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LAWRENCE, From Quebec to New-York, 17 SO, WHICH STRUCK ON AN ISLAND OF ICE, Near ike Gulph of St, Lawrence ; INCLUDING THE MELANCHOLY FATE OF SOME OF THE CRENY, Who were Frozen to Death ; AND THE PERILOUS SITUATION AND EXTREME HARDSHIPS OF THE SURVIVORS, On an unknown and dreary Shore ; PARTICULARLY OF WILLIAM PRENTIES, Esq. Ensign of the «4th Regiment of Foot, By whose enterprising and active spirit, his own, and the Preservation of Three of his Companions, was eflFected in a crazy Boat. LONDON : Priuted for THOMAS TEGG, ill, Cheapside. PRICE ONLY SIXPENCE. f^we. t ( i):] :3^l .'^hipwrrrk k dren^/ii// ynjjrrini^s of the CapL LoriJnn Tuhb rr \ v>. ,.r"rrr'^. ^*'i r-^ ^-«!?^^«i''^. ^mm^... of the Giptnlii X' rrnr or an KruflL^h Sloop in the CulfofSU LonJnn Fuhbi/ 'I'.'/'.yya J.7>i\d- idt\o. aurence. I T- ■ ^sftk.-s**'**^"^- - '*"■'"" 5 DREADFUL WRECK OP THE BRIG ST. LAWRENCE, V ON HER TASSAttE Fro7}i Quebec to New-York, 1780. H"<^@.rf»>.»» El iNSIGN William Prentles, of the 84th regiment, be- mj^ charged with dispatches which he had received from General Haldimand, commander in chief in Canada, ibr General Clinton, embarked in the St. Lawrence, a small sloop, bound from Quebec to New-York, November J 7. 1780. ' They set sail in company with a brig destined for the same place, and rarrying a duplicate of the dispatches. Havmg desceiukd th.> St. Lawrence to the harbour called St. Patiick's lic'u', they w-re detained in th.:t poit bv' a contrary wind, v\hirh continued siv days. The winter be- gan to set in, and ic( , of con3id;.rabIc thicknesv, wh^ soon tonned on the banks of the river by the intcnseues« of the irost. Before they reached the month of the river, it was disco- vered that the :^'oop had sprung a small leak. They hud scarcely entered the gulj.h, when the ship began to make considerably more water, ^nd though two pumps were kept constantly going, tj,ey still had two feet water in the hold. On the other hand, t^e s. verity of the host had increased and the ice collected about the ship so as to render them apprehensive of being entirely surrounded. They bad on A 2 •>t&--' ,8 DREADFUL WRECK OF board only nineteen persons, six of whom were pasppn^ers, and tlie others bad seamen. As to the captain, to whom it was natural to look "p for assistaiue in tlii» predicament, instead of altcndinu' to the preservation of the ship, he pas- sed the time in ^ettin- drunk in his cabin, without bestow- ini:; a thought iipon either her or lier crew, TlieMiiiil continntn;;: to blow with the same violence, and the wuter having- risen in the hold to the hei-ht of four feet, cold and fatigue iiroduced a ^^eneral despondi-ncy amon^ the crew. Tlu'se:imcn nnaninmusly resolved to de'.ist from then- work, 'liny abandoned the pumpa, and shewed the utmost incrdTcrenceto tlieir fate, dechirin^r they would rath( r po to the bottom with the ship, than exhaust themselves by u-eless lahoni- in such a desperate >ituation. It must be ac- knowledged, that for several days they had undfrj^^one exces- sive fatii^MU', without any interval of relaxation. The inacti- vity of the(a{)tain had the effect of disheartening them still niore. IUjv.i ver, bv encouraj^eaient and promises, and by the distiibuiioiiof wine, wliich Ensign Prenties ordered very seasonably to refresli tiiem, he at lenj^th oven^ame their re- luctance. During- the interruption of their labour the water had ri.^en atiotuer fool in the hold ; but their activity was so increased by the watnjth of the litjuor, wliich he gave them every balflioiu-, and they stuck so closely to their work, that that the water wtissoon reduced to less than three feet. It was now the od of December. The wind appeared every day to become more violent instead of abating. The tracks in the vessel continued to increase, while the ice at- tached to her sides augmented her weight and checked her progress. It was necessary to keep constantly breaking this crust of ice, which threatened to envelop the ship. The brig by which tliey were accompanied, so far from being able to letid them any assistance, was in a situation still more de- plorable, having struck upon the rocks near the island of Coudres, through the ignorance of the pilot. A thick snow, which then began to fall, concealed her from them. The guns which they fired alternately every half hour formed the whole of their correspondence. They soon had the mortiti- cation to lind that their signal was not answered. She pe- rished, together with her crew of sixteen persons, while it was imr ossible for those of the St. Lawrence even to per- ceive their disaster, or to endeavour to pick them up. The pity with which their melancholy fate inspired the crew of the St. Lawrence was soon diverted to themselves. THE BRIG ST. LAWRENCE. , to whom it pretliciiriR'ut, ship, he piis- hout bestow- t'iolcnce, and : of four IVet, Itiicy amoiiu :<) de.iist fro in il shewed thp would rathi i- heinselves l)y must be ac- erj^one f xces- Thoiiiacti- 1115 them still ises, and by ordered very \me their re- our the water 'tivity was so le Pave them ir work, that ^c feet, lid a[)peared »ating. The ie the ice at- checked her breaking this ip. '1 he brig being able to itill more de- the iblaiid of L thick snow, them. The ir formed the 1 the morti ti- ed. She pe- ons, while it even to per- n up. inspired the ) themselves. by the apprehension of new danger. The sea ran very high; the snow fell excessively thick, the cold was insupportable^ and the whole crew a prey to dejection. Thus situated, the mate exclaimed, that they could not be far from the Magda^ leu Islands, a confused heap of rocks, some of which raise their heads above theseji, while others are concealed beneath the surface of the water, and have proved fatal to great numbers of vessela. In less than two hours, they heard the waves breaking with a great noise upon those rocks, and soon afterwartls discovered the principal island called the Dead Man, which they with diflficuUy avoided. Their ap» prehensions of danger were not the less alarming, for amidst such a multitude of roeks, there was little probability of their escaping with the same good fortune ; as the 8*now» which fell faster than ever, scarcely suffered them to see from one end of the ship to the other, 'it would be flifficidt to de- scribe the consternation and horror with which they were seized during the whole of this passage. But when they had cleared it, a ray of hope dawned upon the hearts of the sea- men, who, upon considering the danger they liad just esca- ped, no longer doubted the interposition of Providence ia their favour, and redoubled their efforts with new ardour. The sea became more turbulent during the night, and at five o'clock the next morning a prodigious wave broke over the ship, staved in her ports, and filled the cabin. The im- pefnosity of the Waves having driven in the sternmost, they endeavoured to stop the apertures with beef cut in slices ;' but this feeble expedient proved ineffectual, and the water continued to gain upon them more rapidly than ever. The afirighted crew had suspended, for a moment, the working of the pumps ; when they were about to resume their labour they found them frozen so hard that it was impossible ta work them afterwards. From that moment they lost all hope of saving the ship ;. and all their wishes were confined to her keeping above water, at least till they reached St. Joiin's, or some other, island in the gulph, where they might be able to land with the aid of their boat. Being left at the mercy of the wind, they durst not per*' form any maiueuvre, for fear of giving sorne dangerous shock to the vessel. The weight of water, which was increasing; every minute, retarded her progress, and the more rapid waves, whose course she checked, returned with fury and, broke over the deck. The cabin, in which they had takea A a ■tl ill 1 !• DREADRTL WRECK OF refuge, nfforflcd a feeble protection against theliowlinjr tem- pest, and nearcely bheltered them from the violence of the icy waves. The (fulls aiul wild ducks which h»vered around them, testified, it iu true, that the land could not he far dis- tant ; but the very approach to it became a new subject of terror. How were they to escape the breakers with which it might be BUI rounded, unable as it were to avoid, or even to perceive them through the cloud of snow in which they were enveloped ? Such, for a few hours, was their deplora- ble situation, when the weather having suddenly cleared they at length perceived the land at the distance of thi-ee leagues. the sentiment of joy, with which the first sight of it in- spired them, was much abated upon a more distinct view of the enormous rocks which appeared to rise perpendicularly along the coast in order to repel thein. The vessel, besides shipped such heavy seas as would have sunk her, had she* been more deeply laden. At each successive shock thev were afraid of seeing the ship go to pieces. Th.ir boat was too small to contain the whole of the crew, and tlie ; ^a too rough to trust to such a frail support. It appeared as if they had made this fatal land only to render it a witness of their loss, Meanwhih they continued to approach it. They were not above a mile distant, when they discovered, with tran- sport, around the menacing rocks, a sandy beach, towards which their course was directed, while the water decreased so fast in depth as to prevent their approaching within fifty or sixty yards, when the ship struck. The fate of their lives Vas now about to be decided in a few minutes. She struck upon the sand with great violence. At the first shock the mainmast went by the board, and the tiller was unshipped with such force that the bar' almost killed one of the seamen The furious seas which dashed against the ship on every side staved in the stern, so that having no longer any shelter in the cabin, they were obliged to j.o upon deck, and to hold iast by the rigging, for fear of being washed overboard. Jn a few moments the vessel righted a little, but the keel was broken, and the body of the ship seemed ready to g» to pieces. Thus all iheir hopes were reduced to the boat whu h our hero had infinite trouble to get overboard, !,einir so covered within and without with lumps of ice, of which It was necessary to ^lear her. Most of the crew havin^r ta- ken wine to endeavour to overcome the fright with wliich leliowlirif!^ tpni- violeuce of the havered arouiul 1 not lie far dig- new Hu})ject of 1-8 with which it avoid, or even ' in which they s their depiora- Jilenly cleared, stance of thi*ee t feifjht of it in- listnict view of trpendicularly vessel, besides, k her, had she live shock they rhtir boat was md the ; ^u too ppeared us if it a witness of t. They were ed, with tran- •each, towards ter decreased g within fifty e of their lives . She struck rst shock the vas unshipped af the seamen, » on every side any shelter in , and to hold i^erboard. Jn t the keel was •eady to g» to to the boat, rboard, !>eiiiip ice, of which nv having ta- it with which THE BRIG ST. LAWRENCE. n thev were seized, Captain Prenties rhvc a glass of brandv to thone who were sober, and asked if they were willin.r to embark with him i- ;;.e boat, for the purpose of gettintTo,, ■hore. 1 he «ea was so rough that it appeared imiiossible for their crazy bark to keep it a moment without bein- over- whelmed. O.dy the mate, two seamen, and a young CssMeu- ger, resolved to risk themselves in a boat. In the first moment of danger, our hero had put his dis- patches in a handkerchief, which he tied round his waist Kegardlcss of the rest of his property, he seized a hatchet and a saw, and threw himself into the boat, followed by the mate and his servant, who, more thoughtful than himself had saved out of his box a purse of one hundred and ei.rhty guineas. The passengep, not springing far enough, feUlnto the sea, and their hands were so benumbed with cold as to be almost incapable of allbrding J.im the smallest assistance V\ hen the two seamen had ^ot into the boat, those who had most obstinately refused to try the same fortune, implored now to be taken m : but being apprehensive that the boat would toum ler with the weight of such a number. Captain Prenties ordered the boat to put ott' from the vessel H soon had occasion to congratulate himself for havintr stifled a sentiment of commisseration which might have proved fa- tal to them. Though the shore was not above fifty vards i u"«iV ^''fyT'^"'"* !•*'*' ^^y ^'y » P'-oon the shore. Thejoy tofind themselves at length secure from those dangers which had so long kept them in the most cruel alarms, caused them to forget, for a moment, that they had •nly escaped one kind of death, probably to endure another more terrd^le and painful. While they embraced each other, in their hrst transports, and congratulated themselves on their escape, they could not bi;t be sensible of the dis- tresses ot their companions whom they had left on board, and whose lamentable cries they heard amidst the hoarse noise of the graves. What augmented the affliction into which they were plunged by this sentiment, v.as, their beinff unable to aftord them any kind of assistance. Their boat thrown upon the sand by the angry waves, plainly testified the impossibility ot her breaking their force and returning to the vessel. """o Night was fast approaching, and they had not been Ion- / V. I ! n 12 DREADFUL WRECK O? upon this icy shore when thev found themselves benumbed with cold. They 'veie obliged to walk over the snow, which sunk under their fe.M;, ro tiie entrance of a little wood about t^o Imndret yards f.om the shore, which sheltered them a littie troni the piercin^r north-west wind. They wanted a hre to warm iheir chilled limbs, and had no means of kin- dling- ().,e. The tindor-box, which tliey had taken the pre- caution to put into the boat, had -ot wet by the last wav,- that drove them on shore. Exercise ilone could prevent tliejr being frozen, by keeping their blood in circulation. Captain Prenties being belter acquainted thaii Ids com- panions with the nature of these severe climates, recom- mended to them to keep themselves in motion, in order to prevent being overpowered by sleep. but our young pas- senger, whose clothes were soaked in the sea water, and were trozen stiff upon his body, was unable to resist the dr w sensation always produced by the excessive cold which he experienced [., vain our hero employed, by turno, per- suasion and force to make him keep upon his lees. He was theref;.re obliged to leave him to his supiueness! After wal:cing ab9utlm!fan hour. Captain Prenties was himself seized with such a powciful inclination to sleep, that he felt himsed if^ady to sink to the .round every moment, in order to gratity tt, till he returned to the place where the voung man was hud. He put his hand to his ftice, and found it quite cold, when he desired tlie mate to feel it. They both, conceired him to be de J. He replied, with a feeble\oice» that he was not, but that h. felt his end approaching, and' intreatfd (.apt. Prenties, if he survived, to write to his fa- ther at New York, and inform him of his fate. Jn teo mi- nutes tiiey saw hi.n expire, without any pain, or at least ^Yithout strong convulsioijs. This dreadful l«^&son was incapable of indming the others to resist the mehnation to sleep by which they were attack- ed. Three of them lay down in spite ui our hero's enhorta- lions. Seeing that it was impossible to keep them on their legs, he went and cut iwo b: uitfJu- f)f tr^^es, one ofwhich he- gave to the mate, and his whole employment* dmina: the- remanider of the niglit, was to keep his companions from sleeping, by striking them as soon as tliey closed !h*ir eyc^. Ihis exercise was of benefit to themselves, at the same time that It preserved the others from the danger of almost cer- tani death. Day-light, wh.kJj they, uwaited with such imp»tieace> at I benumbed now, which ivood about ;red them a iy wanted a ans of kin- en the pre- le last wave lid prevent :ulation. iJi lus com- es, recom- n order to youni^ pas- r, and were the dr w^ I which he ;urni:, per- leg-g< He ?ss. After vm himself hat he felt »t. in order the young d found it They both, ebie Voice* liing, and' i to his fa- in it'll mi- or at least the others ■re attack- 9 ejihorta- ^i on their "which iie- \(\ ring the- ions froHti heir eycp^ iame time iikost cer- tieace> at THE BRIG ST. LAWRENCE. I3 length appeared. Our hero ran to the shore with the mate, to endeavour to discover some vestige of the ship, though they hau «y httle hopes of finding any. What was th5r surprise and their satisfaction to see that she had held toge- ther, notwithstanding the violence of the wind, which see?n- ed strong enough to da.h her into a thousand pieces during tlie nignt ! The first thing that Capt. Prenties did, was to contrive how to get the remainder of the crew on shore. 1 lie vessel, since they had quitted her, had been driven by t le waves much hv:arer the shore, and the distance by which she was separated from it, he knew must be mjch less at lovv water. When it was come, he called out to the people la the ship to tie a rope to her side and let themselves down one atter the other. They adopted this expedient. Watch- ing attentively the motion of the sea, and seizing the oppor- tunity ot dropping at the moment when the waves retired, tUey all got on shore without danger, except the carpenter. lie did not thmk proper to trust himself in that manner, or probably was unable to stir, having used his bottle ra- ther too freely during the night. The general safety was at- tached to that of each individual, and our hero was doubly rejoiced to see around him such a number of his companions Jn misfortune, whom he imagined to be swallowed up by ttie waves but a few hours before. Tlie captain, before he left the ship, fortunately provided himself with all the materials necessary for lighting » fire. I lie company then proceeded towards the iorest : some fell to work to cut wood, others to collect dry branches scattered on the ground, and soon a bright flame, rising from a large pile, produced a thousand acclamations of joy. Considering the extreme cold which they had so long endured, no enjoy- ment could equal that of a good fire. They crouded round ^f. as closely as possible to revive their benumbed limbs. But this enjoyment was succeeded, in general, by excruciatino- pain, as soon as the heat of the tire penetrated into thoi^ parts of the body which had been bitten by the frost. The mate and our hero were the only exceptions, on account of the exercise they had taken during the night. All the others had been more or less attacked, both in the ship and on sliore. The convulsive movements produced in their un- fortunate companions, by the violence of the torments thev endured, would be too horrible for description. When they came to make a review of their company, <..aptam Green, a passenger, was missing. It seems, he had II ■» *s?*- u DREADFUL WRECK OF fellen asleep in the ship, and had been frozen do death. 1 heir anxiety was renewed on acconnt of the carpenter, who was teft behind. The sea continued to roll with unabated lury, so that It was impossible tu send the boat to his relief, they were obliged to wait the return of low water; when they at length, persuaded him to come on sJiore in the same manner as the others ; which he did with extreme difficulty, being reduced to a state of the utmost weakness, and frozen m almost every part of his body. thi!!'?>'* *"'''*^' ^"'^ ^^'^y 'P^^* ** '^^^^^ ^ore comfortably than the precedinj^. Yet. notwithstanding they were care- thp 1 ^""^ ""P ^^l'^" ^'^' ^^'^y ^"ff*^'*^^ considerably from the sharpness of the wind, against which they had no shel- ter. 1 he trees were scarcely sufficient to protect them from thei. hr4... While it soaked tUiough their clothes on the whfchr''^'"'^Kl'^^' ""/^^'^ ^-^« '^ formed a heap which they were obliged to shake off before it froze into ice. i;«H h?;r'?^.^'''''^'''"''^^"''^'^''' ^ new hardship that they n^d hitherto been unacquainied with, was now added to that of cold, vvhinpeluo.ity of the waves washed !!;iS I. 5."^.^"'"^' .°^ '^«^' ''^.^^ *'ortu..ately the tide i'lovidinffth cm- curried part of tile wreck upon the be;icli 89lve. vvuh loi.g pole., and the oai-s of their boat, th"ev u-o- Z^r,l T^ O:'^- «^"^'' d'-a^viug on shore whatever was liio.t use ai y^thiri their reach, it was thus that they saved a few whth? ^^^'V^^^^V ^"<^ ^7 considerable quantity of onions, t on was hk«wise directed to the plauks tluit were detached tiom lue vessel, and which might prove serviceable to them v.iich^theyclra.p.d into the wcod, to bt> immediately emi I^nT . i*"" r^^ inentioned pur^^.e. This was no easy undertakuig, as tew of them vv.ve able to go to work upoa It. Iheirsu, and frozen comfortably T were care- lerably from had no sbel- t them from 5 extinguish »thes on the med a heap oze into ice, ip that they dded to that dure. idded to the e terror of a ind and the pproaching lestroy her. er breaking of ihe cargo ives washed ?ly the tide idingthcm- t, they ])<*o~ IV was most savetl a few i of onions, rheir utten- e detached ale to them it number,, iiatelv em- /as no easy work upoa them with rtiug their THE BRIG ST. LAWREN(JE. is •trength, the work had advancs >nsiderablv by the closft Jwen V f^M ' . \ *'".^ "^ •"' "'»^^ "-^^y ^"*« « h"t trthp^fr l\ *^" ^'■'"^,' •^"' ^'ficiently solid, (thanks stand the force of the wK)d, but not close enough to shelter them entirely from the cold. ^ The two succeeding days were employed either in com- tid?h£ i;.' f'^""^.^ ^o\\ectm^ during hfgh water, what the t^de brought from the ship, or in taking an account of their provisions, m order to establish the proportion in which they ought to be distributed. They had not been able to sive any biscmt, which was thoroughly soaked with salt water. It was agreed, that each person, well or ill, should be con- », fnn "" ir'*7 ''^'\ P°""^ ^^^'^^*'' ^"'i four onions a day. fie e. t^tn' 'J''^ ^T^' 1^'"' ^^""*y l^'^*^"*^^' ^^^---^^^'y suf- ficient to keep them ahve, was all that they could allow SDeTn^K-'^r"^!'" ""''^^ *'"^^ they might be obliged to spend on this desert coast. ° wreck, the wind abated, so as to allow them to get the boat Intj" ^"V'f^-"*^"* ""'' *^^* i" '^^ wreck.^Great pa? thick irt\''^K '*''* ^»/f t"?S ^^vay, with the hatchet, T ways. 1 he next day they succeeded n P-ettioff out a sm-.H barrel containing one hundred and twelty pSunl J a &r:fC:nadf "^""rr ^>^;P«^^^toes,th'ree bottts f serviceable fort! . wounds of ihe seamen ; another hatchet ofcSr^^^f *-.«*-Pans; and about a dozen pound day to IhA p F^^-'ous c-argo enabled them the following Clay to add four onions totheir daily allowance. ^ the i^i^lT'f T'r" ^r'^'''' '^'^ '""'^^ to look for out the snew. The same day, the wounds of those who hid euffeiod most from thefrost,'and had neglected to rub them ttir hand' ""^ U.'^ "^'J^ ^""^ ^'^^^^ offtht 1^" « eir hands, and the parts of their limbs affected by the frost Tan'^TT P","% P' '"-P"^'^^' ^'^'^ "'- the la't ttt beclrj-''"' '"'' ^\^- r^"'^^' ^^"•"* °^^'i« ^^^^'t' ""d now ^ecame delirious m which state he conti.med till the 5th ^vhen death relieved him from his miserable ex tence rhree days afterwards, their second mate died in tTe s- me Planner, having been ddirious several hours be be he e^' 1 f 1 I 'I f 15 DREADFUL WRECK OF f 1 pued ; and a seaman experienced the same fate tlie follow- ing day. They covered their bodies with snow and the branches of trees, having neither pick-axe nor spade to dig them a grave; and if they had even been provided with theni, the earth was frozen too hard, and too deep, to yield to those instruments. Ail those losses, which reducedtlieir company to fourteen persons, gave them but little concern, tor iipon considering the dreadful situation of the suryivors, death appeared rather a blessing tlian a misiortune ; and when a sentmient of nature revived within them the love of lite, each individual regarded iiis companions as so many enemies armed by hunger to deprive him of his subsistence. In tact, it some had not paid the debt of nature, thev would soon have been reduced to the horrible necessity of perish- ing of hunger, or of murdering and devouring each other. Without being brought to this dreadful alternative, their si- tuation was so miserable, that it seemed impossible for any new calamity to be capable of augmenting its horrors. The continual sensation of excessive cold and pressing hunger, the pain of the frost wounds, irritated by the fire, the co-n- plaints of the sufferers, the neglect and tilth which rendered them objects of disgust, both to themselves and others, all he images of despair collected around them, and the pros- pect ot a slow and painful death, in the midst of a desolate region, far from the consolations of relatives and friends ; such IS an imperfect representation of those pangs which their minds endured every moment of the tedious days and eternal nights. Captain Prenties and the mate often went abroad to see if they could discover any vestiges of habitations in the coun- try. 1 heir excursions were not long, nor attended with any success. They resolved, one day, to penetrate farther into the country, keeping along the banks of a frozen river. They observed, from time to time, traces of elks and other ani- mals, which caused them sincerely to regret being unprovi- ded with arms and powder to shoot them. A ray of hope, tor a moment, illumined their minds. Following the direc- tion ot some trees, cut on the side with a hatchet, they ar- rived at a place where some Indians must shortly before have resided, since their wigwam was still standing-, and the bark employed tor that purpose appeared quite fresh ; an elk's Skin which they found very near, suspended from a pole, conhrmed their conjectures. They anxiously traversed all the adjacent countrj, but, alas! without success. They, Lte tlie fol low- snow and the r spade to i\'\^ provided with deep, to yifild reduced their ittle concern, the survivors, fortune ; and ra the love of s as so many i subsistence. S they would ity ofperish- ^ each other, live, their si- ssible for any lorrors. The ising hunger, ire, the co:n- )ich rendered id others, all and the pros- of a desolate and friends ; pangs which ous days and road to see if in the coun- ted with any 2 farther into 1 river. They id other ani- ing unprovi- ray of hope, ngthe dii-ec- het, they ar- f before have and the bark sh ; an elk's from a pole, traversed all cess. They, THE BRIG ST. LAWRENCE. 17 however, derived some satisfaction from reflecting that this place had had inhabitants or visitors, and that they might soon return. Struck with this idea, our hero cut along pole, 'which lie stuck upright on the bank of the river, fastening to it a piece of birch$ark, after cutting it into the tigure of a hand, with the fore-iinger extended and turned towards their hiit. He likewise took away the elk's skin, in order hat the savages, at their return, might perceive that some- body had passed by the place since they had left it, and might, by the aid of the sign, discover the route they had takeu. The approach of night obliged them to return to their habitation, and they doubled their p ice to commuui- ?ate this agreeable news to their companions. However fee- ble were the hopes they could reasonably allow themselves to entertain from this discovery, the narrative afforded consi- ierable consolation ; so strongly does the kind instinct of ftature impel the unhappy to seize upon whatever is capable of alleviating the sensation of their misery. Several days elapsed in the hope of seeing the Indians ap- |>ear every moment before their hut. These sweet ideas gra- 4ually lost ground and soon vanished. Some of their sick, and among the test the captain, had in this interval, begun io recover their strength, and their provisions were fast de- itreasing. Captain Prenties mentioned the design he had formed of quitting the habitation, with all those who were capable of working the boat, to reconnoitre the coatt. This plan received universal approbation ; but when they came to think of the means of executing it, anew difficulty pre- sented itself. This was, how to repair the boat, which had /been dashed by the sea upon the sand with such fury, that lall her joints had opened. They had plenty of tow for stop- |)ing the apertures, but unfortunately were in want of pitch lO cover it. And how cottid they supply this deficiency ? It fortunately occurred to our hero, all at once, that they might employ the balsam of Canada which they had saved. Ut was easy to try ; he emptied a few bottles of it into their ♦.ron pot, and set it on a large fire, taking it ofFfrequntl y :o let it cool ; he soon reduced the liquor to a proper consis- tence. During this time his companions had turned the boat and cleared her of sand and ice. He directed the cre- /ices to be stopped with tow, caulked her with the balsam, and had the pleasure of seeing that it produced the eifect jto admiration. / This first success inspire 1 rhem with new ardour to conti- i IS DREADFUL WRECK OF nne tlieir preparations. A piece of cloth, faj-tened to a pole, in such a manner as to be raised or lowered at pleasure, promised them a sad stronjr enough to relieve, with a gentle and favourable wind, the labour of the rowers. Among the crew, tew had sufficiently recovered to undergo the fatigues which they foresaw would attend this expedition. Our hero was chosen to conduct it, together with the captain, the mate, two seame.i, and his servant. The remainder of the provisions was divided, according to the number of persons, into fourteen cqnal shares, without reserving, on account of tiie excessive labour they were about to undertake, a larger portion tor themselves than was allotted to those who were to remain quietly in the hut. With this wretched allowance ot a quarter of a pound of beef a day, for six weeks, with a crazy boat, covered with a matter on which they could not depend, which the least breath of wind might upset, and the smallest rotk dash to pieces, it was, that they had to at- tempt an enterprize, the plan of which could have been in- spired by blind despair alone. But they were at that point, that there was less temerity in braving every possible danger with the feeblest ray of hope,than in exposing themselves, by cowardly inactivity, to the almost inevitable danger of pe- nshing, abandoned by all nature. 'J'lie year 1/81 had just commenced : and it was their in- teution to set of}' the 2d of January, but a furious north-west wind ssible danger ;hemselves, by danger of pe- t was their in- >us north-west irth. Its vio- d their provi- , and all the 3111, and took ainty whether 1 not procec d- to thesouth- :o make, with em a favouru- md to remove ent her being d to kindle a ext morning, forming their I of wigwam, he severity of ist, our hero irown upon it by the tide, and which appeared to have been cut with a hatchet. He likewise saw some poles, formed long since by the hand of man, but they couhl not discover any other marks of inhabitants. At the distance of iwo miles was a hill bare of trees, with some appearance of its having been cleared. He prevailed upon two of his companions to ac- company him thither before dark, that, from its summit, they might embrace a more extensive horizon. As they proceeded along the bay, they saw a Newfoundland lishing- boat, half burned, and the remaining part buried in the sand. Tliis object afforded them fresh hopes, and they doubled their dispatch to climb up the hill. Having arri- ved at the summit, how great was their sntisfuclion to per- ceive some buildings on the other side of it, at the distance of a mile at farthest. Notwithstanding their fatigue, the in- terval which separated them from them was soon p;one over. They arrived, pal|)itating with hope and joy, but those pleas- ing emotions were instantly dissipated. * In vain they tra- versed all the buildings ; they were deserted. They had been erected for the preparation of cotl, and, according to all appearance, had been abandoned several years before. The sad termination of this excursion tended, however, to confirm them in the idea that they should find some habita- tions by continuing their course round the island. Thev/ind, which hada^ain shifted to the uorth-weat, de- tained them the next day, fearing to encounter the ice, which it drifted in great quantities. For three da^s it con- tinued with the same fury. Having awaked in the night, our hero was astonished to hear its shrill whi^stling, not ac- companied as usual by the hoarse noise of the waves. He called the mate, and informed himoft'^iis phenomenon. Be- ii»g curious to ascertain the cause, chey lan towards the shore, the moon's rays affording thf m light. As far as tlio eye could reach, their fiital lustre enabled them to perceive the surface of the water motionless beneath the chains of the ice, which was piled up in different places in heaps of prodi- gious height. It is impossible to describe the sensation of despondency which overwhelmed their minds at this sight. Unable to proceed farther on their expedition, or to return to their former habitation, which would have defended them from the redoubled severity of the cold I Two days elapsed amidst these gloomy reflections. At length, on the 9th, the wind abated. It shifted the follow- ing day to the south-east, and blew with such violence, that « 2 so DRKADEUL WRKCK OF ^■ii all ho ice by uh.ch they were blocked u,, in the bay was brok.-n to pieces w.th a u;reat no.se, an' f-^^^'^^'^li^K' ^ith a favourable course ^hen, Peverulleagu.'s ofl'.n the distance, they perceived an •pk"?:^\:'7"''' point ofland. The coasJ Tia Ic M'F'arcd to ionn such a continued chain of steep rocks that .t was in.po.ss,ble to attempt a landing' before they had . Lk . 1 ''' '^ '""'- " '■'•"'•'*^- 'i^'^^ l^o^t had sprung a •Ik, .i .d tno m<-u were constantly employed in bailing fut nd t c ; nt Jr' ; '^'"> "T'^ V;^"^^'*' by disappointment .1 HI the ^;ant of food, scandy allowed them to support that o^^^^wd^'V^J"'""^^^^^^ ^'^ clanger was no \,^.g^r"' Si, ^ ^''''^'" *-'«"«'cleration, and the wind seconded the.r perseverance so vveii, that they arrived at the cane about eleven o'clock at night. The p^ace not being coX ent for landmg they were obliged to coast along'till two in the mormng, when the wind becoming more violent d^ ?^Z't^lZv' '^: f'''^.'' clmsing^a favourable spot ; Iheltr^oVwr t^^''''^^^Pf"'^^ '^*^^'-*^ Climb, with IJlT: ^'fficulty, up a rocky shore, without its being possible tor them to seeure their boat from the waves, which W^H "'"^ *' u ^'^th/estruction. The place where they had landed was a bay of no great depth, surrounded on the land side by maccesssble heights, kut exposed towards the sea !h't""^f.west wind from which nothing could protect them. 1 be v md which arose on the 13th, threw their boat upon iijedge of the rocks, and damaged her in several pla- ces. J his accident was but a trifling prelude to new suffer- ings, hnrrounded by insurmountable rocks, which pre- vented them from seeking shelter in the woods ; without any other coveringthan their sail,stiff with ice; buried for seve- ral days beneath a deluge of snow, which was heaped around them to the height of three feet ; they had nothing to keep up their fire but the branches and the fragments of the trunks ot trees thrown by accident upon the shore. 'Jliis deplora- ble situation lasted til! the 21st, when the weather grew nil Ider, but they were not able to lake advantage of it. Though it wav impossible to scale the wall of rocks which I in the bay was en out into the moon there was i'^as not till two breeze blowing d the sail hoist- vourable course ey perceived an ist to fhat place of steep rocks, Ijef'ore they had vcr, have been it had sprung a I in bailing out s ; and the en- lisappointment to support that IS no longer un wind seconded ed at the cape it being conve- along till two re violent, de- ^ourable spot ; to Climb, with hout its being i waves, which rhere they had 'd on the land wards the sea could protect rew their boat in several pla- to new suffer- s, which pre- ; without any iried for seve- leaped around )thingto keep s of the trunks 'Jliis deplora- weather grew :eot'it. frocks which THE BRIG ST. LAWRENCE. 21 surrounded them on every side, and th^ were under the ne- cessity of renouncing the use of their boat, it came into tluir minds that they might at leasjt proceed along the shore, by walking upon the ice, which had acquired sufficient strength to bear their weight. Captain Prenties and the mate resol- ved to make the experiment. They set off immediately, and proceeding a few miles, arrived at the mouth of a river, bordered by a sandy beach, where they might have preserved their boat, and lived much less uncomfortably, had their good fortune at first conducted tlrem thither. This disco- very, while it occasioned regret, did not tend to increase their hopes. After consulting together oa the subject of their return, it was agreed, that they had no other resource than to carry on their backs the remainder of their provisions and useful effects, and to proceed along tlie coast, where it was most natural to expect to find, the families of fishermen or savages. The weather still seemed inclined to frost, and the wind having swept into the sea the greatest part of the snow which covered the ice upon the coast, they flattered themselves that they should walk ten miles a day, even in the state of langour and debility into which they had fallen. 1 hey intended to set off on the morning of tiie 24th, but in the night which preceded it the wind" suddenly shifted to the south east, accompanied with heavy rain ; so that in a tew hours, this crust of snow, which the ilay before appeired so solid, was entirely dissolved, and the ice detached fronv the shore. They had now no way of escaping from this dis- astrous shore on which they were confined. During these paintul reflections, their eyes were sometimes directed to- wards the boat which they had frequently been tempted to break up, in order to supply their fire, as they could not ex- pect to render her serviceable again. They had still tow sufficient to stop the crevices, but the balsam of Canada had been totally exhausted by their daily repairs, and they were unable to contrive any substitute 'for it. The frost, however, returned the next day. Captain Prenties now con^ ceived the idea to pour water upon the tow with which the crevices were filled and let it freeze like a coating, to a cer- tain thickness. This simple method succeeded Ibeyond his hopes ; all the apertures were so well closed, that thev were at length convinced that no water could penetrate tllrougb them, as long as the frost continued to be equally sevefe. iif^ raade a successful trial of it on the 27th. Though the boat had become heavy and difficult to be managed, by i ¥ ■'M.t .i|.vv^< / •22 Dlir.ADFUL WRECK OF ■ I tluMimintitvofirewith wliidi it mhs covered, yet in ih. cour..ot the day sh^ proceeded twelve miles from the place I .nr departure. This new service rendered her mo et',- i " ' :; '" \'r ^>'^^' ^^"^ '^^^y }^:^^ — 1« '•••-•ove her on her Jhdter against the piercirig wincirk^SaSd^Jl^^? ^^ rut^''^. "^ " f'^^K*''^: ^^"-^' warmedt.hem while they slept, i 1 e.r stock of tmder being almost consumed, our hero was obliged to renew, t l.y burning a piece of his shirt, the same that he had worn ever since the loss of his effects. The fol lowing day, a deluge of rain unfortunately melted all the If r ''''':>";*' •*"? '^'y !l«^^ '^^^ mortification to lo e 1 e «dvanh.ge of a fine day, which might probably have for! •warded them several miles on their vvay. Thev resolved tn n"ie!^:"'r" ''.*'" '"1' ^".' whatiugment'ed'hdrim! J atieme and regret was, that their provisions were now re .luced to two pounds ami a half of beef for each man The W not returning till the afternoon of the 2i)th, the delav unavoidably occasioned by their preparations prevented them Iroui proceeding above seven miles before night. About two o clock in the afternoon they were in full view of an e evated cape, whicli they calculated to be only three lea-ues on. But Its prodigious height deceived them with reaard to Its distance, for it was almost dark before they readied It. After doubliog it, their course took a different direction rom what It had done in the day, so that they were obliged to lower their sail and take to their oars. The wind then *>egan to blow from the shore. Their efforts to make head against It were very feeble, and had it not been for a current rom the north-east, wliich assisted them to make some o,;- pobition they would have run the risk of being carried irre- coverably into the open sea. The coast being lined with rocks, was here too dangerous to attempt to land ; thev were obliged to row along the rocks, amidst a thousand daiigers. in the dark, till live o'clock in the morning. BeiuR then incapable, from their exhausted state, of any lonifer exer- tion, their eyes were shut to the dangers of hnafng, and heaven crowned their attempt with success, without any €ther accident than having their boat thrown, half full of Avater. upon the shore. The beginning of the wood Avas at ^o great distance, yet they had great difficulty to crawl to IS and make a fire to ihaw their limbs and dry thdr clothes. 3F /ererl, yet, in the les from the phice er«l her more va- vuiove her on her 'furity. A thick 1 two advantages, ly nights, a sli[rht iBdance of wood 1 while they slept, led, our hero was is shirt, the same effects. The fol- ly melted all the cation to lose the obahly have for- They resolved to tneiited their irn- >ns were now re- each man. The 2i)th, the delay i prevented them inif?ht. About I full view of an ly three leagues lem with regard re they readied fferent direction ey were obliged The wind then 1 to make head ?n for a current make some o{;- ng carried irre- eing lined with md ; they were U8and dangers, ?. Being then ny longer exer- ' landing, and ', without any ■ n, halt full of be wood was at ilty to crawl to y their clothes. THE BRIG ST. LAWRENCE. «3 Stich was the drowsiness into which fatigue and watchinc had plunged them, thut it was impossible to refrwu from sleep when their tire began to light. Tliey were obli' cast their eyes upon one anoher, each seemed ready to point out the vic- tim whom It was necessary to sacrifice to the hunger of his executioners. Some of them had already agreed to commit tlie selection of the object to the blind decision of the lot fortunately the execution ©f this dreadful design was defer- Ired tdl the last extremity. Reduced for their only nourishment to the dry fruits of iweet-brier, dug up from beneath the snow, and a few tal- low candles, which they had reserved for a last resource • oppressed with fatigue at the least exertion ; checked in their navigation by the ice, the rain, or the winds; some- times ammated with a faint hope, to be plunged soon after- wards into the abyss of despair; they landed for the last time on the 17th, when, completely exhausted, thev resol- ved to perish on the spot, if heaven should not send them some unexpected relief. To place their boat in safety on the beach, would have been an undertaking too far beyond their power. She was abandoned to the fury of the waves after they had sorrowfully taken out their implements and tne sail, which served to cover them. Their last efforts were employed m clearing the snow from the spot thev had fixed upon, to raise it all round in a sloping direction, for the purpose of fixing in it branches of trets, intended to iorni a shelter ; and lastly, in cutting and piling as much wood as possible to keep up their gre, fearing^est thev should soon be unable to use their instruments. A few handtuls of hips, boiled in snow water, were, during the first day;s, the sole support of their miserable lives. These began to tail them, and they thought themselves fortunate in be- ing able to supply their place with the marine plants which gi-ew along the shore. ^■X^l *u"!7r*' compelled, for threedays, to be contented *^ith the hard tough plants, rfliich made them reach every 2i DREADFUL WRFXK OF mouthful they took. At the same time their lees ber^n,. «„ swell and their nhole bo.lies becau.e so bl^ ertS 1^^^ w. the smullcst pressure upon their skin, sunk to th^ ifJ. u ^ u ^,"" ^y^* appeared as if buried in deep cavities Benumbed by the internal dissolution of iheir iS Snd bv the^ntensecold they endured, they h«d sca'e^strln.th ^ tn r 11 ^.^"'r"''* ?"'* '•^^'^^ *''*^''- almostextinguished fire o? how? 'V" ^'^ ''?"^'^'*^^ •^^'"*^«'-*^ "P"» the^now. Thev however discovered two Indians armed with mu8k;t.. who did not appear to have yet perceived then.. This sudden w^/e able ' ^^''^' '^''" with all the dispatch\hey One of them, who spoke bad French, begL'ed them in that langua-je, to inform them whence they came, and ^hit accident had conducted them to that spot. Our hero h" ' tened to give them as brief an account .15 poss b e of U 'e misfortunes and sulferings they had experienced \« Kn if h"".onn'f^ '''^.\ ■^«'^^^'^^' CaptainlSiesasked him • .u ^i'^ ^''.''""'' ^'^^"* ^'^^ any provisio.is. He renUed in the affirmative ;.but seeing that their fire was almo'S he rose abruptly and seized their hatchet, at which he ookej foramoment8milmg(as they imagined) at the bad condi- tion in which It was. He threw it down witn a look of di - he "had"^ /''•' ''f "'"^'^ "^^ ^y ^"'^ «'^«- I" " ^"o«^e t nnn th / ^''u T^''^'^^ ^^ branches, which he threw saying a word, went awav with his eompamon. In about three hours after, our desponding sufferers per- ceived them turning a projecting point of land, andTowTn. toward, us in a canoe of bark. They soon caie on shore «nT"?,^ u'^^ P'*=^^ °^ «™°^«^^ venison, and a bladde; filled with fish 0.1. They boiled the meat ii their iron pot with snow water, and when it was dressed, they took care to dis ribute It among them in a very small quantity, wiih a little 0.1, to prevent the dangerous consequent., ^& might have resulted from their voracity in thedeMH;. , 1 tate to which their stomachs were reduced. This I it .p^oi beW over, they made Capt. Prenties embark with' two of his com? panions in the.r canoe, which was too small to take them all at once. I hey were received upon landing by three Indians and a dozen women and children, who were waiting fw . ■I*"- • Ipffs bet^nn to ted, that riot- tlieir lingers, , sunk to the tl an hour af- tieep cavities, blood, and by ly strength to uished tire, or snow. They nuskets, who This sudden 1 strength to lispatch tliey jed them, in ne, and what )ur hero has- DShible of the ced. As he s asked him lie replied ' almost out, ch he looked e bad condi- klook of dis- til a moment ich he threw and without ufFerers per- and rowing le on shore, id a bladder leir iron pot took care to tity, wiih a whiol> might att 1 tate to " epaoi being I of his com- ike them all iree Indians waiting for THE BRIG ST. LAWRENCE. t5 h ir I ? '^«^t?f t»"^'r company, the other.. K.<| him towards thnr huts orw.gwnms three in numbrr, ronstructed f,7r the rZ '"""*";'■ *'*■ ^!"'^'^;^' "^ ^»- entrance of- tl' bre t I hey were treated bv these good people with f he k ndej; l'osp.tol.ty ; they maJe them twallow a kind of both t' vould not permit them, notwithstanding thdr mtrea t's to ;^at mea ,or to take any other too substantial im r m ent mnalni '"" «""' •'"•^' '^'' ^'"^"^^ «««" returned ^'hs' 4*emainuigroinpanions' After having saf ried the most pressing wants their ;;;m;he:'h:d?ftt'r^"'\^^^ -^^^onuLe :ouJz, wnom they had left btlnnd at the place of their shipwreck XTT' fV'^^r^"-^ '- ^'-cribe to the sa ^ «; V 1 as he was able, the quarter of the island on whld, they Ij 1 tr?l *'"'*' ''"^ *"',"'"''*'^^ ^^^'^♦her it was not po sible to 8e.)d thither some relief. They replied that thev weJ ner- t^llV:l:rT''''r'i ^^^ «pV and intbrm 7thim that It was about one hundred miles to it. by rerv difficult thrmust"^'^ '^\^^^^' «"d if they und^rto^ok th^ej-ou^^^^^^^ OurVro thenToM T' ^^TP^r-^'-" for their fitigue^ uur hero then told them what it had not before come into c a";"vair in'Zi;'"' '^ S^' "^?f» ^"^' that ifTt wa^ them Vr thei tlble^'ThJ' 7"^^/™^^?^ part to pay With his p^pos^ratd X7 tneT?is™u:r^ froni h,s servant, and shewed them the gui, eas wbich iUon oach of them with a guinea, they set up a loud lauo-h ^W give ineiii tMeiity-hve guineas before thev set off h,.H tl,. stipulate.! sui„. ° ^^ '^'P'" ""'' ""^i "-eceiving the Kimu the moment the savages saw gold in our hero's no. »ess,on. Ins »Ua„„„„ ,ost „|T the chirms whTh it oweS t ^■W-mr 26 i/ ^«! I f: BREADFUL WRECK OF bZApf ^^''^'' ^^^y ^"''^'^^ "« ''«P«^i«"« «« they had I "d him t1 ""'^^ ""'""^^ *'^*^> furnished his co.npan.oas n^wtth't'Lt'nf^K °^'^'",* a fortnight, the Indians retnr- red ou of .h 1 ^"" ^'^''f^*^' ^^'"n "'I ^hat death had spL hut Th K ^'>^'^\P^''^""' ^vho had been left behind at the Imt. -I hey had subsisted several days on thesknofthf eesX ' f ? • "^'^'-^'•* had been reduced to the horrible ue- iud 1 o' "A?" «^' ^t^'^ ^"^'^^ ^'^ ^he arrivalof ^e so rm,M ■ "*?* ^'^"^ ^^? '^h" remained had given way with Sal kw/'rr^''1p^'^' tenner...; and another had ae- Der^fn!' h"'/^*'"; <^o»"pany, eonsisting- at first of nineteen lamUK^s the> endured, a .s surprizing that a single individual forTni?iht T^'"^ f "^*^ }T ^^^"^ '" *>"« dismal place a fore toli tif''' r'"^ r-^'"^^ ^^^ '^^•••^ ^-^^ obliged; as be- smallest wants '"fAf ^^'^f "* PJ'^-^^ f«r their food and their s^r^ewharrP !'. M k'^^"^ ^^^'''^ ''"^^' fi"^'%' ^'^ health conceTve. 1 f ff^^'^^^^^^^ ^'^ purse almost%mpty, he tohiscuir'tf^^^^'^^'^ to sacrifice his personal iomfort dlnatchlf . f ' ''7V'r' ^"^ '•'^^^Ived to proceed with his though rh . n'!^' Chnton with all possible expedition. r.er for t ' u""^^ the seasons of the year, was the least pro- him to Vr IT^'".?' /^' *^''?'"^'''^ '""-^^ '''^ ^"di^"s to take lo?J,^,T f arrival there, lie farther took upon himself lnIZl\^^"'^^^^^^^^ ''''y "^i"J of provisions, whth ? refreshments, m the inhabited parts through to PonH. 7.^'^''' I'^'f- ^°"^^ «*'t*^e other Indians we^e Soanisi. r^ "tour sufferers to a settlement on the waif Z '''' '"'''''■^ *'^'^>' ^'"'"''^" '•^^'"''^'^^ till the spring to wait tor an ox>portumty of proceeding to llalitax by sel*. two I^nfr '"?•''' '"^ *'*^'*" *'" '2'' "^"^^P'-'^' accompanied by ^Pr i. "''"•' ''''!;"^' ^"^ ^^'•' ^^'>««»ow, a young passen- ger in their ship, and one of the three survivors at the hut ii i^ ous as they had the value of the lis coiiipatiioiis recovered their ubstantial food, cure them was entirely djring ? Indians retur- death had spa- 't behind at the the skin of the three died of he horrible ue- arrival of the jiyen way witli died in a few nother hud ae- i of one of the irst of nineteen insider tlie ca- igle individual dismal place a ►blis^ed, as be- food and their ing his health ).st empty, he jonal comfort ceed with his le expedition, the least pro- idians to take gaged to pay upon himself of provisions, parts through Indians were ment on the the spring to fax by sea. ompanied by )ung passcn- at the hut. THE BRIG ST. LAWRENCE. 27 of which communicates !th the s^ Here^hlv' T ""? two Indian families that «pJ"^ 1 • ^^^^ ™''' ^'^^ purchased of them f^fr ^'^ ^?'"^' " '^""^mg. Our hero upon, Zt dtw' ;', "r thL "h"'"'" '" ?'"! "" '""" the woo,k 'iL^ '""'^^^ ^nJ take another through c m;ani d wit 'raur^l't '^'''' ^" t' ^^^P ' ^ ^I'^w at it Jso that va ^o tl'''"' "."1''^' "^^' '^">'' •'^"^^'-ed Hice. Thev were thprp[ ^ 7r ''' '^^ ^^ "^""^ "P^" «*« sur- a <-mn,odiLri?g u f ;::;; S7;^ ^« «*?r>. A large tire, ted them in som^^e:^e:'to ^^^'^i'' of prov.s.ous, assis- .'.wait till the i4T,irid'h :„ i;i^,; i."Ltef """".^ tlmsthey migl,, Le defined a fortTifcte^t^ek:* Cf shipwreck exctntinl t . vi *^^ ^""^ *'*^*'" reduced by their tbe^ wer^rX^bXtV^^^^^^^ "^' -^"^ ^^^'^^^' ^^at l^ast arms to recruit fh?;7F, 'JIm P!:."^''^'«ns> and had at turned oTthe I'tirand 1 r ?^'f *'"'' *«>tunately re- it the next dav Tilt lu^. 'T^"""'^ ^"^ '''^' advantage of S'>metimes L, fl^'tiuT' ee ,^f ^^J^.P^oeeeded six leagues, the IdtU ♦!. • "^"^^.'^^ '^^' 'i"*! sometimes m the canoe Dn Xot d 'oToCri?of?a^ almost consumed?::,; he'^r" ii this distrkt HeTonfFT one of his lullp, t ,^\^°'^^'nfe''y,w*'nt into the woods with Of ills guides, and they soon discovered the traces of a J?8 DRriADFUL WRECK, &c. I i elk, which the Indian killed after an hour's pursuit H. opened hira with much dexterity cauX t\rn i • * case a suudtn thaw prevented hprn? '^•"**. ^^^» '" rotvte on the lake, or i^the tods ''"'"""^ *^^" 1 hey departed early in the morning of the 15th ind fhnf manner, that s'Dartlv „nX« ."' J°"™^>' '" ">' »•■"»<' ^•"r'ti," :irr P "^-^^ '" ""^ our hero was kindiv receivp, »„ f , '"■""'■'^s- Here bv Mr rl,;„i k '^ leceived an.l accommodated with r>onev same hosUalU; as°'at St Pe 'e?s %\ "'^^^'''"* "i.* '!'^ streights ofGinceau.aftera navk';t:n^ Tf "^ "* , ""^ derable time longer for rveselhe h^^-i ° ""-^ ^ •°" at New York where d -ill j i -2 ^^"^^ ^"^ arrived Clinton in a ve,^ tatt^r^^ Tf^^ '"' ^^spatches to General the wreck of tl7sf <^ondmo«. It is remarkable that Plummer, Priaur, Secthing-Janc.