The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-02

ss.ard, and the captain ecoEsea.
ere s.es ol Is Ia ;ae loag boat had been
.saF cnfes officer, Mr. Davis In the ..HcYz,
DAss OF the Cage CT esoos Hope, rnyssl,
ao.a, fosr months previous a. ApIa. samoa
AZ tie tine Of the great hJrs.eagaa--xr7i
a-osher man IN the foar-gYsassad ship All
mare only couple OF moarhs before
ne captain 6enlueely remarked that we
80 SonaIs and ought 20 he sfsat. for
witch compliment we god hanorediy ex-
presses osr thanks.
Tia gg being tae smallest ana fastest
ooas TIE captain transferred sinsel. 20 her
ansad OF Us TO look for a safe landing
place He took with him one Of the chrome
Hssefs. sesfant an3 the bag containing
Ire nautical books and charts and told Us
TO follow him with the other tao coats A
Han suffering greatly from rheumatism
"as taken cut os the gig ard put into cur
Portable
Hour after hour We pulled along the lone
~ saores but not place could be found
where the boats mtgas be pat through the
ROCKS and reefs were every where. and the
sea oTeaA!nS against them ~ Ia tremendous
Tore. Late In sae afternoon we came 10
place where stood On the edge Of q Slope
on the Island some diEapidatsd houses.
Ole, sumble-dcwn mole and some cnutes
aud at once recognized the place and
knew that We were at StAshuck Island. an
Old deserted euano depot Questioned the
mate, and he nodded his head aad asked
me whether had ever been taers- / told
him that had. some years before. In
schooner that carried provisions there from
Honolulu, when the guano was shipped
from the Island by az English company,
but tina. the place had bsen abandoned On
account OF the bad and pertious landing
and the trouble experienced in getting the
boats through the breakers and of 10 the
vessel with guano. ! told him that there
vas guano On the island yet. and that at
Gre time several hundred people had lived
there And that II st.fceH1EA IN landing
We would have 10 snSsist on tur,;es that
ve might psrchance catch, and on the
eggs OF sea fowl. which s~arned on tho
place He inquired abou. wafer and In
formed him that there was large lagoon
on the island, but that / had heard the
people say the water Was very brack.sn
and that they used Ii in condensed state
only. i remarked that Maiden and Pen
rhyn islands were inha hited, as gaano
worked and shipped from there. TIE mate
stated that Maiden island was about IA
OF the equator. but IL was blowing . north
east trade wind. and we would have 10 pun
hard against the wind to get to Maiden.
Towards sundown we came up with the
captain, VINO had turned back 10 meet u.s.
He had been around point OF the island
bat had discovered no safe landing place,
and he asked the mate whit he thought
vas best 10 be done. The latter told him
what had stated and after a short coun-
eli ii was concluded that al three boats
should stay in close Company together di-
ring the night. and 10 determine on tbs
morrow what course should be pursued. II
was necessary 70 be al safe distance
from the treacherous shore during the
night. and accordingly We put further out
to sea. In the darkness We lost sight OF
the gig, and the mate ordered the carpenter
20 haul the whaleboat alongside the lorg
boat and make IL fast The bottom boards
were now taken cat OF both boats and
dashed together; TO these the two beat buck
cts were attached ana the whole was
thrown out as q drag TO iie-to under during
the night a small ration OF bread and
some water was served out lookouts sta
! toned. and We went TO sleep Ia the best
manner possible. AT dayhreak we iscov-
cred TO our great surprise that The island
was out Of sight. Not the faintest sound
OF the breakers could be heard: We had
no doubt drifted q considerable distance
from shore. The men on lookout had
probably been mapping. thus falling 10 no.
grew fainter the time passed. The gig
was nowhere TO be seen, either ard we
began 10 fear for her safety. as a heavy
cross sea had been running all night. All
that day and the night following we pulled
our two boats dead TO windward hoping
70 gain sight Of the island again, but at
ter in vain working our oars for twenty
eight hours. We became utterly worn cur
and discouraged. The crew Of the whale
] boa. clamored 10 De taken up n oar boat:
the carpenter knew nothing a about naviga-
ton. disputes had arisen. and ne could not
control the men. who wanted 10 GENE I'M
der tire guidance and protection 81 the
mate. since the captain wss no longer with
us. They had already consumed their stock
of bareback. bat had about two buckets
OF water In their beat kcE. The mate SCI
yereIy Tcprimaneed tire carpenter fog not
having taken better charge OF the bread
ard asked him whether he thought be WAS
going on picnic
Twenty-one naea comprise a large num-
Der. even for ships Io8g boat, eut we
.ssaltN gFeet 10 BET cur setpH41fes iotn "a
and thus share our {ate together The
ess1f ..-hs
other gar were transferred along with ehe
men. and the mate marked with pencil
in large letters On ore or the thwarts ot
| the abandoned beat the following
Snip Gar&ton of Lsve-pooI. wrecked a.
Starbuck island. On July II, lsSe'
AnI ihan we sol she 80at atSrtGl. Wuulf
| II ever re picked ap by some vessel cross
| ing tae wide track OF th9 pacii3c telling
| a tale that perhaps none % us I.sst ever
Esclase, Was my thoughi AT that moment.
Altar everything bad been SgraIghtenei
| az in The long boat Mate Davies thus AL
dressed us
Men. there - no use sassiug tine fur
! tasr. enlesvortng 10 ge. back toward Star
| buck Island, foT l am unaele . determine
car whereabouts correctly As the captain
ass the charts nautical aiT9Arac ard ~
| sFythtGg ei@a with him IN fh@ gig | can
| not usufe up anything without me aid ~
these. ana even could lay cot a course sor
| AALeG island w. v1AI1 never oe abe %
aork tAss large boat dead against the wiai
| Tor ever hundred miles IN eur already
therefore he devised. AIRY man fssss~ss-
1ag tWo shirts r7pst give up one and
uf1l make a square sail or tw5 by tying
TIE shirts together. oars San serve Cor
72asfs arA boat hcckS fer yards tsse two
| noa, ia niers VIII nftnssa yarn, fer hal
/ yards and braces ana for tying ths sb5r.s
| together w VIII ran tie beat before
the ard taking a soGthweStsTsy coUrs~
| ara I thlnk We viii sTe ion- fan IN with
s1rsse vesSei IT sEht SerFs@ fs}2nd. PERHAPS
oua o. the outlying groups os The Fu.s
| We sd lgy 10 make our sto~sh ~ bread
ard the isvs tins Of meat last forty DAYS
| ard We must pray ara trass 20 ths Lori
| for rain an cur path, for ws bare only
! sAseslf taree gallons % wstsv rev 20 starr
ath slIl do ire Rest / car FOR your
| ~elszrs ard stand ev ye1 20 tas lssr. but
1 / -nfNu strtrt 8rier a. al times. iasTe
/ fsust 70 ma guarding. ~ F5sAst cheer one
| another ga much as We csn ar1 nog E{ve
/ Wv "a dependency. KEEP a good ioosoul
/ for a passing ssu AZ all ttSzs'-~ niEat Or
| DAY
| W. resqonea wftA hearty cheer when
| tie nate na shed ard 81 et.ce went - work
| ara succeeded "a making swc sails CT.
/ ~ re spare sAty:S ard 81 CID EsS=Y Ssg
| wel> cor: ueA 30 tsNx OF frsss Tved ggls@t
| The. s.sA: berg Pat DIT her coaFSs the