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You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: The South Seaman + An Incident In The Sea Story Of Australia - 1901 + +Author: Louis Becke + +Release Date: April 19, 2008 [EBook #25108] +Last Updated: January 8, 2013 + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE SOUTH SEAMAN *** + + + + +Produced by David Widger + + + + + +</pre> + <div style="height: 8em;"> + <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> + </div> + <h1> + THE SOUTH SEAMAN: + </h1> + <h2> + AN INCIDENT IN THE SEA STORY OF AUSTRALIA + </h2> + <p> + <br /> + </p> + <h3> + From "The Tapu Of Banderah and Other Stories" + </h3> + <h2> + By Louis Becke + </h2> + <h5> + C. Arthur Pearson Ltd. <br /> <br /> 1901 + </h5> + <p> + <br /> <br /> + </p> + <hr /> + <p> + <br /> <br /> + </p> + <p> + On the 22nd of July, 1828, the Sydney South Seaman, <i>Indefatigable</i>, + eleven days out from the Port of Conception in Chili, was in lat 17? S. + and about 127? E. long., six hundred miles distant from the nearest land—the + then almost unknown Paumotu Group, which Cook had well named the Dangerous + Archipelago. + </p> + <p> + Five years before, the brig was named the <i>Calder</i>, and was then + commanded by Captain Peter Dillon, a famous officer in the East India + Company's service; his name is interwoven with the sea story of Australia + as the commander of the Company's ship <i>Research</i>, and the discoverer + of the relics of the gallant and ill-fated La Perouse, whose ships were + wrecked on Vanikoro Island, in the New Hebrides group, in 1788. + </p> + <p> + When the <i>Colder</i> was under the command of Captain Dillon she was a + crack Indian trader to Port Jackson, but newer and smarter vessels drove + her out of the trade; and in 1828 she was owned by Mr. John Duncan, an + English merchant of Valparaiso, who for this present voyage had loaded her + with wheat for Sydney, and sent her to sea under the command of Mr. Joseph + Hunter, after changing her name to <i>Indefatigable</i>. + </p> + <p> + The first and second mates of the brig were Europeans, as also were two or + three of the crew—the rest were Chilenos, picked up at the last + moment of sailing. The steward was a Bengali, a man devoted to his + captain, with whom he had long sailed in other seas. The Chilenos were not + alone lazy and incompetent seamen, not fit to keep a look-out, nor take + the wheel in rough weather, but what was worse, they were treacherous + scoundrels, as ready for murder with their long, ugly sheath-knives, as + British merchant sailors are with their fists for honest fighting. + </p> + <p> + Naturally enough, with such men as these the mates frequently quarrelled, + and on one or two occasions the officers were driven to resort to blows to + maintain proper discipline. And a Chileno, or any other Spanish South + American, never forgives a blow, though a knife-thrust or a pistol-shot in + the dark would not be considered anything else than proper to vindicate + wounded honour. But the mates of the <i>Indefatigable</i> were + simple-minded, rough British seamen. They wanted the Chilenos to work the + ship like sailormen should work a ship—the Chilenos hated work of + any kind, and especially hated the steady discipline of this English + merchant ship—the officers of which, when necessity demanded it, + would rout out the watch below and send them aloft to shorten sail. And + so, in less than a week from the day the brig sailed from Conception, + mutiny and murder was plotted in the foc's'cle by the Chilenos, But none + of the Englishmen on board had any thought of danger. + </p> + <hr /> + <p> + Mr. Loftgreen, the chief mate, had the middle watch. It was a marvellously + clear and starlight night, with just enough wind astern to keep the brig's + light canvas full and give her steerage way. As the officer slowly paced + the short poop, he with difficulty resisted the soothing lullaby of the + murmur of the water as it rippled past the ship's side. + </p> + <p> + On the foc's'cle, one of the Chileno sailors, named Antonio Mancillo, kept + the watch, and just as Loftgreen, overcome by the stillness of his + surroundings, had stopped his walk and was leaning on the rail at the + break of the poop, almost dozing—good seaman as he was—he + heard the Chileno cry out sharply— + </p> + <p> + "There is an island close ahead!—Come for'ard, Senor Loftgreen." + </p> + <p> + The mate ran hastily forward, but as he reached the short ladder which led + to the topgallant foc's'cle, two Chilenos, each carrying a cutlass, sprang + upon and seized him by the arms, while Mancillo held the point of a knife + to his throat. + </p> + <p> + "Ha, you Ingleese dog! If you speak, you die now; we shall kill you," said + one of the mutineers in a fierce whisper. + </p> + <p> + Loftgreen, a tough, wiry young fellow, struggled desperately, and freeing + his right arm struck one of the Chilenos a blow that sent him down as if + he had been shot, and cried out loudly, "Murder!" "Mutiny!", Mancillo + meanwhile making savage thrusts at him with his knife, and the other man + trying to run him through with his cutlass; but the mate, unarmed as he + was, was able to cope with them both, for tripping up Mancillo he struck + him on the chest so violently that he fell against the man with the + cutlass. + </p> + <p> + Then the mate took to his heels and ran aft, calling loudly for + assistance. The disturbance, so far, had scarcely lasted two minutes, and + those of the ship's company who were not on deck knew nothing of what had + happened. + </p> + <p> + Loftgreen, notwithstanding that he was wounded and bleeding in the right + arm, and half-dazed from a somewhat severe cut on the head, succeeded in + reaching his cabin, where he seized a pair of pistols, and still crying + loudly to his sleeping fellow-officers, prepared to defend himself to the + last. Unfortunately his pistols were not loaded, and in his hurry and + confusion he could not find his bullet bag. + </p> + <p> + Just then the Bengali steward, awakened by the noise, came running up the + companion way, and was met by one of the mutineers—the helmsman—who + struck him to the deck by a blow on the shoulder from a cutlass. + </p> + <p> + Captain Hunter, awakened from his slumber by the stamping of feet and the + outcry, guessed what had happened. Quickly seizing his pistols, and + buckling on his sword (in those days merchant captains always possessed + swords, for they had use for them sometimes) he ran out of his cabin, just + as the mutineers reached the door. He discharged both pistols together, + but unfortunately was too excited to take aim, and neither shot had any + effect, but for a little while he kept the Chilians at bay with his sword, + until covered with wounds he staggered; in an instant one of them darted + in upon him, and a cutlass was thrust through his heart. + </p> + <p> + Then the mutineers again turned their attention to the gallant mate, who + was unable to get out of his cabin, one of the attacking party having + turned the key from the outside. The cabin lamp had been knocked over in + the struggle, and the darkness made the murderers careful of their + movements, for they were afraid that Loftgreen might force his door and + burst out upon them, and after a hurried discussion they ran on deck. + </p> + <p> + Meanwhile Mr. Todd, the second mate, aroused by the cries and shots in the + main cabin, jumped out of his bunk, and trying to open his cabin door, + found it was fastened from the outside. Throwing himself against it, he + burst it open at the same moment as the wounded steward crawled past upon + his hands and knees. Unable to speak, the Bengali placed a cutlass in the + officer's hands, and pointed to the hacked and bleeding body of the dead + captain, just discernible in the darkness. Todd at once secured Hunter's + pistols, and Loft-green at the same moment burst the door of his cabin and + came out, and the two men, who had no time for words, prepared to sell + their lives dearly, believing that those of the crew who might have been + loyal had been slaughtered. For some minutes they stood waiting in the + darkness, and heard no sound but the moans of the steward, who was fast + weakening from loss of blood. + </p> + <p> + Then came a sudden rush down the companion-way, and the Chilenos, with + savage cries, were upon them! Poor Loftgreen's pistols were in bad order, + and missed fire, and although the two men fought desperately with their + empty weapons they were soon overpowered, and with the steward were taken + on deck and lashed to the poop stanchions. Exhausted and bleeding + profusely, they presently saw some of the mutineers emerge from the cabin, + dragging with them Captain Hunter's body, which they at once threw + overboard. + </p> + <p> + Before these events had taken place the Chilians had quietly secured the + fore-scuttle, battening down the carpenter, cook, and three other European + seamen, so that even before Loftgreen was attacked the ship was + practically in the hands of the six mutineers, for the man at the wheel + was one of their number. + </p> + <p> + Leaving the two officers and the steward guarded by two men, the remaining + four mutineers, after heaving-to the brig, went below to the bloodstained + cabin, and breaking open the spirit-locker began a carousal which lasted + some hours, to the accompaniment of music on Mancillo's guitar. They took + care, however, to relieve the two sentinels, and kept themselves sober + enough to shorten sail if it became necessary. + </p> + <p> + At daylight, after giving all their prisoners food, the mutineers held a + consultation as to their future proceedings, and at noon, in pursuance of + their design, they hoisted out the longboat, and placed in her a couple of + breakers of water, a bag of biscuit, and a few pieces of salt meat. + </p> + <p> + Then Loftgreen and the second mate were liberated, and the former taken + below. Seated at the cabin table were Mancillo and three of his + fellow-ruffians. + </p> + <p> + As soon as the chief officer entered Mancillo rose, and drawing a loaded + pistol from his belt he pointed to a large sheet of paper lying on the + table, and ordered Loftgreen to make a rough chart showing the course and + distance to the nearest land, adding, "You see that we have now got this + brig. You are the only man on board who can navigate her. You must stay + with us, for we want you to sail the ship to Manila. The other men we + shall put in the longboat, and this chart you will draw will be good + enough for them to reach the nearest land." + </p> + <p> + "The nearest land! Good God! it is inhabited by ferocious cannibals who + will eat them! You cannot be so inhuman!" said the mate. + </p> + <p> + Mancillo laughed cruelly—"Let them be eaten I so much the better for + us. When they are dead they cannot talk." + </p> + <p> + "Then let me share their fate, I——" + </p> + <p> + The leader of the mutineers placed the muzzle of his pistol against + Loftgreen's chest. + </p> + <p> + "Be silent, you damned Ingleese dog! Be silent, and do what I tell you, or + by the Holy Virgin, I kill you." + </p> + <p> + Thereupon the mate, notwithstanding his wounded arm, and with his thoughts + distracted by the fate before him, not only made a good chart, but he did + more; for it suddenly flashed upon him that in all probability neither + Mancillo nor any of his fellow-ruffians could read English, so after + finishing the drawing he turned to Mancillo and said— + </p> + <p> + "Mr. Todd is an ignorant man, and this chart will be of no use to him + unless I can give him directions how to steer. Will you let me do so?" + </p> + <p> + "No!" answered the mutineer, quickly, "you must not speak to him again, + nor to any of the others." + </p> + <p> + "As you will. Poor fellows; I can do no more, but at least I can write on + the back of the chart and tell Mr. Todd the prevailing directions of the + winds, the courses to be steered, and the name of the least savage of the + islands he can make for." + </p> + <p> + Then coolly turning the chart over, he scribbled a few lines upon it. + </p> + <p> + "There," he said, "read that; you will see that that can do no harm." + </p> + <p> + Mancillo looked critically at the writing for a few minutes, and + Loftgreen's heart thumped against his ribs as he watched. Then a sigh of + relief burst from him as the mutineer spoke. + </p> + <p> + "We are not murderers, and do not mind for you to give the second mate the + good directions. But if you are lying to us we shall have your life for + it." + </p> + <p> + These were the words he had written: "Not allowed to speak or write. Coast + the islands, all are dangerous till you reach Otaheite. Am forced to + navigate the mutineers to Manila, I will try to retake the ship, as I + think I can gain over Jose and the cook, and then make for Otaheite. Have + patience, and trust in God always." + </p> + <p> + Loftgreen was then again placed in irons, and one of the mutineers stood + sentry in the cabin over him, while Mancillo and the rest went on deck and + set about disposing of the remaining prisoners, Mr. Todd was the first man + ordered into the boat, which had now been lowered and brought alongside. + Then Mancillo handed him the chart and a compass. + </p> + <p> + "Here," said the mutineer, "we give you fine chart, just made for you by + the mate. You see he has write out for you your course, so you will soon + make the land." Then he added with a grin—"Is not Antonio Mancillo + damn good fellow, eh?" + </p> + <p> + Poor Todd looked at the chart, and then at the writing at the back of it, + and miserably anxious and dejected as he was, he found it hard to resist + smiling at the clever way in which his fellow-officer had got to windward + of the Chileno. However, he pulled a long face, and said there was mighty + little chance of reaching anywhere but a savage island, with such a poor + chart as that. "What," he added angrily, "is the good of this writing? We + could find a cannibal island without this," and he contemptuously flung + the chart into the stern sheets of the boat. + </p> + <p> + Then, one by one, the wounded steward, the carpenter, and a Swedish seaman + whose name is not recorded, were brought on deck and forced, at the point + of cutlasses, to enter the boat, which was then cast adrift. + </p> + <p> + As the boat dropped astern, Mancillo ran up a flag of some description, + and the remaining mutineers gathered on the poop and jeered at Todd and + his companions; their insulting cries and mocking words reaching the ears + of the half-maddened Loftgreen in the cabin, and reminding him that he was + alone and at the mercy of utter scoundrels, with any one of whom his life + was not worth a moment's purchase. + </p> + <p> + But although they were not manacled, the second mate and his companions in + the boat were in little better plight, for their distance from the nearest + land they could hope to make was nearly six hundred miles. But Todd was no + faint-heart. + </p> + <p> + "Better the open sea, my lads," he said, "than the brig and those damned + Spanish cut-throats. We are at least free men. Poor Mr. Loftgreen, I fear, + will be murdered." + </p> + <p> + Then after dressing the steward's wound—a cutlass slash which had + severed the collar-bone-he ordered the sail to be hoisted and took the + tiller. This done he steered a due west course, which according to the + mate's chart would bring them to the easternmost of the Faumotus—a + group of low-lying islands almost unknown in those days except to American + whale-ships. + </p> + <p> + In the boat were sufficient biscuits, salt beef, and water to last them, + with great economy, for a fortnight The boat itself was a good one, and + they were provided with a compass and a course to be steered. The men were + on good terms with each other and loyal and submissive to their officer; + so they had much to be thankful for, and their chief sorrow in leaving the + brig was their fears for the safety of Loft-green, who had always been a + kind and considerate officer. + </p> + <p> + For fifteen days the boat sailed before light breezes, till on August 7th + they made Tawere Island in the Paumotus Archipelago (named by Cook + "Resolution Island" after his ship) almost in the centre of the vast + group, having passed without sighting them many other low-lying atolls + which lay in their course on the starboard hand. To their joy the + brown-skinned natives of Tawere behaved very kindly to them, for several + whale-ships, and, later on, the missionaries of the London Missionary + Society's ship, had visited their island, and the people were + well-disposed to white men. The island afforded but little in the way of + food—only fish, pigs, cocoanuts, and a coarse species of taro, but + of these the people were profuse in their presents to the white men. + </p> + <p> + Only remaining a day and a night at Tawere, Todd bade farewell to the + amiable natives, and continued on his course, sighting many other islands + of the group, but calling at none. Then came a heavy gale from the south, + and he had to let the boat run right before it to the north. The sea was + short and lumpy, and only continuous bailing kept her from filling. + </p> + <p> + Early on the morning of the 15th further misfortunes overtook them; a + sudden squall sprung the mast, although the sail was close reefed. Then + the rudder gudgeons carried away, and the boat broached to and shipped a + heavy sea, which with other damage tore the compass from the after-thwart, + where it had been placed, and completely smashed and rendered it useless. + A few hours later, however, the weather cleared, the gale died away, and + the gentle south-east trade again breathed upon them. That evening they + made Anaa (Chain Island), the natives of which, owing to previous + association with South Seamen—as whaling and trading ships were then + called—were very good to them. At Anaa, Todd and his comrades + remained for two days, and on the morning of the 20th day they sighted the + noble outlines of Tahiti, the Garden of the South Pacific. + </p> + <p> + Here they thought their troubles were ended, for the natives of Tahiti + were known to not only be friendly to white men, but Christianised as + well. + </p> + <p> + But as soon as the sea-worn men approached the beach, numbers of canoes, + filled with natives armed with muskets, put off, and surrounding the boat, + made the white men prisoners. + </p> + <p> + Greatly alarmed at this proceeding—which was such a contrary + reception to what they had expected from the Tahitians—Todd at first + imagined he had lost his reckoning and arrived at some strange island But + some of the natives spoke a little English, and very soon their conduct + was explained to the white men. + </p> + <p> + Some months previously a party of escaped convicts had arrived at the + island in a small schooner, which they had seized at Van Dieman's Land + (Tasmania). In bringing the vessel to an anchor the convicts lost her on + the reef, and their lives had been saved by the Tahitians. The strangers + were hospitably received, but their degraded natures were soon made + evident They broke into a chief's house, stole food, arms, and ammunition, + placed them in a boat belonging to the local white missionaries, and ran + away with her. A party of Tahitians gave chase, and were fired upon by the + convicts, who killed four of their number and badly injured their canoe, + so that the remainder had the greatest difficulty in reaching the land + again. + </p> + <p> + Todd and his companions were thought to be another party of convicts, and + the queen and chiefs of the island gave orders that they should be kept + close prisoners. + </p> + <p> + But this additional misfortune was soon over, for as the boat, escorted by + the canoes, entered Papeite Harbour Mr. Todd saw lying at anchor the + London South Seaman <i>Tiger</i>, Captain Richards. This vessel had been + at Conception at the same time as the <i>Indefatigable</i>, and the + officers of each ship had met. In the course of an hour or so Todd saw + Captain Richards and told his story, and then the misunderstanding with + the Tahitians was cleared up and the second mate and his companions + supplied with every comfort A week later the <i>Tiger</i> sailed for + Sydney, taking the four men with her. + </p> + <p> + Meanwhile what had become of the <i>Indefatigable</i>, and how fared poor + Loftgreen with the mutineers? ***** + </p> + <p> + As soon as the longboat was clear of the brig the mutineers released the + mate. + </p> + <p> + "We now want the brig navigated to Guam" (one of the Ladrone Islands), + said Mancillo to Loftgreen; "I am captain now, and you must do as I bid + you. Beware of a mistake. If you take the ship out of her course we will + serve you as we served Captain Hunter." + </p> + <p> + So the voyage, which lasted until the 12th of December, began. The life + led by the men in the longboat was easy enough compared with the terrible + months of mental torture endured by the unfortunate mate. Only that fine + weather prevailed the whole time, the brig would most assuredly have been + lost, for the mutineers were utterly without discipline, and would only + furl, or set, or trim the sails just as the humour took them. Every night + Loftgreen was put in irons and left to himself till daylight. + </p> + <p> + There was a considerable supply of wine and spirits on board, and four out + of the six Chilians were continuously drunk. Then these four vowed that it + was essential to the success of their enterprise that Loftgreen should be + murdered. The two men who did not drink were more prudent ruffians, and + knew that without their navigator they were helpless, and so they + protected him. + </p> + <p> + Very often Loftgreen, who had a fair knowledge of Spanish, had to stand in + the midst of the Chilenos whilst he was taking observations, and listen to + them debating as to whether they should take his life at once or spare him + until they reached Guam. And it was only the heroic resolve to save the + ship for his owners that prevented him from trying to escape in a small + quarter-boat, or attempting to kill the mutineers in their sleep, and let + the brig drift about the Pacific till he was sighted by another ship. + </p> + <p> + He soon found out that the mutineers had no idea that Guam was actually + settled by the Spaniards. It is probable that they knew that Guam was + owned by Spain, but no doubt thought that the island was inhabited only by + natives, like Saipan and Rota in the same group. One of the two mutineers, + who entertained friendly feelings towards him, told him that Mancillo's + idea was to sell the brig to the islanders in return for liberty to lead + his ideal of life—eating, drinking, sleeping, and keeping an + extensive harem on one of the many islands in the North Pacific. + </p> + <p> + At last the brig arrived at Port San Luis d'Apra, in Guam, and a native + pilot brought her to an anchor. One of the mutineers remarked to Mancillo + that he supposed they were safe, "But," said he, pointing to some houses + ashore, "those are not native houses; there are Europeans living here." + </p> + <p> + A boat was lowered, and Mancillo, after dressing himself in Captain + Hunter's best clothes, was rowed ashore by two of his fellow-mutineers to + see what the place was like. To their intense surprise they found awaiting + them the Alcalde of San Luis, and a lieutenant and guard of Spanish + soldiers. + </p> + <p> + The Alcalde questioned them closely as to who they were, and what had + brought them to Guam. Their replies did not satisfy the official, who, + placing Mancillo in custody and taking half a dozen soldiers with him, + made the two Chilenos row him off to the ship. + </p> + <p> + On seeing the soldiers approach, the remaining mutineers, cowards as they + were, concluded that their shipmates had betrayed them, and ran below to + hide themselves, leaving Mr. Loftgreen on deck to receive the Alcalde, who + was soon in possession of the whole story. Unlike most Spanish officials, + he did not want a bribe to ensure his performance of his duty. He promptly + seized the <i>Indefatigable</i>, and the Chilenos were taken ashore and + marched to the fort under guard. Then the Alcalde and Governor, with much + formality, held a court, and took the mate's evidence; the result of which + was the mutineers were placed in heavy irons, and the almost heart-broken + Loftgreen was received in the Governor's house as an honoured guest and + supplied with every comfort. + </p> + <p> + Soon afterwards the <i>Rainbow</i>, a British frigate commanded by Captain + Rous, put into San Luis d'Apra. The <i>Rainbow</i> had made many important + discoveries in Australian waters, more particularly on the northern coast, + but the name of her gallant commander will probably be longer remembered + as Admiral Rous, the famous turf patron, than as Captain Rous the explorer + and navigator. + </p> + <p> + Mr. Loftgreen was received on board the <i>Rainbow</i> as English naval + officers always receive a brave and distressed merchant seaman. The + mutineers were handed over to the British captain for conveyance to Manila + for trial. The frigate arrived at Manila on January 19th, and there the + Chilenos had short shrift, for within three days they were brought to + trial and duly garrotted. + </p> + <p> + Mr. Loftgreen, who made many friends in Manila, was afforded a passage to + Sydney, and the <i>Indefatigable</i> was condemned as a prize to the + Spanish Government She was afterwards lost in a typhoon in the China Sea. + </p> + <p> + Such is one of the many incidents of the sea story of Australia. + </p> + <p> + <br /><br /> + </p> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The South Seaman, by Louis Becke + +*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE SOUTH SEAMAN *** + +***** This file should be named 25108-h.htm or 25108-h.zip ***** +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: + http://www.gutenberg.org/2/5/1/0/25108/ + +Produced by David Widger + +Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions +will be renamed. + +Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no +one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation +(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without +permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: The South Seaman + An Incident In The Sea Story Of Australia - 1901 + +Author: Louis Becke + +Release Date: April 19, 2008 [EBook #25108] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE SOUTH SEAMAN *** + + + + +Produced by David Widger + + + + + +THE SOUTH SEAMAN: + +AN INCIDENT IN THE SEA STORY OF AUSTRALIA + +From "The Tapu Of Banderah and Other Stories" + +By Louis Becke + +C. Arthur Pearson Ltd. + +1901 + +On the 22nd of July, 1828, the Sydney South Seaman, _Indefatigable_, +eleven days out from the Port of Conception in Chili, was in lat 17? +S. and about 127? E. long., six hundred miles distant from the nearest +land--the then almost unknown Paumotu Group, which Cook had well named +the Dangerous Archipelago. + +Five years before, the brig was named the _Calder_, and was then +commanded by Captain Peter Dillon, a famous officer in the East +India Company's service; his name is interwoven with the sea story of +Australia as the commander of the Company's ship _Research_, and the +discoverer of the relics of the gallant and ill-fated La Perouse, whose +ships were wrecked on Vanikoro Island, in the New Hebrides group, in +1788. + +When the _Colder_ was under the command of Captain Dillon she was a +crack Indian trader to Port Jackson, but newer and smarter vessels drove +her out of the trade; and in 1828 she was owned by Mr. John Duncan, an +English merchant of Valparaiso, who for this present voyage had loaded +her with wheat for Sydney, and sent her to sea under the command of Mr. +Joseph Hunter, after changing her name to _Indefatigable_. + +The first and second mates of the brig were Europeans, as also were +two or three of the crew--the rest were Chilenos, picked up at the +last moment of sailing. The steward was a Bengali, a man devoted to his +captain, with whom he had long sailed in other seas. The Chilenos were +not alone lazy and incompetent seamen, not fit to keep a look-out, +nor take the wheel in rough weather, but what was worse, they were +treacherous scoundrels, as ready for murder with their long, ugly +sheath-knives, as British merchant sailors are with their fists for +honest fighting. + +Naturally enough, with such men as these the mates frequently +quarrelled, and on one or two occasions the officers were driven to +resort to blows to maintain proper discipline. And a Chileno, or +any other Spanish South American, never forgives a blow, though a +knife-thrust or a pistol-shot in the dark would not be considered +anything else than proper to vindicate wounded honour. But the mates +of the _Indefatigable_ were simple-minded, rough British seamen. They +wanted the Chilenos to work the ship like sailormen should work a +ship--the Chilenos hated work of any kind, and especially hated the +steady discipline of this English merchant ship--the officers of which, +when necessity demanded it, would rout out the watch below and send them +aloft to shorten sail. And so, in less than a week from the day the brig +sailed from Conception, mutiny and murder was plotted in the foc's'cle +by the Chilenos, But none of the Englishmen on board had any thought of +danger. + +* * * * * + +Mr. Loftgreen, the chief mate, had the middle watch. It was a +marvellously clear and starlight night, with just enough wind astern +to keep the brig's light canvas full and give her steerage way. As the +officer slowly paced the short poop, he with difficulty resisted the +soothing lullaby of the murmur of the water as it rippled past the +ship's side. + +On the foc's'cle, one of the Chileno sailors, named Antonio Mancillo, +kept the watch, and just as Loftgreen, overcome by the stillness of his +surroundings, had stopped his walk and was leaning on the rail at the +break of the poop, almost dozing--good seaman as he was--he heard the +Chileno cry out sharply-- + +"There is an island close ahead!--Come for'ard, Senor Loftgreen." + +The mate ran hastily forward, but as he reached the short ladder which +led to the topgallant foc's'cle, two Chilenos, each carrying a cutlass, +sprang upon and seized him by the arms, while Mancillo held the point of +a knife to his throat. + +"Ha, you Ingleese dog! If you speak, you die now; we shall kill you," +said one of the mutineers in a fierce whisper. + +Loftgreen, a tough, wiry young fellow, struggled desperately, and +freeing his right arm struck one of the Chilenos a blow that sent +him down as if he had been shot, and cried out loudly, "Murder!" +"Mutiny!", Mancillo meanwhile making savage thrusts at him with his +knife, and the other man trying to run him through with his cutlass; +but the mate, unarmed as he was, was able to cope with them both, for +tripping up Mancillo he struck him on the chest so violently that he +fell against the man with the cutlass. + +Then the mate took to his heels and ran aft, calling loudly for +assistance. The disturbance, so far, had scarcely lasted two minutes, +and those of the ship's company who were not on deck knew nothing of +what had happened. + +Loftgreen, notwithstanding that he was wounded and bleeding in the right +arm, and half-dazed from a somewhat severe cut on the head, succeeded in +reaching his cabin, where he seized a pair of pistols, and still crying +loudly to his sleeping fellow-officers, prepared to defend himself to +the last. Unfortunately his pistols were not loaded, and in his hurry +and confusion he could not find his bullet bag. + +Just then the Bengali steward, awakened by the noise, came running +up the companion way, and was met by one of the mutineers--the +helmsman--who struck him to the deck by a blow on the shoulder from a +cutlass. + +Captain Hunter, awakened from his slumber by the stamping of feet and +the outcry, guessed what had happened. Quickly seizing his pistols, and +buckling on his sword (in those days merchant captains always possessed +swords, for they had use for them sometimes) he ran out of his cabin, +just as the mutineers reached the door. He discharged both pistols +together, but unfortunately was too excited to take aim, and neither +shot had any effect, but for a little while he kept the Chilians at bay +with his sword, until covered with wounds he staggered; in an instant +one of them darted in upon him, and a cutlass was thrust through his +heart. + +Then the mutineers again turned their attention to the gallant mate, who +was unable to get out of his cabin, one of the attacking party having +turned the key from the outside. The cabin lamp had been knocked over +in the struggle, and the darkness made the murderers careful of their +movements, for they were afraid that Loftgreen might force his door and +burst out upon them, and after a hurried discussion they ran on deck. + +Meanwhile Mr. Todd, the second mate, aroused by the cries and shots in +the main cabin, jumped out of his bunk, and trying to open his cabin +door, found it was fastened from the outside. Throwing himself against +it, he burst it open at the same moment as the wounded steward crawled +past upon his hands and knees. Unable to speak, the Bengali placed a +cutlass in the officer's hands, and pointed to the hacked and bleeding +body of the dead captain, just discernible in the darkness. Todd at once +secured Hunter's pistols, and Loft-green at the same moment burst the +door of his cabin and came out, and the two men, who had no time for +words, prepared to sell their lives dearly, believing that those of the +crew who might have been loyal had been slaughtered. For some minutes +they stood waiting in the darkness, and heard no sound but the moans of +the steward, who was fast weakening from loss of blood. + +Then came a sudden rush down the companion-way, and the Chilenos, with +savage cries, were upon them! Poor Loftgreen's pistols were in bad +order, and missed fire, and although the two men fought desperately with +their empty weapons they were soon overpowered, and with the steward +were taken on deck and lashed to the poop stanchions. Exhausted and +bleeding profusely, they presently saw some of the mutineers emerge from +the cabin, dragging with them Captain Hunter's body, which they at once +threw overboard. + +Before these events had taken place the Chilians had quietly secured +the fore-scuttle, battening down the carpenter, cook, and three other +European seamen, so that even before Loftgreen was attacked the ship was +practically in the hands of the six mutineers, for the man at the wheel +was one of their number. + +Leaving the two officers and the steward guarded by two men, the +remaining four mutineers, after heaving-to the brig, went below to the +bloodstained cabin, and breaking open the spirit-locker began a carousal +which lasted some hours, to the accompaniment of music on Mancillo's +guitar. They took care, however, to relieve the two sentinels, and kept +themselves sober enough to shorten sail if it became necessary. + +At daylight, after giving all their prisoners food, the mutineers held +a consultation as to their future proceedings, and at noon, in pursuance +of their design, they hoisted out the longboat, and placed in her a +couple of breakers of water, a bag of biscuit, and a few pieces of salt +meat. + +Then Loftgreen and the second mate were liberated, and the former +taken below. Seated at the cabin table were Mancillo and three of his +fellow-ruffians. + +As soon as the chief officer entered Mancillo rose, and drawing a loaded +pistol from his belt he pointed to a large sheet of paper lying on the +table, and ordered Loftgreen to make a rough chart showing the course +and distance to the nearest land, adding, "You see that we have now got +this brig. You are the only man on board who can navigate her. You must +stay with us, for we want you to sail the ship to Manila. The other men +we shall put in the longboat, and this chart you will draw will be good +enough for them to reach the nearest land." + +"The nearest land! Good God! it is inhabited by ferocious cannibals who +will eat them! You cannot be so inhuman!" said the mate. + +Mancillo laughed cruelly--"Let them be eaten I so much the better for +us. When they are dead they cannot talk." + +"Then let me share their fate, I----" + +The leader of the mutineers placed the muzzle of his pistol against +Loftgreen's chest. + +"Be silent, you damned Ingleese dog! Be silent, and do what I tell you, +or by the Holy Virgin, I kill you." + +Thereupon the mate, notwithstanding his wounded arm, and with his +thoughts distracted by the fate before him, not only made a good +chart, but he did more; for it suddenly flashed upon him that in all +probability neither Mancillo nor any of his fellow-ruffians could read +English, so after finishing the drawing he turned to Mancillo and said-- + +"Mr. Todd is an ignorant man, and this chart will be of no use to him +unless I can give him directions how to steer. Will you let me do so?" + +"No!" answered the mutineer, quickly, "you must not speak to him again, +nor to any of the others." + +"As you will. Poor fellows; I can do no more, but at least I can write +on the back of the chart and tell Mr. Todd the prevailing directions of +the winds, the courses to be steered, and the name of the least savage +of the islands he can make for." + +Then coolly turning the chart over, he scribbled a few lines upon it. + +"There," he said, "read that; you will see that that can do no harm." + +Mancillo looked critically at the writing for a few minutes, and +Loftgreen's heart thumped against his ribs as he watched. Then a sigh of +relief burst from him as the mutineer spoke. + +"We are not murderers, and do not mind for you to give the second mate +the good directions. But if you are lying to us we shall have your life +for it." + +These were the words he had written: "Not allowed to speak or write. +Coast the islands, all are dangerous till you reach Otaheite. Am forced +to navigate the mutineers to Manila, I will try to retake the ship, as +I think I can gain over Jose and the cook, and then make for Otaheite. +Have patience, and trust in God always." + +Loftgreen was then again placed in irons, and one of the mutineers stood +sentry in the cabin over him, while Mancillo and the rest went on deck +and set about disposing of the remaining prisoners, Mr. Todd was the +first man ordered into the boat, which had now been lowered and brought +alongside. Then Mancillo handed him the chart and a compass. + +"Here," said the mutineer, "we give you fine chart, just made for you by +the mate. You see he has write out for you your course, so you will soon +make the land." Then he added with a grin--"Is not Antonio Mancillo +damn good fellow, eh?" + +Poor Todd looked at the chart, and then at the writing at the back of +it, and miserably anxious and dejected as he was, he found it hard to +resist smiling at the clever way in which his fellow-officer had got to +windward of the Chileno. However, he pulled a long face, and said there +was mighty little chance of reaching anywhere but a savage island, with +such a poor chart as that. "What," he added angrily, "is the good of +this writing? We could find a cannibal island without this," and he +contemptuously flung the chart into the stern sheets of the boat. + +Then, one by one, the wounded steward, the carpenter, and a Swedish +seaman whose name is not recorded, were brought on deck and forced, at +the point of cutlasses, to enter the boat, which was then cast adrift. + +As the boat dropped astern, Mancillo ran up a flag of some description, +and the remaining mutineers gathered on the poop and jeered at Todd and +his companions; their insulting cries and mocking words reaching the +ears of the half-maddened Loftgreen in the cabin, and reminding him that +he was alone and at the mercy of utter scoundrels, with any one of whom +his life was not worth a moment's purchase. + +But although they were not manacled, the second mate and his companions +in the boat were in little better plight, for their distance from the +nearest land they could hope to make was nearly six hundred miles. But +Todd was no faint-heart. + +"Better the open sea, my lads," he said, "than the brig and those damned +Spanish cut-throats. We are at least free men. Poor Mr. Loftgreen, I +fear, will be murdered." + +Then after dressing the steward's wound--a cutlass slash which had +severed the collar-bone-he ordered the sail to be hoisted and took the +tiller. This done he steered a due west course, which according to the +mate's chart would bring them to the easternmost of the Faumotus--a +group of low-lying islands almost unknown in those days except to +American whale-ships. + +In the boat were sufficient biscuits, salt beef, and water to last them, +with great economy, for a fortnight The boat itself was a good one, and +they were provided with a compass and a course to be steered. The men +were on good terms with each other and loyal and submissive to their +officer; so they had much to be thankful for, and their chief sorrow in +leaving the brig was their fears for the safety of Loft-green, who had +always been a kind and considerate officer. + +For fifteen days the boat sailed before light breezes, till on August +7th they made Tawere Island in the Paumotus Archipelago (named by Cook +"Resolution Island" after his ship) almost in the centre of the vast +group, having passed without sighting them many other low-lying atolls +which lay in their course on the starboard hand. To their joy the +brown-skinned natives of Tawere behaved very kindly to them, for several +whale-ships, and, later on, the missionaries of the London Missionary +Society's ship, had visited their island, and the people were +well-disposed to white men. The island afforded but little in the way of +food--only fish, pigs, cocoanuts, and a coarse species of taro, but of +these the people were profuse in their presents to the white men. + +Only remaining a day and a night at Tawere, Todd bade farewell to +the amiable natives, and continued on his course, sighting many other +islands of the group, but calling at none. Then came a heavy gale from +the south, and he had to let the boat run right before it to the north. +The sea was short and lumpy, and only continuous bailing kept her from +filling. + +Early on the morning of the 15th further misfortunes overtook them; a +sudden squall sprung the mast, although the sail was close reefed. Then +the rudder gudgeons carried away, and the boat broached to and shipped +a heavy sea, which with other damage tore the compass from the +after-thwart, where it had been placed, and completely smashed and +rendered it useless. A few hours later, however, the weather cleared, +the gale died away, and the gentle south-east trade again breathed upon +them. That evening they made Anaa (Chain Island), the natives of which, +owing to previous association with South Seamen--as whaling and trading +ships were then called--were very good to them. At Anaa, Todd and his +comrades remained for two days, and on the morning of the 20th day they +sighted the noble outlines of Tahiti, the Garden of the South Pacific. + +Here they thought their troubles were ended, for the natives of Tahiti +were known to not only be friendly to white men, but Christianised as +well. + +But as soon as the sea-worn men approached the beach, numbers of canoes, +filled with natives armed with muskets, put off, and surrounding the +boat, made the white men prisoners. + +Greatly alarmed at this proceeding--which was such a contrary reception +to what they had expected from the Tahitians--Todd at first imagined he +had lost his reckoning and arrived at some strange island But some of +the natives spoke a little English, and very soon their conduct was +explained to the white men. + +Some months previously a party of escaped convicts had arrived at the +island in a small schooner, which they had seized at Van Dieman's Land +(Tasmania). In bringing the vessel to an anchor the convicts lost her on +the reef, and their lives had been saved by the Tahitians. The strangers +were hospitably received, but their degraded natures were soon +made evident They broke into a chief's house, stole food, arms, +and ammunition, placed them in a boat belonging to the local white +missionaries, and ran away with her. A party of Tahitians gave chase, +and were fired upon by the convicts, who killed four of their number +and badly injured their canoe, so that the remainder had the greatest +difficulty in reaching the land again. + +Todd and his companions were thought to be another party of convicts, +and the queen and chiefs of the island gave orders that they should be +kept close prisoners. + +But this additional misfortune was soon over, for as the boat, escorted +by the canoes, entered Papeite Harbour Mr. Todd saw lying at anchor the +London South Seaman _Tiger_, Captain Richards. This vessel had been at +Conception at the same time as the _Indefatigable_, and the officers +of each ship had met. In the course of an hour or so Todd saw Captain +Richards and told his story, and then the misunderstanding with the +Tahitians was cleared up and the second mate and his companions supplied +with every comfort A week later the _Tiger_ sailed for Sydney, taking +the four men with her. + +Meanwhile what had become of the _Indefatigable_, and how fared poor +Loftgreen with the mutineers? ***** + +As soon as the longboat was clear of the brig the mutineers released the +mate. + +"We now want the brig navigated to Guam" (one of the Ladrone Islands), +said Mancillo to Loftgreen; "I am captain now, and you must do as I bid +you. Beware of a mistake. If you take the ship out of her course we will +serve you as we served Captain Hunter." + +So the voyage, which lasted until the 12th of December, began. The +life led by the men in the longboat was easy enough compared with the +terrible months of mental torture endured by the unfortunate mate. +Only that fine weather prevailed the whole time, the brig would most +assuredly have been lost, for the mutineers were utterly without +discipline, and would only furl, or set, or trim the sails just as the +humour took them. Every night Loftgreen was put in irons and left to +himself till daylight. + +There was a considerable supply of wine and spirits on board, and four +out of the six Chilians were continuously drunk. Then these four vowed +that it was essential to the success of their enterprise that Loftgreen +should be murdered. The two men who did not drink were more prudent +ruffians, and knew that without their navigator they were helpless, and +so they protected him. + +Very often Loftgreen, who had a fair knowledge of Spanish, had to stand +in the midst of the Chilenos whilst he was taking observations, and +listen to them debating as to whether they should take his life at once +or spare him until they reached Guam. And it was only the heroic resolve +to save the ship for his owners that prevented him from trying to escape +in a small quarter-boat, or attempting to kill the mutineers in their +sleep, and let the brig drift about the Pacific till he was sighted by +another ship. + +He soon found out that the mutineers had no idea that Guam was actually +settled by the Spaniards. It is probable that they knew that Guam was +owned by Spain, but no doubt thought that the island was inhabited +only by natives, like Saipan and Rota in the same group. One of the two +mutineers, who entertained friendly feelings towards him, told him that +Mancillo's idea was to sell the brig to the islanders in return for +liberty to lead his ideal of life--eating, drinking, sleeping, and +keeping an extensive harem on one of the many islands in the North +Pacific. + +At last the brig arrived at Port San Luis d'Apra, in Guam, and a +native pilot brought her to an anchor. One of the mutineers remarked to +Mancillo that he supposed they were safe, "But," said he, pointing to +some houses ashore, "those are not native houses; there are Europeans +living here." + +A boat was lowered, and Mancillo, after dressing himself in Captain +Hunter's best clothes, was rowed ashore by two of his fellow-mutineers +to see what the place was like. To their intense surprise they found +awaiting them the Alcalde of San Luis, and a lieutenant and guard of +Spanish soldiers. + +The Alcalde questioned them closely as to who they were, and what had +brought them to Guam. Their replies did not satisfy the official, who, +placing Mancillo in custody and taking half a dozen soldiers with him, +made the two Chilenos row him off to the ship. + +On seeing the soldiers approach, the remaining mutineers, cowards as +they were, concluded that their shipmates had betrayed them, and ran +below to hide themselves, leaving Mr. Loftgreen on deck to receive the +Alcalde, who was soon in possession of the whole story. Unlike most +Spanish officials, he did not want a bribe to ensure his performance of +his duty. He promptly seized the _Indefatigable_, and the Chilenos were +taken ashore and marched to the fort under guard. Then the Alcalde +and Governor, with much formality, held a court, and took the mate's +evidence; the result of which was the mutineers were placed in heavy +irons, and the almost heart-broken Loftgreen was received in the +Governor's house as an honoured guest and supplied with every comfort. + +Soon afterwards the _Rainbow_, a British frigate commanded by Captain +Rous, put into San Luis d'Apra. The _Rainbow_ had made many important +discoveries in Australian waters, more particularly on the northern +coast, but the name of her gallant commander will probably be longer +remembered as Admiral Rous, the famous turf patron, than as Captain Rous +the explorer and navigator. + +Mr. Loftgreen was received on board the _Rainbow_ as English naval +officers always receive a brave and distressed merchant seaman. The +mutineers were handed over to the British captain for conveyance to +Manila for trial. The frigate arrived at Manila on January 19th, and +there the Chilenos had short shrift, for within three days they were +brought to trial and duly garrotted. + +Mr. Loftgreen, who made many friends in Manila, was afforded a passage +to Sydney, and the _Indefatigable_ was condemned as a prize to the +Spanish Government She was afterwards lost in a typhoon in the China +Sea. + +Such is one of the many incidents of the sea story of Australia. + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The South Seaman, by Louis Becke + +*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE SOUTH SEAMAN *** + +***** This file should be named 25108.txt or 25108.zip ***** +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: + http://www.gutenberg.org/2/5/1/0/25108/ + +Produced by David Widger + +Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions +will be renamed. + +Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no +one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation +(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without +permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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