The tragedy of the seas; or, Sorrow on the ocean, lake, and river, from shipwreck, plague, fire and famine .. . en absent nearly five months. It now only remains to say that the skulls of the unfortu-nate crew and passengers of the Charles Eaton were interredin a grave in the burial-ground at Sydney, which may affordsome consolation to their friends. The fate of GeorgeDOyley and Sexton is still in some remote degree uncer-tain. Every pains and trouble seem to have been taken toascertain the certainty of their fate; and Mr. Lewis had nodoubt of the fact. Had either been alive, the desire of pos
The tragedy of the seas; or, Sorrow on the ocean, lake, and river, from shipwreck, plague, fire and famine .. . en absent nearly five months. It now only remains to say that the skulls of the unfortu-nate crew and passengers of the Charles Eaton were interredin a grave in the burial-ground at Sydney, which may affordsome consolation to their friends. The fate of GeorgeDOyley and Sexton is still in some remote degree uncer-tain. Every pains and trouble seem to have been taken toascertain the certainty of their fate; and Mr. Lewis had nodoubt of the fact. Had either been alive, the desire of pos-sessing the valuable iron implements, which were offered inexchange for them, would have insured their being brought 40 THE LOSS OF THE CHARLES EATON. forward by the Indians; and their not having done so is amore than presumptive proof of their not being in same story, of their having been murdered, was toldthroughout the islands without prevarication, together withthe names of the murderers, as well as the circumstance ofthe hair of young DOyley having been preserved as anornamental A Trophj. supposed to have been made from llie Hair of George DOjley. A NARRATIVE OF THE WRECK OF THE BRIG REGULATOR, OFF PLYMOUTH, IN MASSACHUSETTS BAY,1837,
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