The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-29

the Captain sometimes rubs his right
leg where the Mexican bullet passed
through in lSE He was a member of VI
Company. First Regular Artillery, during
The Mexican war.
In 1850 Whitney shipped on the ship Pa
cihc for the Arctic seas as a sailor. In
1871 he was on the bark Chasackit i'm the
Atlantic Ocean. under Captain Lewis. In
s52 he voyaged again to the Arctic on a
whaling expedition in the bark Cherokee.
Captain Smith. He was boat-steerer on
the Cherokee.
Cambria, Captain Cottel. whaling in the
Arctic.
In 1874. 1855, 1876, 1851. 1855 and 1879 he
was whaling in the Sea Of Okhotsk on the
ship Parachute. Captain Baston, and the
bark Syren Queen. Captain Lakey. as
fourth officer. In the bark Delaware, Cap
tain Honan. third officer: in the bark
Venice, Captain Lester. as second officer;
in the bark Merrimac. Captain Long. and
in the ship Montezuma. Captain Honan.
as first officer.
In 1s60 he was aboard the bark Har-
mony. Captain Kelly, as frs: officer, whal-
ing off the northwest coast of America.
In 1861 1862 and 1866 Whitney was again
whaling in the Sea of Okhotsk on the
bark Cynthia as captain. in the brig Com
ct. Captain Wilhelm, as first officer. and
ia the bark Sea Breeze. Captain HamiI-
ton, as second officer.
! Captain Whitney in 1861. 1865 1859. 1870.
liS7l. 1872. 1873. 1s74. 1S7J and 1876 was once
more whaling in the Arctic in the ship
Hal Hawaii. Captain Hepingstone, a
first officer: IN the ship Champion. Cap
tain Worth; in the ship George Rowland.
d CaT tain Knowles. in the bark William
Rotch. as captain: in the bark r. w.
W ood as captain, and in the bark Arctic
az captain.
| He was trading in the Arctic during
/ iS7S and 1879 as captain OF the schooner
/ GeOvone Apeani and the schooner G. NJ.
Ward. In 1863. 1854 and 1856. not account
ed for above Whitney. as captain, went
whaling in the Sea of Okhotsk in the
ischooners Caroline anG Ian.
1 he late Mr.. J. /. Dowsett was the own
Ter OF the barks Harmony, Cynthia and
r. W. Wood. c. Richards & Co owned
the Hal Hawaii.
Captain Whitney can tell many stir
ring tale OF adventure and has been
through enough and learned enough Il
FIJI several big hooks
In recalling his first voyage. Captain
whitney told the following to an Adver-
tiser reporter:
81 signed on the ship Pacific of New
Haven and on the first of June. 1879. we
started for a three years voyage in the
| Atlantic Indian. Pacific and Arctic
lOCeans. Before we rounded the Cape OF
Iced Hope we had 335 barrels Of sperm
oil aboard. Then the captain became very
lslck and he concluded TO 90 to ST. Hele-
Ina for medical treatment. We arrived
lall right and spent one month there. The
lo9ptain. thinking he had recovered his
good health, weighed anchor at the en-
lof that fine. But at sea he again became
lseriously i'll and made up his mind 70 re-
turn to New Bedford. We arrived ar New
Re Gford in January, 1851. and received
my discharge
Continuing. Captain Whitney said: =
lthen shipped in the brig Noble for tbs
run to Boston. She had brought load
.of whalebone from the Sandwich Islands
liz April ISL, / voyaged in the Atlantic
ocean sperm whaling. We were out only