The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1863-10-29
MEMORANDA.

TT Brig 6o6oh4- Cog.n. repor-s-Fis; entered the Arctic
OCEAN August ., and eruised there principally found the
weather generally bad, but whales plentiful Took the nrsi
bo-head August II, Lat ne, 30, y, Long lFi'' 90 W
saw mos; whales in Lat. Il : 20. 20 ~ so, Long Ia 50,
TO 1858 80. about Augustus. Took our last whale September
/ ). Lat u : Is, Long. rs. Left the Arctic on the loih ofsep-
( ,snber. Left a; Plover Bay September q. Ocean, loo bns. OIL;
I c.nuIs. 100 brEs; Zoe, $50 brlsi Victoria, go bis. Captain
| Brummerhoop was killed by natives March 30. During the
winter lost hve ssaDeH With scurvy, and three with disease OF
the breast-an natives Of the Hawaiian Islands.
Tne brig u, Honolulu on the % June, 1862. under Command
/ OF Cant. l. Brumnerhoop, bound on a whaling and trading ex-
petition, and veil provided with every necessity 'r winiering
North. On the 23d OF September shipped our catch, consisting
of abou; 100 brls, and some trade, by brig Victoria, 10 Homo
lulu fsm e.. Lawrence Bay, which place We bad selected for
cur winiering station; We also sen; down by the Victoria Q
Hawaiian seamen and one boa;-steerer, who had only shipped
for the summer season, leaving cur crew 70 the number If 20 in
all, officers and men. From the lst to the 18th November,
Is52, sax plenty Of whales but could not &c; near them. on sc-
count Of heavy gales and purraEe ice, and on the 2ith Sovem-
Der, with 4 strong NV. gale, the vessel froEe in solid.
On November l, 1862, an Esquimoux. named Cspatchou, who
had stayed already three days board with Us. during 4 Sc
ere zAle, became alarmed about his house and family, and
wished 70 be pu, on shore, which a, that time il vas impossible
for Us 10 comply with without endangering the lives of a whole
me 1904 80 ana ~ - TED i 70 ~ az, T Il. nor nor = bv ,uprSI, he
Der, when the gale was over. the Esqumaux came on board,
and laid the blame Of the mans drowning TO the captain; and
not sufficiently speaking their language we could only with
di11eu!iy explain TO iAen ho" Il occurred We were after
wards often warned oy some Il the Esquinaux that the friends
II the drowned man intended 70 take tie Captains life, or even
fHE vessel n EF WGr EuEn q U GUARD N the tpgiNnTuE.
after some time ali seemed, however, TO De forgotten, and re
traded with them on the most friendly terms. On the Both Of
March, 1855, the Captain was invited by the chrf, who flru-
h. wantsd. a he lad of.en done TIs ctutsin' aIsn.nertirg
Of tresehery, went, coming near the chiefs house, he was shot
~ an arrow, and afterwards killed by spears; the Captain fired
hs revolver twice, bot II seems Intellectually. The repOt drew
cur attention 70 that eide, and though this occurred al a distance
Of nFe mlrS from M Eesect, " e coad ~ oy our glass. the
whole country being covered with Snow, that an ARRAY was 20
ing on; the vessel 1t that time, however, being crowded with
Ezquimaux, We could not send any help to the captain, as We
did not know whether an attack on the vessel was contemplated
by them. We dispatched come friendly Esquinaux to the place,
who reported that they cOuli not find the captain. but believed
clothes. but could not learn what had become Of his body, not
outstanding that We of, red every reward to the Esauimaux -
recover tie same. The three men, Ranau. Rakou and Napus,
blood relations Of the drowned man, who, AS We learned. had
committed the murder, had struck down their huts Immediate
E-quinauN then assured u that now all was settled according
to their custom OF man for man, and that they would not modest
sent us also the deer the captain hal bought, and We received
considerable trade from them afterwards. .
Though well provided with every Necessity against scurvy,
We lost five HaTahans by this scourse, aud three by other di-
senses; the whole crew, Hawaiian A. well as foreigners, had
and none Of the white crew died: the trouble with the Hawaii
ans, however, was that they would mo-; take any exercise, and
leave their berths, they would crouch down again on deck, and
by no ingenuity could even be prevailed upon To stand mp. We
taken about On shore and L the village where, II not watched,
they would lay down again. No care, - well in regard To food
as to treatment. was spared: but owing to the lethargy and
uncIeaniness Of these men We were unable to save them
After the death OF Capt BrumnerAOOp, the first mate, b. Co.
gan, took charge Of the vessel
II ship California, Cleveland, at Lahaina, with 300 brls.
whale oil, $500 lbs. bone. season, from the Ochotsk Sea, reports
the following vessels: August l5-Hercules, 400 brls; Milton,
COO brs Comet. $50 hrs. sept. Europa, y. b. $50 brls.
Sept. IO-Massachusetts, 800 brls: Isaac Rowland, 200 brIs.;
Hflnan, 900 brls-; Gov. Troup. 400 brls.; Bart. Gosnod, 30
brs; Mt walIaston, clean; Cicero. 800 brls.; Robert Towns.
,EngIish,J 500 bris.; Gen. Williams, go bris. Sept. I2-Jireh
Swift, 600 bris; Oregon and schooner, 800 bris.; florence, 400