The story of Martha's Vineyard, from the lips of its inhabitants, newspaper files and those who have visited its shores, including stray notes on local history and industries; . enames, found a boat from which men hadevidently landed, as tracks led to the marsh nearby, where theywere lost. That same night two men stopped at the house of AbnerMayhew, who lived on the beach at Squibnocket, some 5 mileswest from where the boat was found, and there spent the were a rough lot, and Abner fastened the door betweenthe room they occupied and the rest of the house, but an In-dian girl who sle
The story of Martha's Vineyard, from the lips of its inhabitants, newspaper files and those who have visited its shores, including stray notes on local history and industries; . enames, found a boat from which men hadevidently landed, as tracks led to the marsh nearby, where theywere lost. That same night two men stopped at the house of AbnerMayhew, who lived on the beach at Squibnocket, some 5 mileswest from where the boat was found, and there spent the were a rough lot, and Abner fastened the door betweenthe room they occupied and the rest of the house, but an In-dian girl who slept in the attic above saw through a crack in thefloor that they had quantities of gold pieces which they weredividing and sewing within the lining of their coats. The next morning they asked how far it was to New York,and when told the distance expressed great surprise, sayingthey supposed they were on Long Island, and could after theyleft, going to Me-nemsha, where theypersuaded GeorgeWest to take themacross to New Bed-ford. They offeredso much money thatWest felt he couldnot afford to re-fuse, though he wassuspicious of themand took his sonalong to help in. Fiddler crabs on the aaiul. 198 MARTHAS VINEYARD. emergency. During the trip over the strangers acted in sucha way that the boatman was convinced they intended to killhim and take his boat. He then gave the tiller to his son, andwith an extra tiller for a club, made of heavy oak, compelledthe supposed pirates to get up in the bow and stay there untilhe landed them. Rev. Nymphus Hatch recorded in the WestTisbury church records under a certain date that George Westthis day carried two to Bedford, supposed to be pirates. A day or two after the men left the island the body of amurdered sailor was found buried in the sand near Queenames,but nothing further was discovered and the facts were almostforgotten when there came a story to the Vineyard of a dyingsailor who had confessed that he and others coming from
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