East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-30

Edward Duvanchelle. of Molokai,
Is the hero of a most remarkable
story of human courage and endur-
ance, and of marvellous escape from
death. The fact that he wa some of
the team that represented the ma
tiopal guard of Hawaii at the rifle
shooting at Sea Girt, n. j., last fall
will perhaps add some interest to tho
tale of his thrilling experience.
Monday night, May 2S, Duvau-
chelle, who is fisherman living at
Pukoo, on the southern coast of Mo-
lokai with three native Hawaiiars
boat with a load of fish for Lahaina
about II miles away. They arrived
there safely, sold their fish and
about s o'clock started in a dead
calm to row back.
A light breeze sprang up and they
IIoisted sail, making the shet fast. A
sudden squall capsized them before
they could ease off the sheet. The
boat became waterlogged and began
drifting out to sea. They were at
the time q mile oI two from Kama
pail Landing Maui. They made .
float with four oars and the mast
and, with this to help them, two OF
the natives, at their own request
started to swim ashore to get help.
After waiting their return for three
hours in vain, Duvauchelle and his
remaining companion, Dan Pawaa
c. me to the conclusion that the men
had failed TO reach the shore by swim
ming. They made a float of the boom
and gaff and all that was left of the
boats gear and started. The current
carried them in the directino of Ma
pill, AMI they were able to gradual
~ make their way toward the shore.
When within half a mile of it they
discovered, To their CONSERVATION
that the current was setting against
them, and that in spite of all their
efforss they We're drifting further
Iw,Iy-this time in the direction of
Molokai, which seemed to them to be
about 10 miles distant. They there
fore made up their minds to swim to-
ward tine shore Of that island. They
seemed TO be making considerable
headway, and by sunset were( as near
as could be- i;tlged ny the line oi
breakers on the reef. four or fiy,
miles from the shore.
They had moonlight until nearly
midnight when the moon set BY
this time Dan Pswaa was becominl
evahueted. and could hardly keel
himself afloat Ihereupon Duvau-
chelle gave up the float to him en-
tireIy. placing him in the middle oi
IT, and ne himself swan without IN,
assisting buoyance of the float. Whcr
about 500 yards from the shore of d
little rocky inlet, about mile from
the Molokai coast, Pawaa was over
come with exhaustion and. biddiul
Duyauchclle goodby. dropped from
the float sunk and never arose. Du
yauchelle succeeded about an hou
later in reaching the rock and drag
ging himsef wounded and bleeding
hey Cnd the reach of the waves, wher
he fell asleep from exhaustion, no
awakening until past noon the mex
day. Then he swan to the Moloka
shore, a mile away. and made his wa,
home
When he started on his swim h
had taken off his shirt, as it was ;
hindrance in swimming, but had KEEP
his trousers on, so that the whit
skin Of his legs would not attract tn
sharks which infest these waters. IL
was terribly tormented while in tn
water by small crabs, which fastene,
themselves to the skin Of his che.'
and clawes' and bit him almost T.
madness. He was in the water nearl
IN hours and swan a distance of be
tween 25 and 80 miles.
| Ddvauchelle Is of French -Hawaiial
parentage, 3S years old tall and pow
crfully buil.. In many respects Du
Nauchelle's experience is without
parallel, although there have bee
several somewhat similar occurrence
, in thees waters, the comparativel
narrow channels between the island
of Molokai, Lenai and Maui tempt
ing many to cross i'm whaleboats an
other small craft.-Honolulu CORES
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