Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-04-04

sight. Now daylight came and all the
land that could be seen was a low bar
or islet about eight miles away, and
Captain Band and his two mates and
sailors took the boats and pulled for
the islet. When they arrived at the
land they found 1t to he low bar
about i've miles In circumference and
about twelve feet in the highest place.
1t took two days to get all on the islet
and now the worst had not come yet.
We We're all here and mostly naked
and not drop of water and no food,
and little children Were crying for
bread and water. Holes We're dug in
the sand to protect them from the hot
tropic sun. The next morning about
four O'Clock Elder James Penfolde
had n dream, q vision. a person came
to him and told him to get up and call
all up and go to the highest place on
the islet and dig ON the north side Of
the reef where they would find cool
water. So he called all up and told
them the dream and said he was told
they would find a turtle on the way
and they must kill II for food. All the
men now started up to the center of
the islet in the morning and they dug
as they We're told and in about twelve
feet they found fresh water and they
filed their sacks that they had saved
from the ship. In coming back to camp
they found a large turtle and had a
hard fight to kill II. but they cut OFF
it's head and pulled It down to camp
and opened It. II was fat and good
and was full of eggs and it measured
about six feet In diameter and weighed
COO pounds. So they all had good
meal of turtle and water. They had to
eat II raw, as there was not any wood
nor green leaf or grass on the islet.
SO every morning they went up to get
the supply OF water and on their return
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place as before and captured and
Killed II for food and this was contin-
ued for about sixty days and not n soul
died or was much sick. There were
few things that fioated to the bar
from the wreck. such as sails and spars
and hard bread. and these things
helped to make n shade, or they could
not have lived in the hot sun. They
dug in the sand In many places and
found bushels of turtle eggs. about AS
large as hens eggs and equally as
good to eat. Captain Bond had saved
his quadrant from the ship, and he
took the sun and found that we were
In latitude Gi-2s south and 1880 lonEi-
tude west on the Siseley group OF I'M
inhabited islands, which are about
40 miles in circumference and a large
corral reef surrounds the whole group,
After We had been her 81 days in
our lonely prison and had not seen shin
or n san, tAplhln bonu coHcluueu 10
ut up the life boats and go to sea and
search for ship to take us off: so he
took his two mates and sailors and two
OF the returning missionaries. John
Eldridge and Graham, and strted out
to sea. Their provisions was turtle
meat and water and n little hard bread
that had been soaked in salt water.
They were on the sea many days, and
could not see any ship. so they came
to the island OF Huahina and found a
whaler called the Emma Parker. in
there for repairs. and Captain Bond
hired this ship to go and take off our
brethren from their lonely prison and
take them to the Sandwich Islands. The
Saints were very humble and prayerful
on the island in their long stay. and
the Lord did hear their prayers and
answered them. and did heal their sick
and did change their system, so they
could eat raw flesh and get fat on II.
hut the sun had burned their skin so
they were as dark as natives.
Elder Il. ]. Harris lived here near
Payson for many years md L iked Of
ten of his wife and child that We're
drowned in the Julia Ann.
AMASA POTTER.