rS4 The Home of the Wolvcretie and Beaver. 



saw that he was detected, he jumped into a canoe 

 and escaped, upon which the captain told the chiefs 

 to call him back, but they smiled and said nothing, 

 which so exasperated the headstrong man that he 

 collared two of the chiefs and threatened to hang 

 them unless the offender was delivered up for 

 punishment. The moment this seizure was made 

 the Indians fled, and the two chiefs remained on 

 board as prisoners, having a guard placed over 

 them. Though food and drink were offered to 

 them, they refused to taste either, and showed 

 unmistakably the resentment they felt at such 

 harsh treatment. On the following day the delin- 

 quent was brought off in a canoe, and delivered up 

 to the captain, who had him stripped and seized up 

 to the gratings, but stopped short of flogging him. 

 Both the chiefs and the prisoner were now released, 

 and all left the ship, the former disdainfully 

 refusing a present that was offered them, and 

 vowing vengeance for the insults to which they had 

 been subjected. 



The above is the second account of the manner 

 in which Captain Thorn turned friends into deadly 

 enemies, and whichever may be the correct one, it 

 remains undoubted that the harshness and cruelty 

 of the commander contributed greatly to the 

 disastrous end v/hich befell the ship and her crew, 



