The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-04-07

Henry J. Fisher, the sexton of Grace
Church, In conversation with CALL re-
porter. gave some recollections of the late
Bishops first trip to San Francisco. He
said:
81 had been working In the parent mint
In Philadelphia, and was ordered to accom-
pany party of men who were going to San
Francisco to mint there. Among those who
were to go On the steamer from New York
with us was Bishop Kip. Before leaving
Philadelphia | received letters from the
rector of the Church of the Redeemer of
which had been sexton for six years.
"On Monday, December 90 1853, sailed
from New York on the steamer George
Law. carrying 100 passengers. After few
days at sea | sought Bishop Kip and pre-
scented my letter. / was received most cor
daily. Bishop Simpson of the Methodist
church WAS also a passenger. The first
Sunday at sea Bishop Kip preached a SER
mon TO the cabin passengers in the morning
while Bishop Simpson preached to the
steeTage passengers in the afternoon Bishop
Simpson to the cabin and Bishop KID to the
steerage. We arrived at Aspinwall on the
29,h OF December Leaving the steamer at
Aspinwall we took the Panama train, rid
ing distance OF only ten miles, there being
only that distance Of the Panama Railroad
c0HiPieLeu ElOppIDI AT CUdRTPS i(lHef. ana
taking the river boats, We Travelled as far S
GOrgona Pass, where we put up al the hotel
till morning. Ii the morning preparations
were made to go to Panama.
THE means of conveyance were rude and
uncom ;ortable. the majority being obliged
to rida mules, and few were fortunate
enough to ride horses. We were not, how
ever, among the fortunate ones,
mean the Bishop, wife, son and myself,
for since had presented my letters to the
Bishop / was made to consider myself one
OF his party. We started early on our
journey. the Bishop and son GO
Ing ahead and l taking in charge
Mrs. Kip. On account of the
slowness of Mrs. Kin's mule we soon be-
came separated from tho Bishop and finally
from the rest OF the passengers. On inQuir-
ing of the natives if they had seen the
Bishop pass, they informed us that he and
his son had been carried away and mur-
dered by a tribe Of them. This news
greatly alarmed Mrs. Kip, who fell fainting
from her mule. Fortunately ! had re-
stOrative, which l quickly administered to
her, and in short time she recovered.
believed, from the actions OF the natives,
who by this time had taken position in front
of us in the road. that they had some plan
in view, either of robbng us or killing US.
Appreheading such danger | quickly drew
from my pocket two revOlvers. Pointing
them at the natives. ordered them to
stand back and let US pass. This they
quickly Qld, ana alter helping Mrs. Kip on
her mule we succeeded~in reaching Panama
about dusk.
1.-The Bishop and son, however had ar
rived some hours before and had received
no III treatment from the natives. The
meeting Of the Bishop and wife was a
joyous one.
"On January we left Panama on the
steamship Golden Gate, stopping at Aca-
puico. There the steamer was provided
with provisions and coal, and on the 9th of
January our journey was continued. All
went well until January 10, when the shaft
broke. The machinist was set to work
TO remedy this accident as best he
could. The steamer was at the mercy of
the wind and waves, drifting about from