The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-02-15

Z guns liberated bodies tull q EaEcrs
ana sorss-waz quite sufficient ana
hurrTing % from tie lowsr deck. the
os.csr haztsHsG on shore and Ezas A.s
report
Ia two hcurs a large boat WAS sent
4 On wirA fresh beef and vegetables sut-
fCisns fer three oars supply fer the
I ships company. and these Esrs iUEs-
Z 6iarslv distributed ADozE the men. A
E letter cs thanks mas returned hy the
Z ccnzcaore. stating tAat his health vas
20 indifferent Is 10 prevent his corn
ing On shore in rers01 70 thank the
F governor. and toT~arzsns 4 pretended
! list Of Tie srznizrSss On board. il wkish
he mentioned some ozcsrs and people
az lzsssEctiun whom he imagined
might he cnnnecssd with tha family OF
the governor. whose nzzs ard titles be
had received from messenger sent On
bard tor the Du1ch k1ew fll vel
the majority o. the noals Spanish fan
iliss-Ez1sed. alliances had cyErina4liE
taken place between them previous 10
their assertion q their in6spen6sncs-
ne commodore ecrclu3sa his letter
b. expressing 3 hope that in 3 6aT OF
TWO he should he able to rav his re-
spects and make zrrzn Ee-ents for the
landing Os the sick. zs he vas znKiols
to proceed on his voyage ot discover.
On the third day ; fresh supply ot
provision was sent On board. and 50
soon rs gher were received the con-
no5ore. in an English uniform. vent
on shore and called upon TIE governor.
gave a long detail a tie snrsrinEs Of
the people he had rescued. and agreed
that they should - s@ut On shore in
two days. a. they wo1i5 bY that time
Be welI enough to se moved After
many compliments hs wsnt On hoard.
the governor having ssz-st his inten-
tioa 70 return his visit On the follow
ing day. if the weather were not too
rough Fortunately the weather was
rough for the next tEo days. and it
vas not until the third day that the
governor made his appearances. This
Was precisely What the commodore
wished.
There Is nc disease. perhaps. so
dreadful o. 50 rapid IN its effects up
On the human frame. and at the same
tIme 80 instanranH0usly checked. as
the scurTy. il the remedy can be pro-
cured A few days wsfs sufficient 10
restore those Who we're not able 10
turn il their hamm0cks. 10 their for
msr Figor In the course Of the six
days nearly all the crew Of the bort
were ccnvzies1snt. and able to go on
deck. bzt stiu they were not cured.
The commodore waited for the arrival
of the governor. received him With all
due h0ncrs. and then. so soon as he
was il the cabin. told him very po-
litely that he and all his officers with
him Eere prisoners That the vessel
was a Dutch mzn-ot-wzr. and that II
was his oEn people. and not Spanfards.
who had been dying Of the scurTy. He
conSoled him. however. by pointing out
that he had thought it preferable to
sacrifice lives on 10th sides hy taking
them BIZ force, and that his excallen-
cy's captivity would endure no longer
thzn until be had received On board
suncient number Of live bullocks and
fresh vegetables 10 insure the recovery
Of the ships company and in the
meantime not the least insult would be
offered TO him Whereupcn TIE Span
ish governor first looked at the com
modore, and then AZ the file OF armed
men al the cabin door. and then 70 his
distance from the town; and then call
ed to mind the possibility OF his be-
fnr taken ont to sea Weighing ali
thess points in his mind, and the very
moderate ransom demanded. be re-
solved. as he could not help himself. to
comply with the eommOdore's terms.
He called for pen and ink, and
wrote an order to send on beard i'm
mediately an that was demanded. Be-
fore sunset the bullocEs and Yegatz-
bles we're brought OF, and 50 soon as
they we're alongside. the commodore.
with many bows and many thanks. ss-
ccTted the governor to the gzngwav.
compiimertinE him with saITo Of
great guns as be had done be-
fore on his arrival The pso-
pie on shore thought that bis
sxcsllenev had paid a long visit.
bur as he did not Ike TO Sc
knowledge that he had been deceived,
nothing wss said about it. az least in
his hearing. although the tscts we're
soon wen known. AS soon As the
boats we're clsares, the commodore
weighed anchor an made sail. reIl
satisfied with having preserved his
ships company; and As the Falkland
islands. in case Of parting company.
had been named as the rsn6srTCns. he
steered for them IN = fortnight hs
arrived. and found that the zsziral
was not yet there His -sE we're
now all recovered. and his frssh bess
was not yet expended. whsn hs per-
ceiEed the admiral and the three uthar
vessels in the oGnE
It appeared that as soon as The Do-t
had parted company. The admiral hzs /
Immediately acted upon the zdrIcs that
thte commodore had given him ana 4
ha1 run for the ropEf Ers has~w y,