Pike County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 33, Petersburg, Pike County, 3 January 1889 — Page 4

MURDEROUS NATIVES, to*l Timii1im|. _____ '

(MrTn IM mi •« !«*.» wk’tkhwl lowing Tb the year that our civil war broke oat I left .Honolulu for atrading trip i.mong the islands to the mouth, but be- i inf more particularly bound for the ; J'humotu Island* which lie M the j i«ahnut oe the Tropic of Capricorn. . ’Ihere are fifteen or twenty group* of i islands la the South Pacific, and while Ike redder Is of some are civilized and living like white folks, there are others Inhabited by scoundrelly gangs. There "lira about thirty islands, large and •••all. >n the Paumotu group, and in there wasn't a native among them | a thief and a liar when I f with white men. I think there [two or three English missionaries i larger island at the date 1 inenfbnt their influence wea limited, ives were a sneaking lot, always point of advantage. " were rather held ia contempt by. | They would cheat, steal <tad lie, but do one supposed them %ave enough to attack a vessel. Our craft was a fine, new schooner. i oa the mode! of a fruiter, and one j the fastest craft* ever propelled by 1 power.? She was also easy to han- j and carried n dry duck through j ■jshtoh would havt^wet a frigate as commanded by Walters, a very competent man. while 1 had the berth of first mate. IXtr second was a Mr. Sheppard, and «• had six Before l We won loaded with article* of trafllcPand ■Mm tetisted of on# six. «*» a carriage auu „ Ooaen and muskets. TbetApuin had two previous voyages to the issad lie had a very poor opinion of the courage of the natives. We had an uneventful voyage to whhte me hundred miles of the islands, when we encountered the brig 'Frisco, which had also been on a trading voyage. She showed a signal of distress, and I was ordered to go aboard in i spouse. Her original crew of ten m had «beea reduced oop-half, and the Qqdain was ia need of the service# of a surgeon, having a had scalp wound two cuts on the Shoulder. Three day* before, as the brig had completed her cargo, the native had made a -effort to capture her. Three of L her crew had been killed, one drowned. P s«d a fifth sarrird o# a prisoner, iM ' only one man of the fiva remaining had Wv being wounded. In repelling natives thirty or forty of them hsd n slaughtered, and the Captain's ad. vice to us was to seek some other port. We could not spare the brig any hands, but we fixed up the wounded as well as we could, our Captain went aboard to hear the particulars of the fight, and vrhm the vessels separated we field to I our original course, “I am not to be scared out by his yarn, Mr. Winters,” he said to me. "1 those nigger natives, and i know they haven't the courage of a . I suspect that the crew of the and the unlives weal oa a big and the whisky brought quarrel. In which the sailors "But it won't be much trouble to taka proper precaution*,’ I. replied. "Oh, an. You will have full chajge whaa we get oa Uwdiag grounds, as 1 will bars to look after the barter. Take aach pmcaations as you like, though I tikfah It wiUbe trouble tor nothing.” My bump of caution is decidedly A > a sailor I always pre- [ Iowa and stew away bo- > btoka. I got up the

that be coul d be only m&K and not tetoa brig or bad h Bpto^pfd. I pu l the Watch «DH<f On night Wt» (Vo that WW wet* ‘ ft different Ml | at, the thpiain via invited whore; Ad ft messenger from Oid Lett said that trade Would be good. We wanted dyewawls. roots. Win MMdtut and oth the captain torn saw enough to satisfy him that beer, s row. Old Lop had btN.. , •illjr Itf ft «W flbffi ft Capstan bar taneVer do Wehiy of hating fever, and the woihdd - - Htuy ■ thumbs, its they (rheh $B mOoroinr. ‘ or a huarbtr Hf It Iftilt lltt the captain returned he gpri orders to hath the schooner taken it to a little oonre within biscuit throw of t he sand. The natives had complained ’hat it wee-toe mock work to pull the C irgO txtt to tla. 1 asked the captain if it didn’t look like a plot to get we ton hel dess situation, and he laughed and replied, "The W>W «r|Ui the brig will last . . th fSfiWSph'Jt food trhQd >eb| hrft seem to>wr tor toe h* they dM when bftro bfttoe, bttt there's plenty of trade, and we'll get‘emgood-aatured after a bit. You’re got charge, and you They cad petal your gt ns as you iiktojft into Hr. Core, We pnUcd the i rhooner and tor three Aft the nativto toOtight Hi (toffee last ft* *0 could stow U away. Th« captain eptnt most of his time ashore, and whenever he came aboard it was to announce that the natives were in better bu nor, and that we need not he apprehensive. Had 1 tod had nit the twm with ne In toy suspicions I should no doubt jiave relaxed my rigitaaoa. fetch sailer, however, hy catch, tag on to this or that, was satisfied that danger tUenaccd. and were eftty too r'ltoaee preparations taltde »0 toeei I hftd the cam toe ioaded with whatever would answ jr for canister, muskets and cull nates kept ready, anti would not allow ever ton natives aboard at once. They tad hows and arrows and spears and dubs, with now and then an oM muslwt, and each one who came had to leave all weapon* behind. On the third daj I saw ne lose than three of them cut a notch on a stick to reprosent each One of us. add those who came aboard had. a smack of the impudent In their demeanor, On the fourth morning came off to tie. and when went ashore witli a to propitiate Oid was a holiday with all were excused from work. He ssat me word to let all go ashore who wished, and when t made the announcement evqry ham. was off except one. A foremast man mined Parker, a steady , middle-aged main finding that 1 was to stay, asked that he might keep me company, and we had scarcely been left alone when be said: Mr. Winters 1 bag VOur pardon for bold of speech, hut 1 don t like the look of things ashore.” “Nor I, either.” “I am glad. sir. that we are egr***l fori think there it be throat-cutting done before nig it. 1 haven't ouftft eery at all since wc dropped aacaor barn I've been among the feeejet* Tonga Phoenix. Uniosi and other groups, and these niggers are too saucy for taco who haven't go< a plot no band.” “And what- do you think of the holiday?' a native captain of liquor [nd that it, e. and that

*‘AU moonshine, air. It in an excuse to get all of us ea shore. These niff, gers huve a holiday every day ia tike roar, so far M that gee* IV ien*V h# the like* of ate In give you hdrfce. hut I think *e should get reedy tor a row." 1 thought so. too, We took the cover off the mainsail and hoisted it part way up. ran up tlsa jih, uncovered the fer»> sail, and acted Is two men might who 'Pere earing tar a craft at anchor. We lay headed toe ard the Channel, as tike tide was running in. end had only enough chain wit to'Vet her awing. We overhauled the cable, and fixed it tor •dipping, got tie cannon aft. Where it could have a racing fire, and weretlMtk. as ready as two men could bo. AshoirC nil wee hilarity and confusion, with antivee inarching up and down and beat* teg their drutk* and blowing their horns. We hat made the preparations of the men off to us to tail ue to ashore, ea ere 7 body wee baring a good time. Iqteetioned tba messenger eloeciy, hut he lied aeon nothing sttsph clous, t sent W >rd t hat We might MM soon, but did not intend to move n toot. Two hour* paw* id. and we had remark's* that the tide had just turned, when Old Lop sent un a pressing invitation, hacked by a second message from the eaptato. The sailor had been aloft with the glass, an I on coming down that ourmea were acting as if and that every native appeared to be armed. swat back word that I would not leave the schooner, and half an hour laierthi We heard a gem lag. end Parker t> report that he had

tjtowhawijf W* 'StoBumi' tnaiusai! s begat theptirt Ike ehaaott totir. li up the w we «o«ld Hn * .at had drafted * plenty titc ftwmis. W*.-- 'litdi w-ftli S ntorwtre.t r/*ft?rt«feWLl^a .to it" " kite and (Into fcf«p*w4«f itondrwl.jutfta* Crowded Into CaiaCes til pursue 'TlW fehwmii *is kin**, tot todi ftoftlfc asH while i held line wtoel ami toptlSi going Parker pas busy with the mm : Be Bred In turn ill b&dh "Wtoft, Hgjn toitUetegjfeftfdw 5 a&raffg U»» CnlHigh to ftslttad lie «$&&$,' ««fi thk time he rammed in a solid shot. Th* natives seemed to look upon it as a gun which tod brig bite MM m itoHgh the fetdtietot.il their contusion was vCry after this Parker kilted White* gift ill* teteeaU bn tto Other jibe; ani th* schooner 5r«J»t along so fast that pursuit was given over, ftiuch io our tatiateciioa. Wc kept to the »>u' hward, following the ^totertnavU W»4i a f T vv TTfrw rWt* abbot toe o wheri wo met t junta; ownbd % i had lbaded At Ui was going to add at where two winders herftgot enough WM Our number to tfty, borrowed muskets and Cutlasses, iidd Hiturned to Old Mr# H*ndftfthirtert la the rfWteww He •towed fight wtoii We IlnMUil MX beean\« panic stricken and oesaed hr stotaam. We first matte tore that all our meg had been teurdered. aid theft the man were 1st loose Wr revCnge. Ttojr Were A wflS lot; and they Wtlt hoeeesanr to teach the natives a lesson t and to* minting toWd attd kfliiSg WBBlttd tor three dogs-. Neither age nor ass met with mercy; and thoaatoberef irks tints must have counted up Kdly two hundreds The lioratohto Was; in fact. BeSoiiuiated. and stabs tkhl d»4* gjUj i*smvivw^ wseme wraeorarar wwvw native in any of the groups has dared to raise bis hmid agate** a White man; much loss plot tto slaughter bf a fert* and tto iakidg el a Ship -& t> tote*

■^.sissssstf or drinks, they crW* «,« „ of the teeth. and thus destivy ; they also wenken th© salivaiy <, gftfotMe tho stomach, andic*air digestion. —fivb Wht* worth 61 «sdin6. *M*!b i iasUleta and! Wort©*©, wllf Wrb' «H N© chapped hAfcdW SufAttrSW fa*© (Ml rackedHpi. hWf.&llth© «ff*» btfn* nd aWioM with #hith * family #6u'irf fStt»rify * afflicted. -Cream fi*re© or k>'xr oiled beet* Into piece* th© aatf ^ # rain of corn. Race in *Vew pan; to n© pint ©at beets add one teacupful &h, target fhitk, pl*c« of butter six© of butternut, hr MHd «|» Suit Jiid |H-iar I1' "w' ‘m toknlt# i u i ti n ii j^t I(^aW taii 10 Mww- wow »on serve hot

la coataettoD with bone decorating at the present time, did it ever idrlke the reader as surprising hoar many artists (9) the present yielded? Artiste who ue steal enough to he hampered 1 tioos perspective, i etc., but who Instead—i hand with their own good judjf and taste steer clear of s'l shack(es. Tot turning aside treat the

t« for the various opthe true artist to his or her genius, and it can hut afford a sense of pleasure tosny re* fined taste to eater that friend’s ■ where the impress of busy fingers not sacrificed harmony to or utility to discomfort, hints of a lurking genius (if tt one) are only ooceeSonally mot s1th in plansing subjects well crime B. Terry, is Farm amd rttiitinn Pnfifti once to poisons and impuriiie. Is far __ ly of cereals, vegetables and fruits tfeim] maim leading place. This Is espeefa illy the in the wann months when putreand fei mentation changt* take rapidly in dead animals. The LS mi I Is ai moanfi j f.,. —— mTim x-vf dsa. daw ttaaaa jlHlt tt Sniff Che i l. Q protests against the labit of meat eating. A writer in the: Britiel MM'ml Journal, referring ■■ ■ rheumatism .and kidney aff “The preruiling taste ipcti amount of animal' food; and state of the laws allow* i'tiM: for ail' sections of ves with this form

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