Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-03-26
Report of the Tenth Voyage of the Mis-
siJnIfy PdJK5t "mOr1ll5 oOar' to Micro
nesia Islands.

This vessel sailed from Honolulu June 2ist, 1880,
with six missionaries and five other passengers on
board
with light winds and Gains il took us twenty
six days to reach Butartari, the first island we
visited in the Gilbert Group. Remained there one
day and then sailed for Apaiang, sixty-fve miles
distant, and reached it in five days Rev. Messrs.
Taylor and Walkup concluded to establish their
training school at that island rather than Mt
Butaritari. Remained there one week and landed
honses and goods for the station, and sailed Tor
Tapiteuea, southernmost island
After eight days of cams and currents and a
failure in reaching it, we reached Apemaml hav-
ing sailed 81 miles to accomplish 30 landing i'll a
boat at Marakei on the way
Sailed from Apemama August 18th in company
with the bark Haic1i, TO make another attempt to
reach Tapiteuea Took calm of sixty-nine hou1s
and drifted west l03 miles out of our course, and
finally anchored at Maiana. From Maiana we ran
over 10 Tarawa, and from there back again to
Apliang to replenish our fresh water, and sailed
from there August Both, to make third attempt
TO reach rapiteuea-20O miles south of Ap1iang
To accomplish this work, we sailed north az lin to
the latitude of >, touching for few hours again
ut Bltiritiri and then beat 3)O miles to the east
and at last succeeded in reaching Taplteuea III
eighteen days, where we met the brig Hdeard.
Finishing the work at rtpiteusa, we startei back
for Apuang to land the missionaries ana re iched
ThrawI after another long passage OF twelve q -
anl took them over to hpliing in boat, fifteen
miles from our anchorage.
10 do lOJ miles sailing we had been thirty-one
DAYS, and sliled a distance of 1919 miles. To dc
the work of the Gilbert Group (all the direct dis
tances combined being but 600 niles, not over
four days sailing for the Morning Star, we hao
been forty-nine days, after reaching them, and
sailed 1858 miles. We had 5Sl miles head current
aud l7G hours dead calm, and Was obliged TO dc
IN miles of work in the boats.
Sailed from Tartwa for Strong $ Island October
I'd and anchored there October 18th after four
teen days OF drifting IN n fair current and calm
During some of the 2l5 hours OF calm we had OF
thtt passage, our slils We're all taken IN MS II al
anchor and we drifted 1866 miles of the distance.
October III we sailed from Strong's Island, tC
beat to the Marshall Islands with DR.. Pease ano
Mr.. Whitney on board, and reached Ebon, the lirs
island, November lth. Rsmaiued there six days
and sailed for Jaluit; but when on that island We
took q blow from the eIst that brought us down e
reefcd tDpslils and malnslll, and took us towards
Mnloeap, the lagoon of which we entered at th'
north end November 18th, and it took three day
with light airs to beat to the mission station
Sliled from ALiloeap to MeJuro where we hat
another blow and lost largest anchor, Will
several fathoms of cable had our whaieboa
smashed, and was threatened with laundering
The night of this blow we spent in the boa
in the lagoon with the missionaries, on our wa,
from the station to the ship.
Sailed from Meiuro to Arno, twenty miles dis
tant November 20th. but did not reach there TO
three days. During that time we had another blow
and were under balance reefed mainsau. foresall
and topsails. an,
took on board the Hawaiian missionary s. j.
Na"aa anu fanny loi I ~ - ,,;,I !;
twenty four hours. We found the bark Hd'odi
there from Honolulu, with a mell for US, ana tn
Stim BHd arrived the next oaS, po'iio !" iioio
lulu. by which we forwarded mail.
From Jaluit we went again 10 EDon ana re
mnined one day, from there to Namerlk where W
remained another day and then sailed aaAh 10
S5runG's Island.
Upon our second visit to otrongs Island we re
manned eight days. Took IN wood; water am
soil for ApAng' ana Key, , o. aai,eN Wii 9ri,
the work of that group IN seyenty-ve days. q,
peos% fSe od 9h ro slpp and Mo on tn
l9tA, and arrived AZ Ponap9 December s zist' he