The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1889-11-19
THO MORNING sfkR
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Cruise of the Mission
AIRY Packet.
Wreck Of ti,r Bark =. u. sweat
Graphic Account of Adventures.

packet Morning Star, Captain G. +.
Garland, arrived on Monday after
noon, November 18th, 81 days from
Ponape. She sailed from here Au-
gust LIST, and after passage of
twenty days arrived ut Mlnouti, Gill
bert Group, where Rev. Mr.. Walkup
was landed. Left there ON the same
day for Apiang, which was reached
on August 23rd. Rev. j. III. Ma
hoe and son were landed there.
Sailed the same day for kusaie, ar
irving there on the'29th. Mrs. j.
j. Forbes, who was i'll great part
of the voyage, landed there for
treatment by DIR. Pcase.
On the way to kusaie the steel
mainmast, which also performs the
Office of q funnel, melted foot
from the top, and this was attended
to at Kusaie. Left for Ponapc on
September 10th, and Rev. j. j.
Forbes embarked there. Left that
place for Ruk on Sept. 18th, the
passage occupying three days. From
thence returned to Ponape, and left
the last named place for Kusaie with
Rev. Mr.. Forbes as passenger.
Misses $. l.. Smith and +. L.
Crosby joined them at Kusaie. From
here left again for Ponape to take
on board DR.. Miss l.. M. Ingersol,
who desired TO come TO Honolulu on
account of low health.
At Ponape also Captain Wm.
Gooding, Chief Officer Richard
Waterman, Second Officer George
Harrison, together with seven of the
crew of the wrecked American bark
L. L. Sweat, 522 tons register, were
taken aboard and brought to Homo
lulu, leaving Ponape on October IA.
The following is the log of the bark
t. l.. Sweat furnished by the Chief
Officer:
Sailed from New York on Septem-
Der 18th, 1888, with 1900 tons gen.
eral merchandise for Brisbane,
Queensland, Australia, arriving there
on February 3rd, 1889, after pas
sage of l44 days. After unloading
cargo left for Newcastle, n. S. W.,
where 800 tons coal were taken on
board for Hongkong. Sailed from
Newcastle March 9th. One month
later, on April 9th, she struck the
Susanna coral reef at 1920 q. IN.
The mate was then on deck. A high
surf was running and siX-knot
breeze was blowing, so that within
an hour after the reef was struck
the vessel was smashed to atoms.
An attempt was made 10 lower the
large boat, but the sea dashed it
against the side of the vessel and it
was lost. The time left was only
enough for launching the small boat
which was about sixteen feet IN
length. All-ten in number-em-
barked in the boat at a. m. with
just the clothing they had on at
the time, without hats or boots.
Nothing whatever was saved from
the vessel, the ship was breaking up
so fast that no one had any oppor-
tunity of getting any provisions
from the store room. The captain
was able, however, to bring along
with him q chart and compass.
The boat remained q few yards from
the vessel till daybreak, when all
hope was given up and the boat was
headed for the Enderby Islands,
about II miles distant, and which
were reached at 5 80 p. m. the same
day. The islanders came out to
meet them in about twelve canoes,
between ten and fifteen in each
canoe.
The islanders were armed with
large long knives and acted very
wildly. Their fierce appearance and
their savage performances filled the
hearts of the unfortunate people
with horror and dsmay, but they
submitted themselves to the care OF
their ferocious hosts. The mel
were stripped of every spare article
they had, such as knives and cloth
ing, leaving only a shirt and trou
sers for each man. In return they
were supplied with breadfruit anc
cocoanuts, the only fruits grown OF
the island. There were about fiji
teen hundred inhabitants. No sign
of any missionary ever landing Their
before and the natives were TIN
widest and most savage people tina
civilized eyes could ever behold il
this nineteenth century, except il
the interior of Africa.
On April goth, after remaining
ten days on the island the native
permitted them to leave the island
and Captain Gooding with tire
others left in the ships boat, ant
the Chief Officer with the rest of TIL,
crew and seven natives in canoe
After few hours pulling the cano
sprang a leak and put back to land
and they remained there thre
months, the natives refusing to ven
, ture forth without compass, as til
only navigating knowledge they ha
, was by the aid of the stars.
On the day after leaving the cap
tain's boat being found too small I
( face the somewhat boisterous wea
, ther which was then setting in, wa
. headed for Ruk, an island about 2
! miles distant. There the shiI
t wrecked crew were joined by MI
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