104 THE WHALEMAN ; OR, 



that they lived near the wreck until October 3, 

 when the whale ship Citizen, of Nantucket, 

 Captain Bailey, hove in sight ; they immediately 

 hoisted a flag upon a pole thirty feet high, and 

 made every signal they could of distress ; that 

 the ship at first stood in as though she saw them, 

 then hauled up and shivered in the wind, and 

 afterwards filled away and left them. She was 

 so close at one time that those on shore could 

 see her davits. The feelings with which they 

 saw the vessel leave them are indescribable, as 

 no hope was left them but to endure the rigors 

 of a winter's residence in that cold, bleak, and 

 desolate region, if they should escape the toma- 

 hawk of the savage. That their signals were 

 seen by Captain Bailey there can be no doubt, 

 as Captain B. reported seeing his signals last 

 fall. The mate of Captain Bailey's vessel 

 reported to Captain B. that he could see sail- 

 ors on shore, and requested a boat to go to their 

 relief, which Captain B. refused. 



" Through the inhumanity of Captain Bailey, 

 we were compelled to remain nine months in that 

 barren region, destitute of clothing and food, 

 other than the natives could supply us from their 

 scanty stores of blubber and furs. During this 

 time, two of the crew perished from cold, and 

 left their bones to bleach among the snows of 



