The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-06-02

De the easiest thlng to do. Maui was
closer ham Molokai and the wind was
blowing from the Molokai direction
We must have been some where off
from Kamalo over toward Lanai and
about to 10 miles from Napili when
we left the boat.
TT was Dan who first noticed that
we were not making much progress to-
ward the Maui shore. He said that
the current seemed to have changed
and was setting more up directly to-
ward Molokai. l saw he was right so
we decided to make for Molukai 1t
was about six miles or more distant.
This must have been some time after
noon. l took off my clothes except
my pants and later l had good reason
to regret dscarding my shirt. | kept
my pants on because feared that my
white legs might attract the sharks.
well, we kept on swimming and
swimming and finally about sunset we
sighted the reef line of Moloka. But
spoke about wishing that had not
discarded my shirt. l was attacked
by crowd of tiny little hard shell
crabs. They got in my breast and bit
and stung me at furious rate | was
almost wild with pain. l tried to kill
some of them. They seemed TO have
sharp stickers on their bodies which
were hard. ! wished many times that
l had left my shirt on, even if it would
have made swimming harder for me.
by and by it got dark and the moon
came up. We kept on swimming but
Dan began to get weaker. He seemed
to be heavier and heavier on the BOOM
When we were perhaps about 500 yards
| from a tall rock called Mokuhooniki Off
Puuohoku, Molokai, this rock stands
about mile and a half to Two miles
from the shore, l helped Dan ON the
boom and told him that ! would try to
swim ashore without any help from the
boom. Finally when we We're several
hundred yards from the rock Dan call
ed out Say, Eddie, l am going to leave
you" and without another word, he
slid off the boom into the water.
Il was within ten feet of him when
he sank; but l couldn't save him, for
he never came to the Surface again.
q kept on and finally reached the
rock perhaps an hour or so after the
moon went down probably after
O'Clock Wednesday morning There
was not very high surf running and
| was able to crawl ashore, but my
body bears the bruises caused by fall
ing and striking against the rocks
slept all night on that rock. ! had moth
ing to drink, but managed to get some
crabs and shell fish for food In the
morning I walked and climbing to the
beach on Molokai fishing. | sgualled
to them. I expected them to come out
in a boat for me. | waited until after
2 o'clock in the afternoon, but no help
came, so l plunged into the water and
swan to the main shore of the island
Pohakupili Is the name of the place
where 1 landed.
Il wanted one f the men to send a
horse over to MOanu to a man named
q. j. Tollefson, to send horse over for
me as / was so exhausted that / did
not think that I could walk. But the
man refused so / had to walk. l walk
ed four miles to a. little place called
Honouilimaloo and there l sank down
exhausted. 1t was impossible for me
to proceed any further Finally a ma
tive went IOI lolitlSOll anu lllt ldNttl
came after me and took me TO my home
at PukOO.
my brother Eugene was at PukOO
with a launch, so I ordered him to go
out and search for the missing pair,
Kamakee and Keoh There was no
chance OF finding Dan. poor fellow, for
ne had drowned before my eyes, but
There was a chance that the other men
might be saved But nothing was
learned except a clue that both met the
same fate that befell Dan. one of the
oars that had been used to make up
their raft hoated ashore at Halawa,
Molokai. This was a very grave in
dication and proves to my mind that
the men were drowned, for why should
the oar have gotten loose.
The schooner Ada which had been at
Lahaina came to Pukoo and reported
that nothing whatever had been found
OF either of the men, It was thought