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" drawled out from on deck , and the sulky answer of " Aye , aye ! Then , feeling of all our clothes , we picked out those which were the least wet , and put them on , so as to be ready for a call , and turned-in , covered ourselves up with blankets , and slept until three knocks on the scuttle and the dismal sound of " All starbowlines ahoy ! I slept on till all hands were called in the morning ; for , fortunately for me , the Indians , intentionally , or from mistaking their orders , had gone off alone in the night , and were far out of sight . When I heard what was the state of things , I began to put on my clothes to stand it out with the rest of them , when the mate came below , and looking at my face , ordered me back to my berth , saying that if we went down , we should all go down together , but if I went on deck I might lay myself up for life . The next morning , we took the battens from the hatches , and opened the ship . He had been in the house several weeks , working hard at his trade , upon orders which he had brought with him , and talked much of his resolution , and opened his heart to us about his past life . In this state of things , a new light was struck out , and a new field opened , by a change in the watch . Nearly an hour intervened , when the great doors of the mission church opened , the bells rang out a loud , discordant peal , the private signal for us was run up by the captain ashore , the bride , dressed in complete white , came out of the church with the bridegroom , followed by a long procession . The mainsail was blowing and slatting with a noise like thunder , when the captain came on deck , and ordered it to be furled . The captain and officers slept under the awning which was spread over the quarter-deck ; and we stowed ourselves away under an old studding-sail , which we drew over one side of the forecastle . His father had been governor of the province , and having amassed a large property , settled at San Diego , where he built a large house with a court-yard in front , kept a great retinue of Indians , and set up for the grandee of that part of the country . One night , he burst into our room at the hide-house , breathless , pale as a ghost , covered with mud , and torn by thorns and briers , nearly naked , and begged for a crust of bread , saying he had neither eaten nor slept for three days .