE Is sSfioaLIoIa!
SeTFice 10 osA4iy IL distress coming 70 TIE
rAGloss4 edge u the very %idSasak Aus
iTalsan press. Louis ao kougenoat mas
of0apr1 down upon Us as Il from a SaI-oon-
Ina arSt recorded Wild wnile man was
VI isian Buckley. native Of Maccaessieid,
snd al the close OF the last century a
solder IN the An, or King Own. hsg -gie1lt-
On DrceIioSE "a. ISY-. Ii company Win So
oiiaer soldiers, he Vas involved Ia an al
tempt OF the life Of Tie Duke ot Kent
Hs AS ss.1sencea 10 trans pori ation for he
and taken OFT N . conFact-shlp 10 the Anti
poces- During a orie@ stay al the mead
OF " nat IS now the narooF OF Melbourne,
he contr!yed 10 escape IN company with
tao otaer coavicts. The Latter per.she0-
how Vas never northumberland when
Buckley @as 81 5AssQEe questioned as 70
their fate he vas exceedingly relcenl and
alseoncerted. That IL Vas q case o; canni-
baiiSm Was the general belief OF the early
settlers around Melbourne. Anyhow n
tia last stages OF hunger and priyation,
De the grave OF recently buried calef
Luckily for nm the widow caT1e along
an4 sGpersAtlouSly CONC aded that her dear
departed had returned to lie IN the shape
0: white man. SHE promptly annexed
him as her OWN, led him 10 the camp OF
the Blacks, explained the circumstances
lrGcr Mnlch she had found him, and Sc
cured his admission as chief o. the tribe,
i F-sS-tlCn !0r which he was physically Wei
qualified. as he was Il man OF great stature
e feet inches}, strength and endurance
For The next thirty-two years Buckley led
the life OF a savage, hunuGs hsAing and
.gntng with the tribe mat adopted him
lie did not appear 10 nave taught the
blacks anything or raised them IN any de-
gree III the scale ~ civilization lie simply
became one Of themselves aid adapted HIM
self 10 his new environment III every res
pect-perhaps his best and wiseSt course
under the circumstances II was on July
L. Ia35 that he SAW a white face FOR the
iIst time after the lapse OF more tAan
thirty years. on that day ths pioneers or
tbs city OF Melbourne landed from their
iittie schooner. and Buckley advanced 10
meet them. He had by tbs time become
bat little superior 10 the say ages around
tlm. bat the newcomers noticed the com
paraGvely Light color 81 his sAin. tie tEie i
10 summon ID some English words from taS
depth of his memory, ana a. last succeeded
In artlc0latiig the word bread. HE made
himself very useful Us an interpreter be-
tween the new white settlers ana the
blacks. and when his story rached Lon
Gou tbs impartial authorities ulagnani-
mously drew the sponge over his oIenSe
ana sent him a tree pardon. lie enjoyed
small pension In his later years. ana NNea
uEt4l renTu8ey : 1896. When he Was thrown
out Of d cart and killed ~ his seventy
sixth year. The site OF the present town
OF Geelong. about forty niles from Mel
bourne. was the headquarters % the ribe
20 which Buckley Was attached during ais
three decades Of savage lie. Three niles
from Gceiong there Is sill shown a cave
In a river gorge where ne IS said 10 nave
resided ana the adjacent rapids continue
10 peTpetuats his name AS Buckieys fa!lS
James II GRILL j native Of la don, EasfX ,
Was tie sole SURVIVOR OF the Snip~Eeck on
gae bark Peruvian. that struck on a reef
p +-p .t4rts+.ss .-4a coast Of ONE uSianG
on March 5. 1S46. He lived with the Queens
land blacks until his rescue IN February.
Is.,g Another sdipwrecEed sailor, John
Renton by name. Has with the Queensland
blacks for ar even longer period. twenty
years. The story or "A Mite cao'n-ooy
named Narcisse P.erre Peiiaier ought to
=
rovais;s loag before now. He engaged as
cabin boy Oh the 81. Paul. bound FOR China.
% Australia with so Chinese er0lgran. 9
Size also struck on 4 re1f OIL the north-
eastern coast OF Queensland. Otncers and
crew got away IN tho boats Not troubling
themselves about the Chinese passengers
and Ia their hurry forgetting the i'iie
CABIN boy who was subsequently found
ny the hacks in dying condition In a
granny among sne rocks They n1rsed him
hack 20 life. FED him. treated MIN wei
asd. IN TACT. made him the pet Of the tribe.
Nearly ali Of the Chinese passengers we're
captured oy the blacks ana eaten Up TWO
AZ time. The flesh o. the ChinSman Is
asfarrued a grea. del cacy by the cannioal
blacks Of Queensland From the point OF
view ~ Il canniaal, a vegetarian = vastly
superior 10 a meat eater. i~eus fsLaleT
u,aa with tha blacks for seventeen years,
ara was rescued by a British ship. The
I,nu He'll on April seas. tie ignne1i-
a,ely returned TO France. where ne may ..
~ II living He woud now tie man OF
;.f.tNer .!ity Egu sixty.