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distress ; but they either did not see him, or were afraid to 
approach close to the island, lest some of those Indians should 
be quartered there, who were at that time in hostility against 
the English, viz. the North-East Indians, who held out after 
the death of the famous Philip, king of the Wompanoags. 
At length a vessel belonging to Salem, in New-England, 
providentially passed by, and seeing this poor fellow, they 
sent their boat on shore and took him away. He had been 
on this island more than seven months, and above a quarter 
of a year by himself On the 18th of July he arrived at Sa- 
lem, and at last returned to his family at New-Haven. They 
for twelve months had supposed him dead; by which it appears 
he did not get home till the end of August, or perhaps later. 
VOYAGE OF THE PACKET-SHIP PRESIDENT. 
The voyage of the ship President, Captain H. L. Champlin, 
one of the New- York line of London packets, November and 
December, 1831, was unusually eventful. The ship sailed 
from Portsmouth, England, on the ISth of October, with 18 
cabin passengers and 90 m the steerage; and in her voyage 
of fifty days encountered a great number of severe gales and, 
squalls, beside other adventures. The following far ticulars 
are extracted from a journal, 2mblished for their private use, 
by the passengers. 
Monday, November 21, 1831. — Light breezes all this day 
from about N. W. a clearer sky, a brighter setting of the sun, 
and by eight o'clock in the evening, an almost perfect calm. 
The rays of the mild and bright full moon fell softly and 
eheerily on the scarcely rippled waters — the ship was nearly 
motionless — the air was mild and inviting — and the sails, 
which were all expanded to catch any passing breeze, flapped 
idly against the masts. The whole night was tranquil, and 
toward daylight every cloud had disappeared from the hori- 
zon; at six there was a light but promising breeze from the 
eastward, and we Vv'ere bearing before it with royals and 
studding sails all set. It increased, however, every moment, 
at seven o'clock the royals, studding sails and top-gallants 
were all struck, and at eight, from the violence of this suddea 
southeaster, we were tumbling over the huge waves undei 
