The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-25
HARDY SAILOR GOES
ROUND WORLD IN LOG
Marvellous Voyage of Former
War CanoeEnds in Thames
in London

midst of a miscellaneous collection of
small boats in Margate harbor is a
curiously shaped little craft with three
slim masts, from one of which the red
ensign flies.
She is the Tilikum, formerly the war
canoe of an Alaska Indian chief, who
forty-three years ago caused her TO
be hewn out from a single tree trunk
In May, 1901, Capt John C. voss
a mariner well known in Canada,
gained possession of the Tilikum. fitted
her with three masts, and announced
that he meant to sail her around the
world. Friends and strangers tried
| to dissuade him from what they
deemed ridiculously foolhardy I'M
dertaking.
| what's Circumnavigate the globe
on superior kind of log!" they -ex-
claimed. "The thing is absurd"
'WelP'-Capt. Voss himself was the
| speaker-"here am snug in Margate
harbor at the end of my journey. And
here also is the Tilikum not much
worse for having sailed around the
globe. She has Travelled 40, 900 miles,
and has taken three years, three
| months and twelve days to do it, Here
also is my mate, Mr.. c. L. Harrison"
\ Tao FoufteSn companions
| And the breezy little Skipper man
1 of few inches but incalculable grit
/ pointed to a tall youth with a strong
| jaw and determined chin. Capt
| Vess has stuck to the Tilikum
throughout her long, perilous voyage,
but Mr.. Harrison is the fourteenth
companion he has had.
There have never been more than
two men on board" added the captain
In fact, there is barely room for two.
Once for five days there was only one
live man on the Til1kum-myself."
Turning away to hide suspicion Of
tears, the captain told how when 1,200
miles from Sydney a "southerly bus
ter" struck the little. craft and swept
his mate, Mr.. Begent, Londoner, over
board.
st happened at 1870 at night" said
the captain II hove to as quickly as
possible, and shouted until dawn, but
never saw nor heard of Begent again
Moreover, he had carried the compass
overheard with him. A few days be-
fore we lost our anchor, which fouled
on a coral reef. So here was minus
mate. compass and anchor over a thou
sand miles from Sydney 1t was the
first time had been quite lost
Often in Dire Peril
81 thought all was over, and did
not care much. Being alone, worried
great deal I could not eat, and, of
course, sleep was out of the question.
On the fifth day another sudden gale
carried away the foremost. I recov-
cred it and spliced it. The boat was
pitching badly, and I had only two feet
OF slippery deck to stand on. 1 was
just managing to put in the repaired
mast when big sea caught it, and
over the whole thing went again. Once
more l recovered the mast, and this
time succeeded in raising it,
That morning had my first break
fast for five days. In the excitement
of the toughest job / have ever expert
enced, | had forgotten the fate of poor
Begent."
In verifcation of these and subse-
quent statements, Capt. Voss produced
his log and numerous documents from
foreign conSuls, steamship captains
and other responsible persons. The log
showed that the Tilikum is thirty-eight
feet over all. weighs two and one-half
tons, and draws only twenty-four
inches of water-by far the smallest
and quaintest craft that has ever
yoyaged round the globe.
The log further indicated that the
Tilikum left Vancouver island. British
Columbia, on May 81, 1901, and that
afterward the principal ports touched
at were as follows:
Penrhyn Inland (Pa-Auckland,
cificl, New Hebrides
humphrey island, Thursday islands
Danger island, tTorres straits)
samoa Rodriguez island (In-
FIJI Islands, dian ocean,,
Sydney On. S. wy, Durham (South Afri-
Newcastle IN. S. W. cal,
Melbourne East London
Geelong, Cape Town.
Adelaide ST. Helena
Invercargill New Pernambuco.
Aealand), Ponta Delgado,
Dunedin, Margate.
Timafu,