Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1903-01-01
T. A WHALER'S RETURN.
Some Results Of Life in High Lati-
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The steam whaler Thrasher arrived:
at San Francisco from the Arctic,
with about 5000 pounds of whale
bone. She sent down 5000 pounds
earlier in the year, and her total har-
vest for the season, 9,00Opounds, will
mean a neat balance for the captain
and officers. The foremost hands and
green members of the crew will have
had long ride and their share may
be large enough to leave them few
dollars after their Indebtedness to
the ship is settled.
The Thrasher, says the New Bed
ford Standard, went far to the north,
but saw little ice there, and not many
whales. The bone she brought down
was obtained from five bowheads. She
had some experience in the early ice
and was detained in a pack for three
weeks. This detention lost for the
Thrasher's officers golden oppor-
tunity for trading with the natives.
The other boats of the fleet escaped
the ice and had cleaned out the bar
ter market when the Thrasher came
to hand.
The Thrasher's officers made sew
eral attempts to trade with the ma
tives on the Siberian coast, but found
the vigilance of the Russian conces-
sionaires too much for even Yankee
ingenuity.
Gold in paying quantities has been
discovered some ten miles inland
from East Cape. Thrasher people
were shown some of the nuggets and
listened to many stories of the Won
derful richness Of the newly found
mines. All the trading privileges on
the Siberian coast have been conced-
edit Russians, who guard their rights
most religiously. They are working
these mines and many of the holders
of concessions are making consid-
cradle money.
Oscar Whelstrom, a Swedish sail
or on the Thrasher, went insane dur
ing the early part Of the cruise and
was sent home on the steamship Port
land. He was sent ashore in irons at
Dutch Harbor So peacefully did he
behave that his custodians ashore re-
moved the restraining handouts and
leg irons and accorded the demented
sailor large measure Of freedom. He
took advantage of this one stormy
night, escaped from jail, launched a
small boat and, with only one oar, at
tempted to reach the Thrasher, an
chored a mile from the beach. His
absence was discovered and a life
boat left the beach in chase. In spite
of the crankiness Of his craft and the
fact that he had but one oar, Oscar
gave his pursuers long chase, and
was within few hundred yards of
the whaler when overtaken.
James Allen, another member of
the Thrasher's crew, was left at Port
Hope at his own request. He will re-
main there until next year and will
put in the winter hunting whales and
fur game from the ice foes.
Herman Mailman, a sailor on. the
whaler jeanette, attempted to escape
over the ice to the Alaskan coast, but
when he had covered a mile of the
journey to the shore, the fifth mate
and party of Eskimos went after
him with rifles.
Two other sailors, John Murphy
and John Drew, sent letter ashore
at st. Michaels, claiming to have been
shanghaied and expressing prefer
ence for two years in prison to contin-
ning on the whaler. They continued
on the Jeanette.
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