Accidents > Dangers of the deep, or, Narratives of shipwreck and adventure at sea

178 INDIAN HOSPITALITY,
when we returned from our last fruitless at¬
tempt to get off the island ; but we had buried
two since that, who perished with hunger,
and a marine, having committed theft, run
away to avoid the punishment his crime de¬
served, and hid himself in the woods ; since
which he was never heard of. We now put
off, accompanied with the two Indian canoes
in one of which was a savage, with his two
wives, who had an air of dignity superior to
the rest, and was handsome in his person.
CHAPTER VIII.
The first night we lay at an island destitute
of all refreshment; where having found some
shelter for our boat, and made ourselves a fire,
we slept by it. The next night we were more
unfortunate, though our wants were increas¬
ing ; for having run to the westward of Mon¬
trose island, we found no shelter for the barge,
but were under the necessity of lying upon our
oars, suffering the most extreme pangs of hun-