Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-05-07


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their turtle after Il had reached THE
water
The ship hove to on Puerto Aguodo
and a whaleboat ran I'm TO snug
boat harbor and there stood the re
mains Of camp evidently occupied hy
a number Of men for many months. Tho
Kitchen was marked by n stone FIRE
place, with the charred remains Of n
fire, number of pegs arranged fot
cooking utensils aud the bones Of tur.
ties hanging up, the flesh dried on
them. 4 rusty rifle was picked up on
one side Hung over some bushes were
old, rough clothes, probably hung out
TO dry when the cry Of "Sall hor had
brought JOY TO the dcspairlng casta-
ways after their five months imprison-
mcnt The object found Of deepest
interest 10 the search party was
rusty razor with black handle, on
which was scratched "Jeffs," the name
Of the missing man whose fate is such
n mystery. The reason for the camp
at this place was found i'm a pool Of
fairly good water one Of the few on
the coast of the island, as asserted 10y
the guides.
AS tbe afternoon was now wearing
away If becamo necessary to bunt m
auchorare for tbe niobt and standing
to the west side of the island the an
chor was let 90 in Conway bov an
apcn roadsteod TTore thn searcblirht
was PLAYED about the mountain and
swung from side to side 10 attract the
cgstaway's cvo At ovorv half bour a
rocket swishcd its way into the air
from the bridge The scarchlirbt was
soon lv the Uarrg ON the other side of
the island twenty miles away. so that
its beam must have been fairly visible
an over the island. At daylight boat
went i'm TO the beach i'm case the man
had come down. but there was. no sirn.
One more point remained 10 be Wis
ited before returning 10 our search
party. and this was the latitude and
longitude given in the consuIs mes
sage as the place where Jefrs remained
behind. The guides said there was no
water within miles of this vicinity. and
no one could live there. The spot was
marked by high mass of rock Off
shore called Nameless island. and the
Yaukton lay between this and the
main island while the fruitless search
was made. No remains of a camp. no
water, no anchorage. no traces Of any
thing that could bear on the loss Of the
shin or any of its men were found.
Returning 10 the place at which a
landing had been first made. the party
who had spent the night and day were
picked up. They had found footprints
on the volcanic crust clearly depleted.
showing that a man had lived in the
vicinity at some past time The foot
prints led TO a brackish pool Of water
almost hidden under some dense brush.
and here the remains Of a fire were
found. No other trace of the missing
man was found. The party separated
and walked miles up and down the
beach rs far as time permitted both
lavs they were ashore.
Had Jeffs been alive and been any
where on this side Of the island he
yvou,3 have heard the Guns of the ship
or the shots of the search party. Il Is
therefore fairly safe TO conclude that
Jefs died from Illness ana hardship
alone ON this most gesolate Of Islands.
The hardships Of the party who sur
viyed could lie apnreciated from see
irr rbair vretcbed camp and realizing
that their only food was turtle and
fish for even the c0coanut palm. found
nearly eyeryvybere i'm the trop;cs fails
to tfra .uou1l, substance on Indefatica-
l1e Fl, GROW $ turtle steak is an ex-
celIan- article the first time If IS eaten
About the fourth time il nails. and to
continue daily 10 live on ii would out
do the thirty eavs Of Quail 50 often
cited
AT night the shore of the island
svvarrna,I with r,os1uitoes. 50 that sleaD
for th.. Marty ashore was jrnnnssihla
and 1hev sat 10 lsswarl of n bonfire
N relieve rhe assaults of the little
nests. ON some shallow salt uondS
Iscl, from the beach teal n,oyer and
c,,-Iavv syy9rns1 NJ s-nE1vvn. and to n
marty having shotgun AMI Dlcrtv OF
arnnUnfrio, those vo,,lI have made q
welcome relief bl.t fl Is not pr1Nable
that JefTs had firearms OF any sort and
probablv had but very little ammuni-
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