The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-07-16
MOHICAN COMES
SAFELY TO PORT
DRIVEN OUT OF HER COURSE
BY STRONG SOUTH
EAST WINDS.
SHE HAD TO PUT INTO DUTCH
HARBOR.
Sailing Directions That Promised
Winds Are In Error-Will Go To
Bremerton a Few Days.

After battling with adverse winds
aud seas and being driven out of her
course numerous times, the u. s. train
ing ship Mohican arrived in port this
morning from Yokohama, via Dutch
Harbor. The character of weather and
the inability of the vessel to fight
against it. can be imagined from the
fact that the vessel had to first touch
at the Aleutian Islands on her way
from Yokohama to this port. The voy-
age Of the MohiCan while not especial
ly eventful, was lively enough for
those aboard her, and Admiral Merrys
explanation of the cause of her delay
turns out to be entirely correct, with
the single exception that she did not
cut Honolulu out of her itinerary.
The Mohican left Yokohama May 26
and stood up to the 40th degree Of
north latitude as this was given as
the summer sailing route across the
Pacific. 1t was advertised that west
erly winds would be encountered, but
the Mohican must have been travelling
between westerly winds, for she had
nothing BUT, mean, sOuth-easterly
winds to buck during all of her trip
10 Dutch harbor. There was never
more than, a moderate gale during the
! trip and this character of weather was
experienced on only three occasions,
! The south-easterly winds began to
show their strength during the early
part of June ana drove the vessel to
/ the northeast, off her course. Cap
tain Couden tried to continue his east
ward course, but, after being repeat
edly driven to the northward, he decid-
ed to make for Dutch Harbor where
| coal and needed supplies could be laid
| in.
Dutch Harbor was made on June q.
| The Mohican remained in that port
| two days and sailed for Honolulu on
June 20. With the exception of one
day, the trip down was pleasant and
| unaventfui The vessel went along
W GAr san from Yokohama to Dutch
Harbor. She used her steaming power
| during considerable of the run from
| the Aleutian Islands.
The Mohcan sighted the transport
| Warren bound for San Francisco a few
days after leaving Yokohama, and on
| July T. a French vessel flying the sig
nails H. s. F. G." was sighted in lati-
| tude 81 north, longitude 155 degrees, 40
minutes west, bound from Newcastle
to San Francisco. On the night of
June 26, the lights of a passenger
steamer evidently one of the Empress
line We're sighted.
During the voyage it was necessary
/ a "
! Mohican is not much on the tack.
The vessel left here with seven Ha-
waiian boys aboard who enlisted as
! apprentices. The boys returned with
the vessel. Commander
Knapp, the executive officer of the
| Mohican, says that the Hawaiians
showed a fair average amount of apti-
tude and some of them who had been
to sea before, did quite well at first
The young men did not show quite as
much ambition in their work as had
been expected, however, so none OF
them have been promoted since leaving
Honolulu a few months ago. Com
mander Knapp thinks that the crowd
will make good ordinary seamen how
ever.
When the Mohican was last in Ho.
nolulu a delegation from the Y. NJ. c
A.. and some other similar organiza-
tiOn went aboard and conducted SER
| vices. After the conclusion of devo'
tions the crowd was shown about the
vessel. After the visitors had left the
vessel a gold ring set with an opal wa!
found and handed to Commander
Knapp. Owing to the vessel departing
soon after the ring was discovered, /
was impossible to locate the owner
but Commander Knapp has kept thu
ring since ltdNluB mere anu 10 dllAlOu'
to return 1t to the owner.
The Mohican will remain in port sew
eral days and will then go to Bremen
ton, according to schedule. The YES
sci is anchored in Naval Row and hel
arrival was hailed with delight by al
of the boat boys, as they saw the pos
sibility of reaping a rich harvest b!
rowing the men ashore.
There are 313 men and Officers
aboard. E. V. Dixon, who was a pay
clerk at the Asatic station, is golnl
home as a passenger. The officers o
the vessel are: Commander A. r. Cou
den, Commanding officer; Lieut.
Comdr II. S. Knapp, Executive Off
Ger; Lieut.. II. X. Hines, Navigator
Lieut.. S. NJ. Straite, Engineering Oh
Ger; Lieut.. b. F. Hutchinson, Lieut.. F
b. Upham, Ensign II. p. Perrill, Pass
ed Assistant Paymaster G Brown Jr,
Assistant Surgeon c. N. Fiske, Ensigl
f.. ]. Sadler, Acting BOatswain ID. Mo
riarty, Acting Gunner w. II. f. Schlu
ter, Acting Carpenter w w. Toles
Pay Clerk j. c. Waters, Pay Clerk d
V. Dixon (passenger)