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 University of California Berkeley 
 
A 
 
 NARRATIVE 
 
 OF THE 
 
 MUTINY, 
 
 ON BOARD THE 
 
 OF NANTUCKET, 
 
 IN THE 
 
 PACIFIC OCEAN, JAN. 1824- 
 
 AND THE 
 
 JOURNAL, 
 
 OF A 
 
 RESIDENCE OF TWO YEARS 
 
 ON THE 
 
 MULGRAVE ISLANDS; 
 
 WITH OBSERVATIONS ON THE MANNERS AND 
 CUSTOMS OF THE INHABITANTS. 
 
 BY WILLIAM LAY, OF SAYBROOK, CONN. AND 
 
 CYRUS M. HUSSEY, OF NANTUCKET : 
 The only Survivors from the Massacre of the Ship's Com 
 pany by the Natives. 
 
 NEW-LONDON : 
 PUBLISHED BY WM. LAY, AND C. M. HUSSEY. 
 
 1828; 
 
DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS, TO WIT. 
 
 District Clerk's Office. 
 
 BE IF REMEMBERED, that on the twenty-fourth day of 
 October, A. D. 1827, in the fifty -second year of the independ 
 ence of the United States of America, WILLIAM LAY and 
 CYRUS M. HUSSEY, of the said District, have deposited in 
 this Office, the title of a Book, the Right whereof they claim 
 as Proprietors, in the words following, to wit ; 
 
 " A Narrative of the mutiny on board the Ship Globe, of 
 Nantucket, in the Pacific Ocean, Jan. 1824, and a Journal of a 
 residence of two years on the Mulgrave Islands, with observa 
 tions on the manners and customs of the inhabitants. By Wil 
 liam Lay, of Saybrook, Coon, and Cyrus M. Hussey, of Nan- 
 tucket, the only Survivors from the Massacre of the Ship's 
 Company, by the Natives." 
 
 In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States 
 entitled " an act for the encouragement of learning, by secur 
 ing the Copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the Authors and 
 Proprietors of such Copies during the limes therein mention- 
 ed :" and also to an act entitled " an act supplementary to act 
 act, entitled an act, for the encouragement of learning, by 
 securing the Copies of Maps, Charts, and Books to the Authors 
 and Proprietors of such copies, during the times therein men 
 tioned ; and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of De 
 signing, Engraving, and Etching Historical and other Prints. * : 
 JNO. W. DAVIS, 
 
 Clerk of the District of Mawachutett*. 
 
 . Green, Fnnfer. 
 
TO JOHN PERCIVAL, ESQ. 
 
 OF THE U. S. N 7 AVY, 
 Who, under the auspices of Govern 
 ment, visited the Mulgrave Islands, to 
 release the survivors of the Ship Globe's 
 crew, and extended to them every at 
 tention their unhappy situation requir 
 ed the following Narrative is most re 
 spectfully dedicated, by 
 
 WILLIAM LAY, & 
 CYRUS M. HUSSEY, 
 
 The Authors 
 
INTRODUCTION. 
 
 FORMERLY whales were 
 taken in the North Seas : the largest 
 were generally found about Spitzber- 
 gen, or Greenland, some of them meas 
 uring ninety feet in length. At the com 
 mencement of the hazardous enterprize 
 of killing whales, before they had been 
 disturbed by man, they were so numer 
 ous in the bays and harbours, that when 
 taken the blubber was for the most part 
 boiled into oil upon the contiguous coast. 
 
 The pure oil and whale bone were 
 only preserved in those days ; conse 
 quently a ship could carry home the 
 product of a greater number of whales 
 than a ship of the same size now can, 
 Indeed, so plentiful were the whales in 
 those seas, and taken with such facility, 
 that the ships employed, were not suffi 
 cient to carry home the oil and bone, 
 and other ships were often sent to bring 
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 home the surplus quantity. But the 
 coasts of these countries, were soon vis 
 ited by ships from Denmark, Hamburgh, 
 and Holland, as well as from England ; 
 and from frequently being killed in the 
 shoal water near the coasts, the whales 
 gradually receded from the shores, and 
 have since been found only in deeper 
 water, and at a much greater distance 
 from the land. 
 
 In the earlier stages of the whale fish 
 ery, of which we are now treating, the 
 ships were generally on the whaling 
 waters, early in May, and whether suc 
 cessful or not, they were obliged to 
 commence their return by the succeed 
 ing August, to avoid the early accumu 
 lation of ice in those seas. B'it it not 
 unfrequently happened, that ships pro 
 cured and returned with a cargo in the 
 months of June and July, making a voy 
 age only about three months, whereas, 
 a voyage to the Pacific Ocean is now 
 often protracted to three years ! 
 
 Among the early whalers it was cus 
 tomary to have six boats to a ship, and 
 six men to a boat, besides the harpoon- 
 er. What at that time was considered 
 an improved method in killing whales, 
 consisted in discharging the harpoon, 
 
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 from a kind of swivel ; but it was soon 
 found to be attended with too much in 
 convenience to be much practised, and 
 the muscular arms and steady nerves of 
 the harpooner, have ever since perform 
 ed the daring duty, of first striking the 
 whale. The ropes attached to the har 
 poon, used to be about 200 fathoms in 
 length, and some instances occurred, 
 that all the lines belonging to six boats, 
 were fastened together and ran out by 
 one whale, the animal descending in 
 nearly a perpendicular line from the 
 surface. Instead of going prepared to 
 bring home a ship load of oil<> it was cus- 
 tom^ry to bring only the blubber, and 
 instead of trying the oil out and putting 
 it into casks on board, the fat of the 
 whale was cut up into suitable pieces, 
 pressed hard in tubs carried out for 
 the purpose^ and in this situation was 
 the return cargo received at home. 
 
 Of sogreat consequence was the whale 
 fishery considered to Great Britain, that 
 a bounty of 40s. for every ton, when the 
 ship was 200 tons, or upwards, was giv 
 en to the crews of ships engaged in that 
 business in the Greenland seas, under 
 certain conditions. But this bounty 
 was found to draw too largely upon the 
 
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 treasury ; and while the subject was 
 under discussion in the British Parlia 
 ment, in 1786, it was stated that the 
 sums which that country had paid in 
 bounties to the Greenland fishers,, a- 
 mounted to 1,265,461 pounds sterling. 
 Six thousand seamen were employed in 
 that fishery, and each cost the govern 
 ment 13 10s. per annum. The great 
 encouragement given to that branch of 
 commerce, caused so large a number to 
 engage in it, that the oil market became 
 glutted, and it was found necessary to 
 export considerable quantities. 
 
 In 1786, the number of British ships 
 engaged in the whale fishery to Davis's 
 Strait and the Greenland seas, was 139, 
 besides 15 from Scotland; In 1787, 
 notwithstanding the bounty had been 
 diminished, the number of English ships 
 was 217, and the following year 222. 
 
 The charter right of the Island of 
 Nantucket, was bought by Thomas May- 
 hew, of Watertown, of Joseph Ferrick, 
 steward to Lord Sterling, in 1641 ; and 
 afterwards sold to Tristram Coffin, and 
 his associates, who settled upon it in 
 1659. On the 10th of May, 1660, Sa 
 chems, Wonnook, and Nickannoose, 
 for and in behalf of the nations of the 
 
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 Island, in consideration of the sum* of 
 26/. sterling, conveyed by deed, about 
 half of the Island, to the first ten pur 
 chasers, who afterwards took in other 
 associates. 
 
 Whaling from Nantucket, was first 
 carried on from the shore in boats. In 
 1672, James Loper entered into a con 
 tract with toe inhabitants ot the Island, 
 for the purpose of prosecuting the whale 
 fishery, by which it appears that James 
 Loper agreed to be one third in the en- 
 terprize, and sundry other people of 
 the Island, the other two thirds, in ev 
 ery thing connected with the underta 
 king. It was farther stipulated, that 
 for every whale killed by any one of 
 the contracting party, the town should 
 receive five shillings, and for the en 
 couragement of James Loper, the town 
 granted him ten acres* of land in some 
 convenient situation, and liberty for the 
 commonage of three cows, twenty sheep 
 and one horse, with necessary wood 
 and water for his use, on condition that 
 he should follow the trade of whaling for 
 two years, build upon his land, &c. &c. 
 
 Thus ic will be seen that the com 
 mencement of whaling at Nantucket, 
 was on a very small scale, and practised 
 
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 oftly along the shores of the Island ; 
 whereas, at this time, our ships leave 
 no seas unexplored in pursuit of these 
 monsters of the deep. We might pur 
 sue the subject through the various sta 
 ges of improvement up to this time, but 
 it would swell this introduction beyond 
 the limits designed. It is proper, how 
 ever, to observe that the present num 
 ber of ships employed in the whale fish 
 ery from Nantucket, is about 70, avera 
 ging about 350 tons each, and manned 
 by about 1500 seamen. 
 
 
NARRATIVE, <&C. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 THE Ship Globe, on board of which 
 vessel occurred the horrid transactions 
 we are about to relate, belonged to the 
 Island of Nantucket ; she was owned 
 by Messrs. C. Mitchell, & Co. and oth 
 er merchants of that place ; and com 
 manded on this voyage by Thomas 
 Worth, of Edgartown, Martha's Vine 
 yard. William Beetle, (mate,) John 
 Lumbard, (2d mate,) Nathaniel Fisher, 
 (3d mate,) Gilbert Smith, (boat steerer,) 
 Samuel B. Comstock> do. Stephen Kid- 
 der, seaman, Peter C, Kidder, do. Co 
 lumbus Worth, do Rowland Jones, do, 
 John Cleveland, do. Constant Lewis, 
 do. Holden Henman, do. Jeremiah Ing- 
 liam, do, Joseph Ignasius Prass, do. 
 
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 Cyrus M. Hussey, cooper, Rowland 
 Coffin, do, George Comstock, seaman, 
 and William Lay* do. 
 
 On the 15th day of December, we 
 sailed from Edgaiton, on a whaling 
 voyage, to the Pacific Ocean, but in 
 working out, having carried away the 
 cross-jack-yard, we returned to port, 
 and after having refitted and sent aloft 
 another, we sailed again on the 19th, 
 and on the same day anchored in Holmes' 
 Hole. On the following day a favoura 
 ble opportunity offering to proceed to 
 sea, we got under way, and after having 
 cleared the land, discharged the pilot, 
 made sail, and performed the necessary 
 duties of stowing the anchors, unbend 
 ing and coiling^away the cables, &c. 
 On the 1st of January 1823, we experi 
 enced a heavy gale from N. W. which 
 was but the first in the catalogue of diffi 
 culties we were fated to encounter. 
 As this was our fjrst trial of a seaman^s 
 life, the scene presented to our view, 
 " mid the howling storm," was one of 
 terrific grandeur, as well as of real dan- 
 
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 ger. But as the ship scudded well, and 
 the wind was fair, she was kept before 
 it, under a close reeled main-top-sail and 
 fore-sail, although during the gale, which 
 lasted forty-eight hours, the sea fre 
 quently threatened to board us, which 
 was prevented by the skillful manage 
 ment of the helm. On the 9th of Janu 
 ary we rtiad'e the Cape Verd Islands, 
 bearing &. W. twenty-five miles distant, 
 and on the 17th, crossed the Equator. 
 On the 29th of the same month we saw 
 sperm whales^ lowered our boats, and 
 succeeded in taking one ; the blubber 
 of which, when boiled out, yielded us 
 seventy-live barrels of oil. Pursuing 1 
 our voyage, on the twenty third of Feb 
 ruary we passed the Falkland Islands, 
 and about the 5th of March, doubled 
 the great promontory ol South Ameri 
 ca, Cape Horn, and stood to the North 
 ward. 
 
 We saw whales once only before we 
 reached the Sandwich Islands, which we 
 made on the first of May- early in the 
 morning. When drawing in with the 
 
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 Island of Hawaii about four in the after 
 noon, the man at the mast head gave no 
 tice that he saw a shoal of black fish on 
 the lee bow ; which we soon found to 
 be canoes on their way to meet us. It 
 falling calm at this time prevented their 
 getting along side until night fall, which 
 they did, at a distance of more than 
 three leagues from the land. We re 
 ceived from them a very welcome sup 
 ply of potatoes, sugar cane, yams, co- 
 coanuts, bananas, fish, &c. for which 
 we gave them in return, pieces of iron 
 hoop, nails, and similar articles* We 
 stood off and on during the next day, 
 and after obtaining a sufficient supply 
 of vegetables and fruit, we shaped our 
 course for Oahu, at which^place we ar 
 rived on the following day, and after ly 
 ing there twenty hours, sailed for the 
 coast of Japan, in company with the 
 whaling ships Palladium of Boston, and 
 Pocahontas of Falmo,uth ; from which 
 ships we parted company when two 
 days out. After cruising in the Japan 
 seas several months, and obtaining fire 
 
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 hundred and fifty barrels of oil, we again 
 shaped our course for the Sandwich Isl 
 ands, to obtain a supply of vegetables, 
 &c. 
 
 While lying at Oahu, six of the men 
 deserted in the night ; two of them hav 
 ing been re taken were put in irons, 
 but one of them having found means to 
 divest himself of his irons, set the ether 
 at liberty, and both escaped. 
 
 To supply their places, we shipped 
 the following persons, viz : Silas Payne, 
 John Oliver, Anthony Hanson, a native 
 of Oahu, Wm. Humphries, a black man, 
 and steward, and Thomas Liliston. 
 Having accommodated ourselves with 
 as many vegetables and much fruit as 
 could be preserved, we again put to 
 sea, fondly anticipating a successful 
 cruise, and a speedy and happy meet 
 ing with our friends. After leaving Oa 
 hu we ran to the south of the Equator, 
 and after cruising a short time for whales 
 without much success, we steered for 
 Fannings Island, which lies in lat.3, 49 
 N. and long. 158, 29 W, While ends- 
 
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 ing off this Island an event occurred 
 which, whether we consider the want 
 of motives, or the cold blooded and ob 
 stinate cruelty with which it was perpe 
 trated, has not often been equalled. 
 We speak of the want of motives, be 
 cause, although some occurrences which 
 we shall mention, had given the crew 
 some ground for dissatisfaction, there 
 had been no abuse or severity- which 
 could in the least degree excuse or pal 
 liate so barbarous a mode of redress and 
 revenge. During our cruise to Japan 
 the season before, many complaints 
 were uttered by the crew among them 
 selves, with respect to the manner and 
 quantity in which they received their 
 meat, the quantity sometimes being 
 more than sufficient for the number of 
 men, and at others not enough to supply 
 the ship's company ; and it is fair to 
 presume, that the most dissatisfied, de 
 serted the ship at Oahu. 
 
 But the reader will no doubt consid 
 er it superfluous for us to attempt an 
 unreqiiired vindication of the conduct 
 
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 of the officers of the Globe whose aim 
 was to maintain a correct discipline, 
 which should result in the furtherance 
 of the voyage and be a benefit to all 
 concerned, more especially when he is 
 informed, that part of the men shipped 
 at Oahu, in the room of the deserters, 
 were abandoned wretches, who fre 
 quently were the cause of severe repri 
 mands from the officers, and in one in 
 stance one of them received a severe 
 flogging. The reader will also please 
 to bear in mind, that Samuel B. Corn- 
 stock, the ringleader of the mutiny, was 
 an officer, (being aboat-steerer,)andas 
 is customary, ate in the cabin. The 
 conduct and deportment of the Captain 
 towards this individual, was always dec 
 orous and gentlemanly, a proof of inten 
 tions long premeditated to destroy the 
 ship. Some of the crew were deter 
 mined to leave the ship provided she 
 touched at Fannings Island, and .we be 
 lieve had concerted a plan of escape, 
 but of which the perpetration of a deed 
 chilling to humanity, precluded the na- 
 
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 cessity. We were at this time in com 
 pany with the ship Lyra, of New-Bed 
 ford, the Captain of which, had been on 
 board the Globe during the most of the 
 day, but had returned in the evening to 
 his own ship. An agreement had been 
 made by him with the Captain of the 
 Globe, to set a light at midnight as a 
 signal for tacking. It may not be amiss 
 to acquaint the reader of the manner in 
 which whalemen keep watch during the 
 night. They generally carry three 
 boats, though some carry four, five, and 
 sometimes six, the Globe, however, be* 
 ing of the class carrying three. The 
 Captain, mate, and second mate stand 
 no watch except there is blubber to be 
 boiled ; the boat-steerers taking charge 
 of the watch and managing the ship with 
 their respective boats crews, and in this 
 instance dividing the night into three 
 parts, each taking a third. It so hap 
 pened that Smith after keeping the first 
 watch, was relieved by Comstock, 
 ' (whom we shall call by his sir name in 
 contradistinction to his brother George) 
 
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 and the waist boat's crew, and the for 
 mer watch retired below to their births 
 and hammocks. George Comstocktook 
 the helm, and during his trick, received 
 orders from his brother to " keep the 
 ship a good full," swearing that the 
 ship was too nigh the wind. When his 
 time at the helm had expired he took 
 therattle, (an instrument used by whale 
 men, to announce the expiration of the 
 hour, the watch, &c.) and began to shake 
 it, when Comstock came to him, and in 
 the most peremptory manner, ordered 
 him to desist, saying "if you make the 
 least damn bit of noise I'll send you to 
 hell !" He then lighted a lamp and 
 went into the steerage. George be 
 coming alarmed at this conduct of his 
 unnatural brother, again took the rattle 
 for the purpose of alarming some one ; 
 Comstock arrived in time to prevent 
 him, and with threatenings dark and di 
 abolical, so congealed the blood of his 
 trembling brother, that even had he pos 
 sessed the power of alarming the un- 
 eonscious and fated victims below, his 
 
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 life would have been the forfeit of his 
 temerity ! 
 
 Comstock, now laid something heavy 
 upon a small work bench near the cabin 
 gangway, which was afterwards found 
 to be a boarding knife. It is an instru 
 ment used by whalers to cut the blubber 
 when hoisting it in, is about four feet in 
 length, two or three inches wide, and 
 necessarily kept very sharp, and for 
 greater convenience when in use, is two 
 edged. 
 
 In giving a detail of this chilling trans 
 action, we shall be guided by the de 
 scription given of it by the younger 
 Coinstock, who, as has been observed, 
 was upon deck at the time, and after 
 wards learned several particulars from 
 his brother, to whom alone they could 
 have been known. Comstock went 
 down into the cabin, accompanied by 
 Silas Payne or Paine, of Sag-Harbour, 
 John Oliver, of shields, Eng. William 
 Humphries, (the steward) of Philadel 
 phia, and Thomas Linniston ; the latter, 
 however, went no farther than the cab- 
 
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 in gangway, and then ran forward and 
 
 turned in. According to his own story 
 he did not think they would attempt to 
 put their designs in execution, until he 
 saw them actually descending into the 
 cabin, having gone so far, to use his own 
 expression, to show himself as brave as 
 any of them. But we believe he had 
 not ihe smallest idea of assisting the 
 villains. Corn stock entered the cabin 
 so silently as not to be perceived by the 
 man at the heim, who was first apprised 
 of his having begun the work of death, 
 by the sound of a heavy blow with an 
 axe, whieh he distinctly heard. 
 
 The Captain was asleep in a ham 
 mock, suspended in the cabin, his state 
 room being uncomfortably warm ; Corn- 
 stock approaching him with the axe, 
 struck him a blow upon the head, which 
 was nearly severed in two by the first 
 stroke ! After repeating the blow, he 
 ran to Payne, who it seems was station 
 ed with the before mentioned boarding 
 knife, to attack the mate, as soon as 
 the Captain was killed. At this instant, 
 
Payne making a thrust at the mate , he 
 awoke, and terrified, exclaimed, " what ! 
 
 what ! what !" "Is this Oh! Payne ! 
 
 Oh! Comstoekr 'Don't kill me, don't;" 
 " have I not always " Here Corn- 
 stock interrupted him, saying, " Yes ! 
 you have always been a d d rascal ; 
 you tell lies of me out of the ship will 
 you? It's a d d good time to beg 
 now, but you're too late/' here the mate 
 sprang, and grasped him by the throat. 
 In the scuffle, the light which Comstock 
 held in his hand was knocked out, and 
 the axe fell from his hand ; but the grrasp 
 of Mr. Beetle upon his throat, did not 
 prevent him from making Payne under 
 stand that his weapon was lost, who felt 
 about until he f mnd it, and having giv 
 en it to Comstock, he managed to strike 
 him a blow upon the head, which frac 
 tured his skull ; when he fell into the 
 pantry where he lay groaning until de 
 spatched by Comstock ! The steward 
 held a light at this time, while Oliver 
 put in a blow as often as possible ! 
 The second and third mates, fastened 
 
in their state rooms, lay in their births 
 listening, fearing to speak, and being 
 ignorant of the numerical strength of 
 the mutineers, and unarmed, thought it 
 best to wait the dreadful issue, hoping 
 that their lives might yet be spared. 
 
 Comstock leaving a watch at the sec 
 ond mate's door, went upon deck to 
 light another lamp at the binnacle, it 
 having heen again accidentally extin 
 guished. He was there asked by his 
 terrified brother, whose agony of mind 
 we will not attempt to portray, if he 
 
 ntended to hurt Smith, the other boat- 
 steerer. He replied that he did ; and 
 inquired where he was, George fear 
 ing that Smith would be immediately 
 pursued, said he had not seen him. 
 Comstock then perceiving his brother 
 to be shedding tears, asked sternly, 
 u What are you crying about 1" I am 
 afraid," replied George, "that they will 
 hurt me !" " I will hurt you" said he y 
 if you talk in that manner P' 
 
 But the work ofcfeathwas not yet 
 
 finished. Comstock, took his light into 
 
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 the cabin, and made preparations for at* 
 tacking the second and third mates, Mr. 
 Fisher, and Mr. Lumbert. After load 
 ing two muskets, he fired one through 
 the door, in the direction as near as he 
 could judge of the officers, and then in 
 quired 1 if either was shot! Fisher re 
 plied, " yes, I am shot in the mouth ! 
 Previous to his shooting Fisher, Lum 
 bert asked if he was going to kill him ? 
 To -which he answered with apparent 
 unconcern, " Oh no, I guess not." 
 
 They now opened the door, and Corn- 
 stock making a pass at Mr. Lumbert, 
 missed him, and 'fell into the state 
 room. Mr. Lumbert collared him, but 
 he escaped from his hands, Mr. Fish 
 er had got the gun, and actually present 
 ed the bayonet to the monster's heart ! 
 TBut Comstock assuring him that his life 
 should be spared if he gave it up, he 
 did so ; when Comstock immediately ran 
 Mr, Lumbert through the body several 
 times ! ! 
 
 He then turned to Mr. Fisher, and 
 told him there was no hope for him ! ! 
 
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 " You have got to die," said he, "fe- 
 mernber the scrape you got me into, 
 when in company with the Enterprise of 
 Nantucket." The " scrape^ alluded 
 to, was as follows. Comstock came up 
 to Mr. Fisher to wrestle with him. 
 Fisher being the most athletick of the 
 two, handled him with so much ease, 
 that Comstock in a fit of passion struck 
 him. At this Fisher seized him, and 
 laid him upon deck several times in a 
 pretty rough manner. 
 
 Comstock then made some violent 
 threats, which Fisher paid no attention 
 to, but which now fell upon his soul 
 with all the horrors of reality. Finding 
 his cruel enemy deaf to his remonstran 
 ces, and entreaties, he said, " If there 
 is no hope, [ will at least die like a man f' f 
 arid having by order of Comstock, turn 
 ed back too* said in a firm voice, " lam 
 ready ! / 
 
 Comstock then put the muzzle of the 
 gun to his head, and fired, which in 
 stantly put an end to his existence ! 
 Mr. Lumbert, during this time, was beg- 
 
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 ging for life, although no doubt mortal 
 ly wounded. Comstock, turned to him 
 and said, " I am a bloody man ! I have 
 a bloody hand and will be avenged P' 
 and again run him through the body 
 with a bayonet ! He then begged fofr 
 a little water ; " I'll give you water," 
 said he, and once more plunging the 
 weapon in his body, left him for dead ! 
 
 Thus it appears that this more than 
 demon, murdered with his own hand? 
 the whole ! Gladly would we wash 
 from " memory's waste" all remem 
 brance of that bloody night. The com 
 passionate reader, however, whose 
 heart sickens within him, at the peru 
 sal, as does ours at the recital, of this 
 tale of woe, will not, we hope, disap 
 prove our publishing these melancholy 
 facts to the world. As, through the 
 boundless mercy of Providence, we 
 have been restored, to the bosom of our 
 families and homes, we deemed it a du 
 ty we owe to the world, to record our 
 " unvarnished tale." 
 
CH AFTER II. 
 
 SMITH, the other boat-steerer , who 
 had been marked as one of the victims, 
 on hearing the noise in the cabin, went 
 aft, apprehending an altercation between 
 the Captain and some of the other offi 
 cers, little dreaming that innocent blood 
 was flowing in torrents. But what was 
 his astonishment, when he beheld Coin- 
 stock, brandishing the boarding knife, 
 and heard him exclaim, "lam the bloody 
 man, and will have revenge !" Horror 
 struck^ he hurried forward, and asked 
 the crew in the forecastle, what he 
 should do. Some urged him to secrete 
 himself in the hold, others to go aloft 
 until Cornstocksrage should be abated; 
 but alas ! the reflection that the ship af 
 forded no secure hiding place, deter 
 mined him to confront the ringleader, 
 and if he could not save his life by fair 
 means, to sell it dearly ! He was soon 
 
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 called for by Comstock, who upon meet 
 ing him, threw his bloody arms around 
 his neck, and embracing him, said, " you 
 are going to be with us, are you not?" 
 The reader will discover the good poli 
 cy of Smith when he unhesitatingly an 
 swered, " Oh, yes, I will do any thing 
 you require." 
 
 All hands were now called to make 
 sail, and a light at the same time was 
 set as a signal for the Lyra to tack ; 
 while the Globe was kept upon the 
 same tack, which very soon caused a 
 separation of the two ships. All the 
 reefs were turned oat, top-gailant-sails 
 set, and all sail made on the ship, the 
 wind being quite light. 
 
 The mutineers then threw the body 
 of the Captain* overboard, dter wanton 
 ly piercing his bowel- ivit ! t a boarding 
 knife, which vfai Driven iciili an axe, 
 untl ; j^it protruded from his 
 
 throat ! ! In Mr. Beetle, the mate, the 
 amp of life had not entirely gone out, 
 but he was committed to the deep. 
 Orders were next given to have the 
 
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 bodies of Mr. Fisher, and Mr. Lumbert 
 brought up. A rope was fastened to 
 Fisher's neck, by which he was hauled 
 upon deck. A rope was made fast to 
 Mr. Lumbert's feet, and in this way was 
 he got upon deck, but when in the act 
 of being thrown from the ship, he caught 
 the plank-shear ; and appealed to Corn- 
 stock, reminding him of his promise to 
 save him^ but in vain ; for the monster 
 forced him from his hold, and he fell in 
 to the sea ! As he appeared to be yet 
 capable of swimming, a boat was order 
 ed to be lowered, to pursue and finish 
 him, fearing he might be picked up by 
 the Lyra ; which order was as soon 
 countermanded as given, fearing, no 
 doubt, a desertion of his murderous 
 companions. 
 
 We will now present the reader, witk 
 a journal of our passage to the Mulgrave 
 Islands, for which groupe we shaped 
 our course. 
 
 1824, Jan. 26th. At 2 A. M. from 
 being nearly calm a light breeze sprung- 
 up, which increased to a fresh breeze 
 4 
 
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 by 4 A. M. This day cleaned out the 
 cabin, which was a scene of blood and 
 destruction of which the recollection at 
 this day chills the blood in our veins. 
 Every thing bearing marks of the mur 
 der, was brought on deck and washed. 
 Lat. 5 50' N. Long. 159 13' W. 
 
 Jan. 27th. These twenty-four hours 
 commenced with moderate breezes from 
 the eastward. Middle and latter part 
 calm. Employed in cleaning the small 
 arms which were fifteen in number, and 
 making cartridge boxes. 
 
 Lat. 3 45' N. Long. 160 n 45' W, 
 
 Jan, 28. This day experienced fine 
 weather, and light breezes from N. by 
 W, The black steward was hung for 
 the following crime. 
 
 George Comstock who was appoint 
 ed steward after the mutiny, and busi 
 ness calling him into the cabin, he saw 
 the former steward, now called the pur 
 ser, engaged in loading a pistol; He 
 asked him what he was doing that for. 
 His reply was, " I have heard something 
 very strange, and I'm going to be ready 
 
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 tor it." This information was immedi 
 ately carried to Comstock, who called 
 to Payne, now mate, and bid him follow 
 him. 
 
 On entering the cabin they saw Hum 
 phreys, still standing with the pistol in 
 his hand. On being demanded what 
 he was going to do with it, he said he 
 had heard something which made him 
 afraid of his life ! 
 
 Comstock told him if he had heard 
 any thing, that he ought to have come 
 to him, and let him know, before he 
 began loading pistols. He then de 
 manded to know, what he had heard. 
 Humphreys answered at first in a very 
 suspicious and ambiguous manner, but 
 at length said, that Gilbert Smith, the 
 boat-steerer who was saved, and Peter 
 Kidder, were going to re-take the ship. 
 This appeared highly improbable, but 
 they were summoned to attend a coun 
 cil at which Comstock presided, and 
 asked if they had entertained any such 
 intentions. They positively denied ev 
 er having had conversation upon the 
 
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 subject. All this took place in the eve 
 ning. The next morning die parties 
 were summoned, and a jury of two men 
 called. Humphreys under a guard of 
 six men, armed with muskets, was ar 
 raigned, and Smith and Kidder, seated 
 upon a chest near him, The prisoner 
 was asked a few questions touching his 
 intentions, which he answered but low 
 and indistinctly. The trial, if it may 
 be so called, had progressed thus far, 
 when Comstock made a speech in the 
 following words. " It appears that Wil 
 liam Humphreys has been accused guilty, 
 of a treacherous and base act, in loading 
 a pistol for the purpose of shooting Mr. 
 Payne and myself. Having been tried 
 the jury will now give in their verdict, 
 whether Guilty or Not Guilty. If guil 
 ty he shall be hanged to a studding-sail 
 boom, rigged out eight feet upon the 
 fore-yard, but if found not guilty, Smith 
 and Kidder, shall be hung upon the 
 aforementionedgallows !" But the doom 
 of Humphreys had been sealed the 
 night before, and kept secret except from 
 
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 the jury, who returned a verdict of Guil 
 ty, Preparations were immediately 
 made for his execution ! His watch was 
 taken from him, and he was then taken 
 forward and seated upon the rail, with 
 a cap drawn over his face, and the rope 
 placed round his neck. 
 
 Every man was ordered to take hold 
 of the execution rope, to be ready to 
 run him up when Comstock should give 
 the signal, by ringing the ship's bell ! 
 
 He was now asked if he had any thing 
 to say, as he had but fourteen seconds 
 to live ! He began by saying, " little 
 did I think I was born to come to this 
 
 r ;" the bell struck ! and he 
 
 was immediately swung to the yard -arm I. 
 He died without a struggle ; and after 
 he had hung a few niuiiites, the r^oe 
 was cut, to let him fall overboard, Dut 
 getting entangled aloft, the body was 
 towed some distance along side, wh^n 
 a runner k<>ok,* was attaca a d to it, to 
 sink it, when the rope was again cat and 
 br> [ y disappeared.^ His chest was 
 
 * A iar^e hook used when hoiking in die blubber. 
 
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 now overhauled, and sixteen dollars in 
 specie found, which he had taken from 
 the Captain's trunk. Thus ended the 
 life of one of the mutineers, while the 
 blood of innocent victims was scarcely 
 washed from his hands, much less the 
 guiity stain from his soul. 
 
 Feb. 7th. These twenty -four hours 
 commenced with thick squally weather. 
 Middle part clear and line weather. 
 Hove to at % A. M., and at 6 made 
 sail, and steered W. by S. At \ past 8 
 made an Island ahead, one of the Kings- 
 mill groupe. Stood in with the land 
 and received a number of canoes along 
 side, the natives in them however hav 
 ing nothing to sell us but a few beads 
 of th^ir own manufacture. We saw 
 some cocoanut, and other trees upon 
 the shore, and discovered many of the 
 natives upon the beach, and some dogs.' 
 The principal food of these Islanders is, 
 a kind of bread fruit, which they pound 
 very fine and mix it with fish. 
 
 Feb. 8. "Commences squally with 
 fresh breezes from the northward. 
 
85 
 
 T ook~a departure from Kingsmill Isl 
 and ; one of the groupe of that name 9 
 in Lat. 127' N. and Long. 175 14 7 E. 
 In the morning passed through the 
 channel between Marshall's and Gil 
 bert's Islands ; luffed to and despatch 
 ed a boat to Marshall's Island, but did 
 not land, as the natives appeared hos 
 tile, and those who swam off to the boat, 
 endeavoured to steal from her. When 
 about to leave, a volley of musketry was 
 discharged at them, which probably 
 killed or wounded some of them. The 
 boat then gave chase to a canoe, pad 
 dled by two of the natives, which were 
 fired upon when within gunshot, when 
 they immediately ceased paddling; and 
 on the boat approaching them, discov 
 ered that one of the natives was wound 
 ed. In the most supplicating manner 
 they held up a jacket, manufactured 
 from a kind of flag, and some beads 5 be 
 ing all they possessed, giving their in 
 human pursuers to understand, that all 
 should be theirs if they would spare 
 their lives ! The wounded native laid 
 
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 down in the bottom of the boat, and 
 from his convulsed frame and trembling 
 lip, BO doubt remained but that the wound 
 was mortal. The boat then returned on 
 board and we made sail for the Mulgrave 
 Islands. Here was another sacrifice ; 
 an innocent child of nature shot down, 
 merely to gratify the most wanton and 
 unprovoked cruelty, which could possi 
 bly possess the heart of man. The un 
 polished savage, a stranger to the more 
 tender sympathies of the human heart,, 
 which are cultivated and enjoyed by 
 civilized nations, nurtures in his bosom 
 a flame of revenge, which only the blood 
 of those who have injured him, can 
 dauip ; and when years have rolled a- 
 way, this act of cruelty will be remem 
 bered by these Islanders, and made 
 the-, pretext to slaughter every white 
 man who may fall into their hands. 
 
 Feb. Ilth. Commenced with strong 
 breezes from the Northward. At 
 past meridian made the land bearing 
 E. N. E. four leagues distant. Stood 
 in and received a number of canoes a- 
 
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 long side. Sent a boat on shorej and 
 brought off a number of women, a large 
 quantity of cocoanuts, and some fish. 
 Stood offshore most of the night, and 
 Feb. 12th, in the morning stood in 
 shore again and landed the women. 
 We then stood along shore looking out 
 for an anchorage, and reconnoitering 
 the country, in the hope of finding some 
 spot suitable for cultivation ; but in this 
 we were tli&appointed, or more prop 
 erly speaking, they, the mutineers ; for 
 we had no will of our own, while our 
 bosoms were torn with the most con- 
 ilicting passions, in which Hope and 
 Despair alternately gained the ascend 
 ency. 
 
 Feb. 13th: After having stood oif all 
 night, we in the morning stood in, and 
 after coasting the shores of several small 
 Islands, we came to one, low and nar 
 row, where it was determined the Ship 
 should be anchored. When nearly 
 ready to let go, a man was sent into the 
 chains to sound, who pronounced twelve 
 fathoms; but at the next cast, could 
 
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 not get bottom. We continued to stand 
 in, until we got regular sounding, and 
 anchored within five rods of the shore, 
 on a coral rock bottom, in seven fathoms 
 water. The ship was then moored with 
 a kedge astern, sails furled, and all 
 hands retired to rest, except an anchor 
 watch. 
 
 Feb. 14th, was spent in looking for 
 a landing place. In the morning a boat 
 was sent to the Eastward, but returned 
 with the information that no good land 
 ing place could be found, the shore be 
 ing very rocky. At 2 P. M, she was 
 sent in an opposite direction, but re 
 turned at night without having met with 
 better success ; when it was determin 
 ed to land at the place where we lay ; 
 notwithstanding it was very rocky. 
 Nothing of consequence was done, un 
 til 
 
 Sunday, 15th Feb. 1824, when all 
 
 hands were set to work to construct a 
 
 raft out of the spare spars, upon which 
 
 to convey the provisions, &c. on shore. 
 
 The laws by which we were now gov 
 
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 erned had been made by Comstock, soon 
 after the mutiny, and read as follows : 
 " That if any one saw a sail and did 
 not report it immediately, lie should be 
 put to death ! If any one refused to 
 fight a ship he should be put to death; 
 and the manner of their death, this 
 They shall be bound hand and foot and 
 boiled in the try pots, of boiling oil !" 
 Every man was made to seal and sign 
 this instrument, the seals of thy mutin 
 eers being black, and the remainder. 
 blue and white. The raft or stage be 
 ing completed, it was anchored, so that 
 one end rested upon the rocks, the oth 
 er being kept sea-ward by the anchor. 
 During the first day many articles were 
 brought from the ship in boats, to the 
 raft, and from thence convej^ed on 
 shore- Another raft, however, was 
 made, by laying spars upon two boats, 
 and boards again upon them, which at 
 high water would float well up on the 
 shore- The following, as near as can 
 be recollected, were the articles landed 
 from the ship ; (and the intention was* 
 
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 when all should have been got on shore 
 to haul the ship on shore, or as near it 
 as possible and buni her.) One main 
 sail, one foresail, one miz en-topsail, one 
 spanker, one driver, one maintop gal- 
 lantsail, two lower studdingsails, two 
 royals, two topmast-studdingsails, two 
 top-gallant-staddingsails, one miz en- 
 staysail, two mizen-top-gallantsails, one 
 fly-gib, (thrown overboard, being a lit 
 tle torn,) three boat's sails (new,) three 
 or four casks of bread, eight or ten 
 barrels of flour, forty barrels of beef 
 and pork, three or more 60 gal. casks 
 of molasses, one and a half barrels of 
 sugar, one barrel dried apples, one cask 
 vinegar, two casks of rum, one or two 
 barrels domestic coffee, one keg W. L 
 coffee, one and a half chests of tea, one 
 barrel of pickles, one do. cranberries, 
 one box chocolate, one cask of tow- 
 lines, three or more coils of cordage, 
 one coil rattling, one do- lance warp, 
 ten or fifteen balls spunyarn, one do- 
 worming, one stream cable, one lar 
 board bower anchor, all the spare spars,, 
 
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 every chest of clothing, most of the ship*s 
 tools, &c- c. The ship by this time 
 was considerably unrigged- 
 
 On the following day, Monday 16th 
 February, Payne the second in the mu 
 tiny, who was on board the ship attend 
 ing to the discharge of articles from 
 her, sent word to Comstock, who with 
 Gilbert Smith and a number of the crew 
 were on shore, attending to the landing 
 of the raft ; " That if he did not act 
 differently with regard to the plunder, 
 such as making presents to the natives 
 of the officers' fine clothing, &e. he 
 would do no more, but quit the ship and 
 come on shore," Comstock had been 
 very liberal to the natives in this way, 
 and his objec t was, no doubt, to attach 
 them as much as possible to his person, 
 as it must have been suggested to his 
 guilty mind, that however he himself 
 might have become a misanthrope, yet 
 there were those around him, whose 
 souls shuddered at the idea of being 
 forever exiled from their country and 
 friends, whose hands were yet unstain- 
 
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 ed by blood, but who might yet imbrue 
 them, for the purpose of escape from 
 lonely exile, and cruel tyranny. 
 
 When the foregoing message was re 
 ceived from Payne, Comstock comman 
 ded his presence immediately on shore, 
 and interrogated him, as to what he 
 meant by sending such a message. Af 
 ter considerable altercation, which took 
 place in the tent, Comstock was heard 
 to say, " [helped to take the ship, and 
 have navigated her to this place. I have 
 also done all I could to get the sails and 
 rigging on shore, and now you may do 
 what you please with her ; but if any 
 man wants any thing of me, I'll take a 
 musket with him P 
 
 "That is what T want,'* replied Payne, 
 " and am ready !" This was a check 
 upon the murderer, who had now the 
 offer of becoming a duellist ; and he on 
 ly answered by saying, " I will go on 
 board once more, and then you may da 
 as you please." 
 
 He then went on beard, and after de 
 stroying the paper upon which were re- 
 
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 corded the " Laws," returned, went in 
 to the tent with Payne, arid putting a 
 sword into a scabbard, exclaimed, "this 
 shall stand by me as long as I live." 
 
 We ought not to omit to mention that 
 duiing the time he was on board the 
 ship, he challenged the persons there, 
 to fight him, and as he was leaving, ex- 
 clairned "I am going to leave you; Look 
 out for yourselves /" 
 
 After obtaining from Payne permis 
 sion to carry with him a cutlass, a knife, 
 and some hooks and lines, he took his 
 depasture, and as was afterwards ascer 
 tained, immediately joined a gang of 
 natives, and endeavoured to excite them 
 to slay Payne and his companions ! At 
 dusk of this day he passed the tent, ac 
 companied by about 50 of the natives, 
 in a direction of their village, upwards 
 of a league distant, Payne came on 
 board, and after expressing apprehen 
 sions that Comstock would persuade 
 the natives to kill us all, picked out a 
 number of the crew to go on shore for 
 the night, and stationed sentinels a- 
 
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 round the tent, with orders to shoot a- 
 ny one, who should attempt to approach 
 without giring the countersign. The 
 night, however, passed, without any 
 one's appearing ; but early on the mor 
 ning of the 
 
 17th Feb. ; Comstock was discovered 
 at some distance coming towards the 
 tent. It had been before proposed to 
 Smith by Payne, to shoot him ; but 
 poor Smith like ourselves, dare do no 
 other than remain upon the side of neu 
 trality. 
 
 Oliver, whom the reader will recol 
 lect as one of the wretches concerned 
 in the mutiny, hurried on shore, and 
 with Payne and others, made prepara 
 tions to put him to death. After load 
 ing a number of muskets they stationed 
 themselves in front of the tent, and wait 
 ed his approach a bushy spot of ground 
 intervening, he did not make his ap 
 pearance until within a short distance 
 of the tent, which, as soon as he saw, 
 drew his sword and walked quick to 
 wards it, in a menacing manner ; but 
 
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 as soon as he saw a number of the mus 
 kets levelled at him, he waved his hand, 
 and cried out, "don't shoot me, don't 
 shoot me ! I will not hurt you !" At 
 this moment they fired, and he fell ! 
 Payne fearing he might pretend to be 
 shot, ran to him with an axe, and nearly 
 severed his head from his body ! There 
 were four muskets fired at him, but on 
 ly two balls took effect, one entered his 
 right breast, and passed out near the 
 back bone, the other through his head. 
 
 Thus ended the life, of perhaps as 
 cruel, blood-thirsty, and vindictive a be 
 ing as ever bore the form of humanity. 
 
 All hands were now called to attend 
 his burial, which was conducted in the 
 same inconsistent manner which had 
 marked the proceedings of the actors in 
 this tragedy. While some were enga 
 ged in sewing the body* in a piece of 
 canvas, others were employed in digging 
 a grave in the saud, adjacent to the 
 place of his decease, which, by order of 
 Payne, was made five feet deep. Ev 
 ery article attached to him, including 
 
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 his cutlass, was buried with him, except 
 his watch; and the' ceremonies consist 
 ed in reading a chapter from the bible 
 over him, and firing a musktt ! 
 
 Only twenty -two day.* hari </hrsed af 
 ter the perpetration of the mas acre on 
 board the ship, when with ait his sins 
 upon his head, he was hurried into eter 
 nity ! 
 
 No duty was done during the remain 
 der of the day, except the selection by 
 Pavne, of six men, to go on board the 
 ship and take charge of b-r, under the 
 command ot Smith ; who had communi 
 cated his intentions to a number of run 
 ning away with the ship. We think we 
 cannot do better than to give an ac 
 count of their escape in the words of 
 Smith himself. It may be well to re 
 mark, that Payne had ordered the two 
 binacle compass'es to be brought on 
 shore, they being the only ones remain 
 ing on board, except a hanging com 
 pass suspended in the cabin. Secre 
 ting one of the binacle compasses, he 
 took the hanging compass on shore, 
 
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 anHthe exchange was not discovered. 
 " At 7 P, M. we began to make prep 
 arations for our escape with the ship. 
 I went below to prepare some weapons 
 for our defence should we be attacked 
 by Payne, while the others, as silently 
 as possible, were employed in clearing 
 the running rigging, for every thing was 
 in the utmost confusion. Having found 
 one musket,, three bayonets, and some 
 whale lances, they were laid handy, to 
 prevent the ship being boarded. A 
 handsaw well greased was laid upon 
 the windlass to saw off the cable, and the 
 only remaining hatchet on board, was 
 placed by the mizen mast, to cut the 
 stern moorings when the ship should 
 hav^ sufficiently swung off. Taking 
 one man with me, we went upon the 
 fore-top-sail-yard, loosed the sail and 
 turned out the reefs, while two others 
 were loosing the raain-top-sail and main 
 sail. I will not insult the reader's good 
 sense^ by assuring him, that this was a 
 duty, upon the success of which seem 
 ed to hang our very existence* By this 
 
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 time the moon was rising, which ren 
 dered it dangerous to delay, for those 
 who had formed a resolution to swim 
 on board, and accompany us. The 
 bunts of the sails being yet confined a- 
 loft, by their respective gaskets, I sent 
 a man on the fore-yard and another up 
 on the fore-top-sail-yard, with orders to 
 let fall, when I should giv r e the word ; 
 one man being at the helm, and two 
 others at the fore tack. 
 
 It was now half past nine o'clock, 
 when I took the handsaw, and in less 
 than two minutes the cable was off ! 
 The ship payed off very quick, and when 
 her head was off the land, there being 
 a breeze from that quarter, the hawser 
 was cut and all the sail we could make 
 upon the ship immediately set, a fine 
 fair wind blowing. A raft of iron hoops, 
 which was towing along side, was cut 
 adrift, and we congratulated each other 
 upon our fortunate escape ; for even 
 with a vast extent of ocean to traverse, 
 hope excited in our bosoms a belief that 
 we should again embrace our friends, 
 
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 and our joy was heightened by the re 
 flection, that we might be the means of 
 rescuing the innocents left behind, and 
 having the guilty punished." 
 
 After a long and boisterous passage 
 the ship arrived at Valparaiso, when 
 she was taken possession of by the A- 
 merican Consul, Michael Hogan, Esq. 
 and the persons on board were put in 
 irons on board a French frigate, there 
 being no American man-of-war in port. 
 There names were, Gilbert Smith, 
 George Comstock, Stephen Kidder, 
 Joseph Thomas, Peter C. Kidder, and 
 Anthony Henson. 
 
 Subsequently they were all examined 
 before the U. S. Consul ; and with the 
 following, an examination of Gilbert 
 Smith, we shall commence another 
 chapter. * 
 
CHAPTER III. 
 
 U. S. Consulate, 
 
 Valparaiso, 15th June, 1824. 
 
 Gilbert Smith examined on oath g 
 touching the mutiny and murder on board 
 the whale ship Globe, of Nantucket, 
 Massachusetts, in the Pacific Ocean. 
 
 Question. Who were the Captain 
 and mates of the ship Globe ? 
 
 Jlns. Thomas Worth, Captain; Wil 
 liam Beetle, first mate ; John Lumbert, 
 second mate ; Nathaniel Fisher, third 
 mate. 
 
 Q. Where was you born ? 
 
 #. In the town of Edgarton, State 
 of Massachusetts. 
 
 Q. Did you sail from thence in the 
 ship Globe of Naiitucket, 20th Dec. 
 1822, and in what capacity ? 
 
 JL. Yes ; as a boat-steerer. 
 
 Q. Was there any thing like muti 
 ny on board the ship during her passage 
 
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 to the Sandwich Islands ? 
 
 ^. No. 
 
 Q. How man} men belonged to the 
 ship on sailing from Nantucket ? 
 
 J/. Twenty-one in all. 
 
 Q. Did any run away at the Sand 
 wich Islands ? 
 
 d. Six men ran away, and one was 
 discharged. 
 
 Q. How many men were shipped 
 in their places ? 
 
 d. John Oliver, of Shields, Eng 
 land ; Silas Payne, of Rhode Island ; 
 Thomas Lilliston, of Virginia ; William 
 Steward, of Philadelphia, (black ;) An- 
 thoriy Henson, of Barnstable ; and a na 
 tive of the Sandwich Islands. 
 
 Q. On what day or night did this 
 murderous mutiny take place ? 
 
 A* On Sunday night the 26th of 
 January, this year ; in the morning of 
 that day there was a great disturbance > 
 in consequence of Joseph Thomas hav" 
 ing insulted the Captain, for which he 
 was whipped by the Captain, with the 
 end of the main buntline. The part of 
 
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 the crew not stationed stood in the hatch 
 way during the punishment. 
 
 Q. Did any thing happen in conse 
 quence, during that day ? 
 
 Jl. No : I lived aft ; I heard noth 
 ing about it ; Capt, Joy of the Lyra, 
 was on board nearly all day. 
 
 Q, How were you stationed during 
 the night ? 
 
 t/I. The Captain, first and second 
 mates, kept no watch during that night ; 
 the rest of the crew were stationed in 
 three watches, in charge of the third 
 mate and boat-steerers. 
 
 Q. Who had charge of die first watch 
 during that night ? 
 
 I had charge of the watch from 
 7 to 10 o'clock. At 8 the Captain came 
 on deck, and had two reefs taken in the 
 topsails, and at 9 went down, leaving 
 me the orders for the night, to keep 
 the ship by the wind^ until two o'clock, 
 and not to tack until the other watch 
 came up ; and on tacking, a light to be 
 set for the Lyra who was in company* 
 to tack also. 
 
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 At 10 o'clock I went below, being 
 relieved by the boat-steerer Comstock, 
 to whom I passed the orders given me 
 by the Captain, (Here follows a de 
 tailed account of the mutiny, with which 
 the reader has already been made ac 
 quainted.) 
 
 Q* Do you believe that Joseph 
 Thomas had any knowledge of Corn- 
 stock's intent to commit murder that 
 night ? 
 
 A. I think he must have known 
 something about it, according to his talk. 
 
 Q. Do you believe that any other 
 person in the ship, besides those per 
 sons who committed the murder, knew 
 of the intention? 
 
 #. Thomas Lilliston knew about it, 
 because he went to the cabin door with 
 an axe, and a boat knife in his hand, in 
 company with the murderers, but he 
 did not go below. 
 
 Q. Did you live with them aft, after 
 wards ? 
 
 JL No : I lived in the forecastle, but 
 all on board eat in the cabin. 
 6 
 
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 Q. Name all the persons you left on 
 the Island, where you cut the cable of 
 the ship and escaped. 
 
 #. Silas Payne, John Oliver, (being 
 the principal mutineers next to Samuel 
 B. Comstock,) Thomas Lilliston, Row 
 land Coffin, William Lay, Cyrus M* 
 Hussey, Columbus Worth, Rowland 
 Jones, and the Sandwich Island native, 
 called Joseph Brown. The last five I 
 believe ignorant of any knowledge of 
 the intent to murder. 
 
 Q. What became of Samuel B. Com 
 stock, who was the head mutineer after 
 he landed upon the Island ? 
 
 Jl. He was shot on the morning of 
 the 17th Feb. by Silas Payne, and John 
 Oliver, his associates in all the mutiny 
 and murderous course they had pursu~ 
 ed, and buried five feet deep on the 
 beach near taeir tent ; a chapter was 
 read from the bible by me, acting un 
 der the orders of Payne, and muskets 
 were fired by his orders, by the men. 
 
 Q. Why" did they murder Com- 
 stock ? 
 
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 *fl. For giving away to the natives 
 clothes and other articles before they 
 were divided. 
 
 Q, Were the natives friendly and 
 quiet ? 
 
 /2, Yes ; very peaceable, gave a- 
 way any thing they had ; ^read fruit, 
 cocoanuts and other things. 
 
 Q. How did Joseph Thomas con 
 duct himself during the passage from 
 the Isle to this port ? 
 
 Jl. In common, when help was cal 
 led, he was the first man disobedient, 
 and frequently said he would do as he 
 pleased. 
 
 Q. Did he often speak of the mur 
 der, or of his knowing it about to take 
 place ? 
 
 Jl. I only remember, having heard 
 him twice. I told him when we arri 
 ved, I would inform the American Con- 
 sul of it; to which he replied, he should 
 own all he knew about it. 
 
 Q. To what State does he belong 
 to your knowledge P 
 
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 *2. To the State of Connecticut, he 
 says. 
 
 (Signed) GILBERT SMITH, 
 
 Sworn to, before me at Valparaiso, 
 this eighteenth day of June, 1824. 
 (Signed) MICHAEL HOGAN, 
 U. S. Consul, 
 
 The examination of the others who 
 came in the ship, was but a repetition 
 of the toregoing. All, however, con 
 curred in believing, that Joseph Thom 
 as v*as privy to the intention to mutiny, 
 and murder the officers. 
 
 The ship was then furnished with ne 
 cessary sails and rigging, and placed in 
 charge of a Captain King, who brought 
 her to the Island of Nantucket, arriving 
 on Sunday 2ist November, 1824. An 
 other examination was held before Jo- 
 siaii Hussey, Esq. and all testified, as be 
 fore the American Consul at Valpar 
 aiso, 
 
 Thomas, who was put in irons as soon 
 as the land was discovered, was arraign 
 ed before the above named justice, and 
 after an elaborate hearing, the prisoner 
 
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 was committed to jail, to take his trial at 
 the following term of the U. S. District 
 Court, and the witnesses recognised in 
 the sum of three hundred dollars each. 
 
 Leaving Thomas, awaiting his trial, 
 and the others in the enjoyment of the 
 society of their families and friends, we 
 will return to the Mulgrave Islands, the 
 scene of no inconsiderable portion of 
 our distresses and adventures; 
 
 On the 17th Feb. when night came, 
 the watch was set consisting of two men, 
 whose duty it was to guard against the 
 thefts of the natives. At about 10 P. 
 M. all hands were awakened by the 
 cry ; " r l*he ship has gone, the ship has 
 gone !" Every one hastened to the 
 beach and verified the truth of the re 
 port for themselves. Some who were 
 ignorant of the intention of Smith and 
 others, to take the ship, were of opinion 
 that the strong breeze then blowing, had 
 caused her to drag her anchor, and that 
 she would return in the morning. 
 
 The morning came, but nothing was 
 to be seen upon the broad expanse of 
 
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 Ocean, save here and there a solitary 
 seagull, perched upon the crested bil 
 low, Payne in a paroxism of rage, ven 
 ted the most dreadful imprecations ; 
 swearing that could he get them once 
 more in his power, he would put them 
 to instant death. Not so with us ; a ray 
 of hope shot through our minds, that 
 this circumstance might be the means of 
 rescuing us from our lonely situation. 
 The writers of this narrative were upon 
 the most intimate terms, and frequently, 
 though carefully, sympathized with each 
 other upon their forlorn situation. We 
 dare not communicate our disaffection 
 to the Government of the two surviving 
 mutineers, (Payne and Oliver,) to the 
 others, fearing they might not agree 
 with us in opinion, and we had too good 
 reason tp believe, that there was one, 
 who although unstained by blood, yet 
 from his conduct, seemed to sanction 
 the proceedings of the mutineers. 
 
 The natives assembled in great num 
 bers around the tent, expressing great 
 surprise at the ship's having left,* 
 
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 Payne gave them to understand that 
 the wind had forced her to sea, and that 
 from her want of sails, rigging, &c. she 
 must be lost, and would never return. 
 The natives received the assurance 
 with satisfaction, but it was evident, 
 Payne apprehended her safe arrival at 
 some port, and his own punishment; 
 for we were immediately set to work, to 
 tear one boat to pieces, for the purpose 
 of raising upon another, which was to 
 have a deck ; Pajne. alleging as a rea 
 son for this, that the natives might com 
 pel us to leave the Island. We leave 
 the reader to judge, however, of his mo 
 tives, while we proceed to give an ac 
 count of what actually did transpire. 
 
 The natives in considerable numbers 
 continued to attend us, and while the 
 work was progressing, exhibited a great 
 deal of curiosity. Their deportment 
 towards us continued to be of the most 
 friendly nature, continuing to barter 
 with us, giving us bread fruit, cocpanuts, 
 &c. tor which they received in return, 
 pieces of iron hoop, nails, and such ar- 
 
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 tides as we could conveniently spare. 
 
 The small Islands of this groupe are 
 frequently only separated by what are 
 sometimes denominated causeways, or 
 in other words, connected by reefs of 
 coral, extending from the extreme point 
 of one Island and connecting it with an 
 other. These reefs are nearly dry at 
 low water, and the communication is 
 easily kept up between them by the na 
 tives on foot. 
 
 On the 19th, in the morning, having 
 obtained permission, several of us left 
 the tent, travelling to the Eastward. 
 After crossing upon the causeways to 
 several adjacent islands, we discovered 
 numerous tracks of the natives in the 
 sand, and having followed them about 
 seven miles, came to a village consisting 
 of about twenty or thirty families; and 
 were received by them with great hos 
 pitality. They presented us with bread 
 fruit and the milk of cocoanuts, while 
 the wonder and astonishment of those 
 who had not as yet seen us, particular 
 ly the women and children, were expres- 
 
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 sed by the most uncouth grimaces, atten 
 ded with boisterous laughter, and caper 
 ing around us. What more particularly 
 excited their astonishment was the white 
 ness of our skins, and their mirth knew no 
 bounds when they heard us converse. 
 
 Early on the morning of the 20th, 
 we were ordered to go to work upon 
 the boat ; but at the request of a num 
 ber, this duty was dispensed with, and 
 we permitted to stroll about the Island. 
 A number went to the village, carrying 
 with them muskets, at the report of 
 which and the effect produced by the 
 balls, the natives were struck with wond 
 er and astonishment. The reader will no 
 doubt agree with us when we pronounce 
 this to have been a bad policy, for they 
 certainly disliked to have visitors pos 
 sessed of such formidable and destruct 
 ive weapons. They however continu 
 ed to visit the tent without discovering 
 any hostile intentions, and we continued 
 to put the utmost confidence in them, 
 or more properly speaking to live with 
 out any fear of them. 
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 I (William Lay,) left the tent on a 
 visit to the village, where I was receiv 
 ed with Hie same kindness as hefore*-^- 
 An old man between 50 and 60 years of 
 age, pressed me to go to his house and 
 tarry during the night, which I did. 
 The natives continued in and around 
 the tent until a late hour, gratifying their 
 curiosity by a sight of me. I was provi 
 ded with some mats to sleep upon, but 
 the rats, with which the Island abounds, 
 prevented my enjoying much sleep. 
 
 At 10 o'clock I took my leave of 
 them, with the exception of a number, 
 who accompanied me to the tent. 
 
 Silas Payne and John Oliver, togeth 
 er with two or three others, set out in 
 one of the boats, for the purpose of ex 
 ploring the Island, and making new dis 
 coveries, leaving the rest of us to guard 
 the tent. They were absent but one 
 night, when they returned, bringing with 
 them two young women, whom Payne 
 and Oliver took as their wives. The wo 
 men apparently showing no dissatisfac 
 tion, but on the contrary appeared much 
 
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 diverted, Payne now put such confi 
 dence in the native, that h Jtsp^ased 
 with having a w;-ifr.ch k . *>i during; the 
 night, and slept a* : - as though he 
 had been in ,,is hat country, 
 
 Payne, ou a-./n ( ., n?ar mo^nin*, found 
 the woman thai ie had brought to li^e 
 withhivii vvas ;> listing. After searching 
 the tent, and ii ug nothing of her, con 
 cluded she ha fled. He ^accordingly 
 armed himrfe.tf, to^eth^r v ith John Oli 
 ver and Thomas Lilliston,' (with mus 
 kets,) and set out for the nearest vil 
 lage, for the purpose of searching h<=r 
 Oiiu They arrived at the village before 
 it was light, and secreted themselves 
 near an Indian h it, where they awaited 
 the approach of day, in hopes of seeing 
 her. Accordingly at the approach of 
 day-light, they discovered the hut liter^ 
 ally thronged with natives, and among 
 the number, they discovered the woman 
 they were in search of. At this mo 
 ment one of them fired a blank cartridge 
 over their heads, and then presented 
 themselves to their view, which fright- 
 
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 ened the natives in such a manner that 
 they left the hut and fled. Payne then 
 pursued after, tiring over their heads 
 till he caught the one he wanted, and 
 then left the village for his own tent. 
 On arriving at the tent, he took her, 
 gave her a severe flogging and then 
 put her in irons, and carried on in this 
 kind of style until he was by them kil 
 led, and called to render up his accounts 
 to his offended Judge, 
 
 This severity on the part of Payne, 
 irritated the natives, and was undoubt 
 edly the cause of their committing de 
 predations and theft, and finally mur 
 dering all our remaining crew, except 
 ing myself and flussey. 
 
 Early on the succeeding morning, it 
 was discovered that the tool chest had 
 been broken open, and a hatchet, chisel, 
 and some other articles, purloined by 
 the natives. Payne worked himself in 
 to a passion, and said he would be re 
 venged. During the day he informed 
 a number of the natives of what had 
 been done, (who signified much regret 
 
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 at the circumstance,) and vowing ven 
 geance if the articles were not return 
 ed. 'During this day the natives fre 
 quented the tent more than they had 
 ever done before ; and at night one of 
 them came running with one half of the 
 chisel which had been stolen, it having 
 been broken in two. 
 
 Payne told them it was but half of 
 what he required, and put the Indian in 
 irons, signifying to him, that in the mor 
 ning he must go with him to the village, 
 and produce the rest of the articles, and 
 also point out the persons engaged in 
 breaking open the chest. The poor na 
 tive seemedmuch chagrined at his con 
 finement ; yet his companions who re 
 mained near the tent during the night, 
 manifested no dissatisfaction, which we 
 could observe. 
 
 In the morning, Payne selected four 
 men, viz : Rowland Coffin, Rowland 
 Jones, Cyrus M. Hussey, and Thomas 
 Liiliston, giving them each a musket, 
 some powder and fine shot ; declining 
 
 to give them balls, saying, the report of 
 
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 the muskets would be sufficient to in- 
 timidate them. The prisoner was pla 
 ced in charge of these men, who ha'd or 
 ders to go to the village, and recover 
 the hatchet and bring back the person 
 whom the prisoner might point out as 
 the thief. 
 
 They succeeded in getting the hatch 
 et, but when about to return, the na 
 tives in a great body, attacked them 
 with stones. Finding that they retreat 
 ed, the natives pursued them, and hav 
 ing overtaken Rowland Jones, killed 
 him upon the spot. The remainder, al 
 though bruised with the stones which 
 these Islanders had thrown with great 
 precision, arrived at the tent with the 
 alarming intelligence of a difficulty ; 
 while they followed in the rear armed 
 for war ! 
 
 No time was lost in arming ourselves, 
 while the natives collected from all 
 quarters, and at a short distance from 
 the tent, seemed to hold a kind of coun 
 cil After deliberating some time, they 
 began to tear to pieces one of the boats. 
 
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 These were of vital importance to 
 our guilty commander, and he ventured 
 to go to them for the purpose of pacify 
 ing them. One of the Chiefs sat down 
 upon the ground with him, and after they 
 had set a few moments, Payne accom 
 panied the Chief into the midst of the 
 natives. After a conference with them 
 which lasted nearly an hour, he return 
 ed to the tent, saying that he had paci 
 fied the natives upon the following con 
 ditions. They were to have every ar 
 ticle belonging to us, even to the tent ; 
 and Payne had assured them of his wil 
 lingness, and that of the others to live 
 with, and be governed by them, and to 
 adopt their mode of living ! We have 
 reason to doubt the sincerity of Payne 
 in this respect, for what was to us a hope 
 which we cherished with peculiar pleas 
 ure, must have been to him 5 a source 
 of fearful anticipation we mean the 
 probable safe arrival of the ship, in the 
 U. S. which should result in our deliv 
 erance. Our situation at this time was 
 truly alarming ; and may we not with 
 
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 propriety say, distressing ? Surround 
 ed by a horde of savages, brandishing 
 their war clubs and javelins, our more 
 than savage commanders, (Payne and 
 Olive r) in anxious suspense as to the 
 result ot their negociations with them ; 
 no refuge from either foe, and what con 
 tributed not a little to our unhappiness, 
 was a consciousness of being innocent 
 of having in the least manner wilful 
 ly aided the destroyers of the lives of 
 our officers, and the authors of ournow, 
 truly unhappy situation. 
 
 The natives now began to help them 
 selves to whatever articles suited them, 
 and when some of them began to pull 
 the tent down, an old man and his wife 
 took hold of me, and after conducting 
 me a few rods from the tent, sat down, 
 keeping fast hold of my hands. Under 
 the most fearful apprehensions I en 
 deavoured to get from them, but they 
 insisted upon detaining me. I endeav 
 oured to console myself with the idea, 
 that gratitude .had prompted them to 
 take care of me, as I had frequently ta- 
 
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 ken the part of this old woman, whe 
 she had been teased by others ; but 
 alas ! the reflection followed, that if this 
 was the case, there was a probability 
 that not only my bosom, friend, was a- 
 bout to be sacrificed, but 1 should be 
 left alone to drag out a weary existence, 
 with beings, strangers to the endearing 
 ties which bind the hearts of civilized 
 man. 
 
 Whether Payne and his associates of 
 fered any resistance to the course now 
 pursued by the natives or not, I do not 
 know. Suffice it to say> that all at once 
 my ears were astounded with the most 
 terrifying whoops and yells 5 when a 
 massacre commenced but little exceed 
 ed by the one perpetrated on board the 
 Globe. Our men fled in all directions, 
 but met a foe at every turn. Lilliston 
 and Joe Brown (the Sandwich Island 
 er,) fell within six feet of me, and as 
 soon as down, the natives macerated 
 their heads with large stones. The first 
 whom I saw killed, was Columbus 
 Worth. An old woman, apparently six- 
 
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 ty years of age, ran him through with a 
 spear, and finished him with stones ! 
 
 My protectors, for now they were 
 truly so, shut out the scene by laying 
 down upon the tpp of me, to hide me 
 from the view of the merciless foe ! I 
 was however discovered, and one of 
 the natives attempted to get a blow at 
 me with a handspike, which was preven 
 ted by them ; when, after a few words, 
 ke hurried away. 
 
 As soon as the work of death had been 
 completed, the old man took me by the 
 hand and hurried me along towards the 
 village. My feet were very much lac- 
 cerated in passing over the causeioays 
 of sharp coral rock, but my conductor 
 fearing we might be pursued, hurried 
 me onward to the village, where we ar 
 rived about noon. In a few minutes the 
 wigwam or hut of the old man, was sur 
 rounded, and all seeming to talk at once, 
 and with great excitement, I anticipated 
 death every moment. Believing myself 
 the sole survivor, the reader must par 
 don any attempt to describe my feel- 
 
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 ings, when I saw a number of the na 
 tives approaching the hut, and in the 
 midst, Cyrus M. Hussey, conducted 
 with great apparent kindness. 
 
 Notwithstanding we had both been 
 preserved much after the same manner, 
 we could not divest ourselves of the ap 
 prehension, that we perhaps had been 
 preserved, for a short time, to suffer 
 some lingering death. 
 
 Our interview was only long enough 
 to satisfy each other that we alone sur 
 vived the massacre, when we were sep 
 arated ; Hussey being taken away, and 
 it seemed quite uncertain, even if our 
 lives were spared, whether we ever saw 
 each other again. 
 
CHAPTER IV. 
 
 ON the following day, however, ac 
 companied by natives, we met at the 
 scene of destruction, and truly it was 
 an appalling one to us. The mangled 
 corpses of our companions, rendered 
 more ghastly from the numerous wounds 
 they had received, the provisions, cloth 
 ing, &e. scattered about the ground, 
 the hideous yells of exultation uttered 
 by the natives, all conspired to render 
 our situation superlatively miserable. 
 
 We asked, and obtained leave from 
 
 our masters, to bury the bodies which 
 
 lay scattered about. We dug some 
 
 graves in the sand, and after finishing 
 
 this melancholy duty, were directed to 
 
 launch the canoes, preparatory to our 
 
 departure, (for we had come in canoes) 
 
 when we begged permission, which was 
 
 readily granted, to take some flour, 
 
 bread and pork, and our respective mas- 
 
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 ters assisted us ifi getting a small quan 
 tity of these articles into the largest ca 
 noe. We also took a blanket each, some 
 shoes, a number of books, including a 
 bible, and soon arrived at the landing 
 place near the village. As the natives 
 seemed desirous of keeping us apart, 
 we dare not make any inquiries for 
 each other, but at my request, hav 
 ing boiled some pork in a large shell, 
 Hussey was sent for, and we had a meal 
 together ; during which time, the na 
 tives assembled in great numbers, all 
 anxious to get a sight, not only of our 
 novel mode of cutting the meat and eating 
 it, but of the manner in which we pre 
 pared it. One of them brought us some 
 water in a tfn cup, as they had seen us 
 drink frequently when eating. 
 
 The natives now began to arrive from 
 distant parts of the islands, many of 
 whom had not yet heard of us, and we 
 were continually subjected to the ex 
 amination of men, women and children. 
 The singular colour of our skin, wag 
 the greatest source of their admiration, 
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 and we were frequently importuned tp 
 adopt their dress. 
 
 On the 28th Feb. early in the morn- 
 ing the whole village appeared to be in 
 motion. All the adults commenced or 
 namenting themselves, which" to me ap 
 peared to render them hideous. After 
 greasing themselves with cocoanut oil, 
 and hanging about them numerous 
 strings of beads, they set off, taking us 
 with them, to a flat piece of ground, a- 
 bout half a mile distant, where we found 
 collected a great number, and all orna 
 mented in the same fastastic manner, 
 Knowing that many of the natives in 
 habiting Islands in the Pacific Ocean, 
 are cannibals, we were not without 
 our fears that we had been preserved 
 to grace a feastj Our apprehensions, 
 however, were dissipated, when we saw 
 them commence a dance, of which we 
 will endeavour to give the reader some 
 idea. The only musical instrument we 
 saw, was a rude kind of drum ; and the 
 choristers were all females, say twenty 
 or thirty, each having one of these 
 
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 drums. The music commenced with 
 the women, who began upon a very 
 low key, gradually raising the notes, 
 while the natives accompanied them 
 with the most uncouth gesticulations 
 and grimaces. The precision with 
 which about three hundred of these 
 people, all dancing at a time, regulated 
 their movements, was truly astonishing ; 
 while the yelling of the whole body, 
 each trying to exceed the other, ren 
 dered the scene to us, not only novel, 
 but terrifick. 
 
 The dance ended near night, and 
 those natives who lived in a distant part 
 of the Island, after gratifying their cu 
 riosity by gazing upon us, and even 
 feeling of our skins, took their depar 
 ture. 
 
 After our return to the village, we 
 cooked some meat upon the coals, and 
 with some bread, made a hearty meal. 
 One source of regret to us, was, that the 
 natives began to like our bread, which 
 heretofore they had scarcely dared to 
 taste ; and particularly the woman whoir 
 
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 I called mistress, ate, to use a sea 
 phrase, her full allowance. 
 
 The natives expressed great dislike 
 at our conversing together, and prohib 
 ited our reading, as much as .possible. 
 We never could make them comprehend 
 that the book conveyed ideas to us, ex 
 pressed in our own language. 
 
 Whether from a fear that we might 
 concert some plan of escape, or that we 
 might be the means of doing them some 
 injury while together, we know not ; 
 but about the first of April, we discov 
 ered that we were about to be separa 
 ted ! The reader may fcrni SGine idea 
 of our feelings when we were informed 
 that Hussey was to be taken by his 
 master anu family, to distant part of 
 the Island ! Not having as yet become 
 sufficiently acquainted with their lan 
 guage, we were unable to comprehend 
 the distance from our present location. 
 
 It now becomes expedient to present 
 the reader with our separate accounts, in 
 which we hope to be able to convey an 
 idea of the manners and customs of 
 
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 these people. We had experienced in 
 a r very short time so many vicissitudes, 
 and passed through so many scenes of 
 distress, that no opportunity was afford 
 ed to keep a journal, and notwithstand 
 ing we had even lost the day of the 
 week and month, yet with such force, 
 were the principal incidents which oc 
 curred during our exile, impressed up 
 on our minds, that we can with confi 
 dence proceed with our narrative, and 
 will commence the next chapter with 
 an account of the adventures of William 
 
 CHAPTER V. 
 
 EARLY in the morning of the day on 
 which Hussey left me, preparations 
 were made for his embarkation with his 
 new master and family. We were al 
 lowed a short interview, and- after taking 
 aa affectionate leave of each other, we 
 parted with heavy hearts* The tender 
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 ties which bound me to my companion 
 in misfortune, seemed now about to be 
 forever broken asunder. No features 
 to gaze upon, but those of my savage 
 masters, and no one with whom I could 
 hold converse, my heart seemed burst 
 ing with grief at my lonely situation. 
 On the departure of my companion, the 
 ' star of hope" which had often gleam 
 ed brightly mid the night of our mise 
 ries, seemed now about to set forever ! 
 After watching the canoe which bore 
 him from me, until she was hid from my 
 view in the distance, I returned to the 
 hut with my master, and as I had eaten 
 but little during the day, the calls of na 
 ture induced me to broil my last morsel 
 of meat, with which, and some bread, I 
 made a tolerable supper. The natives 
 began to be very fond of the bread, and 
 eat of it as long as it lasted, which unfor 
 tunately for me, was but a short time. 
 
 I informed my master that I should 
 like to have some more of the meat from 
 the place where the ship had lain. On 
 the following morning, my master, mis- 
 
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 tress, and four or five others embarked 
 in a canoei, to assist me in procuring 
 some provisions. Observing that they 
 carried with them a number of clubs, 
 and each a spear, I was apprehensive 
 of some design upon my own person ; 
 but happily, was soon relieved, by see 
 ing them wade round a shoal of fish, and 
 after having frightened them into shoal 
 water, kill a number with their spears. 
 We then proceeded on, and when we 
 arrived at the tent, they cooked them 
 after the following manner. A large 
 fire was kindled, and after the wood 
 was burned to coals, the fish were 
 thrown on, and snatched and eaten as 
 fast as cooked ; although they were 
 kind enough to preserve a share for me, 
 yet the scene around me, prevented my 
 enjoying with them, their meal. The 
 tent which had been torn down, had 
 contained about forty barrels of beef 
 and pork, two hogsheads of molasses, 
 barrels of pickles, all the clothing and 
 stores belonging to the ship, in short, 
 every thing valuable, such as charts, 
 
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 nautical instruments, &c. &c. The lat 
 ter had been broken and destroyed, tc 
 make ornaments, while the beef, pork 
 molasses and small stores lay scattere* 
 promiscuously around. They appear 
 ed to set no value upon the clothing, ex 
 cept to tear and destroy it. The pieces 
 of beef and pork, from the barrels, 
 (which had been all stove,) were scat 
 tered in every direction, and putrifying 
 in the sun. Alter putting into the ca 
 noe some pork and a few articles of 
 clothing, we commenced our return ; 
 but a strong head wind blowing, we had 
 considerable difficulty in getting back. 
 For some considerable time, nothing 
 material occurred, and I led as monoto 
 nous and lonely a life, as could well be 
 imagined. It is true, I was surround 
 ed by lellow beings ; and had all hope 
 of ever seeing my country and friends 
 again, been blasted, it is probable I 
 might have become more reconciled to 
 my condition, but I very much doubt if 
 ever perfectly so, as-long as reason and 
 reflection held their empire over my 
 
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 mind. My books having been destroy 
 ed from a superstitious notion of their 
 possessing some supernatural power, I 
 was left to brood over my situation un- 
 pitied and alone. 
 
 Sometime in July, as I judged, Luck- 
 iair, son-in-law to my master, Ludjuan, 
 came from a distant part of the groupe, 
 on a visit, and during the week he re 
 mained with us, we became much at 
 tached to each other. When he told 
 me, that on his return he should pass 
 near the place where Hussey lived, my 
 anxiety to accompany him thus far, was 
 so great, that after much persuasion, 
 Ludjuan gave his consent for me to go. 
 On our way we stopped at the tent, and 
 
 i procured Tor me last timG, * ?!T^11 
 quantity of the ship's provisions, although 
 the meat was some of it in a very de 
 cayed state. 
 
 In consequence of head winds, we 
 were compelled to stop for the night 
 upon a small Island, where we found 
 an uninhabited hut ; and after cooking 
 some meat, and baking some wet flour 
 
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 (for it was no other) in the ashes, we 
 took our mats into the hut, and remain 
 ed until next day The wind continu 
 ing to blow fresh ahead, we gathered 
 some green bread fruit, and cooked 
 some meat, in the same manner as they 
 cook the largest of their fish, which is 
 this. A hole is dug in the ground, and 
 after it has been filled with wood, it is 
 set on fire, and then covered with stones. 
 As the wood burns away, the heated 
 stones fall to the bottom, which, when 
 the fire is out, are covered with a thick 
 layer of green leaves, and then the meat 
 or fish is placed upon these leaves, and 
 covered again in a careful and ingeni 
 ous manner, and the whole covered with 
 earth. This preserves the juices of the 
 fish, and in this way do they cook most 
 of their fish, with hot stones. 
 
 In the afternoon the weather proving 
 more favourable, we left our encamp 
 ment, and at sun down arrived at a 
 place called Tuckawoa ; at which place 
 we were treated with the greatest hos 
 pitality. When we were about to leave, 
 
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 we were presented with breadfruit and 
 cocoanuts in great abundance. As we 
 approached the place of Hussey's resi 
 dence, I discovered him standing on 
 the beach. Our joy at meeting, I will 
 not attempt to describe. We had a 
 short time, however, allowed us, in 
 which to relate our adventures, and con 
 dole with each other ; for in an hour we 
 were once more separated ; and we 
 pursued our course for the residence 
 of Luck-i-a-ir. After encamping anoth 
 er night upon the beach, we at length 
 arrived at the house of my conductor, 
 which was at a place called Dillybun. 
 His family consisted of his wife and one 
 child, whom we found busily engaged 
 in making a fishing net. When near 
 night Luckiair and myself went out and 
 gathered some breadfruit, and after ma 
 king a hearty meal, slept soundly upon 
 our mats until morning. 
 
 A little before noon on the following 
 day, two natives with their wives, arri 
 ved from Luj-no-ne-wort, the place 
 where Hussey lived, and brought me 
 
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 some flour, and a piece of meat. The 
 natives would eat of the bread, but 
 would not taste of the meat, I remain 
 ed here about a week, when Ludjuan 
 came for me. Nothing occurred of 
 note, during our passage back to Milly, 
 (the place of my residence,) where I 
 was welcomed by the natives with eve" 
 ry demonstration of joy. I was -sent 
 for by one of the chiefs, who asked ma 
 ny questions, and as a mark of his friend 
 ship for me, when I was about to re 
 turn, presented me with a kind of food 
 called cha~kak-a. My present consist 
 ed of a piece about two feet long and 
 six inches in diameter. It is made of a 
 kind of fruit common among these Isl 
 ands, and called by the inhabitants, 
 bup. The fruit is scraped very fine, and 
 then laid in the sun until perfectly dry. 
 Some of the leaves of the tree bearing 
 the fruit, are then wrapped round a 
 piece of wood, which is the mould or 
 Jormer, and when securely tied with 
 strings, the former is withdrawn, and 
 into this cylinder of leaves is put the 
 
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 bup, which is of a sweet and pleasant 
 taste. 
 
 At the urgent request of the natives, 
 I now adopted their dress. Having but 
 one pair ot tro \vsers and a shirt left, I 
 laid them by for bad weather, and put 
 on the costume of a Mulgrave Islander. 
 This dress, if it may be so called^ con 
 sists in a broad belt fastened round the 
 waist, from which is suspended two 
 broad tassels. The belt is made from 
 the leaves of the bup tree, and very in 
 geniously braided, to which is attached 
 the tassels, which are made of a coars 
 er material, being the bark of a small 
 vine, in their language called aht-aht. 
 When the dress is worn, one of the 
 tassels hangs before and the other be 
 hind. The sun, as I expected, burned 
 my skin very much; which the natives 
 could not account for, as nothing of the 
 kind ever happened among themselves. 
 
 One day there was seen approaching 
 
 a number of canoes, which we found 
 
 were loaded with fish for the chiefs, and 
 
 to my great joy, Hussey was one of tho 
 
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 passengers. My master accompanied 
 me to see him ; and we anticipated 'at 
 least a mental feast in each other's soci 
 ety. But of this enjoyment we were 
 deprived by the natives, who were al 
 ways uneasy when we were conversing 
 together. 
 
 I learned, however, from Hussey, 
 that the'natives had been kind to him ; 
 but before we had an opportunity to 
 communicate to each other our hopevS 
 and fears, he was hurried away. Hav 
 ing now gained considerable knowledge 
 of their language, I learned that they 
 were afraid that if we were permitted 
 to hold converse, we should be the 
 means of provoking the Supreme God, 
 *nit< to do them some injury. 
 
 The bread fruit beginning to ripen, 
 we were all employed in gathering it ; 
 and I will endeavour to give the reader 
 an idea of the process of preserving it. 
 After the fruit was gathered, the outside 
 rind was scraped off, and the seeds ta 
 ken out ; which are in size and appear 
 ance like a chesnut. The fruit is then 
 
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 put into a net, the meshes of which are 
 quite small, taken into the salt water, 
 and then beat with a club to pummice. 
 It is then put into baskets made of co- 
 coanut leaves, and in about two days 
 becomes like a rotten apple ; after 
 which the cores are taken out, and the 
 remainder after undergoing a process 
 of kneading, is put into a hole in the 
 ground, the bottom and sides of which 
 are neatly inlaid with leaves, and left a- 
 bout two days ; when it again undergoes 
 the same process of kneading, and so 
 on, until it becomes perfectly dry. - 
 This occupied us a number of days ; 
 and when we were engaged in gather 
 ing another, and a larger kind, a small 
 boy came running towards us* and ex 
 claimed, *f Uroit a-ro rayta mony l<* 
 Wirrum" that is* the chiefs are going 
 to kill William. Ludjuan seeing that I 
 understood what the boy said, he said 
 " reab-reab !" it is false. From the pains 
 taken by the natives to keep Hussey 
 and myself apart, it was evident that 
 they were in some measure afraid of 
 
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 us ; but from what cause I had yet ttf 
 learn. After passing a sleepless night, 
 we again in the morning pursued our la 
 bors, but I was continually agitated by 
 fearful apprehensions. About midnight 
 I overheard some of the natives in the 
 tent talking about me, and I was now 
 convinced that some injury was contem 
 plated. I then asked them what I was 
 to be killed for. They seemed surpri 
 sed when I told them I had been listen 
 ing ; yet they denied that I was to be 
 killed, and one of them who had fre 
 quently manifested for me much friend 
 ship, came to my mat, and lay down with 
 me, assuring me I should not be in 
 jured. 
 
 The harvest being ended, a feast was 
 had, and the chiefs were presented with 
 considerable quantities of this fruit, af 
 ter it had been prepared and baked, 
 which in taste resembled a sweet pota- 
 toe, sending presents of it in all direc 
 tions about the Island. 
 
 Having now but little work to do, I 
 confined myself to the hut as much as 
 
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 possible, for I had been observed for 
 some time in a very suspicious manner. 
 In a fe\v days I was informed that Hus- 
 sey had been brought to the Island, and 
 ifr was immediately suggested to my 
 anxious mind, that we were now to be 
 sacrificed. Ludjuan went with me to 
 see Hussey, but we were only allowed 
 a few moments conversation, when I 
 was taken back to the hut, and commu 
 nicated my fears to my old mistress, who 
 sympathized with me, but said if the 
 chiefs had determined it, there was no 
 hope for me. I now was made acquain 
 ted with the cause of their dislike, which 
 was no less than a superstitious idea, 
 that we were the cause of a malady, 
 then raging to considerable extent ! 
 
 This disease consisted in the swel 
 ling of the hands and feet, and in many 
 instances the faces of the youth swelled 
 to such a degree, that they were blind 
 for a number of days* Such a disease 
 they had never before been afflicted 
 with. I had now an opportunity of most 
 solemnly protesting my total inability 
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 io injure them in this way, and as the 
 disease had as yet caused no death, I 
 had a hope of being spared. I learned 
 that a majority of the chiefs in council, 
 were for putting me to death, but one 
 of them in particular, protested against 
 it, fearing it might be the cause of some 
 worse calamity. As the vote to carry 
 into effect any great measure, must be 
 unanimous, this chief was the means by 
 bis dissenting, of saving my life. 
 
 The afflicted began to recover, and 
 my fears were greatly lessened ; but as 
 these people are of a very unstable and 
 changeful character, 1 could not entire 
 ly divest myself of apprehensions. 
 
 As soon as the harvest was comple 
 ted, great preparations were made for 
 the embarkation of the chiefs, who 
 were going to make their annual visit 
 to the different Islands. They told me 
 that the King, whom they called La- 
 boo-woole-yet, lived on an Island at 
 the N. W. and if he did not receive his 
 yearly present of preserved bread fruit 
 and pero, he would come with a great 
 
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 to fight them. Twelve canoes 
 were put in the water, each one carry 
 ing a part of the provisions, and man 
 ned by about two hundred persons. 
 
 After an absence of four or five days, 
 during which time we exchanged civili 
 ties with numerous chiefs, we returned 
 to Milly^ and hauled up the canoes. I 
 now learned that the principal chief, had 
 said that it would have been wrong to 
 kill me, firmly believing that the dis 
 ease with which they had been afflicted, 
 had been sent by their God, as a pun 
 ishment for having killed Payne and the 
 others ! The malady having now en 
 tirely disappeared, they considered that 
 crime as expiated ! 
 
 About two days after my return, there 
 was great excitement, in consequence 
 of the appearance of a ship ! Seeing 
 the natives were very much displeased 
 at the circumstance, I concealed as well 
 as I could, the gladdening emotions 
 which filled my breast ; and, surround 
 ed by about three hundred of them, 
 Went round a point of land, when J 
 
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 distinctty saw a ship standing for the 
 land. The displeasure of the natives in 
 creased, they demanded to know T where 
 she came from, how many men she had 
 in her, &c. t was compelled to tell 
 them that she was not coming to get 
 me, and even pretended to be afraid of 
 her approach, which pleased them much, 
 as they appeared determined I should 
 never leave them. At dusk she was so 
 near the land, that I saw them shorten 
 sail, and fondly anticipated the hour o 
 my deliverance as not far distant. 
 
 During the night, sleep was a stran 
 ger to me, and with the most anxious 
 emotions did I anticipate a welcome re 
 ception on board, and above all, a hap 
 py and joyful landing on my native 
 shore. In the morning, Ludjuan went 
 with me to the beach, but alas ! no ship 
 was in sight. She had vanished, and 
 with her had fled all my hopes of a 
 speedy deliverance. The kind reader 
 can perhaps form some idea of my dis 
 appointment. 
 
 The natives continued to be kind to 
 
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 ihc, and I was often complimented by 
 them for my knowledge of their lan 
 guage ; and the appearance of my per 
 son had very much improved, my hair 
 and beard being long, and my skin turn 
 ed nearly as black as their own ! I was 
 often importuned to have my ears bor 
 ed and stretched, but never gave my 
 consent, which much surprised them, it 
 being a great mark of beauty. They 
 begin at the age of four years, and per 
 forate the lower part of the ear, with a 
 sharp pointed stick ; and as the ear 
 stretches, larger ones are inserted, un 
 til it will hang nearly to their shoulders ! 
 The larger the ear, the more beauty the 
 person possesses ! 
 
 About a fortnight after I saw the ship 
 pass, Hussey came with his master, on 
 a visit. His disappointment was great, 
 and we could only cheer each othe/*, by 
 hoping for the best, and wait patiently 
 the pleasure of Heaven. 
 
 Hussey again left me, but we parted 
 under less bodings of evil than before, 
 for the kindness of the natives began to 
 
increase, and their suspicions to be al 
 layed. 
 
 I will here acquaint the reader with 
 some of the means that I was induced to 
 make use of, to satisfy the cravings of 
 appetite. As the Island now was in a 
 state of almost entire famine, my daily 
 subsistence not amounting to more (up 
 on an average) than the substance of 
 one half a cocoanut each day. The 
 chief I lived with, having several cocoa- 
 nut trees that he was very choice of, 
 and which bore plentifully ; I would 
 frequently, (after the natives in the hut 
 were all soundly asleep) take the op 
 portunity and get out of the hut unper- 
 ceivedj and climb one of those trees, 
 (being very careful about making the 
 least noise, or letting any of them drop 
 to the ground, whereby I might be de 
 tected,) and take the stem of one cocoa- 
 nut in my mouth, and one in each hand, 
 and in that manner make out to slide 
 down the tree, and would then (with 
 my prize) make the best of my way to 
 a bunch of bushes, at a considerable dis- 
 
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 tance from the hut, where I would have 
 a sumptuous repast ; and if any remain 
 ed, would secrete them, until by hun 
 ger, I was drove to the necessity of re 
 visiting that place; 
 
 I made a practice of this for some 
 time, until the chief began to miss his 
 cocoanuts, and keep such watch, that I, 
 for fear of being detected, was obliged 
 to relinquish that mode of satisfying my 
 appetite* 
 
 A short time after this, I ventured to 
 take a cocoanut off the ground where 
 the natives had recently buried a per? 
 son ; a deed which is strictly against 
 the laws of their religious principles, (if 
 it can be said that they have any,) and 
 a deed which the jaatives never dare to 
 do, for fear of displeasing their God 
 
 (Anit) under a certain length of time 
 after the person had been buried, and 
 
 then, the spot is only to be approached 
 
 by males. 
 
 Not twenty-four hours had elapsed 
 
 after I took the cocoanut, before they 
 
 missed it, and coining immediately to 
 
me, charged me with having taken it, tel 
 ling me that not a native on the Island 
 would have dared so much as to handle 
 it, (or fear of the bad spirit, (Anit.) 
 
 I then told them that I had taken it, 
 but pleading ignorance in the case, and 
 promising never to do any thing of the 
 like again, and making it appear to them 
 that I was surprised at what they told 
 me of the bad spirit, and also that I be 
 lieved the same, they lft me, after tel 
 ling me that if I ever handled another 
 of them, it would not only bring sickness 
 and death upon myself, but would bring 
 it upon the whole Island. 
 
 The reader will naturally suppose, 
 that my mind was considerably relieved 
 on their leaving me so soon, fearing 
 that something serious might be the re 
 sult. 
 
 After this I was very careful how I 
 did any thing that I thought would in the 
 least displease, or irritate them, and 
 made myself content with the portion 
 they saw fit to give me. 
 
 I frequently fired a musket to please 
 
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 them, by their request ; and told them 
 if they would let me have some powder, 
 I would fire off the swivel, left by the 
 Globe. They consented, and collect 
 ed in great numbers, and after I had 
 loaded the gun with a heavy charge, I 
 told them they had better stand back. 
 They said I must set her on fire, and 
 tell them when she was going off, and 
 they would run ! I however, touched 
 her off, when they instantly fell on their 
 faces in the greatest panick. When 
 their fears had subsided, they set up 
 howling and yelling with ecstacy ! 
 
 They said, if they should have a bat 
 tle, I must carry that gun with me, 
 which would alone vanquish their en 
 emies ! 
 
 We were visited by eiqht or ten ca 
 noes, from a distant Island, called Alloo. 
 They came to exchange presents with 
 our chiefs, and very soon a great quan 
 tity ofpero, &c. was baked, and having 
 been inspected by the chiefs, to see that 
 it was in a proper state to be presented 
 to their visitors, it was given them to eat, 
 10 
 
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 As these people had never seen me 
 before, I was much annoyed by them. 
 During their stay, I was constantly sur 
 rounded ; m\ skin lelt of, and often be 
 came the sport of the more witty, be 
 cause my skin was not of so dark a hue 
 as their own, and m re especially, as 
 my ears remained in the same form, as 
 when nature gave them to me. These 
 visitors, to my great satisfaction, did 
 not remain long with us. 
 
 Their mode of anchoring their ca 
 noes is singular. One of them takes 
 the end of a line, and diving to the bot 
 tom, secures it to a rock ; and in the 
 same way do th^y dive down to cast it 
 off. I have seen them do this in five 
 fathoms of water. 
 
 CHAPTER VI. 
 
 IT was not until the 23d of Decem 
 ber, 1S25, that the prospects of being 
 relieved from my disagreeable situation 
 
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 began to brighten. Early in the morn 
 ing of that day, I was awakened by a 
 hooting and yelling of the natives, who 
 said, a vessel had anchored at the 
 head of the Island. They seemed alar 
 med, and I need not assure the reader, 
 that my feelings were of a contrary na 
 ture Their God was immediately con 
 sulted, as to the measures to pursue ; 
 but as I was not allowed to be present 
 when he wa* invoked, I cannot say what 
 was the form of this ceremony, except 
 that cocoanut leaves were used. Their 
 God, however, approved the plan, which 
 was, that they should go to the vessel, 
 or near her, and swim on board, a few 
 at a time, until two hundred were on 
 board, and then a signal was to be giv 
 en, when they were to throw the per 
 sons on board into the water, and k"l 
 them. Two large canoes which we : d 
 carry fifty men each, were put in ~^>: : 
 iness, but at first they refused to s': ;; 
 accompany them, fearing that L v?;vld 
 inform of their having killed e^r^en, 
 and they would be punishe h 1 
 
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 ed them that the vessel, having but two 
 masts, did not belong to my nation, arid 
 I was certain I could not speak their 
 language. 
 
 They at length consented for me to 
 go. VVe arrived within a few miles of 
 the vessel at night, and early the foil ow 
 ing morning, were joined by a number of 
 canoes, which made in all two hundred 
 men. It being squally in the forenoon, 
 we remained where we were, but when 
 it cleared up, the yells of the Indians 
 announced the approach of the vessel. 
 I had only time to see that it was really 
 an armed schooner, when I was secre 
 ted with their women, about forty in 
 number, in a hut near the shore, and the 
 women had orders to watch me close, 
 that I did not get away. 
 
 A boat at this time from the schooner, 
 was seen approaching the shore. She 
 landed at about a hundred yards dis 
 tant from where I was confined ; but it 
 being near night, I soon found she was 
 making the best of her way towards 
 the schooner. Night came, and I was 
 
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 sent for by the principal chief, and 
 questioned closely concerning the schoo 
 ner. My (ears and apprehensions were 
 now excited to a degree beyond human 
 expression, and the kind reader will 
 pardon all attempts to express them. 
 
 The natives seeing the whites so 
 bold, excited in them a fear which indu 
 ced them to flee the Island. Accord 
 ingly, about midnight, the canoes were 
 launched, and 1 was carried to a remote 
 part of the Island, a distance of about 
 40 miles, where 1 remained until my 
 fortunate escape. 
 
 29th. Early in the morning, we dis 
 covered a boat under sail, standing di 
 rectly for the place where we were ; 
 the natives were considerably agitated 
 with fear, and engaged in planning some 
 method by >vhieh to overcome the peov 
 pie in the boat, if they should come 
 where we were ; and, as I expected, 
 the natives would hide me, as they had 
 heretofore done, I thought it best-to of 
 fer my services to assist them I said I 
 would aid them in righting the boat's 
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 crew and that, as I could talk with 
 them, I would go to them, in advance 
 of the natives, deceive the crew, and 
 prevail on them to come on shore and 
 sit down, and for us to appear friendly 
 till in possession of their arms, then rise 
 upon the crew and kill them without 
 difficulty or hazard. Some of the na 
 lives suspected that I should revolt to 
 the other party, and turn the current of 
 destruction on them ; but the chief Lut- 
 tuon said he liked my plan much, and 
 would inquire of their God, and if he 
 found that I should be true to them, my 
 plan should be adopted. The inquiry 
 resulted in favor of my plan, and they 
 said 1 might go. The boat was now 
 within one hundred rods of the shore, 
 and Luttuon called me to him, oiled 
 my head and body with cbcoanut oil, 
 and gave me my charge how to con 
 duct. I pledged myself to obey his or 
 ders. My joy at this moment was great, 
 as the boat anchored near where we 
 were. I went to the beach, accompani 
 ed by about one hundred of the smart- 
 
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 est natives, whom I charged not to man 
 ifest a hostile appearance. I hailed the 
 boat in English, and told the crew what 
 the calculations of the natives were, and 
 not to land unless they were well arm 
 ed. The officer of the boat replied that 
 he would be among them directly ; and 
 in a few minutes they landed, (13 men 
 and 2 officers,) and when within a rod 
 of us, I ran to Lieut. H , Paulding, who 
 took me by the hand, asked if I was one 
 of the Globe's crew, and inquired my 
 name, c. &c. We then retreated to 
 the boat, facing the natives, who all kept 
 their seats, excepting the one I called 
 father, who came down among us, and 
 took hold of me to carry me back, but 
 desisted on having a pistol presented to 
 his breast. 
 
 Lieut. Hiram Paulding, of the Navy, 
 for such was the name of this gentleman 
 ly officer, informed me that the vessel, 
 was the U. S. Schooner Dolphin, sent 
 on purpose to rescue us, and command 
 ed by Lieut. Com't. John Percival. 
 
 After expressing my gratitude as well 
 
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 as I was able, to Heaven, which had fur 
 nished the means of my deliverance, I 
 acquainted Mr. Paulding, that the only 
 survivor of the Globe, except myself, 
 was Cyrus M, Hussey ; who was held 
 in bondage upon a neighbouring Island. 
 After the boat's crew had taken some 
 refreshment, we left the landing place, 
 and soon arrived at the y>lace where 
 Hussey lived. The natives had con. 
 cealed him, but after some threatenings 
 from us, restored him, and we were re 
 ceived on board of the Dolphin, and 
 treated in the most kind and hospitable 
 manner. 
 
 Our hair was now cut, and we were 
 shaved. Our appearance must have 
 been truly ludicrous, our hair having 
 been growing twenty-two months, un 
 touched by the razor or scissors. 
 
 Our joy and happiness on finding our 
 selves on board an American Man-of- 
 War, and seeing "the star spangled ban 
 ner," once more floating in the air, we 
 will not ati empt to describe. Suffice it 
 to say, that none can form a true esti- 
 
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 mate of our feelings, except it be those 
 who have been suddenly and unexpect 
 edly rescued from pain and peril, and 
 threatening death. In the afternoon 
 the Captain wished me to go on shore 
 with him, as an interpreter. We ac 
 cordingly went, and passed over to the 
 village on the other side of the Island, 
 where we had an interview with a wo 
 man of distinction, (the men having fled, 
 being principally absent with the chiefs 
 at Alloo.) The capta n informed her 
 he wished to see the chiefs, and re 
 quested her to send for them that night* 
 that he might visit them in the morning:, 
 and make them some presents. We 
 then returned to the vessel ; and the 
 following day, Dec. 1st, went on shore 
 for the purpose of seeing the chiefs, but 
 could not obtain an interview with them. 
 1 he captain informed the natives that 
 he must see the chiefs, and that he 
 would wait another day, but if disap 
 pointed then, he should be compelled 
 to use coercive means. They imme 
 diately sent another messenger after 
 
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 them, and we returned on hoa^d, ac j 
 companie I by several of the natives, a- 
 mong vvMom was Ludjuan. Tlie capt 
 ain in a Je mm severa? presents, a-i-Mn- 
 fornod him they were given as a com 
 pensation for saving my life. Shortly 
 -after, the natives went onshore. 
 
 The n^xt morning, Dec. 2d, the cap 
 tain sent me on shore, to ascertain 
 whether the chiefs had returned, and I 
 was intoniied by the natives that they 
 had, and were then at a house half a 
 mJe distant. This intelligence having 
 been communicated to the captain, he 
 went OQ shore, and took myself and 
 Hussey for interpreters ; but we found 
 on our arrival, that the natives had been 
 practising a piece of deception the 
 chiefs not having returned. Very much 
 displeased at this perfidious treatment^ 
 the captain made a demand of the chiefs 
 before sunset, threatening, if it were 
 not complied with, to go on shore with 
 fifty men, well armed, and destroy eve 
 ry person he could find. This threat 
 threw the natives into consternation 
 
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 and immediately another messenger was 
 despatched for the chiefs. The natives 
 were so alarmed, that th^y soon sent off 
 three or four more messengers ; and 
 we returned on board to dine. After 
 dinner, I went on shore with Mr. Pauld- 
 ing, the first Lieutenant, and some of 
 the under office* s, for the purpose of 
 shooting birds. After rambling round 
 the Island for some time, we discovered 
 a number of natives quickly approach 
 ing us from the lower part of the Island 5 
 and supposing the chiefs were with 
 them, we sat do\*n to await their arri 
 val ; but before they came to us, a sig 
 nal was set on board the schooner, for 
 us to return, which was immediately 
 obeyed, without waiting for an interview 
 with the natives. Early on the next 
 morning, I was sent ashore to ascertain 
 whether the chiefs had arrived, and son 
 found that they had, and were in a hut, 
 waiting to receive a visit from the capt 
 ain, who, I informed them, would come 
 on shore after breakfast, to havp a talk 
 with them, and also to bestow some 
 
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 presents. Accordingly, the captain, 
 with myself and Hussey, repaired to 
 the hut, where we found them sitting, 
 and ready to commune with us. 
 
 The captain told them he had been 
 sent out by the Head Chief of his coun- 
 t y, to look for the men that had been 
 left there by the ship Globe that he 
 had been informed they murdered all 
 but two that, as it was their first of 
 fence of the kind, their ignorance would 
 plead an excuse but if they should ev 
 er kill or injure another white man, who 
 was from any vessel or wreck, or who 
 might be left among them, our country 
 would send a naval force, and extermin 
 ate every soul on the Island ; and also 
 destroy their fruit trees, provisions, &c. 
 and that if they would always treat white 
 men kindly, they never would receive 
 any injury from them, but would have 
 their kindness and hospitality recipro 
 cated. He also adverted to the prac 
 tice of stealing, lying, and other immor 
 alities ; stating to the natives that these 
 crimes are abhorred and punished ip 
 
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 our country ; and that murder is pun 
 ished with death. He then sent me to 
 the boat, lying at the beach, to bring 
 three tomahawks, one axe, a bag of 
 beads, and a number of cotton hand 
 kerchiefs, which were presented to the 
 chiefs. He also gave them two hogs, 
 and a couple of cats, with injunctions 
 not to destroy them, that they might 
 multiply. The captain caused potatoes, 
 corn, pumpkins, and many valuable 
 seeds to be planted, and gave the na 
 tives instructions how to raise and pre 
 serve them. He then explained to them 
 that these acts of kindness and generos 
 ity were extended, because they saved 
 us alive, and had taken care of us while 
 among them. This conversation with 
 the natives being ended, we went on 
 board, dined, and the captain and Hus- 
 sey went again on shore. The first 
 Lieutenant made preparations for cruis 
 ing in the launch, round the Island, to 
 make topographical surveys, who took 
 me with him, as interpreter, and about 
 4 o'clock, we cpmmenced a cruise with 
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 a design to sail up an inlet or inland sea ; 
 but the wind blowing fresh, and having 
 a head s^a, at 12 o'clock we anchored 
 for the night. 
 
 Dec. 4th. At sunrise, we found our 
 selves not more than a mile from the 
 place where we crossed over the eve 
 ning befo/e ; and immediately getting 
 under weigh, and rowing to the west- 
 wai d, we soon came to the place where 
 the Globe's station had been ; anchor 
 ed, and went on shore, for the purpose 
 of disinterring the bones of Comstock, 
 "who had been buried there, and to ob 
 tain a cutlass, which was buried with 
 him ; but before we had accomplished 
 the undertaking, the scho9ner got un 
 der weigh, and soon anchored abreast 
 of us, at the same place where the 
 Globe's provisions were landed. The 
 captain and Hussey immediately came 
 on shore to view the place ; but as I 
 caught cold the preceding night, by ly 
 ing exposed in our launch, I was excu 
 sed from serving further with Mr. Paul- 
 cling in making surveys, and Hussey 
 
Ill 
 
 supplied my place. Soon after, T went 
 on uoard vvitii i ie captain, carrying with 
 nie the skull of the person we had dug 
 up, and the cutlass, intending to convey 
 them to Am, rica. 
 
 After dinner, the captain made a trip 
 in the gig, to Alloo, taking me for his 
 interpreter, where we arrived in half an 
 houi , and soon travelled up to the vil- 
 lag . The natives received us with 
 niu;ks of gladness, and in a short time 
 the House at which we stopped was sur 
 rounded by them, who came undoubt 
 edly tor the purpose of gratifying their 
 curiosity, by gazing at us. We remain, 
 ed at the village about two hours, dur 
 ing which time we had considerable 
 tai& witii two of the chief women, and 
 made some small presents to the peo 
 ple, such as beads, &c. They did not 
 treat us as they usua'ly do visitors, with 
 fruit, 't,c. there being at that time what we 
 call a famine, which in their language, 
 is Ingathah. 
 
 After having taken leave of the na 
 tives, and walked about half the dis- 
 
tance to the shore, we stopped to re 
 fresh ourselves under a fine cool shade. 
 While in conversation on the manners 
 and customs of the natives, an old man 
 and woman approached us, who had act 
 ed towards me, during my residence a- 
 mong them, as father and mother. I 
 immediately made them and their kind 
 ness to me known to the captain, who, 
 in consideration of their humane treat 
 ment, rewarded them with a few beads 
 and a handkerchief, for which they ap 
 peared thankful and grateful telling 
 them at the same time, the presents 
 were to recompense their hospitality 
 to me, and enjoining on them at all 
 times to be friendly to the whites, and a 
 reward would certainly a wait them. It 
 being near the close of the day, we left 
 Alloo, and having a fair wind, reached 
 the schooner before dark. 
 
 The next morning, Dec. 5th, being 
 very pleasant, all hands were employed 
 in procuring wood for the schooner- 
 some in cutting it down, and others in 
 boating it off'. Our carpenter had been 
 
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 engaged for a few days, at Milly ; tt 
 instruct and assist the natives in repair 
 ing a canoe. The distance was four or 
 five miles, and the captain wanting the 
 carpenter, set sail for Milly in his gig, 
 and soon arrived there ; where he learn 
 ed that the carpenter had repaired the 
 ca^oe, to the great satisfaction of the 
 natives, who expressed a strong desire 
 that he might be permitted to remain a- 
 mong them on the Island ; hut the cap 
 tain informed them he could not spare 
 him. When the natives saw the car 
 penter packing up his tools, they ex 
 pressed to me an expectation that the 
 tools would be left with them as a pres 
 ent. We left the natives, and reached 
 the schooner a little before sunset; the 
 captain feeling anxious for the fate of 
 the launch, as nothing yet had been 
 heard of the fortune which had attended 
 her, or the men in her. 
 
 Dec. 6th. Having procured a suffi- 
 ei-nt supply of wood, though our sup 
 ply of provisions was hardly sufficient 
 for the voyage, and the launch having 
 11* 
 
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 re turned, at about 10 A. M. we weigh 
 ed* anchor and proceeded to the place 
 called Milly, where we anchored for the 
 purpose of planting some seeds, and ta 
 king a last farewell of the chiefs and 
 their people. The captain went imme 
 diately on shore, taking Hussey for his 
 interpreter. He was gone -till nearly 
 night, when he returned, bringing with 
 him Luttuon and several other natives. 
 The captain gave orders to beat to quar 
 ters, to exhibit the men to the natives, 
 and explain to them the manner of our 
 fighting. Those untutored children of 
 nature, seemed highly gratified with the 
 manoeuvres, but were most delighted 
 with the music, probably the first of the 
 kind they ever heard. We informed 
 them we always have such music when 
 we are fighting an enemy. The natives 
 were then landed, and we immediately 
 made sail for the head of the Island, in 
 tending to cruise around the other 
 shores of it, for the purpose of making 
 surveys, and constructing a map of it. 
 We stood eastward till nearly morning. 
 
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 then altered our course and headed to 
 wards the Island. 
 
 During the following day, Dec. 7th, 
 having favorable winds and weather, we 
 made a regular survey of the whole 
 length of the groupe, before sunset. 
 The captain now steered N". W. to en. 
 deavour to discover other Islands which 
 the natives had often described to me, 
 during my abode with them. They 
 said they had Frequently visited ten or 
 twelve different Islands in their canoes, 
 and that the people who inhabit them, 
 all speak the same language, which is 
 the same as their own, and that the Isl 
 ands lie about one day's sail from each 
 other. 
 
 Dec. 8. The weather pleasant and 
 fair ; about 9 o'clock, A. M. we saw 
 land ahead, and passed it on the wind 
 ward side, then varied our course and 
 sailed to the leeward of the Island ; but 
 night coming on, we were obliged to de 
 fer landing till morning. The captain 
 then attempted to reach the shore in 
 the gig, but was^not able to land, on ac- 
 
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 eount of the surf. After he returned on 
 board, we made sail, cruisiag farther to 
 the leeward, in hopes of finding a place 
 to anchor, but in this we were disap 
 pointed, not being able to find bottom 
 thirty yards from the rocks. Howev. 
 er, at high water, the captain, at immi 
 nent hazard in passing the surf, succeed 
 ed in landing. He had previously giv 
 en orders to me and Hussey, not to let 
 the natives know that we could converse 
 \vuii, or understand them, but to be at 
 tentive to everything that might pass a- 
 mong them, to ascertain whv ther their 
 intentions and dispositions were hostile 
 or triendly. After landing, the captain 
 and Hussey visited the house where the 
 v head chief, or king of all those Islands 
 livtd, of whom I had formerly heard so 
 much, while I was on the Mulgraves. 
 They continued with him about two 
 hours, were treated well, and discover 
 ing nothing unfriendly in the natives, 
 the captain toid Hussey he might make 
 them acquainted with his knowledge ot 
 *heir language, by conversing with tbenr. 
 
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 The king, on hearing Hussey speaking 
 in the language of the natives, appeared 
 at first so frightened and agitated, that 
 he could scarcely reply ; but by degrees 
 became composed, and inquired of Hus 
 sey where he learned their language, and 
 why he had not spoken to them imme 
 diately on coming ashore. Hussey then 
 informed him he was one of the two 
 persons that had been on the Mulgraves, 
 (in their language, Milly,) and that the 
 other person (myself) was on board the 
 schooner that the schooner had been 
 there after us, that we left the Mul 
 graves the day before, and had then vis 
 ited that Island for the purpose of ex* 
 amining it, &c. &c. The king had long 
 before heard of our being at the Mul 
 graves, and told Hussey he had been 
 repairing his canoe, in order to go to 
 those Islands, with a view to induce us 
 to live with him, who, had that been the 
 case, would undoubtedly have used us 
 well. The king was about 70 years of 
 age, and had a daughter on the Island 
 where we had resided, wife to Luttuon. 
 
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 He inquired if his daughter was alive 
 and well, with tears in his eyes and 
 trembling form, for it was a Ions time 
 since he had received any intelligence 
 of her ; and hearing of her welfare so 
 unexpectedly, quite overcame f he g >od 
 old father's feelings. An I here the 
 reader will observe, that the pure and 
 unaffected emotions produced by y>a- 
 ren'al affection, are similar amons; til 
 the human species, whether civilized or 
 savage. 1 he natives of the Island we 
 were then visiting, may be ranked with 
 those that have made the fewest ap 
 proaches towaids the refined improve* 
 nients of enlightened nations, vet the 
 ground work of humaftity was discover, 
 ed to be the same ; and the solicitude 
 of a fond father for a beloved chi'd, was 
 manifested in a manner which would not 
 disgrace those who move in the most 
 elevated circles of civilized life. The 
 old king expressed his regret that he 
 had not visited the Mulgraves during 
 our stay there, was very sorry we were 
 about to return to America, and used 
 
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 all the force of native eloquence, to 
 persuade us to continue with him. He 
 in* 1 lire d it we had ^ot the whale boat he 
 had heard of our h iving at the Mill- 
 graves. Hussey informed hi*n it was 
 OD board the schooner, and the swivel 
 likewise. The captain then informed 
 the king that he wanted cncoanuts and 
 bup, which were obtained ; and in re 
 turn, the captain gave the natives some 
 beads and handkerchiefs. The captain 
 then went on board the schooner, made 
 sail, standing a N. W. course, in pur 
 suit of aiiotiier Island. 
 
 Dec 9th. About 10 o "'clock in the 
 forenoon, we discovered land ahead and 
 oft' our lee bow. About 2 o'clock, P. 
 M. we arrived near the land, hove the 
 schooner to, and sent two boats ashore, 
 to got provisions. At sunset the boats 
 returned, loaded with cocoanuts and 
 jbup. We hoisted up our boats, and with 
 a strong breeze, it being the inclement 
 season of the year, prosecuted our voy 
 age to the ^ajtdwicb Islands, &had much 
 boisterous weather during the passage. 
 
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 On Jaiu 8th, 1826, we expected to 
 make one of the Sandwich Islands, cal 
 led Bird^s Island, but night came on be 
 fore we discovered it. But early on the 
 following morning, we saw land about 
 four leagues to the leeward, and bore 
 down to the Island for the purpose of 
 sending a boat ashore, to kill seals. 
 We arrived near the landing place, 
 hove to, and the captain with six men 
 went ashore in the whale boat. We 
 now stood off from the shore for about 
 an hour, then tacked and stood in, for 
 the boat to come off. The wind had 
 increased to almost a gale, and continu 
 ing to blow harder, when we were with 
 in a quarter of a mile of the Island,, not 
 discovering any thing of the boat, we 
 veered off again, and continued tacking 
 till night came on, but saw nothing of 
 the boat or her crew. About 9 or 10 
 o'clock, the wind abated, and we found 
 ourselves two leagues to the leeward of 
 the Island, where we lay to all night un 
 der easy sail, anxiously waiting for the 
 approach of morning, in hopes then to 
 
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 learn the fate of the captain and men 
 who had gone on shore. At length the 
 horizon was lighted by the dawft of day* 
 which was succeeded by the opening 
 of a very pleasant morning. We imme 
 diately made all sail for the Island, but 
 having a head wind, we did hot arrive 
 at the landing till near the middle of the 
 day. A boat was sent on shore to learn 
 what had befallen the crew of the whale 
 boat, and shortly returned with all the 
 men except the captain and one man 
 that could not swim We ascertained,, 
 that in attempting to come off through 
 the surf, they were swamped and lost 
 their boat. We a second time sent the 
 boat ashore with means to get the capt 
 ain and other man, who were soon 
 brought on board. We now made sail 
 and steered our course for Woahoo, one 
 of the Sandwich Islands, and nothing 
 very material occurring on our passage, 
 we anchored in tke harbour of that Isl 
 and on the 14th. On the 16th procured 
 a supply of fresh provisions. On the 
 19th, Hussey and myself went on shore 
 IB 
 
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 for the purpose of rambling round the 
 Island, but nothing occurred worthy of 
 notice. 
 
 Our foremast being found rotten a few 
 feet below the top, it was deemed ne 
 cessary to take it out for repairs, which 
 required the daily employment of the 
 carpenter and others for some time. 
 On the 27th, the captain received a let 
 ter, giving intelligence that the ship 
 London had been driven ashore at an 
 Island not far distant from Woahoo. 
 As the Dolphin's foremast was out, the 
 captain was under the necessity of pres 
 sing the brig Convoy, of Boston, and 
 putting on board of her about 90 of his 
 own men, taking with him 2 of his lieu 
 tenants and some under officers, he sail 
 ed to the assistance of the ship London. 
 
 Feb. 3d, the brig Convoy returned la 
 den with a part of the cargo of the Lon 
 don, and the specie \* hich was in her at 
 the time of her going ashore, under the 
 command of our 2dlieutenant,leavingthe 
 remainder of her cargo in another vessel* 
 ufcder the command of capt. PercivaU 
 
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 Feb. 5th. The captain returned with 
 the residue of the London's cargo, and 
 the officers and crew of that ship. Af 
 ter the cargo of the London had been 
 secured, we were employed in finishing 
 the repairs on our foremast, which were 
 completed on the 2 1st ; and we commen 
 ced rigging. 
 
 Feb. 26th. On the morning of this 
 day, permission was granted to a num 
 ber of our crew, to go on shore. In the 
 afternoon, Hussey and myself went and 
 took a walk. About 4 or 5 o'clock, I 
 observed a great collection of natives, 
 and on inquiring the reason, learned 
 that several of the Dolphin's crew, join 
 ed by some from other shr s lying in 
 port, had made an assault upon Mr. 
 Bhigham, the missionary, in conse* 
 quence of ill will towards that gentle 
 man, strongly felt by some of the sail 
 ors, but for what particular reason, I 
 did not distinctly ascertain. They car 
 ried their revenge so far, that they not 
 only inflicted blows upon Mr. Binghain, 
 but attacked the house of a chie The 
 
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 Datives, some with cutlasses, and others 
 with i;uns, repelled the unjustifiable at 
 tack ; and during the affray, several of 
 our men were slightly injured, and one 
 badly wounded, whose life was despair 
 ed of for some time. The offenders 
 were arrested, sent on board, and put 
 in irons* 
 
 On,, the next day, 27th, Mr, Bingham 
 earne on board with the captain and wit 
 nesses against the men engaged the 
 preceding day, in the assault on shore 
 After a fair examination of evidence in 
 the case, the aggressors were properly 
 punished, and orderedJ;o their duty. 
 The whale ships now began to arrive 
 lor the purpose of recruiting, and for 
 Some particular reasons, several of the 
 captains ot those ships requested capt 
 ain Percival to remain at the Island as a 
 protection to them, till they could ob 
 tain the necessary supplies, and resume 
 their cruises. From the present date 3 
 nothing of importance occurred that 
 would be interesting to readers, till A- 
 pr.il 3d, when great, preparations were 
 
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 made on board the Dolphin, to give a 
 splendid entertainment to the young 
 king. The gig and second cutter were 
 employed in the morning, to borrow 
 signals from the different ships in the 
 harbour, in order to dress out the 
 schooner in a fanciful style. About 1 1 
 o'clock, the gig and second cutter were 
 sent ashore for the king and several 
 chiefs and natives of distinction, who 
 were soon conveyed on board. The 
 yards were manned, and a general sa 
 lute fired. After partaking of as good 
 a dinner as our resources and the means 
 within our reach would afford, the king 
 and his attendants were disembarked 
 under the honour of another salute. 
 During the remainder of this month, the 
 et'enttf which transpired, were princi 
 pally of an ordinary cast, and not thought 
 worthy of record. 
 
 May 3d. This day we were employ 
 ed in bending sails ; and from this date 
 to the llth, the necessary preparations 
 wero made to commence our home ward 
 voyage. This day (llth,) the pilot 
 12* 
 
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 came on board, and for the last time we 
 weighed our anchors in the harbour of 
 Woahoo. While retiring from the shore 
 we were saluted with 21 guns from the 
 fort. We hove about, returned the sa~ 
 lute, and then resumed our destined 
 course, and bid a last adieu to Woahoo, 
 after a tedious and protracted stay of a- ; 
 bput four months. 
 
 From the time of our departure, on 
 the llth of May, from Woahoo, nothing 
 of importance transpired till the 12th of 
 June. On the morning of this day we 
 discovered the Island Toobowy ; and 
 at 9 o'clock saw a sail, which proved to 
 be a whale ship. At half past 2 came 
 to anchor at a convenient place near 
 the Island, and sent a boat ashore, 
 which returned at night with two na 
 tives, who gave us a description of the 
 harbour, and directions how to enter it ; _ 
 and as our mainmast was injured, we en 
 tered it to make the necessary repairs. 
 On the 13th, we beat up the harbour, 
 and at 3 o'clock anchored, where we 
 $QHtiniied repairing our mast, and pro- 
 
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 curing wood and water, till the 22'd ; 
 when we weighed anchor and made sail 
 for Valparaiso, favoured withfine weath 
 er and good winds. July 18th, made 
 the Island of Massafue'ro, and passed it 
 about midnight. On the 1 9th, in the 
 forenoon, made the Island of Juanfer- 
 nandez ; and at 11 P. M. on the fol 
 lowing day, discovered the land at the 
 south of Valparaiso. On the 22d, beat 
 up the harbour, and at 2 o'clock on the 
 morning of the 23d, came to anchor. - 
 At Valparaiso, we learned that the frig 
 ate United States was at Callao ; and 
 after getting a supply of provisions, we 
 sailed for Cailao on the 9th of August, 
 and arrived on the 24th. Here we 
 fo md the United States, lying under the 
 Island of Lorenzo, with several English 
 ships of war. 
 
 On the 26th, the Dolphin in company 
 with the United States, passed over to 
 Callao; and Sept. 1st, I and the crew 
 of the Dolphin were transferred to the 
 United States. 
 
 sSept. 10th, All the men that had 
 
been transferred from the Dolphin to 
 the United States, had liberty to go to 
 Lima ; at 12 o'clock we went on shore, 
 and at 4 P. M. entered the gates of the 
 city. I employed my time while on 
 shore, in roving about the city, and 
 viewing the various objects it presents ; 
 and on the 13th returned on board the 
 United States. \\ e were detained here 
 till the 16th of December, when we sail 
 ed for Valparaiso, and having a pleas 
 ant passage, arrived on the 6th of Janu^ 
 ary, where we were happy to find, for 
 our relief, the Brandy wine. From the 
 Sth to the 24th, all hands were engaged 
 in preparing the ship for her homeward 
 voj age ; when at 9 o'clock we weighed 
 our larboard anchor, and at 1 P. M. were 
 under sail, passing out of the harbour, 
 when the Cambridge, (an English 74 r ) 
 then tying in the harbour, gave us 3 
 cheers, which we returned with 3 times 
 3 ; she then saluted us with 13 gun^ 
 wiiich we returned with the same num 
 ber, aud taen proceeded to sea. 
 
 Beiag iavoured with line weather ami 
 
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 good winds, we had a prosperous voy 
 age to Cape Horn, and arrived off the 
 pitch on the 7th of Feb. and passed 
 round with a pleasant breeze. In pros 
 ecuting our voyage home, off' the mouth 
 of the river Rio de la Plata, and along 
 the coast of Brazil, we had rough weath 
 er and thick fogs. On the 6th we made 
 the land and harbour of St. Salvador, 
 and about 9 o'clock came, to anchor. 
 On the 7th we fired a salute for the fort, . 
 which was returned, 
 
 We were now employed in watering- 
 our ship, and making other preparations ^ 
 for continuing our voyage homeward ; 
 and on the 15th got under weigh, with 
 a fine breeze. 
 
 April 1st. At 10 o'clock, made the 
 Island of Barbadoes, and at 1 P, M;. 
 catne to anchor, where we lay till 5 P, 
 IVi. on the 3d, when we got under weigh, 
 and sailed down the Island to St. Thorn-, 
 as, where we sent a boat ashore, and 
 after transacting the business for which 
 we stopped, made sail on the 9th for 
 the port of JSew-ork. On the 21st, 
 
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 made the highland of IVeversink ; at % 
 P. M. took a pilot on board, but owing 
 to fogs and calms, did not arrive to the 
 port of destination till 1 P. M. next day, 
 when we anchored opposite the West 
 Battery, with a thankful heart that I was 
 once more within the United States. 
 
 CHAPTER VII. 
 
 I will now proceed to give the reader 
 some account of the Islands 1 visited, 
 and of the manners and customs of the 
 natives, and shall endeavour to be as 
 candid and correct as possible. 
 
 The M ilgrave Islands are situated 
 between 5 and 6 degrees north latitude, 
 and between 170 and 174 degrees of 
 east longitude. They are about 50 
 miles in length, and lie in the form of a 
 semi-circle, forming a kind of inland sea 
 or lake ; the distance across it being a- 
 bout 20 miles. The land is narrow* 
 and the widest place is probably not 
 
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 more than half a mile. On the north 
 side of the group are several inlets or 
 passages, of sufficient depth to admit 
 the free navigation of the largest ships ; 
 and if explosed, excellent harbours 
 would in all probability be found. In 
 the inland sea are numerous beds of 
 coral, which appear to be constantly 
 forming and increasing. These c mil 
 beds art; seen at low water, but are all 
 overflowed at high tide. The whole 
 group is entirely destitute of mountains, 
 and even hills, the highest land not be 
 ing more than six feet above the level 
 of the sea at high water. By the ac 
 counts given me from the natives, it ap 
 pears that some parts have been over 
 flowed by the sea. Their being so low, 
 makes the navigation near them very 
 dangerous in the night, both because 
 they would not be easily seen, and be 
 cause the water is very deep quite to 
 the shores ; and a place for anchoring 
 can scarcely be found on the outside of 
 the Island. 
 The air of these Islands is pure, and 
 
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 the climate hot ; but the heat is render 
 ed less oppressive by the trade winds, 
 which blow constantly, and keep the at 
 mosphere heathful and salubrious for so 
 low a latitude. 
 
 The soil, in general, is productive of 
 little besides trees and shrubs, and most 
 of it is covered with rough coral stones. 
 
 The productions are breadfruit in its 
 .proper season, and cocoanuts, which 
 they have throughout the year; and a 
 kind of fruit different from any that 
 grows in America, which the natives 
 call Bup all growing spoitaneously 
 Of the leaves of the trees the women 
 manufacture, very elegant mats, which 
 they wear as blankets and clothing ; of 
 the bark of a vine they make men's 
 clothing ; and of the husks of the cocoa 
 they make ropes and rigging for their 
 canoes, and for almost every other pur- 
 poseo The waters round the Islands 
 abound with fish, and the natives are 
 very expert in catching them. 
 
 There are no animals on the Islands, 
 excepting rats ; and by these little 
 
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 quadrupeds they are literally overrun. 
 
 The number of all the inhabitants, 
 men, women, and children, is probably 
 between five and six hundred. 
 
 The following may be given as prom 
 inent characteristics of the natives.' 
 They are in general, well made and 
 handsome very indolent and supersti 
 tious. They are morose, treacherous, 
 ferociously passionate, and unfriendly to 
 all other natives. When they are not 
 fishing, or otherwise employed, they are 
 generally travelling about, and visiting 
 each other. They have no salutations 
 when they meet, but sit down without 
 exchanging a word of civility for some 
 minutes ; but after a silent pause, the 
 head of the family, if there is any thing 
 in the house to eat, presents it to his 
 guests, who, when they have eaten suf 
 ficiently, if there are way fragments left, 
 are very careful to secure them and car. 
 ry them off when they return home ; 
 and the host would regard it as an im 
 position, it his visitors were to neglect 
 this important trait of politeness, and 
 13 
 
134 
 
 fashionable item in etiquette. They 
 accustom themselves to frequent bath 
 ing ; and commence with their children 
 on the day of their birth, and continue 
 the practice twice a day, regularly, till 
 they are two years old. They do this 
 to invigorate the system, and render the 
 skin of their children thick and tough by 
 exposure. Their living consists sim 
 ply of breadfruit, cocoanuts, and bup; 
 but cocoanuts are all they can depend 
 on the year round the two other articles 
 being common only a part of the year; 
 
 Their diversions consist in singing, 
 dancing, and beating time with their 
 arms, in a manner similar to the amuse 
 ments of the natives at the Sandwich 
 Islands ; in which they appear to take 
 great delight. 
 
 They wear their hair long, and tie it 
 up in a kind of bow on the top of the 
 head, and this is all the covering they 
 have for their heads. The men have t 
 long beards. One part of their dress 
 makes a singular and ludicrous appear 
 ance, which resembles two horse tails 
 
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 suspended from the waist, one before 
 and the other behind. The women's 
 dress consists of two mats, about the 
 size of a small pocket-handkerchief, 
 which they tie round them like an apron. 
 
 I never saw any form of marriage a- 
 mong them, but when a couple are de 
 sirous of being united, their parents have 
 a talk together on the subject, and if the 
 parties all agree to the union, the cou 
 ple commence living together as man 
 and wife ; and I never knew of an in 
 stance of separation between them af 
 ter they had any family. In a few in 
 stances polygamy prevailed. 
 
 The following will give a pretty cor 
 rect idea of their funeral rites and so* 
 lemnities : 
 
 When a person dies, the inhabitants 
 of the village assemble together, and 
 commence drumming and singing, hal 
 loing and yelling ; and continue their 
 boisterous lamentations for about 48 
 hours, day and night, relieving each 
 other as they require. This they do, 
 because they imagine it is diverting to 
 
the person deceased, They bury the 
 body at a particular place back of their 
 houses, and use mats for a coffin. After 
 the ceremony of interment is perform 
 ed, they plant two cocoanut trees, one 
 at the head and the other at the feet of 
 the buried person. But if the trees ev 
 er bear fruit, the women are prohibited 
 from eating thereof, for fear of displeas 
 ing the bad spirit, dnit. And here it 
 may not be inappropriate to remind the 
 reader that Eve ate of the forbidden 
 fruit, notwithstanding she knew it would 
 displease the Goon SPIRIT. 
 
 In their personal appearance, the na 
 tives are about the middle size* with 
 broad faces, flat noses, black hair and 
 eyes, and large mouths. 
 
 In relation to literature, they are as 
 ignorant as it is possible for people to 
 be, having not the most distant idea of 
 letters. 
 
 Concerning the religion of the un 
 taught natives of the Mulgraves, the fol 
 lowing remarks will give all the knowl 
 edge I am in possession ot : 
 
137 
 
 They believe there is an invisible 
 spirit that rules and governs all events, 
 and that he is the cause of all their sick 
 ness and distress ; consequently they 
 consider him to be a very bad being. 
 But they have no belief in a good spirit, 
 nor have they any modes of worship. 
 It is a prevalent opinion among them, 
 when any are sick, that the bad spirit 
 rests upon them ; and they believe that 
 particular manoeuvres and a form of 
 words, performed round and said over 
 the sick, will induce Jimi, the bad spirit, 
 to cease from afflicting, and leave the 
 unfortunate sufferers. With regard to a 
 future state of existence, they believe that 
 the shadow, or what survives the body, 
 is, after death, entirely happy ; that it 
 roves about at pleasure, and takes much 
 delight in beholding everything that is 
 transacted in this world ; and as they 
 consider the world as an extensive plain, 
 they suppose the disembodied spirits 
 travel quite to the edge of the skies, 
 where they think white people live, and 
 then back again to their native Isles ; 
 13* 
 
138 
 
 and at times they fancy they can hear 
 the spirits of departed friends whistling 
 round their houses, and noticing all the 
 transactions of the living. Singular as 
 some of these notions and opinions may 
 appear, there is much to be met with 
 in Christendom equally at variance with 
 reason ; and I have heard from the pul 
 pit, in New- England, the following lan 
 guage : " I have no doubt in my own 
 mind that the blessed in Heaven look 
 down on all the friends and scenes they 
 left behind, and are fully sensible of all 
 things that take place on earth !" 
 
 CHAPTER VIII. 
 
 THIS chapter, and the concluding re 
 marks of the narrative, will be collated 
 from a Journal kept by Cyrus M. Hus- 
 sey ; and if there appear occasionally 
 some incidents similar to those record 
 ed in the preceding account, it is be 
 lieved the value and interest of this his- 
 
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 tory will not be diminished by them. 
 Hussey commences thus : 
 
 About the last of April, myself and 
 Lay were separated, destined to differ 
 ent Islands, not knowing whether 
 should ever see each other again. 
 night we arrived at an Island, and hault 
 ed up our canoe. We found but few 
 natives, but among the number was tha 
 mother of the chief with whom I lived. 
 She was very inquisitive respecting me, 
 and talked so incessantly through the 
 night that I could not sleep. The next 
 morning we were employed in gather 
 ing breadfruit, for the purpose of curing 
 it for the winter. This employment 
 continued about three months, during 
 which time I was very uneasy about my 
 situation. At intervals of leisure, when 
 the old chief had no particular engage 
 ments to engross his attention, he would 
 launch his canoe and go and search for 
 fish ; but my shoes having been taken 
 froia me, whenever 1 was employed 
 round the rouga shores of the Island, 
 my feet were so wounded that I could 
 
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 hardly walk; The natives now 
 me need the destruction of my clothing, 
 and not being able to converse with 
 them, I found it very difficult to pre 
 serve my apparel. They often reques 
 ted me to divest myself of my clothing, 
 and dress as they did, or rather not dress 
 at all. I made signs that the sun would 
 burn me, if I should expose myself to 
 its scorching rays. When they found 
 that persuasion would not induce me to 
 divest myself of clothing, they began to 
 destroy my clothes, by tearing them in 
 pieces. It was some time before I could 
 understand their language, so as to in> 
 form them that the sun would burn my 
 back ; and being robbed of my clothes, 
 the powerful influence of the sun soon 
 scorched me to such a degree that I 
 could scarcely lie down or take any rest. 
 About the latter part of July, William 
 &ay and others came to the Island in a 
 canoe, to see me, being the first inter 
 view we had enjoyed since our separa 
 tion, which was about three months pre 
 vious. Lay informed me that the na- 
 
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 tives had taken his bible from him and 
 torn it up, and threatened his life. He 
 informed me that it seemed to him as 
 though he was robbed of that comfort 
 which none in a Christian land are de 
 prived of. We were soon parted ; he 
 in a canoe was taken to an Wand by the 
 natives called Dilabu, and I w j nt to my 
 employment, repairing a canoe which 
 was on the stocks. After I had finished 
 the canoe, the natives prepared a quan 
 tity of bread fruit and fish for the chiefs, 
 and on the following morning we set sail 
 for an Island called Milly^ one of the 
 largest in the group, at which resides 
 the principal chief. We arrived just a 
 night and were cordial'y received by 
 the natives, who had assembled on the 
 beach in great numbers, for the purpose 
 ot getting somo fish which the old chief 
 had brought with him. He then hauled 
 his canoe on <?hore ; and I had again the 
 pleasure of seeing my fellow sufferer, 
 William Lay, after a month's separation, 
 Since our first meeting we were not al 
 lowed to converse much together, 
 
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 The "old chief tarried at this Inland 
 but a short ti-ne, and Lay and myself 
 were once more separated. The old 
 chief, his family, and myself, returned 
 to the Island whicii wu had left two or 
 three days before, called, in the lan 
 guage of the natives, Tabarawort ; and 
 he ancthis family commenced gathering 
 bread fruit. As the old man wi j h whom 
 I lived had charge of several small Isl 
 ands, we found it difficult to gather the 
 fruit as fast as it ripened, so that a con 
 siderable part fell to the ground and 
 perished. In the mean time, while we 
 were employed in gathering in the fruits 
 of the earth, news came to the Island, 
 
 to iUiGFiii tue chief with whom I lived, 
 
 that it was the intention of the highest 
 chiefs to destroy us both, (that is my 
 self and Lay,) because a severe sickness 
 prevailed among them, and they being 
 superstitious, supposed we were the oc 
 casion of it. I informed them that loe 
 could not have been the cause of the 
 sickness, as no such sickness prevailed 
 in, our country, and that I never before 
 
143 
 
 had seen a similar disease. But still 
 they talked verv hard about us; and 
 the highest chief sent to the chief I liv- 
 >ed with, to have me brought to the Isl 
 and of Milly, where Lay lived, in order 
 that we might be killed together. Prep 
 arations having been made, the old 
 chief, whom I called father, with his 
 family and myself, set sail the next mor 
 ning for Milly, where we arrived about 
 sun set. He immediately went to see 
 the chief of Milly, to inquire the cir 
 cumstances relating to the necessity of 
 taking our lives, leaving me and the rest 
 of the family in the canoe. I shortly 
 perceived William Lay and his master 
 coming towards the canoe, which pro 
 duced sensations hard to be described. 
 Affecti mate and sympathizing reader, 
 what must have been our feelings and 
 conversation at that mom 't, when 
 nothing seemingly was presented to our 
 view but death ? We were allowed an 
 interview of only a few minutes, when 
 we were again separated. 
 
 My master soon returned to the ca- 
 
144 
 
 noe, and entered into very earnest con 
 versation with his family, which, at the 
 time, I did not fully understand ; but 
 found afterwards it was a relation to his 
 family of his interview with the natives 
 on the subject of taking our lives ; and 
 that if they killed me, th-?y would first 
 have to kill him, (my master,) which 
 they were unwilling to do. My kind 
 old master told them he had preserved 
 me, and alwaysjshould. Night now com 
 ing on, I lay down'to sleep, but fear had 
 taken such possession of my mind, that 
 the night was spent in wakeful anxiety. 
 The next morning I asked leave of 
 my master to visit Lay, which he readi 
 ly gave. 1 set out for the hut in com 
 pany with my master's son ; hut on ap 
 proaching it, Lay called out to me, to 
 inform me that I must not come that 
 the natives did not like to have us to 
 gether. On my turning to go back, 
 Lay's master called to me to come. I 
 went and sat down, and entered into 
 conversation with Lay, to ascertain 
 what the intention of the natives to- 
 
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 wards us were. He told me it was the 
 design of the high chief to kill us. I ob- 
 \served to him, that we were in the hands 
 of the natives ; still there was a higher 
 and more powerful Hand that could pro 
 tect us, if it were the Divine pleasure so 
 to do. I then bade him farewell, and re 
 turned to the canoe, never expecting to 
 see each other again till we should meet 
 on the tranquil ocean of eternity, 
 
 My master being now ready to return 
 to his Island, the canoe was launched/ 
 and we set sail, and arrived the same 
 night, having been absent two days, 
 The natives expressed much joy on see- 
 i|ig me return, and asked many ques 
 tions respecting the chief of Milly ; but 
 as I was unable to speak their language 
 intelligibly, I could give them but little 
 information. We then went on with 
 our work as usual, which was fishing, 
 &c. &c. 
 
 After having been at this Island some 
 
 time, my master's wife manifested an 
 
 inclination to go and visit her friends, 
 
 who lived at an Island called in their 
 
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 language JLuguoneivort. After a suc 
 cessful excursion iu fishing, we cooked 
 a part, and took some breadfruit, and 
 embarked, agreeably to the wishes of 
 my master's wife, and arrived at Lugu- 
 onewort in two days. The natives of 
 that Island gave us a cordial reception; 
 We hauled up our canoe and remained 
 some time among them. After our a- 
 greeable visit was ended^ we returned 
 to the other Island, found the natives 
 well, and that good care had been taken 
 by the chief's mother, an old woman to 
 whom the superintendence of things 
 had been left. 
 
 About six months after the massacre 
 of my shipmates, the brother of the na 
 tive in whose possession I was, came to 
 the Island, and informed us that a ship 
 had been seen to pass a day or two be 
 fore, and that it caused great distur 
 bance among the chiefs that they 
 thought it was the ship that left the Isl 
 ands, (the Globe,) and that she was in 
 search of us. My old master immedi 
 ately prepared his canoe to visit the 
 
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 chiefs, and he wanted also to inquire of 
 me what I thought respecting the ship* 
 We loaded our canoe and made sail for 
 Milly, where the chiefs were. We ar 
 rived at night, and found a great num 
 ber of natives collected on the beach, to 
 see if we had any fish. We hauled up 
 our canoe for the night, and the natives 
 began to question me about the ship. 
 I told them I did not know, concluding 
 it would be good policy to say but little 
 on the subject. The natives crowded 
 round me in great numbers ; and I did 
 not see Lay till he came to rne. I in 
 quired of him what he had seen, and he 
 informed me that there had been a ship 
 in sight about half an hour before sun 
 set, and that she was near enough for 
 him to see them take in their fore and 
 mizen top gallant sails, but could give 
 no definite account of her, as she was 
 soon out of sight. We were not allow 
 ed to be together long ;. and I went to 
 rest as usual, but could not sleep. 
 *' Hope springs eternal in the human 
 breast" and hope that the ship which 
 
14S 
 
 had been seen had come to deliver us 
 from savages and transport us to our 
 native country and ddar friends, had an 
 Influence on my feelings more power 
 ful than sleep, and imagination was busy 
 through the night in picturing scenes of 
 future happiness. 
 
 But the prospect of our being releas 
 ed from o ur unpleasant situation was not 
 very flattering. Early next morning I 
 asked and obtained permission from my 
 master, to pay a visit to Lay, before pas 
 sing round to the opposite side of the 
 Island* Accompanied by my master's 
 son and several others, I went to the 
 hut where Lay lived, and we had the 
 pleasure of another interview ; but it 
 was of short duration, for we were not 
 allowed to be together more than a 
 quarter of an hour. I returned to my 
 masters canoe, and there continued till 
 the middle of the day ; we then launch- 
 ed anil set sail for Tabanawort* where 
 we arrived the fore part of the night. 
 Early next morning we prepared for a 
 fishing cruise, had pretty good success, 
 
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 and returned just before night, made a 
 fire, cooked some fish, and ate a deli 
 cious supper. 
 
 Our canoe being leaky and very much 
 out of repair, my master and I commen 
 ced taking her to pieces, foe the pur 
 pose of re-building her ; and we were 
 occasionally employed upon her nearly 
 two months, when we launched her, and 
 commencing fishing business, had alter 
 nately good and bad success. One day 
 we had the good fortune to enclose, in a 
 kind of wear made for the purpose, a 
 large quantity of fishes, and with a 
 scoopnet we caught a plentiful supply. 
 After cooking them, we set out with a 
 quantity to dispose of to the chiefs of 
 Milly, where we arrived before night, 
 on the same day of sailing; Very soon 
 after our arrival I saw Lay and his mas 
 ter approaching the canoe, and we once 
 more had a short but pleasant interview. 
 I inquired of Lay how he fared, as to 
 food, &c. His reply was, better than 
 he expected, and that the natives were 
 kind to him, always giving him his part;, 
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150 
 
 I informed him I had a basket of fish re., 
 served for him as a present, which he 
 requested me to keep till dark, that he 
 might be enabled to carry them home 
 without having them all begged by the 
 aatives. He came at ni^ht for the fish, 
 and I retired, agreeably to my master's 
 wishes to sleep in the canoe, to prevent 
 the natives from stealing the remainder 
 of the fish that were on board. The 
 next morning my master was highly 
 pleased to find that nothing was missing ; 
 arid gave me liberty to go and see Lay. 
 I went to the hut and found him with 
 his master. They gave me a cordial 
 welcome, and presented me with some 
 cocoanuts in return for the fish. Lay's 
 master inquired of me very particularly 
 respecting my master, and the quantity 
 offish we caught. I then returned to 
 the canoe, carrying the cocoanuts, to 
 deposite in the hold. My master asked 
 me where I got them ; I told him Lay's 
 master gave them to me. If this minute 
 detail should appear unimportant to the 
 reader, he may draw a moral from it ; 
 
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 for it evinces that my master was like 
 other masters, desirous to know if his 
 servant canae honestly in possession of 
 the cocoanuts. He then ordered me 
 and his son to launch the canoe, which 
 we did, got under sail lor the Island we 
 left the day before, and arrived back at 
 night. We learned that during our ab 
 sence the natives had caught a consider 
 able quantity of fish ; and in a few da^s 
 we caught a large quantity more ; load 
 ed our canoe, and embarked for one of 
 the head Islands to pay a visit, where 
 we stopped some time. On our return, 
 we commenced catching a kind of fish 
 called Dy the natives kitrick. They 
 are about the size of a small cedfish ; 
 and the manner of taking them is very 
 curious they make a line of the husk 
 of cocoanuts, about the size of a cod 
 line ; they then in the canoe pass round 
 the fish to the wind ward of the flat, 
 then lie to till a considerable quantity of 
 them get on the flat, then square away 
 by the wind and run down and go round ... 
 the flat with this line, and thus catch 
 
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 them, men, women, and children being 
 employed. I have known them catch 
 one hundred at a draught. The fish 
 are afraid of the line, and when enclo 
 sed, taken by a scoopnet. Alter taking 
 a sufficient quantity, they go on shore 
 to prepare for cooking them, which is 
 done by digging a large hole in the 
 earth, filling it with wood, covered with 
 stones. The wood is then consumed, 
 which heats the stones the fish are 
 wrapped in leaves to prevent them from 
 falling to pieces, then covered with green 
 leaves, and cooked by the heat of the 
 stones. About an hour is required to 
 cook them sufficient for eating. Their 
 manner of curing fish, is, to split them 
 and dry them in the sun, without using 
 salt. Thus cured, they will keep some 
 time. While we were employed in fish 
 ing, Lay came to the Island, in compa 
 ny with a native, to visit me ; but did 
 not stay long, for the chief sent for him* 
 fearing, as 1 afterwards found out,;that 
 they should lose us. From some hints 
 that had been dropped, a report had got 
 
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 in circulation that my master and Lam- 
 awoot, (Lay's master,) intended to leave 
 their Islands, and embark for an Island 
 to the north west, where the king lived, 
 and carry us with them as a great curi 
 osity. Lay was carried back to the 
 chiefs the head one sent an express to 
 my master and Lay's to come and see 
 him they made preparations and set 
 sail for Milly ; where they were close 
 ly questioned respecting their going to 
 the other Island, &c. &c. They deni 
 ed that they had even intimated any 
 such design ; which was false, for I had 
 frequently heard them talking on the 
 subject myself, but kept silent, as it ap 
 peared to be a great crime for any td 
 desert their Islands ; and I feared the 
 consequences of making it known. 
 They then parted in peace and friend 
 ship, arid I and my master returned to 
 our habitation. 
 
 We then went to an Island to catch 
 fish, and a disagreement taking place 
 between two of the natives, about some 
 trifling affair, the particulars of which I 
 
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 did not learn, one of them took a spear 
 belonging to the other, and after break 
 ing it across his knee, with one half of it 
 killed his antagonist, and left him. The 
 parents of the man killed, being present, 
 laid him out on some mats, and appear 
 ed to regret their loss very much. They 
 kept a continual drumming over the 
 body of the deceased for two or three 
 days ; after which he received a decent 
 burial on another Island at some distance 
 from the Island where he was killed. 
 
 CHAPTER IX. 
 
 HAVING a successful fishing voyage, 
 we loaded our canoe, and carried our 
 cargo to the chiefs of l^uguoneivort. I 
 had i he satisfaction of an interview with 
 Lay ; but our provisions being soon ex 
 hausted, we were obliged to go again in 
 search of fish. At this time there was 
 a, severe drought, and breadfruit trees 
 suffered ^extremely, many of them en- 
 
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 tirely died. The superstitious natives 
 supposed the drought was sent upon 
 them as a judgment, because myself and 
 Lay were allowed to live. I informed 
 them that we could neither make it rain 
 nor prevent it ; but some of them were 
 so ignorant that they believed we could 
 control the weather. But some of the 
 chiefs thought the drought was visited 
 upon them because they had killed our 
 shipmates, and I was always ready to 
 join with them in that opinion. The 
 drought continued about four months 
 with such severity that most of the 
 breadfruit trees on the .small Islands 
 were so completely dried up that they 
 never sprouted again. Many of the ig 
 norant natives still insisted that their 
 sickness and drought were occasioned 
 by suffering us to live upon their Isl 
 ands ; but this gross ignorance was 
 counterbalanced by most of the chiefs, 
 who believed differently, and to their 
 more liberal opinion we are indebted 
 for our lives. 
 About this time the Islands were re- 
 
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 freshed by plentiful showers of rain, and 
 the natives assembled at Milly to sing 
 for the breadfruit to come in abundance. 
 They said their singing would please 
 Jlnit) and that he would reward them 
 with a very great crop. 
 
 A disturbance existed between the 
 high chief and his brother Longer f^ne. 
 The disagreement lasted about nine 
 months, during which time the two 
 brothers did not see or speak to each 
 other. Luttuon, the high chief, then 
 sent a canoe to inform his brother Lon~ 
 gerene that he wished to see him. An 
 interview took place, and a treaty of 
 peace was ratified. 
 
 During our stay at Milly, I had fre 
 quent opportunities of seeing Lay, my 
 fellow sufferer; but the only relief we 
 could afford each other was derivedfrom 
 a sympathy of feelings, and in conver 
 sations relating to our homes and native 
 country, by blending our mutual wishes 
 for a safe return, &c. &c. The reader 
 can hardly conceive the unpleasantness 
 of our situation at this time the fam- 
 
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 ine was so great that the tender branch 
 es of trees were cooked, and the nutri- 
 cious juice drank as food. My strength 
 was so reduced in consequence of being 
 deprived of my usual quantity of provis 
 ions, that I was unable to accompany 
 my master on a fishing voyage. When 
 my master returned, he found me lying 
 in the hut, and asked me what was the 
 matter. I informed him my indisposi 
 tion proceeded from hunger ; he cook 
 ed a fish and gave me, which, though it 
 afforded me some relief, was not half e- 
 nough to satisfy the cravings of appetite. 
 After I had recruited my strength, 
 one day while engaged in fishing, a ca 
 noe came to the Island ; and as soon a 
 the canoe was near enough for the na 
 tives in her to be heard, they commen 
 ced hallooing and making dreadful nois 
 es, which is their practice when war is 
 declared. They informed us that the 
 high chief had killed several of the low 
 er chiefs who belonged to the Island 
 called Alloo ; that Longer ene had fled to 
 \lloo, bis own Island; and that the 
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 high chief was determined to pursue 
 and kill him We were ordered to go 
 immediately to his assistance ; accord 
 ingly we set sail for the Island Milly, 
 where we found a great number of na 
 tives col ected for war. Again I had 
 the satisfaction of being with Lay ; who 
 informed me that they were going to 
 fight the other party at Alloo ; and that 
 the high chief had told him that he and 
 I must prepare two muskets, and go and 
 fight with them. Luttuon sent for me 
 and Lay, and informed us he was about 
 to have a battle, and that we must pre 
 pare to take a part in it; We asked 
 him if he had any powder he said he 
 had a plenty, and showed us a small 
 box, which contained a little powder 
 and mustard seed mixed together, which, 
 if it had been good powder, would not 
 have made more than five or six char 
 ges. We told him it was good for noth 
 ing ; but he said we must d> the best 
 we could with it. As we were afraid 
 to offend him, we went to work with the 
 powder, arid dried it in the sun, and 
 
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 prepared our muskets for battlet 
 The next morning we launched 15 or 16 
 canoes, containing in all about 200 na 
 tives, and set sail for Alloo ^ where we 
 arrived nnd landed, and proceeded to a 
 vi 1 age in order to give battle to the en 
 emy. On learning that the chief of Al 
 loo and his family had fled in a canoe, 
 we returned to our canoes, made sail in 
 pursuit o; the chief, but did not overtake 
 him. After returning and spending a 
 day or two at the Island of Alloo, we 
 launched our canoes and went to our 
 respective homes, and heard no more 
 oi the war. 
 
 Some time after my master returned 
 to the Island where we usually resided, 
 a carioe came and brought the informa 
 tion that a vessel was anchored near 
 one of the head Islands that she carri 
 ed guns on each side, and had a hun* 
 dred men that they (the natives that 
 brought the news) had been on board 
 of the vessel, and received presents of 
 beads, which they had on their necks. 
 The natives said the vessel was not like 
 
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 our ship which we came in, but had on 
 ly two masts. I told them we had ves 
 sels of all descriptions, some with one 
 mast only. They said the men on board 
 did not look like us, and that they were 
 very saucy. I informed the natives the 
 vessel was a war vessel, and that if mo 
 lested by the natives, they would shoot 
 them. The natives said they would 
 take the vessel and kill all the men on 
 board, I told them their safety con 
 sisted in friendship, and that any hos 
 tile attack on the crew of the schooner 
 would Lead to their own destruction. 
 They then set sail for Milly, to inform 
 the chiefs of the arrival of the vessel at 
 the head Island. The chiefs of Milly 
 gave orders to launch the canoes, 15 in 
 number, to go and take the schooner. 
 These canoes were manned by 200 na 
 tives. My master's canoe not being in 
 perfect repair, we could not join the 
 party. On the night of the 25th, (Nov.) 
 we saw several of the canoes returning 
 towards the Island where I was. From 
 one of the canoes landed the high chief* 
 
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 who began to question me respecting 
 the vessel, I told hm I had not seen 
 the vessel, and of course coald nit tell 
 much about her ; but that I expected 
 she had come after me and Lay, and 
 that she would have us. He then said 
 he had better kill us both, and then there 
 would be no one to tell that the natives 
 had killed the rest of our crew. 1 told 
 him that the people on board the schoo; 
 ner knew there were t\yo alive, and if 
 they killed us, the crew of the vessel 
 would kill all the natives. This app ear 
 ed to perplex his mind, and he shortly 
 kit me, and retired to rest. 
 
 On the next morning, 26th, the chief 
 again questioned me respecting the ves 
 sel, but I could give him no particular 
 information, as I had not seen her. 
 The natives then commenced knitting 
 up leaves to inquire ot their god, who, 
 they said, would inform them what was 
 be^t to be done. Towards night they 
 departed, leaving me with my master, 
 giving him strict orders not to let me 
 go to, the vessel, fearing that I should 
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162 
 
 not only remain on board, but give in 
 formation that my shipmates had been 
 murdered. I was glad to see them de 
 part, for I feared they would kill me. 
 The reader can have but a faint id^a of 
 my teeli gs at that time ; nor will I at 
 tempt to describe them. 
 
 Towards the close of the next day, 
 (27th, ; a canoe came to the Island which 
 had been boarded by a boat from the 
 schooner. The natives offered the men 
 in the boat some cocoanuts, which they 
 would not accept. The boat then pro 
 ceeded towards the Island of Milly. 
 The natives informed me that the men 
 in the boat inquired after the men who 
 were left there by the ship Globe ; but 
 they would not give any information 
 where they were. The canoe left the 
 Island, and we went to rest, The next 
 day passed without hearing any thing of 
 the schooner ; but the day following, 
 (29th of Nov.) as I was walking in the 
 woods in the afternoon, I heard a dread 
 ful outcry for Hussey. I ran to the hut 
 to learn the cause, and to my unspeaka- 
 
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 ble joy, I discovered that one of the 
 schooner's boats was on the beach, 
 waiting for me, the men ail a<*med and 
 equipped for battle. As I approached, 
 the Lieutenant spoke to me and told me 
 to come to him. I went and sat di vn 
 by him. He asked me several ques 
 tions, but my feelings were o overcome 
 and agitated, that I know noi whether 
 I replied in English, or the language of 
 the natives. While we were sitting to 
 gether, the old man whom I had always 
 called master, but who was now willing 
 to be considered my servant, asked me 
 if the white people were going to kill 
 him. The Lieutenant inquired of me 
 to know the purport of the old man^s 
 question ; I told him he was afraid of 
 being killed. The Lieutenant replied 
 that he should not be hurt, if he behaved 
 himself properly. 
 
 We then walked round the Island, 
 and I collected what few things I had, a 
 musket, Sic. and made preparations for 
 our departure. My old master being 
 unwilling to part with me, asked per- 
 
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 mission to go with me. I spoke to the 
 Lieutenant on the subject, and he read 
 ily consented. We then set sail, ac 
 companied by my master and his son. 
 We soon fell in with the 2d Lieutenant, 
 in another boat, who infor>ae.l that all 
 the survivors of the Globe's crew were 
 now rescued. The boats soon lost sight 
 of each other, as night came on, and 
 that in which I was arrived at the Isl 
 and about 9 o'clock in the evening. We 
 landed, cooked supper, and anchored 
 our boat at a, little distance from the 
 shore for the night. 
 
 The next morning, (30th,) we got 
 under weigh, accompanied by the other 
 boat, beat to the windward, for the out 
 side passage, and then r*ti d^vvn to the 
 schooner, and got along side at 9 o' 
 clock. I will leave it for the reader, to 
 picture my feelings on entering once 
 more on board of au A nerican vessel, 
 after having been among unmerciful 
 savages 22 months. We soon had some 
 breakfast, after which my hair was cut, 
 which was of two year's growth, and I 
 
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 v/as furnished with clothing, and re 
 mained on board till the next day. 
 
 From this date to the time of our ar 
 rival in the United States, all the im 
 portant incidents and facts which trans 
 pired, will be found in the precedi ig pa 
 ges, arranged from the journal kept by 
 Lay. 
 
 After expressing my thanks to all who 
 Assisted to rescue us from savage bon 
 dage, and my gratitude to Heaven for a 
 safe return to my friends and native 
 land, I bid the reader a respectful fare 
 well. 
 
 JSL VOCABULARY 
 
 Of Word? and Phrases, used by the natives of tfie 
 Alulgrave Islands, with tftdr dcfi-iifirms 'ind so 
 spe't ,nd divided in sitllvvlea a* to give the Render 
 a very clear understanding ofth' pronunciation. 
 
 Beard 
 Iron 
 A sail 
 An oar 
 
 Steering 
 Sailing 
 Sleep 
 Awake 
 
 Cor y ack Dark Mai roak 
 Maale Ligrht Mar rum 
 Wo-'d \f lah Ni^ht Botng 
 Thii. bet Day Bonn 
 Kib b^t tebet Growing Aung 
 Derraukyruk Drowned MaF long 
 Mad du rah Oil Bin in yep 
 Mira mit Water Rir rea 
 
AlongtimeEt 
 
 Yourself Guay 
 
 Sleepy 
 
 Yictu/ils 
 
 Scrape 
 
 Bu'ld 
 
 Hold on 
 
 Man 
 
 Woman 
 
 Boy 
 
 G.rl 
 
 An infant 
 
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 Wusketoe To cotch up- 
 
 White 
 
 Red 
 Dunk 
 Fin ,e''s 
 A ivrJ 
 A k.iife 
 
 ^ ork 
 
 An adze 
 
 Mi\ tegee Giving Hi dir inge 
 
 Cu<'k con A rope Tow 
 
 Goo ock Wntd Gut to 
 
 Ae Rain Wuot 
 
 Coj.pv diny Lay don Bah boo 
 
 iVinm marn Gt-t up Per rv cock 
 
 Civ rah Not good N<'n nah 
 
 Lori rick Very good En n 
 
 Lid rick Ta'king Coin el th te 
 
 Hi d r ry Fighting Tarr yin ia 
 
 Eg gil !v mil Krl Mori ny 
 
 Em mew it Snioke Bout 
 
 Em mirt Sand Boak 
 
 E ranck D veing Doo lock 
 
 Jan thurt Digging C'ob e coob 
 
 Paw o Brv Col ly boo ny 
 
 .Noad rick Seving Thil thil 
 
 Angue ot Eat Mong ah 
 
 Dtrry bol Singing Al lil 
 
 Jai losk Sun Al 
 
 Merry Moon A 1 lung 
 
 Ooj^oet Star Ej< w 
 
 Bel iy bal Sky 1 1 ere lung 
 
 Sun down Doo lock Al 
 
 Jew <>n Sun rise Tuck in Al 
 
 Uoo ah To- day Raun ene 
 
 Te lew Yesterdayln nay 
 
 A risen To-night Boon t ne 
 
 Ri lira TomorrowG^en a raua 
 Dil je mo [unpuking Mummit 
 D.ljii jp maj'Mv\ blanket Cawd 
 AdjvMio [onA costume Ene 
 Ad di! y m> je w Fuel Con ny 
 
 Dongue ole Land Yin ny 
 
 Grass 
 
 Leaves 
 
 Counting B <n ne bun 
 
 One 
 
 Two 
 
 Three 
 
 Four 
 
 Five 
 
 Six 
 
 Seven 
 
 Eight 
 
 Nine 
 
 Ten 
 
Kid dir rick 
 
 A bottle Buck ah 
 
 Catling Boo way 
 
 Fastening Geal ing 
 
 Scaling Mid dart 
 
 A rat 
 
 Hair 
 
 Ear 
 
 Eyes 
 
 Nose 
 
 Mouth 
 
 C'.m 
 
 Chief 
 
 Forward 
 
 Egg 
 
 Drift 
 Paddle 
 
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 Hailing An a IB 
 Mast Cod jew 
 A saw Dir re bars 
 A sword Jah jay 
 A handle Je j->w er 
 Cocoa no bot Running Tit <urt 
 Lou di! lyg nu'A musket Boo wat 
 Mid ddt A .annon Bac ca 
 
 Baw thurt Powder 
 Loung ing [adFire 
 Chim in ny gneHevving 
 
 A house 
 Fish 
 S;one 
 Head 
 Hand 
 Foot 
 A shark 
 A spear 
 
 Tarn moon 
 
 A marn 
 
 Lip 
 
 Pav lock 
 
 Aun am 
 
 I know E del lah 
 Yes ing ah 
 
 No Aub 
 
 Backside Al by gin 
 Plaving Cook ke ry 
 Medicine Oonoe 
 Whale Rat 
 A louse Git 
 Strong Mad jojow 
 Enough Em mui 
 Thread Uer. ,J|ji 
 Forget Mer no lock wyLizard 
 See Lai ly 
 
 A canoe, or any vessel 
 Put it down (here 
 Throw it away 
 1 am thirsty 
 Give me some drink 
 Finger nails 
 Your father 
 
 Bow on ope 
 
 K'.J ja icfc 
 
 J:ck = jick 
 
 lmm 
 
 Ikk 
 
 Buck ah 
 
 B--JF run 
 
 Bon 
 
 Nane 
 
 Bac co 
 
 Mor ry 
 
 Cocoanuts Koree 
 Breadfruit Mah 
 Go Wy lun 
 
 Come Wy to 
 Very large El lip 
 Scar or cutGin net 
 Thunder Daw roort 
 Lightning Dar rum 
 
 Cid re be lin 
 
 Woa or Wah 
 
 Lickitin i genny 
 
 Jow lock y 
 
 E mar row 
 
 Letto lim ma dirick 
 
 Og guck 
 
 Gini mum 
 
His father 
 
 My father 
 
 Your mother 
 
 JHis mother 
 
 My mother 
 
 Where are you going 
 
 What are you doing 
 
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 Gim men 
 
 Gim mali 
 
 Gin mum 
 
 Gin nen 
 
 Gin nah 
 
 Guay te wy jicktit 
 
 Quay je than 
 
 Where have you come fromGuay te wy to den air 
 
 Is there any 
 Qjie hundred 
 One thousand 
 What is the news 
 A bag or pocket 
 Do you kno\v 
 What is that. 
 What part 
 You must not 
 A cable or anchor 
 A cask or chest 
 Chips or rub'jhh 
 La/ing a rope 
 A cloud or squall 
 Fair weather 
 Dont say a word 
 Sharpening in>n tools 
 Day before yesterday 
 Take that and go 
 
 O ra cy 
 
 Jib be wee 
 
 Der rab bin 
 
 Ere nin riarn 
 
 Pan jaw 
 
 Guay del larky 
 
 Mer root thany 
 
 E thane 
 
 A mow 
 
 Era mi tock 
 
 Tub be tub 
 
 Men a ca noak 
 
 Bit the bit 
 
 Cur raw 
 
 Em mon Lung 
 
 Tab co war roang aroang 
 
 Jim me jim mal 
 
 Jay marn 
 
 Book y em ettal 
 
 Ma long a Jung 
 
 Rir ret llong ene 
 
 Sick at the 
 
 How large is this Island 
 
 What's the naineofthis IsleT tan llingene 
 
 Going to sea Gib be lak 
 
 THE END, 
 
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