NARRATIVE

OF THE

SHIPWRECK OF THE BRIG BETSEY,

OF WISCASSET, (MAINE,)

AND

MURDER OF FIVE OF HER CREW,

BY PIRATES,

ON THE COAST OF CUBA, DEC. 1824.

"——quæque ipse miserrima vidi,
Et quorum pars magna fui."


BY DANIEL COLLINS,
ONE OF THE ONLY TWO SURVIVORS.


WISCASSET:
PRINTED BY JOHN DORR.
1825.
DISTRICT OF MAINE, ss.

L. S.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this twenty-sixth day of April, inthe year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five,and the forty-ninth year of the Independence of the United Statesof America, Mr. John Dorr, of the District of Maine, hasdeposited in this Office, the title of a Book, the right whereofhe claims as Proprietor, in the words following, viz:
"Narrative of the Shipwreck of the Brig Betsey, of Wiscasset,and murder of five of her crew, by Pirates, on the coast ofCuba, Dec. 1824. By Daniel Collins, one of the only twosurvivors.

"——quæque ipse miserrima vidi,
Et quorum pars magna fui."
Wiscasset: Printed by John Dorr. 1825."
In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States,entitled, "An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securingthe copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors andproprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned;"and also, to an act, entitled, "An Act supplementary to an act,entitled, an act for the encouragement of learning, by securingthe copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors andproprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned,and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing,engraving, and etching historical and other prints."
J. MUSSEY, Clerk of the District Court of Maine.
A true copy as of record.—Attest,
J. Mussey, Clerk D. C. Maine.
NARRATIVE.
On the 28th of November, 1824, I sailed from Wiscasset, (Me.) forMatanzas, in the Island of Cuba, on board the brig Betsey, ladenwith lumber; our officers and crew consisting of seven, viz.Ellis Hilton, of Wiscasset, master; Joshua Merry, of Edgecomb,1st mate; Daniel Collins, of Wiscasset, 2d mate; Charles Manuel,(a Portuguese), Seth Russell, and Benj. Bridge, seamen; andDetrey Jeome, cook. On the 18th of December we passed the BerryIslands, and early next morning came to anchor within a league ofOrange Key, on the Bahama Banks. It was the morning of theSabbath, so calm and clear that even the lengthened billows ofthe Gulf Stream seemed sleeping around us, and the most untutoredson of Neptune could not but remember that it was a holy day,consecrated to devotion and rest. Here we continued until noon,when a fresh breeze from the North invited us to weigh anchor andunfurl our sails, which, swelling with a fair wind, were asbuoyant as our                        
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