The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-18
DEATH OF FAMOUS WHALEMAN
SUGGESTS SOME WHALING HISTORY

steereo his ship into the unknown sea.
In the ia of 1850 Cyrus Manter went
out as first mate of the Ocmulgee I'M
der the command of Captain Cottle,
another voyage to the North Pacific
ocean lasting for three years.
In the winter of 1858 Captain
Manter shipped as first mate in the
full rugged ship Eliza F. Mason from
New Bedford While cruising around
the Kings Mill islands the crew mu-
tinted and set fire to the vessel. 1t
was only through the heroic efforts of
Captain Manter that the vessel was
saved. After refitting at the Ladrone
islands the Eliza F. Mason made a re-
markable run south, covering GAS
miles in As hours.
In the fall of 1857 Captain Manter
sailed his first voyage as master, go
ing out in command of the Edgar
town ship Europa. This was a voyage
to the North Pacific ocean, and lasted
for nearly five years. Captain Man
ter finished his voyage in the Europa
in 1862.
Captain Manter remained at home
for three years after his first voyage
as master. He married in 1868. In
1865 he sailed as first mate in the
ship Thomas Dickason, commanded by
Captain Nathaniel Jernegan. This was
a four years voyage to the North Pa
cific, and after two years as master
CAPTAIN Jernegsn left her and Captain
Manter finished the voyage as master.
lHe returned in 1869, the last of his
actual whaling voyages, though he
continued to be connected with that
industry. After a number of years at
hhome he took command of the Roman,
taking her from the shipyards at Bath,
Me-, to San Francisco.
i His next voyage was as master of
the bark Legal Tender, carrying pro-
visions to the Sandwich Islands and
loading there with oil to go to San
Francisco From San Francisco he
went in command of the Jenny Pitts,
Egoing to st. Lawrence island, in Be
ring strait, after a cargo of bone and
oil He returned to San Francisco
and there took on an additional cargo
to come to the Atlantic coast Heavy
weather was encountered and when
; the Sandwich Illands were reached
! the vessel was in such shape that a
survey was ordered. The vessel was
declared unl eaworthy and she was
stripped ano sold after her cargo mad
been transferred to the Martha Da-
+ Wis, a Boston ship, bound to New
+ Bedford. Captain Manter returned to
, San Francisco and there took com
I Imand of the Siren to go to st. Law
renee is and for another cargo CT
, oil and bone. He went thence to the
Sandwich islands and reshipping the
s bone aboard sugar laden vessel
8 bound for San Francisco, he continued
81 the voyage to New Bedford. On the
n trim the vessel lost her rudder> head
@ in the gulf stream and the Siren was
[ taken to Bermuda for repairs.
( CAPTAIN Manter then went to Dun
dee. Scotland for the Bartletts of New
Q Bedford, to look into the merits of the
# steam whGlers built there. AS a re
d suit of his report the Belvedere, the
t first steam whaler, was built in Bath
e CAPTAIN Manter took the Belvedere tt
h San Francisco in 1880. 1t is matter
o of interest that those on board witt
e him during this trip were captain
n H Bodfish and Captain Benjamin Til
5, ton. two men who shortly Afterwards
y made their mark as Arctic whalemen
If A few years later Captain Manter tool
r. out the steam whaler William Lewis
e taking the steamer through the Straits
e of Magellan. On previous voyage
d around South America he had gone
n around Cape Horn, making fourteen
r voyages. around that dangerous POM
.e Captain Manter made his last trip u
g sea over twenty years ago, since whiel
j. time he had been content to remain
n at home. His voyages had brough
n him a modest competence that ha
IS served to maintain him and his VIII
b. in a comfortable home in the charm
Ig ing old town of West Tisbury' Cal
lie tain Manter spent nearly forty year
lie in following the sea, During the mrs
g. eighteen years of his going to sea h
a never spent winter at his islam
" home.
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