The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1920-06-12

wne Wus.t' ~ reason ~ illii,g plnnfel
IN the vcry wrong time. I spent weary
months IN making enrth-wnrc pots for
holding fresh water: ana forty-two
days " took mo ~ how my first long
pinnk from tree trunk. strove,
for weeks to fashion stone mortar
10 stamp grain In. only tO come NJ
last IN n block of hoIlowed-0ut wood.
Five months I Iabored In Telling
great ceslnr tree. hcwing and shaping
n ~ the hull of n splendid boat will,
which I was 10 escape from the island
only to he forced 10 abandon II FOR
want NJ n merns whereby 10 launch "
into the sen. However. every failure
tnught me something had not known
before.
For The elements. there were Rrcn'
winds aud ruins and earthdun,cs. IN
I becnmc used In time 10 MI things. :
planted and harvested my crops of
rarley aud corn: plucIsci my Wild
grapes and dried them into nourlsliing
raisIns I raised aud billed and snioneh
md snitod my tame goats bclnv nus
for variety of good not so badly eerved
And so through the. twelve years dur.
Ing which I saw no slgn Of hrman
existence on the island ether ihHn ms
own. until that eycntful dny on which
7 met with the print ~ mans naked
foot on The mnd
wns then like one thnndcrsiruct.
7 listened, I looked. but | could hear
nothing. see nothing. ] went up the
shore. down the shore: but there WINS
only that single footprint Terrified
10 the last degree. ran 20 my hnbi-
fntion like onc pursued :-pnd for three
days md nights thereafter ] did not
stir ont
After observation 7 icarned that n
wns the habit of csnnibaIs from the
n,nin-land TO come TO n part cf the
island which seldom visited "a fensi
upon the bodies az their captured
enemies, One morning from my look
nut perceived thirty savsgcs dancing
around fre. They had cooked one
victim vi Ind two more ready for the
Are. when I descended upon then, wifh
two Ibndcd muskcts and my great
sword. and was In time 10 save one
which they had not yet eaten. The
snved mnn I chilled Friday. ~ homo"
NJ the dny ~ his rescue. and hl~ WA
the first voice ] heard IN aii NV =
years on the island. He was young
Intelligent. ~ superior rnce of snr'
ages and b.cnmc nv trusted compan
Ion FOR all the time remained on the
island.
What Friday told me OF the main
Innd. after ] Ind taught him SON"
English. decided me 20 leave my island.
We built n boat. this time moi too far
from the scn for launching md were
almost ready IN set sail when II sav-
ages IN three cnnocs landed pn the
island with three prisoners for q feast.
one ~ the prisoners wns n white man.
which enrngcd me. I doubie-chnrgcd
two fowiirT pieces. four muskets. two
pistols. and giving Friday n hatch-t
and also grcnt dram OF rum ana
mvseif my great sword. We descen''c'i
nnd killed oil hut four of the savnges.
Ono ~ the prisoners was Fridays
father. The white man was n Slnniard.
seen the wrecked hull on my island
some years before this. and from which
I Ind taken some 7 .200 pieces NJ gold.
hut of which ] made small account
because ~ It's being Of less value 70
me fhnn so much sand NJ the beach.
The SpanInrd and Fridny's father
sent with firearms and food In my
new boat to bring hnck the wrecked
crew ~ the Spanish ship. While wait
Inc for their return nm English ship
with n mutinous crew put Into my
Island. ! helped the captain recover
his shin and took passage with him
for England. leaving on the island the
nsna, nlnflnnna menlhers with two