CANNIBALISM BY A SHIPWRECKED CREW.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 156, 30 June 1873, Page 2

CANNIBALISM BY A SHIPWRECKED CREW.

[JVca; Orleans Times, February 9 ] One of the -most extraordinary instances of human privation on record jhas been; brought to light through ;Mr John Saville, first officer of the American ship Golden Hind, who reached that city from Rio de Janeiro, on Tuesday. Mr Seville's narrative is as follows ; — The .American ship Golden Hind, Captain Benjamin F. Bobbins, left New" York -on the 12th February, 1872, on a voyage, to San Francisco. When .in the latitude of St Catherine's we experienced a series pprf r westerly gales, which continued for nearly a month with great violence. On the 13th of .June last, when on the west side of Patagonia, and at the ,Pacific 7 entrance to the Straits of Magellan, the pintals and gudgeons of the rudder, gaveT way, vand it floated off.! Three days were consumed in constructing a temporary one of spare spara. It lasted ' abbuta^wgek'^but iO7 another, heavy., gale this was also iparried away, and we drifted at the mercy of the winds. On the second day after the last disaster, : the Golden Hind, struck between two rocks — one forward and one- aft — on the western coast of Patagonia, Three boats were hurriedly prepared, the men put on extra, suits of clotheß, laid in a small quantity of provisions, and at seven o'clock that evening lowered av?ay, . There were three boats lowered — the first under the command of Capt. Robbing, the- second commanded by myself, and the third in charge of Mr Webb, the second mate. Each contained seven men. ! Mr WebH, asserting that he knew the situation better than ; we did, parted company almost immediately, and it being then quite dark we layunderthe : lee of the land until morning. The sea at | the time we left: the ship was breaking I over her fqreyard, and during Jhe night | she beat to pieces on the rocks. The next | morhingAthe last vestige of the Golden 7 Per remainder of_. news see fourth page.

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It was then 7vv roW'wititer^the 'mountain*; along the coast 77 '"'■ iwiereVcpyeyed 7witK snow' and lice, and the ;} 77;^ been several degrees 'IrfeTbelpw^zerlbi YWe; pulled close to the land, iv^^^king vialL; night: in fair weather, and \ 777% Quiring Ta heavy "blow Tanding7and going 'fA.% -;' ;ifitb^c»mpv" ;Tbere were pl eDt y °f scrub v • - :li-eeß l "aloßg ] the^^ coast, and as we were ; yYpp-y jpfpvidedt7with7two hatcbeis and a good V;V7siij>^ always to be 7 ; iV procured. V During these "visits-we secured YY<vquite7a gb^ ;S^77the,mußSfelj\7bu "that this ;' diet Y7y TliVoughtl ; b)f}opnstipatiob, and the entire fM-Tparty.i^^ Eor about twenty 'S ; Y;'d a ys^ but ip were frostbitten, 7l^T7a^"bjur7 YfeetY^eve terribly swollen. ; On V!7; Ygoing^into; camp we constructed a tent of Tv7V;fh.o7^oa^ a mizen7rbyal Bail. with TvT^Tt^er^ars, -vWe buffered terribly' from loes as^Boohe'dareid ioi"emain away TpYpfii r f pnv; ihe7fi r oY. for- f reezin g. to d ea t b , ] an dt h c NiYvfintT^as^.foo "small to holdall in a reclining \7£A7^6ei.tiou.YY-A.'i\ tbe7 end,, of tho twentieth ;v7vday^the geberal debiiity from insufficient AApApP- fopd;^and7 tb e^ ex tf c me; pai n in ' - our ,1 i m bs, V^7;ren^^red the "progress slow, and very f£^"'oftepV^ days at a >Y77time;: of .bread had been re--7 7Ydpcbd jx) aTquatter of a cracker a day, and Vvvvyei^orteir the men did withou tfor a day ;;Y^p»ether7iQ help butthe supjly. Their vt;77ppndbctvthrou^ dreadful ordeal 7v77^^tiibßfecburageouß Every man ren--777 defedVimpiic arid although, the #^7raYa^ge8 l pf hunger rendered each almost an ;p^|?ii'tii;mai^ : 'ihe. general welfare; was never lost v^7^sight:vpf; 'vAlinpst the- entire month of YpY r^S^y7;^B pulling in wba.t ; webe;Y|^lie^d^o7bo the direction to Sandy Point. vjvjp^i ;bn!y fhumjan; Jbeipgs wo met were an yY^YjjidiaQ squaws; in a canoe. They :VY7treated stis. cordially,-, and .willingly exfor. 7a stnall quantity of VJ7v tobacco, . but. tbey had; no other provisions. vY We: had [.secureril frcm 7tHe ship two rifles, Vv^iMxiibneVof, :the7crew'ebot a dutk, but the , V^77pbvpder7 became wet, and;our weapons were iYYiiseiesSiT foiind among the vT-rockstwas /alsoTsecured and -eatPn^but, 777 with —the exception of the shellfish, this iYv^as7iUie7;ohlyTfoQd ; w*e7secured. In the the i vweather became V^jfe^rfullyl tepapestuous, .and, after seve>al ;^V77d^B ; : of vffuitjess.; buffetibg, we webt ; into ;'; It was a terribly: ;i|vbleaYaVd;deß^|^te ; ißpo^ shut but froni the VYTBoa Tby; high; 7cMffsT anxl filled; with low, 7 ;\ Btiihted trees^ YWe found, however, a few ; ;?9PJs^".B^™'?--i^rneßV,and/'-Btrange, to say, a and not knowing; whether the 77 7^vegetabJeß;^^ y^e or; not, each T^Yman^^partppkv^fayenously of whatever he. 77y^iould7find77 Heria the men became seridusYYa ]y^U« 7vtheifc 'tegs were swollen^o fright*sArful]7prbpQrdoris"j7:but^few could wear their 7 V bpots^ rand7a majority wandered about with fy 7 their^feet^ tied^u p in old cloth and pieces of 7^v: c^pYas* 77 Some, : unable to walk at all, 77; crawled: about- on. their; bands and knees. AAfi At Jengthi a man named Whife, a geaman, ;Yt became shortly afterwards ; djediv ; The ' ground was sp hardly frozen dig a the ; body a.: short disT^Vtancevfrpm the: tent and laid 7 it in the f^ attacked was a 1 Dan, r and he died WJ^ti iQ Tthree 'hours after -he became deliYv^nOUß.;7^heTeaVpe^ Liver7;7Y^pj^r.^jag;^^ lost, ;^;7ph^ri^^av;i&erman seaman, and. finally "Tv^^ber^ All of li^iK^^l^wftfiip ten days of each other, ; sjdetby sideou t ia tbe Siv^shes^vAa each bop left; us we took hia 77pAy ;cloth^8Vtokeep7tbe living ones warm, but 7v^74vifeibjg ; alH hese days :not one ofjus bad a of 7fo6di PAAtY leiig^ the steward |f|St»king imeiTof the men but with him into v^the;^usb,7 returned; with slices of meat, Y r'Y^bichP-vwere 7 toasted 7 oyer the fire, and deybiifed^; We Tall, of us knew V ApYwb ; were7sußtaining; life "pa - the bodiiss of .7^ YY^Vaquestion, Socaetiqaes we had it boiled, .V and sometimea roasted. ' It tasted eome->S.''-Ktbing- Hke"'be_ef, : hutit makes me shudder* VV now to think of "it;;.; When we' had eaten V.fVfttmpst'-aIJ of; the last body, the schooner ;|vEagle"of ;7Port7 Stanley,; Falkland Islands 77 ' l but^ealin^h<^e>iii;:Bight. Obe of our Sfs^e^;bra^l|d7u "p; ) tp;:thb.:hea(i; of; the rocks y %^Sn3'^a7;ingMe^ jthe : j V attJ^a^e^ , - theiir; atten tion.; ■>-;v^ey;;ph3^ treated us all ATP, wthjas greatvkindness aa if ; we had been

i their own kindred. We found that , we 37 had pulled about tworthirds of, the/way 3. ; through; tbe . Straits of Magellan^; and I were then within sixty miles of Sandy 5 Point. There, after the third day the j Eagle landed us, and the Chilian GoverI nor at Once provided us with everything i io the way of food and clothing we reI quired. Prom the time the Golden Hind [.. went to pieces, we spent forty-eight days f in open boats, with only the eubsistence I < have named.