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My Adventures at Sea.
CONCLUDED.
TRYING the pumps, and finding they
worked freely, a gang of men went to
work on them, while, rigging a whip from
our yardarm, we assisted them on the En
deavor, by hoisting it out in barrels. Our
work began to tell, and at night we had her
half pumped out, and rolling at her an
chors alongside of us. I tell you we felt
gay as we saw how we were succeeding,
and also heard that she had lots of barter
in her hold.
I knew now, that if I could save what
there was in her, and get it safely to China,
I bad made my fortune. I could see a
brown' stone mansion on Beacon Street,
like the one Seymour was occupying when
I left, loom up before me as bright as day,
while Digger coachmen were cracking
whips over me all night; although the latter
part of my dreams I firmly believe arose
from our swivel that faithfully roared out
its warning note to the natives at its regu
lar periods.
I didn't allow my crew to pump that
night, for I wanted to ascertain if the
wreck leaked any, and also wanted them to
be fresh in the morning. As soon as it was
light enough we measured tho water in the
bold, and found there were only a couple
of inches more than when we knocked off
the night before, so at 1 it again wo went,
determined to clean her all out.
By noon she was as dry as a Shaker
bucket, so now we went to work on the
hole we had made. The plug was driven in
as tightly as sturdy arms could send it,
then sawed off smooth, a large piece of tar
red canvas tacked on with small nails over
the plug, some plank spiked over the can
vas, and then we gave the whole concern a
thorough coat of tar over all
Having done this outside we repeated the
performance on the peg inside the hold,
making it perfectly water tight.
" I guess that snoodlo-dog will stand all
the banging It can get in one passage across
the Atlantic," the mate said, when he had
finished the job, he having taken the whole
charge of it, being a good workman with
tools.
" All I want it to do," I replied, "is to
make one trip through the China ScaMand
that will answer my purpose."
"You don't mean to tow that bulk to
Canton, do, you ?". he abked, with some
curiosity. . , .
"Tow her J( not .far. .'I calculate when
we get the masts that we cut away, and
which are towing astern, shipped again,
we'll let her do a part of her own carting."
" By thunder, that is a trick ! , I didn't
think of that, I'll take her theie if you say
so," my mate said, with enthusiasm. '
" We'll rig her first, and talk afterwards;
but now she is free from water let's see if
we can find out where she belongs, and
what about her," I said.
. Somehow we had refrained from going
below, cither in the cabin or forward, both
of which places were on fire when we scut
tled her in the hurry we did. Turning our
steps aft, we looked down the cabin gang
way. The stairs were gone ; one look suf
ficed to toll us tbatit would be useless to
look for identification there, for it was alt
burned up, the staterooms having fallen
iu, a mass of charred wood, their contents
destroyed beyufl recognition.
The fire had done no material damage to
the hull of the vessel, aft, so we looked
forward. . The condition was the' same
there; and as there was no name painted
on the hull we could discover nothing that
would lead to her Identification.
We found,, however, that we had sunk
her just in time, for one short half hour
would have served to burn boles through
her in a numbar of places ; so we felt happy
to think I bad, on the impulse of the mo
ment, lot drive a ball through ber as I did.
Having finished our examination, we con
cluded to make a new move, and this was
to tow her further off shore.
The windlass was in perfect order, so we
hove short on the cables, there being two
out, and getting a hawser from the Endeav
or, hoisted the anchors to the hawse-holes,
and were in motion in a few moments.
As soon as the natives perceived we were
underway they came out from the land in
canoes, with a perfect storm of yells. It
was hurrah boys, I assure you.
Slowly but surely we forged ahead, and
a mile from where we started we dropped
the anchors of the wreck, jumped into our
boat, pulled hurriedly to the Endeavor,
clambered on board, stuck out on the haw
ser to the wreck to the batter end, let it
slip, and prepared to give the approaching
canoes, another warm reception. Two
broadsides sufficed to scatter them, and
making a couple of tacks in shore of our
prize we sent the natives back in a hurry.
Now came the tug of war. We had to
break bulk in our prize, clear away around
the masts, finding that the unfortunate
trader's voyage must have been nearly com
pleted, for Bhe had piles upon piles of tor
toise shell, and heap after heap of sandal
wood, with very little barter on board, most
of which was ruined by the water ; but we
cleared away finally, and took out the
stumps of tho masts. This being done, we
fitted the ends of the masts in the water,
rigged our purchases, and prepared to stop
them the next day. We got at work on
them in the morning, and with some muck
ling got them stepped at last, and had part
of the standing rigging set up before
night.
Wo worked like beavers for a week, final
ly getting the rigging all atanto ; and a
queer-looking craft she was, with her masts
thus shortened down. -
It took another week to fit ber sails, for
all had to be reduced, someway ; and hav
ing done this we turned our attention to
below.
By uncasing a lot of goods on the En
deavor we managed to get enough boards
to fit up some quarters in the cabin, or what
was left of it, for the crew we were going
to put on board, and having made it habit
able, Mr. Snell the mate took charge of her
with six of our men. :
The arms of our prize consisted of four
iron guns, six pounders, and as they were
all discharged, we had no difficulty in put
ting them in serviceable condition.
Thore wero no signs of a boarding-netting,
and as I bad a plan of my own, we all
hands, from myself to the boy with us,
turned 0 to making one for the " Stub
and Twist," as one of our crew termed the
unfortunate oraft
We used np all the spare stuff we had to
make such a netting as she needed, but at
tributing her loss to the lack of ono I would
not allow her to be called ready for service
until it was completed. It was done at last,
however, and although it was made in a
hurry, and out of such things as we had,
yet it was one that in time of need would
prove serviceable, and was a great deal bet
tor than none, if it was a rough affair.
The galley of the Stub was a pretty fair
ono, but as there were no provisions on
board, excepting some salt beef and pork,
even the water being spoiled, we sent a suf
ficiency to last the crew for the voyage I
intended making, as well as plenty of am
munition. , ,
, We were quite ready at last, and it was
with a sigh of relief that I left the Stub for
my own good Endeavor, telling Snell that
the next morning at daylight we would get
underway and go to Lauoa, where Seymour
bad found his wife, and see how the market
was there.
Nothing of note transpired during the
night, so at six in the morning we prepared
to leave Rava and the treacherous Kanakas,
hoping that no other ship would ever be en
trapped into capture by the wily natives.
" Way, haul away, haul away, my Joscy !
Way, haul away, haul away, my Jo !"
roared the gunner in stentorian voice, as he
led off in a sonorous chanty, the crew join
ing in with wild glee, thoir exuberance of
joy knowing no bounds at the prospect of
gottingaway from such inhospitable re
gions ; for they little thought then that I
had no ldoa of leaving the Fcjoes until I
bad vislUd the other islands, and ascer
tained what could be done with natives
there ,
Suddenly a hail wss heard from our con
sort. "Ay, oy, there ! what's wanted ?" roared
Mr. Jacobs, ray second mate, who was now
acting chief, in the absence of Mr. Snell,
on the Stub, who was culling" to us.
"Look to win'ard I" he roared, pointing
as he spoke.
Gazing in the direction of his index fin
ger, I saw a sight that gave me considera
ble alarm. About three miles away wero
a fleet of large canoes crowded with natives
coming directly before the wind down on
us, and I well knew what it meant.
" Captain Snell," I shouted, "there is
mischief ahead for us. Load your guns
with punches, give revolvers to your men,
and bo ready for a muss !"
" Ay, ay, sir," came ringing back.
Big Ben, our gunner, immediately began
to look after his battery, while I saw that
our ammunition was placed in handy posi
tion, and gave tho mon firearms, together
with loaded revolvers, and warned them
that now they must prove men, or we
should run a chance of losing our lives,
as the men on Mr. Suell's vessel had lost
theirs.
Nearer and nearer came the canoes, and
Big Ben was getting ready to swing bis
swivel into position to give them a dose,
when the approaching flotilla hauled on the
wind, shot off, and then hove to.
" What does that moan ?" I asked anx
iously. Before my question could bo answered I
saw a canoe with two men in it leave a
large one, and come toward us, one pad
dling, one waving a green bough.
"That is a little encouraging," I mut
tered. The canoe wont to the Stub first, passed
a few words with Captain Snell, and then
came to mo.
"What do you want?" I asked, in my
purest Kanaka.
m "Speak English if you can, I can under
stand that," said the native with the green
branch.
"David Whippey, how are you?" I
shouted, recognizing the man as soon as he
spoke.
" By George ! have you come back
again ?" he asked, excitedly.
"I think I have. Come on board," was
my answer.
In a few minutes, David Whippey, the
Nantucket renegade whaleman, was on my
quarter-deck, and we were shaking hands
as sociably as you please.
The first thing we did was to go below,
where I extended the hospitality of my
cabin without dolay.
"Ah 1 this is hotter than cava, after all,"
he murmured, as a pint of fine old port dis
appeared down his throat.
" You need only to say the word, and
you can leave this country instauter, and
never touch their cava again," was my re
mark, as he put his glass down for the sec
ond time, empty.
" I suppose so ; but I am too well identi
fied with my present life, as you well know,
to ever think of leaving it ; and besides, I
am getting entirely too old to dream of
abandoning my wives and children whom I
love."
- I looked closely at Whippey as he spoko
and saw that he was too old to entertain
the idea of returning to civilization again.
His hair was thin and gray, while his coun
tenance gave overy indication that his voy
age of life was nearly over, and I knew that
if he were to return to his home in Nan
tucket he would find his old friends scat
tered and gone, ' while his family was en
tirely extingulsed, he being the only one
left. ' . '
"What are you doing here, with this
fleet of canoes?" I asked, as these thoughts
flashed over mo.
"We are looking for your old enemy
Darnsford," was tho somewhat unexpected
reply.
" Darnsford ! is ho alive?" I shouted, in
surprise.
"He was, a couple of months ago ; such
men as he, as my grandmother used to say,
are like chickens, who with curses, come
borne at night to roost."
" I thought when you took him from us
that the natives would brain him without
delay."
"So did I," said Whippey ; " but tho
rascal was too smooth with his tongue for
tho chief, who contemplated burning him
alive as soon as ho got on shore ; but the
half-breed actually talked him out of that
idea, by laughing at the chief, telling him
he had paid altogether too much for him,
and that he could have been got cheaper,
and now It was too bad to lose so much for
so little, when he could keep him a while,
get partly paid by work, and then carry out
his revenge-; aud, after all, it was only
for a woman, and women wore uheap
there.
" The blackguard talked that way, told
the chief what be had seen in foreign
couutrlos, and actually, in tho time It took
to carry him five miles, without one single
plea, directly, for his life, he made himself
appear so valuable that it was decided not
to kill him immediately, as be was too val
uable an acquisition.
" They have hold him three years a pris
oner, although he was furnished with a
wife, -and now, a couple 6t months ago they
wore tired of him, and about to knock him
in the head, when a vessel came along
trading.
" I was sent for to act as interpreter, but
found they were all Dutchmen ; and as I
couldn't understand them at all, and as
Darnsford could, ho was respited for the
time, and conducted the trade much to the
satisfaction of the chief.
" When tho vessel sailed, which she did
in the night-time, suddonly, it was found
he had escaped in her, probably inducing
the captain to carry him off, to act as in
terpreter the balance of the voyage ; and
worse than all, the chiefs oldest daughter
had accompanied him in his flight, prob
ably aiding him to escape.
" The chief is thoroughly aroused, and
swears that his child shall be brought back
and Darnsford killed, or there shall never
be any more trading. Tui Viti, tho king
at Ambow, is backing the chief, and has
given strong assistance.
" We thought one of these vessels was
tho one Darnsford escaped in, so part of
our fleet came on, to bring me to ascertain
if be was here, and if it was so, then the
whole fleet of two hundred canoes were to
make an attack, immediately if necessary,
but to-night anyway."
I was surprised at this revelation, for I
made sure that Darnsford had suffered the
penalties of his crimes long ago ; but as he
had not, I asked Whippey the name of the
vessel that Darnsford loft in.
"It was a brig, something like your con
sort, only her masts were not so stumpy,
called the Gottlieb. I don't know where
sho hailed from."
I now told Whippey all about my consort,
and bow we camo to be possessed of her, so
he immediately solved the riddle.
"Darnsford brought her here," he said,
"cheating the captain into the idea of
great chances for trading, when all regular
traders are aware that Itava is the poorest
island, aud that the natives are the most
treacherous.
" His intentions were to take the brig by
surprise, get the natives on shore, all but a
few, under some pretext or other, then get
underway, make those he had on board
seasick while pretending they were blown
to soa, and promising the natives he had
with him that he would get her back in a
little whilo, carry her and the freight into
China, sell out, get a fresh start, abandon
his new wife and crew, and leave with a
fortune for Europe or America, the latter,
I think, to have revenge on you and Mr.
Seymour.
" 0 the villain I Your comiug ' so unex
pectedly as you did, disarranged his plans,
and he has probably fled on shore with his
woman, after firing the vessel, neverdreara
ing you would save ber."
" It is all explained now. But what will
you do?" I asked.
" Dare you trust having a dozen chiefs
on board, I giving my word you shall not
be molested?"
I did daro to, aud replied in the affirm
ative. " i . .
Going on deck immediately, he waved
his hands in a peculiar manner, while I
shouted to Mr. Snell that it was all right,
and to lower his boat and come on board.
When Whippey had done wning,several
of tho canoes started at once for us, while
Snell got into bis boat and sculled her to
the Endoavor, alone, looking very pale, but
determined.
"It is all right," I said, in assuring tones;
" these are allies, not enemies. I have no
time for explanations now, but feel entirely
easy, for we have got a streak of luck
now." ' '.
Before Snell could say a word, the ca
noes that hud started for us were down
alongsldo, and, in answer to an invitation
from Whippey and myself, half a dozen
chiefs came on board, and beard the Btory
from their ronegade.
Their plan of aotion was decided on at
once,' aud ' telling them I should wait a
while in that locality until their movement
was over, I saw my dusky visitors leave,
greatly to the satisfaction of Captain Snell,
who breathed easier as they departed.
While they were going, I told all hauds
the whole story of my former visit to tho
islands, aud the turn that affairs had taken
aud that I should remain to watch proceed
ings. By the time I had related the story
as concisely as I could, the fleet of canoes
were in motion, while from around the
point, where they had hitherto been con
cealed, came a crowd of canoes larger than
we had hitherto seen.
The two masses joined, and, with terrific
yells, started for the shore as fast as wind
and paddles would take them.
There wore over two hundred canoes in
the fleet, and, as each canoe would average
thirty men, I felt grateful enough to think
that their attention was turned from us in
other ways.
Had we been attacked by such numbers,
although we should have caused great de
struction and devastation among them,
they would have overwhelmed us in the
end ; and consequently I should not now
have been here in Boston, narrating this
yarn . to you. Steadily they advanced to
the shore, and anxiously we awaited for the
termination of their descent.
There was such a host of invaders that
the natives of Rava made no opposition to
their landing, so we saw them form into
solid columns on the shore, and disappear
in the mountains.
Captain Snell went on board the Gott
lieb, as we now must call her, and in com
pany we stood in as near as we could, and
waited for the invaders to return.
Loud yells informed us as to their lino of
march, the cries suddenly ceasing to be
heard.
For two hours we remained in suspense,
and then exultant cries were borne on the
air to us.
Soon the host of natives were seen filing
out of the woods, with shouts that seemed
to have rejoicing and sorrow in their tones,
and presently we descried that they were
dragging the form of a Kanaka, who was
forced along with no gentle hand, although
he struggled violently to escape from their
clutches. ' v '
As the end of the procession came in
view, I saw with the spyglass that they
were bringing a litter, on which lay the
form of a native who had been wounded in
whatever fight they had had.
The natives soon got to their canoes,
embarked, and immediately paddled for us,
forming a circle around the two vessels,
greatly to the alarm of my crew, even Mr.
Snell, on the Gottlieb, getting nervous
about our position.
One canoe came directly toward the
Endeavor, and in the stern, greatly to my
regret, I saw the form of David Whippey
lying on a rude stretcher, his form stained
with blood.
I soon discovered the cause. When the
natives landed on Rava, the inhabitants
had fled to their stockaded village before
the overwhelming force, that had halted
in the vicinity, and then sent a party of am
bassadors, of whom David was one, to
treat with them for Darnsford, if he was
on the island.
The man was there, with the chiefs
daughter, as Whippey reasoned, and the
inhabitants, on being threatened with anni
hilation if they were not surrendered to
the attacking force, decided to do so with
out further parley.
As soon as this decision was arrived at,
Darnsford raised a musket and fired at the
ambassadors ; then seizing a club, killed
the woman they sought, who stood near
him. He was knocked down by those with
whom he sought protection, and imme
diately secured and given up.
The ball from the musket that he fired
struck . Whippey in the groin, inflicting a
serious wound, and the chiefs had brought
him to my vessel, to see if ho could receive
any alloviation at my hands.
I am something of a surgeon, and having
a beautiful ' case of instruments, I took
thorn, and got into the canoe. '
Whippey lay there in intense pain, the
perspiration standing in beads all over his
face. ' With the utmost sympathy for the
sufferer, I pressed his hand gently, and
asked whore he was hurt.
" The ball struck in the groin," he mur
mured, faintly, his eye roving from mine
to the instruments, and back again with
restless motion.
Examining tho wound critically, I In.
sorted the probe, and soon discovered the
ball..
" I have found the ball, David, and can
soon relieve you ; and I hope that you will
soon be over this little "scratch," I said, in
a jocular tone, although I felt much differ
ently than I Bpoke.
" Pull it out, then ; but I greatly fear I
am a goner, for wounds don't get well in a
hurry in this climate," be replied.'
Going carefully to workj 1 sought the
ball with my instrument, and with some
little difficulty succoedod in extracting it as
successfully as the most experienced sur
geon lu our late war could have dono.
"Hero,' David," I said, handing blm the