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Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la mdthode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 1^1 1 :>.;*■>■ til J\f f»:¥y ■ 5^51 - NARRATIVE OF THE S:H1PWRECK AND SUFFERINGS OF THE CREW AND PASSENGERS OP TUH ENGLISH BRIG NEPTUJVE, "^n W|wcb was wrecked tn a violent snow Storm ^^ Q^ January, 1830, oa her passage from Bristol, to Qjiebec. Hh By JOHN SMITH, latlvo of New- York, and Chief Mate of said Brig^, Of seventeei souls on board bat six succeeded io reael^ ing the shore, among whom was the wife and a son of the captain, who was unfortunately drowned in an attempt to save the life of one of his children — the iurvivors, after eodorins great hardships for 14 days, on a wild and uninhabited coast, were fortunately discovered and conducted to-an English settlement by a friendly IndiaDi^ sase NEW-YORK, Published by J. Skith^ price 12 12 Cfs* 183a, "W ;•■" ':k 1 f .^ f £ P ■fer \Jm ^ ^ t ::jae8fe^ia*vrf-i: .V (r>' C'J- '■; :: t <« i> Southern District 0/ New-Tor k^ s.s. BE IT REMEMBERED, Th?t oD the twentv fourth ddjp •f March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty* and in the fifty fourth year of the Independence of the United ; States of America, JOHN SMITH, of said District, bath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right where- •f he claims as author, in the following words, to wit. — ** Narrative of the Shipwreck and Sufferings of the crew of ihc English Bri^ Neptune, which was wrecked in a Tiolent •now storm on thei2th January, 1830 1 on her passage from Bristol (Eng.) to Quebec. — By John Smith, a native cf New- York, and chief Mate of said Brig— of seventeen souls on , koard but six succeeded in reaching the shore, among whonii YMtiM wife andeonofth Captain, whewas unfortunately frowned in an attempt to save the life of one of his children-^ Ihe aunrivors, after enduring great hardships for 14 days, on a wild and uninhabited coast, were fortunately discovered •nd conducted to an English settlement by a friendly Indian. fai conformity to an act of Congress of the United Stateg, entitled ** an act for tha encouragement of learning by so* curing the copies of maps, charts and books to< the authorf And proprietors of such copies during the time therein mcJ^ tioned, and also to an act entitled " an act supplementary io an act entitled an act for the encouragement of learning hj securing the copidb of mape,%harts and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the time there> ill mentioned, and e?rtending the benefits thereof to the artA af de8igning,engraving and etching historical and other printQ< Witness, Fred^ J< Bbtts. I»terk of the Southern District of N.yorkK .%<.: "':■ 'V l:^< t*'-*^ ni in nited - bath here- nt.— BW of tolent from Now- iIb on . whoiQi nately Iren— ' ys, on Dvered kdian. Btateg, by 80* lujthorf ueidary earning to the etherer»^v the arts^ ^ rprintsi -* SHIPWRECK AND SUFFERINGS OF THE dREW AND PASSENGERS OF Tff& BRIG NEPTUNE. AFTER ao absence of nearly three yean.,. from .my native country, on^the 2sih day of Novem- ber, 1829, I shipped as first mate on board the brig ^. J&eptunef Captain Charles Mason, for a voyage from Briflitol (Eng.) to Quebec ; with the promise of there receiving my discharge, and with the intention of proceeding from thence to the city of New-York, where, I supposed; 1 hadan aged' and widowed motht er living. I had flattered myself with the >pro»pecti of a short and pleasant voyage^ but so fw' from its being realized, it was my misfortune to experie&ce a sad reverse— the most remarkable events ofwhich, I must beg liberty to relate as they occurred, without eraament or art—I am but little used to writing, the reader must not>, therefore, espect to meet with any t'-'.-r'ir^ i^"^^-^ SHIPWRECK OF THE manner ofelegnncf* in my stile, in which he will find nothing but the frank language of h shI I or, which I- hope, will be accepted as an apology for it? incorrect- ness. We set sail about nine A. Al. with seventeen souls on boatc)| including the captain's wife and (wo sons, one six and the other eight years of age. The wind continued with little variation favourable, and the weather not unpleasant, untti late in the after- Doon of the 2d of January, when we experienced o thift of wind nearly a-head, which from its rapid in* •rease, and beclouded and threatening aspect of the- horizon, was considered as a sure indication of an ap- proaching storm— at twelve at night, the wind in- creased almost to a hurricane *, but having a staunch good vessel, and as we supposed a plenty of sea room, we, at its commencement, apprehended but littll^ danger, but in this we too soon found our mistake^ for having now reached a cold latitude, in an inclem- ent season, and the wind rather increasing than abj^i^— - ing, in the morning of the 3d, the sails and the rigging became so stiff with ice, as to render the brig almost unmanageable, and the sun .being completely ob« scared and' bidden from our sight by thick clouds, and .preventing an observation, we were left to the mercy of the winds, which were driiring us we knew not whither, but in the opinion of all, far out of our course, as it afterward proved — what we all suffered from the intense cold (particularly the wife and chil- dren of the poor unfortunate captain) can be best conceived by such of -my sea-fariitg brethren, whost .A^V ^-■ '.¥ ■m I , .m T.NOUSH BRIG KEPTUNU. Snd h I ect- :een iwo Th« ancV fter- ;ed a d ID' fthe n ap- l in- tunch ■oom, Httt% )take, clem- ilmoBt ob- louds, to the knew of our ijSered d chil- e best whoBf fnte it m*)y hnvo been to navigate these northern lati« tudei in mirl-itinter— leveral of our most able bodieid tiflainen became lo frost bitten, as to b$ unable to itiind on their feet, and to add to our misfortune, our Wittsr froisfl to a solid cake of ice, which we were oblipitid to out off in small pieces and dissolve in our mouths. Such woi our situation from the second to the ^weldth of JiinuMry, when in the evening about nine o'clock, in HN violent a snow storm as was^ver prob- Hbly ^xperieoctd by man, and which so obscured •very tbin(j[ tVom our view, as to prevent our dis- eerning no object of the brig's size twice her length dheiKl, timid the roar of the wind and waveis, the un- welcomed sound of breakers were heard, and in twenty minutes ufier the brig struck— alas, what « scene of distress now ensued! — exclamations of hor- ror And dispiir became general — and the lementa- is of the poor unfortunate female, and her two bolploif cbildrirt, were sukficient to melt the hardest beurt t— they all clung to the husband and parent begging for that protection, which it was not in the power of any human being to afiford them — the miisf biding loosened by the shock, quivered over our biodf, and the sails w^re torn in a thousand pieces -^indeed, the fury of the storm — the darkness of the nigbt—tbodHshtngofthe waves against our strand- ed brig, and the prospect of an immediate death, ivhicb we were all in momentary expyectation of— ere* ttad « iceno of horror past description —but in whsit- m n )4 \ . .1 \ '% 'SHIPWRECK 6r trie c?er^itiiiition fate may place mankind, however dli* Ireffliug, it is an acknowledged fact, that life ii sweet, 'and each one of as w&s endeaTOuring to preserve it by clini^ing or lashing ourselves to the wreck — but in ^his all were not successful, for at day's dawn it was •discovered that four of our number were missing, whom it was conjectured became so frozen as to be Unable to help themselves, tmd were washed over- board — yet contrary io the ^pectations of every other soul on board, the captain's wife and two chil- dren were found among the living. The day dawnod, but only to present us if pos- sible with a more melancholly view of our situation— land was indeed discemabie ahead, but without th4 appearance of being inhabited, and at so great a dis- tancfe'thdt an attempt to reach it with our boats or by swimming, appeared to promise nothing but the in- evetable destruction of onr lives, for the waves agi- tated by the winds rolled and broke with such^ lence against the rocks, which were not di8cemabl6 above the surface of Ihe water, that had any attempt* ed it he fnust have run the risk of being launcheil back into the main ocean, or d;ished to pieces againiit the rocks. Several hotirs parsed thus, without out being able to conclude what whs best to be done iti our deplorable situation— to remain much longer in "that in which we theu w re, all believeit impossible, as the brig*8 stern was airear'y stove in by the wavef •and there was no certainty thatohe would holi) togeth- "^ from one minute to auotherj and shouki it havfe ..-^^mX.^&.'^^JjJi.^. ENGLISH BRIG NEPTUNE. ^ eet, e It itia was be ►ver- ivery chil- ' p08- It tb« a dis- ats or - Lhe in- es agl- K rnable tempt- uncheA ngainit out out lone in )nger m io8sible» e wavei 1 togeth- it bavfc proved otherwise, an') we h»ve attempted to remain another night on the wreck, all must have perished, as our tire had become extinguished and without a possibility to rekindle it, and if enabled to resist the calls of hunger the cold was too piercing to be long endured' In this awful deliroa, we couM do nothing more than to huddle oursefives together on the quarter deck, and thus attempt to contract heat one from another, placing the unfortunate mother and her two wretched offspring in the centre— while thus situated, little eipecting any^ oiher deliverance than that produced by death, every buppliant h'and was raised in petition to Providence to afford us some unforeseen means of escaping to the shore. There never could be a more fervent petition.^ Heaven at length, seemed to look down with pity and compassion on our miseries— truly we could say the Lord is a prayer answering. U-for when we little expected it, of a sudden, the wind began to abate, and the agitation of the sea in a measure to subside,, insomuch that one of our hands who was supposed to be the best swimmer oe board, having contemplated the distance to the shore, resolved to attempt the passage at the risk of bis life, observing that he could btxt die in the attempt, and if such should be his fate he should conceive him-* self better off than to be doomed to pass another night on the wreck — thus resolved ,he plunged into the sea, and we saw him for many minutes attempting to> oombat with the waveS) which sometimet httrrieA« >.• m B « '■* ' ♦ i \ W\ SHIPWRECK OF THE • him forward almoitto touch tht ihore, th*n waibod back into the deep, diiappeariag for lome minutely aod appearing again only to be leen daihed againit the rocki— the poor fellow became at length eibauat- ed and (Kinlc to riie no more. Our number wan now reduced to twelve miierable soulff, who could net but ?iew themielrei in a iiitaa- tion worse them that of their unfortunate companion whom they had seen perish befoPt their eyei, but whose suflerings were at an end. As we could now only look to Heaven for deliverance, we did not for a moment suspend our prayers and supplications, 4nd 1 truly believe that we did not pray in vain, for the' wmd continued to abate and the sea became less bois- terous, insomuch that at noon, we began to turn our attention to. the boat, which although in a leaky coap dition, andso filled with ice as to render it eitremely ■ difficult to launch her, yet there was now but one al« ternative left us, either to attempt the- passage atj|he hazard of our liy^Sj or to remain where we wer(^nd perish, together,., for not oqe soul of us .could have survived another night. , After much hard labour we suceeeded in getting the boat ovefeboard^ and by casting lots, determined who of us should attempt the first passage— it fell to fi-ve, including myself Had the Captain's wife and •id^t son, which wae nUthe boat wonld contain with any degree of safety. Before letving the wreck acoil of spare rigging was put into the boat, one end •f which was attached to the brig's foremast, with. K ■f *' § 'y ^ ' '*^ii^.mm- f U'-m^'- gettiog* mined ' fell to Ife and lontain wreck !• end with' i ENGLISH BRIG NEPTUNE. w /d which it w«8 the intention of thoie left«oo board to> warp back the boat if we should be so fortanatf as to •acceed in reaching the shore, which with bat very feint hopes of doing we at parHlg shook each of oop shipmates by the hand, and bi# them an affectonate adieut expecting that if we ever met them again, il would in all probability be in another world-~the sep* eration of the captain and hi» wife and little son, waH affecting beyond description. All things- now being in readiness, the word was given *^ cast off!" and in a moment our crazy bark was mounted on the while- foaming surf to half the height of the brig's main mast —we yet however possessed sufficient strength with- our oars to k^ep her head to the shore, and when * but B little distance from the wreck a prodigious wave took us ii^itan instant to more than half the distance, and a second in quick succession threw us with vio- lence upon a sandy shore. A)i soon as we were all so fortunate as to recover * jofieet, we displayed one of our hats in the air, which was extended upon the end of an oar4pihe. signal • agreed upon of - our safe landing, before we qnit the wreck. In a moment it was answered by, he boat's shooting back through the foami«g suif, by. aid of the warp— -and in- about half an hour> we had the satisfaction to see the boat returning with those* who were left on board the wreck. This was bow* ever a satisfaction which was but a few moments en> j oyed — fate had determined that these poor fellows should be less fortunate than ourselves, for when w. "■--?%, ■-■i".'*. ■i:^^ i% n SHIPWRECK OF THE « within abouftfventy rods of the ohore, they were met and capsized by the surf! we now gave them all up- as lost, as we conceived that not one could reach the shore unfess by a roil^icle — in thin we were however mistiiken) for a great'^w'^ll in an in^ttunt after threw the unfortunate captain wit'iin our reach, and we were so fortunate as to r»:.«cue him from a watery grave, and without hi» having apparently sustained very great bodily injory- but, dtstruclion notwith- standing se<^med to have selected this truly unfortu- nate man, as a victim ! for no sooner did he heboid his little son drtven to and fro, and the sport' of the fbaming billows^ than breaking from the hold of those ^ who attempted by force to deter him, in a fit of des- peration, he again threw himtself into the sea and was himself soon compelled to yield to the uncdffquerabte impetaosity of the surf, without being able either to afford protection to his child or to save himself— the lifeless corps of both were a few moments '^ftyy^.Ajn- thrown npon the shore, and produced amelancholly speitacle for his surviving companion and child totiil* hold, and whose feelings on an occasion like this may be better imagined than described !-^for more than one hour the wretched woman remained kneeling and weeping by the side of the lifeless bodies of her un- fortunate husband and child, and could not be remov ' ed but by force ! By great exertion we were enabled to save the life of one more of our shipmates uhich thb last boat con- tained — when nearly exhausted, he was eo fortunate ■-/^f ♦' #. up the vef rew we lery ined Hth- >rtu- ihold flhe Ihose fdee- dwas irable ler to —the cboUy totV- 19 may •e than ing and ler un- remov- the life )ai con- )rtunate ENGLISH BRIG NfiPTUNE. HBfl to seize upon a rope which was thrown to him, by which be was drawn on shore — the nambMP survivors now, amouoied to no more than nk* a-. mong whom was the cook, who fortunately had^ea so wise as to secure fire-works in bit pocket |^re* vious to leaving the brig, whiehhadhef$li«dtODtv6 done, our situations would have be€B no better than while on board the wreck, for as the day was now far spent and the night approaching, we most have all per<^ ished with the cold had we been deprived of t&e raeana of enkindling a fire. For wir beftef secarily lor the night, fue all retired to a^icket l^l^fw itydadistant fyy-n wheie we landed, and v^ere, although we were careful to keep up a large fire, we suffered very much from tb^ sharp* ness t>f the wind, against which we had but an indif- fefent sheiter--tbe trees by which we were encom- passed were insufficient to protect us from the snow, which siilt continued to fall in immense fiake»— while ^it.^^k^ through our clothos on the side eiposed to the ore, «d our backs it formed a heap which we were obliged to shake off before it froze into ice ; yet so anxious were my shipmates to reader as pom- fortable as possible the situation of the wretched fe- male and her helpless sod, whom fate had deprived of a husband and parent, and now placed in a situa- tion to demaod their protection^ that their own suffer- ings and deprivations produced nut a murmer — we all spent the dark, gloomy and stormy night, as com* fertably as could foe expected for persons in our ttT" \il0':'^-' •?..-.'.->„- • fi \' 'J^' SHIPWRECK OF THE itclied condition, jet I think I inay say it proved to sleepless one, although two nights had passed «ii^(B we had enjoyed a minutes slumber. The nett morning we began to think more serious-' ly on oar condition, and what new difficuHtes would most probably attend as. We had esteemed our- selves fortunate when we succeeded the day previous in making oor miracalous escape, but ceased to feel that didgree of satisfaction, when we looked forward to our future safety-'^we were to all appearance cast upon a wild and uninhabited coast-^we could per^ ceive nothing before us bat a thick and almost impen<< etrable forest, and the groand covered with eii«p of more than two feet in depth, and without any dther sustenance than a small keg of beef, and a bagof hard bread, which was fortunately thrown into the boat in her first trip to the shore — nor were we without ap" prehensions of being attacked by wild beasts, or with meeting with savages, not less to be dreaded-^for ia either pase we were not possessed with any tbju^^ tf "^ deserved the name of weapon, with which to defend ourselves-^aud to add to our wretchedness, we had dependent upon us for support and protection an af- flicted and helpless female, and her son, a tender youth not exceeding eight years of age! indeed the more we reflected on our miserable and helpless sit« uathn, the more we were on the eVe of being driven to despair. - , As it was impossible for us at that inclement sea* son, and with the ground^ covered with so great a ^tv ENGLISH BRIG NEPTUNE. depth o(»noWi to w ->^aiipt to penetrate the thiek %|||t in search of inhabitantA ivith any possibility of ta^^e, it was by all agreed that our wisest plan would b|ito €rect with rotten logs and branches of trees, ai ^m* fortablejan habitation as our means would admit, and which might serve us for a shelter, until the snow should become so diminished in depth, either by rain or the rays of the gun, as to render tri^relling less difficult — in doing this we had a twofold object in view, for by encamping near the seashore, and in fair view of the wreck, which still lay stranded upon the rocks, exposed to a tremendous surf, from her it was not inpospible timt we migh^t obtain some necessary articles of food or clothing ; as it was the opinion of all that she could not hold together much longer, her stern having nearly disappeared and the surf making a clear breach over her-^in this we were all soon sadly disappointed, for in the course of the night of the 13th, the wind having shifted from south-west to l^ovih-jeast point, early in the morning of the l5th, not a vistage of the wreck was to be discovered ; nor were we able afterward to determine whether she was driven from the rocks by the strong winds from the N. W. ,to sea, or sunk in deep water in the im- mediate vicinity of the reef on which she had founder- ed. The dismal apprehensions we were under, in con- sequence of having our fondest hopes thus suddenly and unexpectedly blasted, can be better imagined than described— we foaod ourselves at mid-winter on a ■!(] 'A '■ 11 *mgg^,.,-yt:m-^< SHIPWRECK OF THE .^A. wM, and apparently uninhabited part of the coas^ fllligiied, sickly, and almost destitute of food and cNwthing-^nothing remained but to commit ourselves to kind providence, and make the best of our situa- tioD. . On the 16th and 17th, we were employed in scraping away the snow and in building a sort of hut, tinder a cli£f adjoining the sea-side, to secure us from the inclemency of the weather — here we remained four days, in as comfortable a situation as could be •xpected, as we did not want for fuel, the piercing keen air was ia a great measure expelled from our hut, by the means of a |^eat6re which we kept con- stantly burning n^ht and day — as our only food was salt beef and hard bread, we contrived to freshen the former by removing to our hut a hollow 8tun»p, closed at one end and about four feel in length, and by fil- ling it with snow and ice, which was dissolved by means of hot stones obtained from the shore, and into which after the ice had become so dissolved, we de* posited our beef, cut into, small slices, which^WAr^ afterward broiled on the coals. ^^ The situation of our unfortunate female compan* Ion, and her little son, was rendered as comfortable as our means would admit of« nor ought I to omit mentioning, that they both exhibited that degree of fortitude,' and resignation, amid their afflictions, that I should have supposed hardly possible had I not beea an eye witness thereto — while we were employed either in repairing or improving our hut or in devising means to reader oui food more palatable, their time i. ■P- «,,>>*• w-fw ,...'. ENGLISH BRIO NEPTUNE>: IT wai almost wholly occupied in oolemQ de?otiMit#>iA prayer to the Alinighty« supplicating hit merCj and kind interposition in our favour ! and 1 am nttl >noi^ ashamed to say to the world, that as regards tba well- Ikre of my own immortal soul, the prayers of the pious mother, and her little Son (particularly the latter, but eight years of age) weieproductiTeofthe most happy eflfects— -it sent arrows of conflction t» my soul, and caused me to cry aloud *Xord have iperey on me, the chiefest of 8inQewl"-»ye8, reader, ef whatever peisuasioo yoa may l>e, permit me to de- clare to you, that that ivpartalst happy moment, will never be forgdtten by me, when the Almighty in his infinite goodness, was pleased to speak peace (o my ioul ! when I met with conviction and conversion in the wild wilderness^ through the instrumentality of a #hiid !— \ to dis* ay joiiraey iDted by DCS high leives in ' marsh, ing bri- that no itate, on ignoth*' ENGLISH BRIG NEPTUNE. Id \ jitk'.- iqg around us on either side but a boundless foreit,jtt far as the eye siglit could extend* we came to a ^iMi and held a consultation among ourselves whetlMHT it would not be more prudent for us to retuni» 11^ to attempt to proceed any further in the course w# had been travelling, and without the most distant provpect of meeting with deliverance ; as in our whole jour* ney, we had not met with any thing that coold satisfy us, that the country Was inhabited by human beings ; but not improbably abounded with wild animals^ pe- culiar to a cold climate ; as ifej^teral times saw at a distance what, {Toml^S^^tftfiiikm^ «re have since re- ceived, we 8up|iQ«etnf^t h^e been bears, moosef and deen Th^re was indeed another very great rea- son why We should return) fof by penetrating further into the country, we possibly might meet with in^u- . perable difficulties, in our attempts to find our way back again to what we now called our home-~it was tber<)fore concluded by all that it was most prudent to ^^j^race our steps, while our (racks still visible on the surface of the snow, would serve us for a guide. ^ Without meeting with any thing remarkable, or worthy of notice, we succeeded in reaching the hut late in the afternoon of the S3d, and found our com- panions in the same condition as when we left them^ I— We had no occasion to inform them of our ill suc- cess, as regarded the flattering hopes that we had en- tertained of meeting with inhabitants, they too plain- ly saw it depicted in our countenances, and for the moment, caused in all a very great depression of I (* V I ^^ I W / SHIPWRECK OP THfi tflpt^and how could it be otbOTwise ?— we had \ thiiigbt ourselves peculiarly fortunate in reaching the vhore, but we began now to think ourselves less so, than those of our shipmates who had found a watery graTe,alid whose troubles were at an end ! — our pros* |rects were indeed gloomy beyond description !--we had food suflkient but for a few days longer, and without arms and unmunition with which we could procure subsistence— our «nly cloathing was that which we wore on our backs, and at that inclement season of the year, the ground being covered with snow, of more than twenty iB^es in depth, preveli* ted our obtaining any thing calculi^ffd to SQltain als $ nor did the shore afford shell-fish of atiiy kind that we could discover — so that we couM not but view our- selves the most wretched and miserable of all human being« ! in a state of wretchedness from which death alone could deliver us ! But in this we were mistaken— there was one, blessed be God, that was able and willing to de(ivejSi>i<....yi,^^y «s in his own good time — tiuly may it be said) that— " **God moves in a mysterious way— ^'"'' His wonders to perform ;" -W\ on an uninhabited coast, in the midst of a wild wil- derness, and amid all our a£9ictioD8 anddeprivations^f ' the Almighty in his tender mercy was pleased to visit us in a manner we little expected — and there wrought • good work for us,whicb no man without his aid could have accompli8hed — even that of the conversion of ««r precious souls !— yes, through the instrumental- .;f !>■ * , • . ENOLieU BRIG NEPTUNE. n ity of a UAt y«i of infant yean, we were broQ|lt to •«• how uiipreptired we were to meet deatb—^ which w« could not but believe fast approaching iti it! moit horrid fornii— it was a subject wbicK prob- ably had nover proviously occupied our mindi, for a roomant— for myitlft I can say, that until within a few dayi, tb« nicciiity of a preparation of my apnl for etirnity, wai a aubjeot so foreign from my mind, that I bad icarcaly taken pains to acquaint myself with tht mtaning of the word **immortality*'— rnor do 1 think that ny ihipmates, wbo had been my com- W0\gU in nlitryi M been lest careless, in this re- speclMMili d^ kWHJfH rejoice, that I ha?e it in my powor to say, that they too became so aensibly aflfect- ed, and thtir failings so powerfully wrought upon, by the praytri and pious eihortations of the youth, that they required little urging to unite with myself and tha afflicted mother, and son, in our supplications •Jff %'^y ^""^^ ^^' ^^^^ Heaven alone that we could tiptR rtlltf— and such was now the state of our minds, that it bicama n pleasing devotion for us al- most avary hour to kneel down, and to pour out our •ouli to Ood— and when not thus engaged, in listentiig to tha pious adnonitions of the dear youth, who, lijke an angel conmliiioned from on higlwf6 administar paaca and comfort to our souls, ceaser not to exhort us to put onr trait in one, who was both able and willing to fafa all who would come to bim> humbly and penitent, eonfeiiing their sins. Nor ought we te doubt a moment that oar prayers D *t' Sr'^:4 22 SHIPWRECK OF THE i-f |Mre beard and aniwered— for when on the wery jpriDk of despair, doomed, as we could not but sup- fK>ae oarself es, to end our da^fs and to remain undis- covered and unburied in a wild and unfrequented wilderness^i-crowded and immured in a wretched hut, scarcely sufficient to shelter us from the piercing coldi the whole inside of which became lined with a crust oi ice—- andalthoughooanallowanceofone biscuit and two or three ouncea of salt beef each, per day, yet ef this there was not a sufficient stock to sustain us twenty days !«Hrach, indeed, was our wretched cont dition, and such our awful ferbodings, when tb«|| was eiperienced by all a suddejIiiJMinetpiiied'thin^ sition in our minds, from the most gloomy and des- ponding reflections, to that of the most cheering sei satipns; to which nothing can bear a comparison, m a mind agonized in sleep by frightful apprehensions approaching danger, and suddenly awaking and find- ing it but imaginary— a dream ! All complaints and murmers from this moment ceased— as not a libubT remained on the minds of any one of us, but that the Almighty would deliver us, and that the hour of our. deliverance was not far distant. It was on the morning of the 2dth (having previ*- •usly concluded it best among ourselves, that another tour of discovery should be mi^de) three of us, who were considered in the be^t condition, set out for the purpose. We concluded to bend our course as be- fore, westward — and as it was natural to suppose that Ihere might be a less depth of snow near the s«a co9St» ■*! -v: -■^ ■, -i:,^^::^-. V.' ENGLISH BRIG NEPTUNE. 23 '4 1 v" K.. we thought it most ndvi«Rble to foUovr that, ai ncarai the 8urf would admit of— in doing this we were en* couraged with a hope, tbut we might pessibl)^ fall in with the wreck of eur own, or some other resvelt^ from which something that might serve for food, or clo>thing, might be obtained ;. which, if in the most perishable state, would have beeirvery acceptable to- ns, in our then destitute conditioD. Our hopes in • this respect were not however realised, and we had travelled all the day of the 291b, and a part of the 30th, without meeting with a single object, or wit- peisinga change of scene to encourage u§. About 00M|«*JiaviDg come to a^ halt, on an eminence, and while in the act of sharing to each his allowance for the day, the rep&rt of a gun, to our inexpressible joy, was heard, and so distinctly, as to render it cer- tain that it could not have beea discharged at a very great distance from us. The report appearing to have proceeded from a di- -rection south west, we immediately started in that direction, uniting our voices and raising a leud hallooi every now and then, as we proceeded, which was finally answered by a loud shrill screach, or what i» more properly' termed, an Indian yell I— regardless from whom or what it might proceed, whether friend or foe, we redoubled our pace, and was soon^ brought in view ot one of the tawney sons of the IbreM, clad from head to foot in a garment of fur, and armed witb a musket— we now came to a halt, and for a moment paused — fearful that by too sudden an advance, the 2i SHIPWRECK OF THE I India» (who itood m motionleii m m ilntat , with his eyes filed steudfastly upon us) might become Hlarmed, and beilily fiy from our presence, and thereby de- prife us of the much desired interview. Recollect- ing at the moment, of ha? ing heard that among some of the SaTaget of North- America, a green bough waa an emblem of peace, and of t pacific disposition, I seized a branch of pioe, and with it advancing a few paces tt-bead of my two companioui, exclaimed *^fear not, we are your friends," whicbf to our great joy, appeared to be well uadtrstoodby onr new discover- ed friend and benefactor (as he afterward proved himself) who instantly replied in very br6lri»iR|- lish, **you no fear,'me friend T'— on which, without further parley, we fearlessly approached.each other, when presenting our hands, they were good natured- ly grasped and shook by the savage, as a token of friendship. Having seated ourselves upon a dry log, we gave him a brief account of ouc shipwreck, and the manner- in which we had been enabled to subsist since that unfortunate event— to which he listened with much apparent attention, we comn^unicating by signs what he was unable to understand by words. In turn^ he gave ui as intelligent account of him^elff as his im- perfect .knowledge of the language would adip't )f<»« he represented himself to b? one of the fiiqrKMir tribe, and pointing to the north, observed ^.m ae came from a country as far that way, at the great isl- and (Newfoundland) was that way," pointing wesh-^ *■ ENGLISH BRIG NEPTUNi:. f& ^at for teveral ivinteri he had uiide these hii <}uar» ten, for the purpote of hunticfl; the bei^r and decr^ for their ikins ; which in the HprinK, he conveved and diiposedofio a company « '' fur truuei'', wko re' «ided in a white tettlement eight or nine days trave eonthweiit (Belhsle)~^thnt he had built him a cono' fbriahle Cabin, or wigwam, in which he reposed nights, and V hie < I iie represented as sitnited but a few hours ti . Ji <»nre from where we then were ; that his 7nly ^omi'anion whs a faithful dog, and that his hut .Vi.^ iifficiently spacinuM to hold us all^tbat he had yrovivion to plenty, hii dog and gun never failing to li«pp him tiipplied with frechlneat in abundmce, and tsoocloded by aiSonti|^ uh that we were welcome to mitke this our home, until we could provide our* selves with another and better. Having informed him of the i>itnntion of our unfor- tunate companions, wbcm we had left behind, he readily agreed to accompany n» to where they were, •nd to assist le as n guide, as well as for the important information that he was enabled to impart to us, as regarded the best mode of travelling. With revived spirits, we reach- ed the spot of our destination about noon of February the second, and communicated to our friends the par- ticulars of our adventures,and the good success which had attended us — which was received with a tran-«f' sport ofjoy— the grotesque appearance of our Indian friend, garbed as he was, in skins, on his firc^t intro- duction, produced rather an unfavourable impression en the minds of our female companion and her little son, but a moments interview, was sufficient to re- move all apprehensions as regarded their personal safety ; and preparations were not delayed for an im- / mediate remove from a place where we had suffered too much, for which to feel any degree of attachment* Our greatest fears now were that Mrs. Mason, and ker son, unaccustomed to hardship, would not be a- ble to perform the journey — but in this we were very Buch encouraged by our Indian friend, who engaged to go forward, and at the distance of every mile to build 6res — having supplied each with such garments •four own as we could spare, we set out about the middle of the afternoon of the same day, our Indian ' mfim' ■''i;>rTi.«!^-._'P_..ci ; > •■ ■< garded our female companion and her son, who al* though the air was piercing, uttered not a complaint — ah, true it is, that the Almighty will '^temper the storm to the shorn lamb !'* The knowledge which our guide fortunately pos- sesed of the shortest and best route, enabled us with- out being much fatigued, to reach the place of our ^stination early in the evening of the 3d — so happi- ly (iisappointed were my companions, (to whom 1 had attempted to give a feint description of the habitation of our Indian friend) to find it so much more conven- ient and comfortable than what they had anticipated,, as to cause them almost to conclude that their troubles were at an end, and their deliverance complete. — ? The wigwam was of simple construction — three or ^< foi^ poles, of ten or twelve feet in length, were s^ck in a circle with their tops gathered to a pointy »and secured by a few strips of green hide — the whole was covered with skins, of which there was a suffi- cient number to exclude effectually the cold, at the top was an aperture to let out the smoke, the fires being always built in the centre — near the aperture were hung hams of venson to smoke for summer's use — the hut was of sufficient size to shelter eight or nine persons, very comfortably, the internal part of which was well lined with fur skins, and which a!so afforded comfonable bedding. \V^ '"^A\. :s>^\JM. 1)1 •■ip"- '! - m SHIPWRECK OF THE ' We were treated kindly by our Indian friend an4K benefactor, who spared no pains in rendering our sit* Nation (daring our two days residence at his hut) as comfortable as possible — the greatest inconvenience that attended us, was the difficulty of conversing witb him with that fhciHty that we could have wished ; he possessing no greater knowledge of the englisb lang- uage, than what he had obtained in his intercourse with the fur traders and fishermen — in his person, there was nothing very diagreeable or prepossesiog— - he was of small statue, inclined to corpulency, and of a tawny complexion — his face very broad, with a large mouth, and with black hair and eyes. Hm only companion was a faithful dog of the Newfoundland breed, and to whom he appeared OfMich attached — he possessed a good rifle, and appeared well supplied with ammunition — his opinions of the immortality of the soul, or of the existence of a Supreme Being, ap> peared very restricted, yet when we explained to him the object of our religious devotions, he ap^ar-^ ed much pleased, and manifested a disposition to ta&e a part. For the welfare o( the unfortunate mother and her little son, be manifested an interest, that would have done honom to one of more civilized origin — having humanly presented each with a pair of nftocca- sons, and a bhrnket of deer skin, the better to protect them from the cold. Although authors in most inst'ances may be correct, in their opinions of the Indians of North America^ that they are of a cruel, revengeful, iaexerable diiSi- |r *' \% t. *(*%v.^ I^%k^ --*-*•». ..--., #^ % ^'* :*:'' /^''*i«v^!>*v...'- ^ymt ENGLISH BRIG NEPTUNE. at position, that they will watch whole days unmindfal of the call* of nature, and make their way through pathless, and almost unbounded woods, subsisting only on the scanty produce of them, to pursue and re- Tenge themselves of an enemy — that they hear u»* moved the piercing cries of such as fall into their hands, and receive a diabolical pleasure from the tor» tures they inflict on their prisoners — yet, by what I have m> self experienced, and been an eyewitness to, I well know that there are exceptiom, that there are some of a nMich lest unfeeling Savage dipositioa -«who are social and humane to> those whom they coiMtdar.ai their friends and ready to partake with (hem of the last morsel, or to risk theirlives m their behalf— such an one indeed proved our friend and heBefttctor--onor could we bat view it, at an iostane* af the interposition of kind providence, in our favour, in delivering ut into the bands of one, so generous I and benevolent — whose ktndoess we experienced ia f (|yery instance; — how different would have been our aitiiations had we met with one, who, more in the character of a savage, might not only have withheld that aid which we so mtich stood in need of, but migh have robbed us of the few articles of cloathing which we had left, and then left us to perish. ■''•■ *- ?^ '*s Early in the morning of the 6th (having become much recruited, and made every necessary prepara- tion for the journey) we left the peaceful asylum of our Indian friend — ^who. for a promised reward, had consented to accompany us to Bellisle, which he had I \ -I i 3D SHIPWRECK OP THE told tit (hat fvith (nodprate travelling, we mii^ht reacli in ei|;ht or nine days. The arrangements made for thn journey, were, our Indian guide and one of our peopte were to lead the way, at the distance of ahotn one mfile— 'carrying with them »uch articles at «v«re neicessary to enable tfaem to pitch a tent at the close of each day, for our accommodation at nifbt —fires were likewise to be enkindled by them at very •bort distances— -the remainder of us were to follow in a body, and to afford ail the assist'ince #e possibly oould to oor female companion and her son ; foi th« better accomodation of whom, We had constrarted • kind of sled, on which they were to be drawit Where the woods an I precipices di not prevent. In thi» manner we traversed a country, the very appearaiice of which, was sufficient to satisfy us that we could, never, at thbt season of the year, have passed without the assistance of oor guide-— obstacles would have presented that it would have been impossible for us ^' to surmount, and we must have perished withJ^uiu^ er or fatigue, in making the attempt. , ,^>. a?. _ Through the mercy of God. (meeting with a fa^- vourable conveyance fiom the main | we were eDabled to reach Bellisle, in the afternoon of the Idth, alive» although nearly overcome with fatigue ; which, so far from being unexpected, the reader will no doubt be surprized that we were so long able to support ourselves, under such severe trials, as we had ex- perienced for the three weeks preceding. We found at Bellisle but a very few white inhabitants, and but 6wo small fishing schooners, one bound to St. Johns^ i"lf 'vw«iif i^ht reach made for me of our istance oT ;h articles a tent »t [>n at Dif ht »in at very tafoUo«r e poBfiiblj i; foi th* istractedft two Where Id tht» ppearance t we could, ed without nold hare fble ibr us ivithhut with a fa^ re enabled dth, irfive» which, so il DO doubt to support e had ex- We fouDd 8, and but St. Johns, H < ENGLISH BRIG NEPTCNE. SI •ndthe other to Hal if ix-'-from the master of one t obtained on credit half a dozen jackniveg. and as much powder, as probably might be purchased for four dollars, which I pf evented o<:r Indian guide and friend^ as a reward for his kind services ; and to whom I feel that I yet owe a debt of gratitude, which 1 fear it will never be in my power to repay in the manner I ought — I can never reflect without the most grate* ful sensibility, on the kind offices of this humble son of the forest. - ^' As Bellisle could afford us but a very few of the necessaries, which our enfet bled situations then re- (|uired (the inhabitants having mostly left it, as they were in the habit of doing, at the commencement of winter) we concluded it best to improve the only op* portunity which presented, cr probably would pre- sent, for some weeks, to leave the place — accordingly myself and surviving shipmates took pa$^agp for Hali- fax, and Mrs Mason and s«n, were received on board the schooner bound to St. Johns (Newfoundland) .42vith t|ie intention of proceeding from thence to Que* bee, where she had lela ives living. Of this unfort- unate lady and pious litHe son, we took leave with mutual regret — they having been for more than three weekfl our companions in misery, hf well as for their religious counsel, so infinitely important as regarded •ur spiritual welfare, had bound us in ti>e tenderest ties of friendship— but we parted with the happy re* flecton that our mifteries were at an end, and on whick, account, no further anxiety remain "td as regarded our personal t^elfare. 1'^ )> 4#:;»'\^''i iS^iiMM. I'm ' *■ "^ / .y d2 BHIP WRECK or THE %% ^h i -a- ■ H i After a fomewhat boisterous passage, I in safety reached Halifax, where I had the good fortune the tAtne day to obtain a pa«i8age direct to New- York, leav^ ing the remainder of my shipmates in Halifax, await- ing a passage to Euiope ; I landed at New- York in the iffternoon of the 28th, where, aAer much enquiry, I found that my mother was still living, and was then re- 4i'(ling in the country, about five miles from the city — thither I repaired without del/ty, and feel thankful to God, for his kind mercy in restoring me (although pennyless) to the arms of a kind and affectionate moth- er. In my three years absence from the land of my nativity, and from the presence of an affectionate parent, the Ocean has bf en principally my home ; in which time I have been made the subject of, and ex- perienced many of the disasters peculiar to those wh« niivigate the deep— once 1 have been brought near the grave by pestilential disease — nnre miraculously preserved from drowning; twice from necessit\ put ob an allowance barely sntlicient to support nature — and, finally, shipwrecked in mid winter upon (to o;^) a^ ..^ Unknown ait() unfrequented coast, with the loss (my life excepted) of every thing but tlie cloathuig upoB my back.— But, ^dibongh it hiis been my hard fortune, to be thus deprived in an unexpected manner of the fruits of many months hard toil, of earnincs which it was m> ardent desire and intention to apply to the relief and support of an aged and uifi m widowed mother — yet, I feel that I have thereby obtained • IMessing, which 1 ought and do conceive of mtioitel/ ,r«"* \ '^ fi ENGLISH BRIG NEPTUNE. 39 more value — if it has, as 1 trust it has, been produc< tive (through the instrumentality of a pioui female) of the conversion of my precious soul (for ^*Go of animal nature, and all (hat is made of ftesh anrf blood. Lei us not therefore doat crpon any thing here below, for Heaven hath inscribed vanity upon it. iM^sterious are the ways of Providence ; the same wheel which raises us to day, on the smooth, unralHed ocean of prosperity, may, before the morrow, rcll us in the stormy sea of ad** f ersity — mankind in thi» world are ever subject to ills, infirmities and disappointments — pains and per- plexities are the long lived plagues of human exist- ence — but, Religion, is the balm that heals those- wounds— it was this, no doubt, that preserved and supported the unfortunate Mrs. Mason, and her lit- tle son, when doomed to experience one of ^be se- verest trials of this life— when doomed to witness the melaucholly Hite of an affectionate husband, and par- ent, and a beloved child and brother!— it was at this trying moment th&t he sent Religion and reason to their aid, and' bid them not to grieve for them whom they could not, and ought not wish (o recall to thiS' troublesome world. The consideration of the sor- rows of this life, and the glories of the next,, is our^^ best support-"dark are the wa)'t* of providence whti^ ' we are wrapped up in mortality ; but, convinced there is a God, we must hope and believe^ (hat all is right;. Kind reader, whatever may be thy rank in life, if thon would wish to be happy in* this world, and to »ecure a certainty of being infinitely more so in- the world ta con»e, \ pray thee cheriferh Religion. Where fan any object be found so proper to kindle all thir benevolent and tendipr affections as the Father of the Universe, and the author of all fehcity ? Unmoved by veneration, can you contemplate that grandeur and majesty which his works every where display X Untouched by gratitude, can vou view that profosioa •fgood , which at this pleasing season of life, hisl^ I m •■» ■'■ Ftn-T^ ^•' MORAL REFLECTtON9. 9 nftficent htind ponri oronnd you ? huppy in the love and iiffectiori ef (hvie Kith «vhoBi you are cnnnectedy look up to the SiipffiDe he\n^ m (he Hinpirer of oli the friendship which t^HD ever been shown }oa by etheri ; himiilf your best nnd fir^t friend : first the tupporti^r of yoor infimcy, nnd the guide of your children; Hnd next the guardian ofyouryeurh, and the hope of your coming years. View religiou« henwige, »n NniiturHl expreoxion of gratitude to Hif» for iiU hil ftoodneiit. Consider it as the service of the Ood of voof futkem : of him to whom your par* enti devoteo you ; and by whom they are now re- warded and blemed in heaven. Connected with 6» many tender itnuibiUties of soul, let Keligion be with vou, not the cold nnd barren offspringef tpecuiatioD, but the warm and vigorous dictates of the heart. The world which we now inhabit is a world of trials and lamptaliofli* and if we suffer our passions to take poiKi«»ion of us, it is ne easy matter tO' break their force. If we ence give a loose to oar appetite, we know not when to hold the reign : nor is it in our power atwayi to stop short of vice ; so trail Is hu- man nature «o strong the force of habit, that ^'it , Ueaiier to suppress the first desiVe than to satisfy Iffrthat follow it/' ti a maxim, the troth ef which^ many unthinking vouth has, too late, been forced to acknowledgf. Keligion is the only balm for a wounded ipirit. It is the cftfy sure staff for the ' weary trovelltr through this wilderness of misery and iio« What an inenpressible grace does it throw over the countenance and actions of its sincere vota- rieit It pnri^ei* it adoin?, it ennobles our nature*— and a» without the aid of a telescope, the shipwreckedi •ailor couhl never discern in the for off horizon the Teisel that ii to bring him relief, but might abandon himself to deipair : so without religion man's view* would be conlined to n narrow circle of melanchotly- ••'Hefiect much on the excellency and glory of i*^ \" ■•^r# i\ I' f-i - ' f^ w >"-«^!j ^ Am 96 MORAL REFLECTIONS. ■• -4 ,JBjvWK|t, ligian. It it a friend in advemity. When every earthljr hope fails, and the sool is ready to f>ay oi' ■II human helpers, ** miserable comforters are ye nil }*' then religion is a friend indeed. Are not those blessed, whom God blsMes ; safe whom he protectsi} and strong whom he strengthens t can any one say with David, ** The Lord is my refuge, I will not fear, thoagh the earth be removed, and the moun- tains cast into the midst of the sea ;'* or with PauK ** Neither death, nor life, nor ang:els, nor princi« palities, nor powers, ror things to come, nor heigih, nor depth, nor any other creatnre, shall be able to seperate us from the love «f God which i» rn Christ Jesus our Lord,'* can any one say this, without beu>§^ jHfispeafcably happy ? . Oh, thou ! who f>lt'»t enthroned on high. In viewless »plendoar rayed ^ Before the lustre of whose eye \a The brightest glories fade. Though thoQ art high, yet thoa dost hewr The lowly suppliant's moan ; " . Though thoa art great, each secf et tear ''V^:> Begem:) thy radiant throne. . When shafts of anguish wound the soal. Thy healing balm is nigh ; When tempestf) rise, and billows roll, To thee, alone, we fly. I^Then hush ! dark sorrow's weeping child, '^ Tost on this troub'Ious sea, In strains of peace he whispers mild, '* Fear not ! for I'm with thee !*' • -: \ \ ^^y'^'m^e: ^^fiM-^r ' ' ten every to finy oi' ra are ye t not those i protects*^ J one SHy \ will not the moun- with Paul, or princi- lor htfigih, be !)ble to • rn Christ hoiit bein§^ liigh. hear tear Hi, I, child. (!'«' ■