Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-09-02
LIE nine MONTHS
WITH ESKInD6
Al UNhAk

Six Japanese sailors. g who went
through q shipTFeclF then Hired Ter
the better part OF . year with an Eszk
mo tribe and later we're thru SRt int
an American iail reached z kphanaa
recently aboard The @. 3. X. steamer
Chicago Mafu. after having left Japan
| IA adEenturous months helpre They
are the femaindef Of the crew of the
Daiyef Maru, a boat Of 60 tons burden.
Two Of the crew the captain and bis
nepheF were ulissing - ssss
Although they have reached ne end
of their wandeffhgs. their troubles. II
seems, are not over, for these sailors
viii be examined by the police Of Yo-
k0hama on the ground Of an alleged
violation of the Immigration agree
ment with the United States.
The Daiyei Marn, Captain Sakataro
Kikuchi. carrying a creY Of eight men
In all. left Toba Port, in Shiga pre-.
lecture, in l,Ine last wear All the
crew were fishermen of Yehfma prefec-
ture. The vessel was fitted ont for
fishing in the waters Of the north Pa.
Ecific and carried stores of rice, misc.
soy. and other japanese foods. Il. Is
believed that these sailors were plan.
ming. some Of them at least, to enter
the United States. rs
The voyage started badly, and mis-.
fortune followed the Daiyei Maru from
the time she weighed anchor. Jus;
out of port she met rough weather
that forced her to put into. Tateyama.
Boshu. where she underwent repairs
BAD weather set in again soon after
she left Tateyama and stuck with the
Daiyei Maru all the way across the
Pacific. 49,; ~. 5 s. - 81 80
> Twenty days QUE; the CAPTAIN who
had fallen liz died. Forty three days
from the Japanese coast Unimak@ Isl:
and, one Of the Aleutians; was sighted
The weather was, rough and the Dali
vel Marli was driven on TO q sub
merged rock, sinking almost inmedt
ately. The crew, exhausted, were
thrown on the island by the waves
where they were nieked up by Eski
mos. The Esk fmos gave them erud4
sort Of medical treatment and all of
them recovered. : !. ~ssE :. : ...,>
Among these islanders they were
well cared for and they stayed. with
the Eskimos from August 10 to May s
of this year. = ~ I.
These Eskimos make trip to the
American mainland once year in
order to get munitions On their in-
vitatien,< Kikuchi Rentaro, yonageT
brother of Ca ptain Kfkpchi: emharked
aboardpa small ship with The Eskimos
This ship too. met q terrible snow
storm on her way to the North Anpesi-
can eort and ReRtaFo was blown aFe5.
board and drowned. The Eskitnos
aboard the ship had a. narrow escane
and returned to Unimak without get
ting to the North American port
Meanwhile on May s. British stea ~
err called at Unimak TO kpy ftrs The
Iapanese told the captain Of this yes.
sci of their condition and persuaded
him to take them to any of the NORTH
American ports. They were allowed
to embark. The steamer vas bound
for Seattle One Of the Japanese in.
cidentauy told one of the ships Off
GERS that they had. made an Unsuecess,
full attempt to smuggle into the Ifrite7
States. . The captain Ct the British
shin turned them over II the United
States immigration authorities rs soon
as the shin reached Seattle: After ar
examination they were thrown NTH
jail in SeattTe and finally. w"ro hande@
over to the Japanese ccnsTt. VIM gro
vided their passa"e aboard tha Ja1a7-
csc steamer Chicago Maru back to