The tragedy of the seas; or, Sorrow on the ocean, lake, and river, from shipwreck, plague, fire and famine .. . bes his deliverance: — An Indian came to me, with a carving-knife, to cut mythroat; but, as he was about to do it, having seized hold ofme, I grasped the blade of the knife in my right hand, andheld it fast, struggling for my life. The Indian then threwme down, and, placing his knee on my breast, tried towrench the knife out of my hand ; but I still retained it,although one of my fingers was cut through to the last, I succeeded in getting uppermost, when I let himgo, and ran
The tragedy of the seas; or, Sorrow on the ocean, lake, and river, from shipwreck, plague, fire and famine .. . bes his deliverance: — An Indian came to me, with a carving-knife, to cut mythroat; but, as he was about to do it, having seized hold ofme, I grasped the blade of the knife in my right hand, andheld it fast, struggling for my life. The Indian then threwme down, and, placing his knee on my breast, tried towrench the knife out of my hand ; but I still retained it,although one of my fingers was cut through to the last, I succeeded in getting uppermost, when I let himgo, and ran into the sea, and swam out; but, being muchexhausted, and as the only chance for my hfe was to returnto the shore, I landed again, fully expecting to be knocked THE HEADS OF THE SHIPs COMPANY ARE ROASTED. 21 on the head. The same Indian then came up, with an in-furiated gesture, and shot nie in the right breast with anarrow, and then, in a most unaccountable manner, suddenlybecame quite calm, and led or dragged me to a little dis-tance, and offered me some fish and water, which I wasunable to partake Little George DOyley, and the Ships Dog- Portland. Whilst struggling with the Indian, I observed Sexton,who was held by another, bite a piece of his arm out; but,after that, I knew nothing of him, until I found his life hadbeen spared in a manner similar to my own. At a short distance off, making the most hideous yells,the other savages were dancing round a large fire, beforewhich were placed, in a row, the heads of their victims,whilst their decapitated bodies were washing in the surf on the beach, from which they soon disappeared, been, 22 THE LOSS OF THE CHARLES EATON. probably, washed away by the tide. Sexton and I werethen placed in charge of two natives, who covered us withthe sail of the canoe, (a sort of mat,) but paid no attentionto my wound, which had been bleeding profusely. The next day, the Indians collected all the heads, and,embarking, removed to another islan
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