At one time he said he forgave them.

At another, he asked if I came to befriend him.

At another, he looked wildly, and asked if I meant to take the captain's part, and to kill him.
I was greatly affected by the situation of this poor man, whose image haunted me both night and day, and I was meditating how most effectually to assist him, when I heard that he was dead.
I was very desirous of tracing something further on this subject, when Walter Chandler, of the society of the Quakers, who had been daily looking out for intelligence for me, brought a young man to me of the name of Dixon.

He had been one of the crew of the same ship.

He told me the particulars of the treatment of Thomas, with very little variation from those contained in the public report.