The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-07-20
JUDGE FREhR OUT
IN Bad NIGHT
Adventurous Journey on the
Bads Lands of the
Garden Isle.

Governor Frear, at the head Of Il
party Of fifteen. has recently made the
first tourney across the morass, and
swampy tableland of Kauai, that has
been made for very many years-one Of
the very few that has ever been made
BY white men. Crossing this trackless
and. in some degree, dangerous region
in safety, the party had an exciting and
dangerous descent Of the 400o-foot pail
into Walniha Valley, being, indeed
nfghtbound before the descent was
completed, and obliged to make camp
on the precipitous side of the pail for
the night, while d deluge Of rain soak
ed their clothing until it was a relief
TO take it off.
The party consisted of Governor
Frear, Augustus Knudsen, James A.
| Wilder, Howard Hitchcock, c. Mon
| tague Cooke, Jr., and Prof. Mead OF
! Chicago University, and nine young
| sters, mostly youth from Punanoa'
| though including Prof. Mead's son.
The party started from Waimea and
spent the night at the Knudsens
mountain house From there they
started early in the morning afoot'
carving their provisions and camping
outfit with them. They expected TO get
into wainiha Valley easily by night
fall. They followed the ancient trail
| that is still visible in its earlier
stretches. crossed the swamp marked
| impossible on the maps and reached
/ dnG7nn6g l.
/ most sheer into Wainiha Valley, 400e
/ feet. The clouds hung very low, SC
/ that II was impossible to get a view
of the valley and so direct their couEse
bv the best route. Uncertain OF th'
way. Knudsen, who was acting d
guide to the party, started down
ridge OF the pail that afterwards
proved not to have been the best. no"
ever. they started down, hnudsen II
the lead. and Wilder acting as real
Guard. The fifteen were in single HE
hut so steep is the pail that the las
of the fifteen was almost VerucahA
above the other fourteen in the course
The descent would have been impossa
bIe in safety had it not been for th'
dense vegetation which afforded then
secure footing and safe holding. As ]
was however in one place clurnp 0
growth or a boulder gave way unde
Knudsen's feet and he dropped dow
twenty-five feet, fortunately Wltnou
injury. He had a cane knife in nj
hand at the time, with which 10 Gu
trail where need was. AS soon as n
. felt himself falling he threw the KIM
away from himself so as not TO IA
on il. Where it went, no one knew
thew were never able to find it again.
FINALLY when still a considerable dis
lance from the floor of the valley nov
far they could not tell exactly at IN
time. darkness came on. making II I'm
possible to proceed farther in safety
/ They determined TO camp where the
were for the night, notWIthstandlh
thew were on the face of an Amos
perpendicular pail where mlsste
4 might precipitate anyone of them |
the bottom. A fire was lighted, on
/ soon il began to rain. The water re
lin a deluge extinguishing the nre
| They were soaked to the skin so ina
their clothing became a burden an
made il still more difficult to malntal
their position on the precipitous slope
Accordingly each of the party, Incluo
II ling Governor Frear, took most OF al
clothes off, though their progress
through the dense and tangled vegeta
| ton had already torn much Of II on
4 After a few hours of this discomfoT
I and danger. it was decided to try tn
\ | improbable chance OF attracting as
= sistance by firing 5hots. This was don
for nearly half an hour before answer
a ing shots from the valley told ther
they had attracted attention. The
4 continued TO fire shots at intervals |
guide their reseuers to them and m
4 ally after an hour or two Japanes
\ from the head gates Of the Wainin
4 canal reached them. Under his direc
ton they proceeded down TO the foo
of the valley which proved 10 be ON
4 about 200 feet down, and thence the
went TO the japanese camp wher
I they got shelter and spent the re
4 mainder of the night, going down |
the mouth of the valley in the morn
\ | ing. several of the party with ON
Il kirnonos to cover their nakedness.
From there. Governor F'rear went |
Il the eastern side of the island TO Tisl
the Kapaa lands. The remainder
l the party were intending TO go ives
along the foot of Ma Pail as far
4 the valley where the leper Koolau hV
Cd and defiad the entire military pow
er of the Republic of Hawaii, and z
m through that valley, scaling tn
nall. and again reaching the table
Z Hands that form the central mass Q
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