After spending
over twenty-eight years on his island,finds that a ship has approached the island and anchored
nearby. He immediately recognizes it to be an English ship, although he is suspicious as to its
presence in that region. He knows that English ships do not come into these waters and believes
that the ship might be carrying thieves and murderers.
Keeping his guard
up, he and Friday continue to watch the sailors as they bring the longboat to shore. They see
several of the sailors dragging three of the men onto the shore, threatening and mistreating the
three men to the point that Friday believes that the sailors intend to eat the three men, just
as his own people do to their captives.
After the three men plead for their
lives, the sailors fall asleep after wandering on the shore, and Crusoe approaches the three
hostages to find out more about their circumstances. One of the three men explains that he had
been the captain of the English ship and that his crew had mutinied against him and then
captured him, his first mate, and a passenger. Crusoe offers to help the men escape and to seek
justice against these mutineers with the captain in exchange for passage to England when the
ship is recovered.
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