The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-06-10

think we were pirates or something like /
that and were scared too much to tell .
us anything if they had English enough /
to understand us or make us under .
stand them.
HOSPITALITY on KAUAI.
"As we got closer in the afternoon we
saw the Mikahala lying at anchor and
the engineer sent us TO the wharf where
Captain Gregory was We were reCeiv-
ed with open arms by Captain Gregory
and Mr.. Gay did everything to make us
comfortable, fixing up a house for us
and doing everything that he possibly
could. Mr.. and Mrs Nash were very
kind to US too. We were uncommonly
glad to get into a soft bunk once again
can assure you.
Captain Gregory went to Eleole with
his cargo and the next day, Saturday
started out to look for the other boats.
| went along and was on the bridge
when we sighted the lifeboat with the
mate ana nine men aboard. About
three o'clock i'm the afternoon, CAPTAIN
Gregory saw what at first we thought
to be Japanese sampan but as we
drew nearer he said that looks like
your boat / took the glasses and read
lily distinguished them They were
about three miles from land at that
time ] should judge. They were mighty
glad TO get aboard too. The mate said
that he had seen the gigs crew land
safely at noon but We found out after
wards that he had seen nothing of the
sort as they did not land until after
five or nearly dusk He showed Cap
tain Gregory a corner torn off a chart
and told him that that was all he had
been given to navigate by. Captain
Gregory and the officers afterwards dis
covered that he had with him i'm his
small bag two charts, q nautical alma
nae and another book. The Captain al
so gave him his course. a sextant and
chronometer. lie had the best boat and
mad looked out for himself all through.
He told the men i'm his boat when the
hIst orders were given to stand by. that
'thy captain could look after his own
boat When We got ashore he gIoWied
at every thing that Captain Gregory
and Mr.. Gay was doing for us. called
the beds lousy and picked everything to
pieces The next morning we found the
gigs crew on Nihau island and they
were ready to lynch the mate but
captain Gregory prevailed on them to
Keep the peace until we got ashore
where the consul was"
THE BO'SUN'S TALE.
Boatswain James Robertson does "a
plain. unvarnished tale deliver which
cOrroDorated as it is by the men both
of his boat and the first mates, indicts
that worthy with direct deserton of his
comrades, knowing them to be short of
provisions, short of water, short of sail
andincapable of any attempt at naviga-
ton. The story further charges him
directly with selfishIy casting them off
with the excuse that he was being him
dered and was running short of prOvi-
siOns when his boat was equipped with
enough for four weeks on fun ratiOnS
with misleading them as TO their where
abOuts, with COWardice desertiOn. self
ishness and all the qualifications of an
unprincipled. callous nature.
The stories will be in all probability
thoroughly thrashed out. The mates
own stories to the officers of the Mika-
hala are strangely contradictory and
he seems to have majority of the men
under his charge ready to testify
against him The investigation will
take place promptly and the truth of
the matter laid bare before the proper
authorities. This morning first Mate
LongWill save the rest of his comrades,
who are all at the Sailors Home, a
wide berth and went up town early with
the carpenter. His end of the story is
a general denial The boatswain's runs
as follows.
when we was about to leave the
ship | was standing under the gig and
the mate asks me if I'm going i'm that
boat. I'm going where I'm ordered /
says and he says alright go along in
that boat. | thought | might as well
go IN her as in any other. She and the
mates boat were the two best boats
aboard the ship. The cook, a negro
named Prince Thompson, come up and
said he'd 90 along with me and so did
Sam Murphy and Ed Coleman
when we was about ready / asks
what provisions we was going to get
and the mate said that would be all
fixed after we got away from the snip.
SO we gets away and began slowing
away and sharing provisions The
mate has two spare sails under his
thwarts but he takes my jib and leaves
me with a spTitsail only. Afterwards
We made shift to make a jib up out of
some old canvas. Like blooming fool
1 handed over a beaker of water he
| had three already, two sides Of bacon
and leg of har- thinking / was going
to get something in return and he hands
me two tins of sardines That settled it
| with me / said I'd be at the bottom
afore I'd eat those sardines. Oh yes, We
| had can of lobster too, | nearly forgot
! that. When he left us finally we had
a few pannikins of muddy water i'm the
| bottom of a sixteen gallon tank a
chunk of raw pork not big enough to
bait shark and half bag of bread
| REFUSED TOW.
"WotH we do after dark" says |.
| 'Well give you a tow" says he and |
| let it go at that. He give us a tow
the first night and the second night
and may be the third night | amt GO
| ing to swear to that and I'll swear to all
| the rest I'm telling you and then he in
! forms us that he warn't going fast
! enough To please himself, that he was
running short of provisions and the
| tow was taking him too far over to
/ Windward. He tells us that we've only
made $50 miles from the ship since
| we left and us slipping along with a
/ fine breeze at six knots an hour for
| four days and then says steer 5. S. r..
/ and be damned to you" like the bloody
/ liar he is. | won't swear to the be
/ damned to you but he meant it If he
/ didn't say it. He had the best boat ana
/ the best chance Of getting safe. Ii we
| hadn't turned up, nobody would have
known nothing about it but we got
clear the same as he did through no
| hope or help of his,
Then We began chasing him like a