The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-09-29
IIITCHED TO A WHALE
A WILD RIDE At SEA AND THE OUT
COME THEREOF.
The Wonderful Adventures of SIX
Virginia Slaves Who Were Whir!ed

Ane "OhuerIul adventures VI slk
virginia Slaves Who Were Whir!eL
Through the Oceans Foam to Lib
erty and to Fortune.
In 1906 a colony of six runaway slaves
came to the Stockbridge valley, the first
of that race ever seen in Madison county.
The history Of these six slaves Is full of
romance. for they were no common men.
They had seen all parts of the world
where ship could ride at anchor in n
harbor All could speak several tongues,
but none could read or WEI. All were
slaves from Virginia and hus been bound
out by their master for II years on a
whaling vessel that was owned by n COM
pany in New Bedford, Mass. The ship
had started for the south sea, to be gone
on cruise of three years.
When about so miles out at sea from
New Bedford, the lookout discovered a
large whale and ordered these six sailors
to 60 In small boat and follow the
whale. When he came TO the surfuce, one
of the sailors, who was an expert, threw
n harpoon at the whale. Instead Of strik-
ing him just back of the head, which is
the usual way, the harpoon struck the
whale about ten feet from the end of the
tail, which is OF fbrous nature and
caused no loss of blood to the whale.
Then the great monster shot off with
wonderful rnn;lity toward the middle Of
tho ocr,, carrv;rg tho boot and tbot
v,.s ~, lrst tho cant,ip of that wb,Ier
over s,w NJ his six Sailors
Tbis rorr,tiva as rnlat.d nv pouI Cuff
the sailor who threw the HARMON, reads
lilo a fsh story Int the circumstances
,.nuuontad with II .fterwa,d nrovod ito
truthr,Jnasa as If was corrohorated in
frIl hv al, tba othor sailors After this
r,ho,o hod coma about IN miles in n
STRAIGHT course at co, carrying Tho soil.
orc bohi,,1 II in , sm,I, boot and aomn of
t,o Tina co;ng at tbo roto of 40 miles nm
bnur if tnrnoI lie course In rl toward tho
aI,ar, o,a tl,nr t,r,,ai or,iu ho nv IN con
So,natimos tbe wb,,. would dive down
sOo foot and r;so with great furv and
loot ~, ooo,n r. =, white fo,m Aty;n,os
bn would snnrt a Volume ~ ,votar oO0
faot in no o,,
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worn ,.;d;,s avon t,n co. in ,roat s,Ion.
dar h,rrossod to tho Ir.ost Gsh II, tb,
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,;n,,,iar s;nh, rr,,.r thnuob+ IL v,s, tho
aarn ;no.rna+o hitoiod w dr.ro,, ,nd
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nannon haIla nassod via haL;ra tha
sa;lors en- r,n;a ,ras tha;r onnrsa IN
thav want ,;la a eouot shoot;nr ito 6ory
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tbrao d,vs nm AND dow, tSa ,oo,n h;tSb.
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,,raat ssb too,, s;n.rl,r t,r, ond a
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wator was ds.n md ba fnIIowod ;ts
course far two n;,as His nnoa .trvcL
tho n;ors NJ hr;d.a .h.t onst g. 900
.nd + f.il will, n c,, al into tho ,ivor Thn
wh,lc them struck IN ovstar sloan and
sbiv.roJ th,t Tn .tn,s arou,,;n, thrao
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shore .rd In tbroa bnr,s ho VS. do.d
nv this o;rarlor oo,,J.n+ En-, s;. a.
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trhov s,ld Il "a a., Enal;sh all n,,.oL.nt
in Nav Yori, c;tv for 80 0oO in aoId who
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in tho ,n,r;~a sorv;"o "a nv, ont;tIad f.,
cha who'll u,Jor tho I.us H. t;t,o
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