The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-05-28
RETURNED AFTER
VERY MANY DAYS
Former Reporter on the Advertiser
Relates Many Thrilling
Experiences.

The : : Sierra, which passed
through Honolulu en- route 70 Sar
Francisco from the Colonies yesterday
had aboard a young man whose parents
reside here and whose experiences can
correctly be described as varied.
In January. 1900. II. c. Hawkins. a
young man OF about 90 years of age
obtained position in a repotorial ca
pacity on The Advertiser. For a month
or so he assisted the maritime reporter
of the paper. but after a while news
paper life palled on him and he signed
aboard the American ship Iroquois.
Captain Thompson. since wrecked off
the coast OF Newfoundland. on her way
10 England from New York.
Hawkins accidentally met an Adver-
tiser representative aboard the Sierra
yesterday and told him the following
story:
Il signed in Honolulu as apprentice
aboard the ship IroquoiS and went to
Port Townsend. from which place we
proceeded TO Tacoma TO load coal for
san Francisco. / left the ship at Ia
coma and signed aboard the steam
" AAtAAfA faAAfSS- I AieANf SAutt
that the Iroquois has been wrecked and
all lives lost.
ION March Is. 1900. started for the
Arctic Ocean on a three years cruise
aboard the Fearless as an apprentice.
/ signed on the lay system whereby 1
was To get 81 on every $50 earned by
the whaler as far as the catch was con-
cerned and exclusive OF trading trans
actions. | was advanced $40 when
shipped but the boarding master got
this.
We went from Tacoma to Nanaimo.
=. -. and proceeded from thence to-
the Aleutian Islands. whence we went
to the coast Of Siberia. spending three
months trading with the Esquimaux
for skins. whalebone and curios.
From Siberia we went to Dutch
Harbcr. Nome. where we succeeded in
disposing OF our trade and from
Nome We went TO the northern coast OF
Alaska and the Northwest Territory.
and traded successfully with the Amer
lean Esquimaux
There are two separate classes of
between whom n very dis
tinct line is drawn.
The Masonquas or Siberian Esaui-
;nauS ore very uncouth tribe. devour-
ing rotten flesh with avidity and show |
Ing almost entirely animal traits in |
their nature. The Kamolyaky on
the other hand. are cleanly. intelli- |
gent tribe OF EsquimauX, very amen |
able to teaching and possessing quite a |
soodly knowledge of American cus-
toms
The Fearless caught only one whale |
A bowhead. i25 feet long and yielding |
500 pounds of whalebone worth 81 a
pound in san Francisco. Whales were |
overed for on an average OF once a /
lay. but the great mammals always |
succeeded in escaping. The solitary |
oowhead taken was captured in the |
Arctic Ocean
on November %. 1901, the fearless re-
turned TO Dutch Harbor, Aleutian ISL
inds. homeward bound. and discharged |
her cargo. On December 1. IL started |
% blow a gale and the whaler dragged
her anchors.
At p. m. she cut her cables in
Ditchy darkness and lowered away her
boats. the crews reaching shore after
our and three-fourths hours of row.
ng. entirely exhausted.
The Fearless went ashore on the
-ocks and became n total loss The
emperature at the time of the wreck
vas degrees below zero, and the |
Fearless sailors suffered terribly from
he rigors OF the elements
The crew OF the whaler were taken to |
seattle aboard the barkentine Bertha.
in Seattle. signed aboard the
'arhehlihe Jane L. STANFORD, Tor Mel |
bourne. with cargo of lumber. and
cached that port after a very long |
Toyage Of 20 days.
Going from Melbourne to sydney. |
Joined the S. s. Sierra, work
ng IN the engineers store room. and
lie was ferreted out by an Advertiser
eporter yesterday just before the yes
el sailed for San Francisco.
Hawkins, who looked all the better
or his experience. said that he was
veil pleased with the Sierra, and would
tay with her. He said that his jour
Ieying around the world was teaching
i'm great lesson. and stated that in |
couple OF years he would return to |
and settle down. III
While In town Hawkins visited his
arents. who were entirely taken by
urprise at his unexpected visit.
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