Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-07-03

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gone down to- Kaipapau VALLEY early
In the morning and would undoubtedly
find Miss Henry
We went back with Or. Scudder for
some distance until We got into COM
lmunication with Robinson. who asked
that DR. Scudder come down into the
valley and spend the night with them.
With DR.. Scudder went a party OF Jap
anese with ropes and provisions A
number OF army engineers accompa-
MED them. and il was decided not to
attempt TO move Miss Henry until
Wednesday
Miss Henry was still too weak to be
moved. returned back on the trail
and reached Mr.. Cookies place about 6
p. m. where Nelson and Miss STAN
baugh were already. they having gone
ahead with John waterhouse.
AT daybreak DR. Scudder and his
party made preparations to move Miss
Henry. who was still very weak BY
II o'clock she had been moved to the
brink of the second waterfall. and two
hours later came the news of her SEN
sational descent of the falls on the back
of native.
There We're five or us now and We
started along the same trail in the OPP
posite direction. After turning down
Kaipapau valley and following the
stream for about one-half a mile. the
trail came to a sudden end at & little
trail to be seen. The stream bed was
full of rocks however and it was easy
going.
Reached Waterfall.
Presently we came to the firstwater-
fall, the first of our evenings expert
ence Theer was straight drop OF
sixty feet and apparently no way OF
getting around but finally by squeez-
ing closely to the wall, ana clinging
to every small projection on which we
could get any KIND Of hold, we edged
our way around and let ourselves down
to the strecIn.
I'll was not long before we reached
G, second and a third fall close togeth-
er. One was higher than the first,
the other was smaller. We let our
selves down here by Ieie vines. After
a short walk down the stream bed, we
came to fourth fall which was high
err than all the others and was follow
co below by a deep pool.
The canon walls were so steep here
that gerat difficulty was met with In
edging around, and We finally gave
up the attempt and and let ourselves
down the ridge by means Of trees.
There was nothing but steep slope
before us, so we went back.
Robinson and left Nelson with the
ladies' and started around the sides
to find a way to get down and hnaiiy
after much reaching out and putter-
ing around, we found g. place where
it would be safe 10 make the attempt
and called to the others.
Slide TO Bottom.
Robinson went back to get them
while / went on. The place where
we we're to go down was steep
mud bank covered with ferns and
plants and with absolutely no sup
port. 1t was slippery mass, treach-
erous and unsafe but by grabbing
armsful Of vegetation and digging our
heels into the slippery mud, we got
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ahead and SO reached bottom.
Bottom was a spot where a rock
wall fell straight to the waters edge
twenty feet below. Darkness had
fallen now and / could not see IN
front of me but from the sound OF
the small rocks falling about me l
knew my position and knew that /
was fairly safe.
In the darkness, had gotten ahead
Of the others and lost sight Of them,
but 1 went on ahead and by crawling
along the edge of this pail, / went
upstream aid landed safely on q
steep mud-slope like the one above.
called out to the others and they
answered that they were just begin
ming the descent so ] called out to
look out for the pail and went on up
the stream bottom to find q place to
spend the night.
Suddenly / heard a sound as of a
landslide followed by cries that Miss
Henry had fallen. I ran back and
plunged into the pool where heard
the rocks falling, but it was only
waist deep and no body could be
found. Then stood over a fall fif-i
teen I0eI u60p anu uStSHcu AOA HAO-
ment. No results.
/ searched the bottom of pool of
water that was over my head, ada.
cent to the other pool and satisfied
myself that she was not anywhere in
the water. / climbed back over the
cataract and found her on the rocks
beside a cliff at the waters edge.
Miss Henry Unconscious.
Miss Henry was unconscious. Rocks
were falling about us and tried to-
carry her upstream but could not.
She had come to by this time and as
/ could not lift her over the cliff, 4
was forced to stand over her and
take the rocks Oh my back. Luckily,
most of them jumped over US into
the pool and / called out to the
ithers to advance as soon as possible