The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-02-28

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he ever saw him on the sIoop again he
would kill hirn. Aymes, who was a
good swimmer. made the best of his
way to the shore. and stayed there with
Anderson. T,wenty-four natives were
shipped at Hawaii. twelve for the crew
and twelve for the new settlement.
On the 18th of March they ran into
another storm. of such violence that
they were forced to strike their top
gaIiant-masts and scud under double
reefed foresaiI. As they were nearing
the coast, the ship was hove 50 at
night. Early on the morning Of the I'D
of March they sighted land. one hum
bred and ninety-five days and twenty
thousand miles from Sandy-Hook. The
weather was still very severe, the wind
blowing in heavy squalls and the sea
running very high. and the captain did
nol think it prudent to approach the
shore nearer than three miles. His
navigation had been excellent, however,
for before them lay the mouth of the
Columbia River, the object of their
long voyage. They could see the waves
breaking over the bar with tremendous
force as they beat to and fro along the
coast.
Thorn, ignorant of the channel. did
not dare take the ship in under such
conditions. He therefore ordered First
Mate Fox to take Sailmaker Mar
tin and three Canadians in a small boat
Gus undertaking, and the despatch of
small boat under such circumstances
was a serious error in Judgment.
There had been bad blood between
the captain and the mate, and Fox did
not wish to go. If he had to go. he
begged that his boat might be manned
with seamen instead of Canadians The
captain refused to change his orders.
Fox appealed to the partners. They
demonstrated with the captain, but
they could not alter his determine ton.
The boat pulled away and was lost to
sight in the breakers. Neither the boat
nor any member of her crew was ever
seen or heard of again. The boat was
ill-found and ill-manned. She was un-
doubtedly caught in the breakers and
foundered.
The next day the wind increased in
violence, and they cruised off the shore
looking for the boat Every one on
board, including the captain, stern and
ruthless though he was, was Very much
disturbed at her loss.
On the oath the weather moderated
somewhat, ana running nearer TO the
shore, they anchored. just outside Cape
Disappointment near the north shore
of the river-mouth. The wind sub
siding, Mnmford the second mate, with
another boat was sents to search for
the passage, but finding the surf still
too heavy, he returned about noon,
after a terrible struggle with the
breakers.
In the afternoon Mckay and Stuart
offered to take boat and try to get
ashore to seek for Fox and the missing
men. They made the endeavor, but did
rot succeed in passing the breakers,
and returned to the ship. Later IN the
afternoon gentle breeze sprang UP
from the westward, blowing straight
into the mouth of the river, and Thorn
determined to try to cross the bar He
weighed anchor, therefore, and bore
down under easy sail for the entrance
of the river. As he came close to the
brea kers he hove to and sent out an
other boat, in charge of Aitken, Scot
tish seaman, accompanied by -Saiimak-
er Coles, Arnorer Weeks, and two
Sandwich Islanders.
The breakers We're not quite so rough
as they had been, and Aitken proceeded +
cautiously some distance in front of the
ship making soundings and finding no