New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-20

when discovered Narcisse was stark naked.
like the rest Of the tribe Of blacks with whon
h was living. his body was burned by the sun W
a rich red color. his skin had quite a glazed APP
pearance and his breast adorned Win
raised lines of scarifed flesh Of the thickness OF
a Mcneil while the lobe of his right ear was OF %
namonted with "A piece of wood about nan an
inch i'm diameter and four inches long. Inc
cuts on his breast. Of which he was very PROUD
were made with pieces Of broken glass bottles
the lips Of the cuts being raised by system
of constant pinching during the healing process
The sailors who brought him off were uhder
the impression that he came willingly anu
that the saVages Understood that he was pelhs
ransCmed with trade. NarcisSe. however Stateu
that the sailors labored under a miSconC option
and that neither did the natives wish him 10 go
nor did he himself wish To leave. In tact at the
time he would muck rather have remained with
the tribe but that both he and the blacks were
afraid Of the guns in the boat. He SAID mat
for a long timc-a very long tim"-aiier MS de-
sertion by ;he captain his thoughts continually
reverted to France and to his father and mother
and little brothers; but years rolled on these
faded from his memory. and he he, anne ti'I 20
oughly identified with the kindly blacks.
MONOTONOrS LIFE.
His account of his life among the blacks IS
necessarily meagre. partly because ne mao
some difficulty in expressing his IDEAS III
French and partly. possibly because there was
too much to tell. His life. like that Ut the men
of the tribe appeared to have been prinrlp'my
passed in fishing and hunting. the monot"ny
being occasionally varied by t fight with Il
neighbOring tribe. ., -
What became of Narcisse after his arrival IN
France is not known. II am not very lnu'h
mistaken there was on board the Bris zane,
when Narcisse appeared. Lord Stanmore then
Sir Arthur Gordon. who was On his way 10
Fiji as it's first Governor, and the incident Wouu
be familiar to HIM.
II is a somewhat curious coincidence that ore
James Murroll. an English sailor. whose story
was told last year in The Pail Mall Gazette, .
should have been cast away on the coast OF
North Queensland in 1Si9-nine years previous
lv--and have lived with the bla ks for seventeen
wears before hc VAS discovered MurtrH was
an \ t. on the bark Peruvian. bound rom
sydney To China. which ran ashore IN the
Earlier Reef. and h" was captured ny
tribe f tlacks in the vicinity Of cap" MdrI""e
He was very kindly treated. and after his re-
turn To civilization "A narrative 81 ms adventure ;
was pu'Iishcd by The Brisbdn" courier
USG.n Thus while Pcllatier was hIlnS among
The blacks inhabting the coastal region u cape
Sidrnouth MurI"ll was living with the ape
Narlowc tribe. five hundred miles to- Tn" south
ward and near the present city Of Townsville.
PoUatier after his arrival in France, pu'ISheu
a narrative Of his adventures. and tn Two au-
thoutic tales there is no doubt. largely hriped
q recent amazing romanciSt to fabrirate his tae
of thirty years among the Austraiian blacks
Hut Pcllaticr's and MurrclIs adventures ar" rs
authentic as the other man : ar" H't' 'uS.
The official records of queensland prov" -.