Chapter I: Front Matter

_of the_

ECLIPSE’S LONG BOAT

_from_

SANNACK TO KODIAK

1807]

A

VOYAGE

ROUND THE WORLD,

FROM 1806 TO 1812;

IN WHICH

JAPAN, KAMSCHATKA, THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, AND
THE SANDWICH ISLANDS WERE VISITED;

INCLUDING

A NARRATIVE OF THE AUTHOR’S SHIPWRECK ON THE
ISLAND OF SANNACK, AND HIS SUBSEQUENT
WRECK IN THE SHIP’S LONG-BOAT:

WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE

PRESENT STATE OF THE SANDWICH ISLANDS,

AND

_A VOCABULARY OF THEIR LANGUAGE_.

BY ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL.

_Third American Edition--Illustrated by a Chart._

CHARLESTON, (S. C.)

PRINTED BY DUKE & BROWNE, 9 BROAD-STREET.

1822.

_Southern District of New-York, ss._

Be it remembered, That on the twenty-seventh day of November, in the forty-first year of the Independence of the United States of America, ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL, of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author and proprietor, in the words and figures following, to wit:

“A Voyage round the World, from 1806 to 1812, in which Japan, Kamschatka, the Aleutian Islands, and the Sandwich Islands were visited; including a Narrative of the Author’s Shipwreck on the Island of Sannack, and his subsequent Wreck in the Ship’s Long-boat; with an account of the present state of the Sandwich Islands, and a Vocabulary of their Language. By Archibald Campbell. Illustrated by a Chart.”

In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, “An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned;” and also, to an act entitled, “An Act, supplementary to an Act, entitled, An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned, and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints.”

THERON RUDD,
_Clerk of the Southern District of New-York_.

_Recommendation from his Excellency, the Governor of the State of New-York._

The second edition of a voyage round the world, by Archibald Campbell, has been recently published in New-York. The life of Campbell has been marked by extraordinary sufferings; and as there is no doubt of the authenticity of the work, I recommend it to the patronage of the public, from a persuasion that the merits and misfortunes of the narrator, entitle him to favorable consideration.

DE WITT CLINTON.

_Albany, March 2nd, 1820._

_New-York, November 5th, 1819._

At a regular meeting of Morton Lodge, No. 108, (late No. 50,) held last evening, at their Lodge room, in the City of New-York, the following resolution was passed, viz.

“Resolved, that from the long acquaintance which we have had with brother Archibald Campbell, his regular deportment while sojourning with us, has induced this Lodge to recommend him, and they do recommend him to the kind protection and friendship of the fraternity generally.”

Extract from the minutes.

S. W. ANDREWS, _Secretary_.
DANIEL SICKELS, W. M.
JOHN DEGEZ, P. M.

We, the undersigned, agree with the report of the officers of Morton Lodge, No. 108, (late No. 50,) with respect to the deportment of brother Archibald Campbell, and recommend him accordingly.

RICHARD O. PEARSALL, W. M. _Benevolent Lodge_.
JOSEPH FORRISTER, P. M. _Benevolent Lodge_.
JAMES S. TAYLOR, _Secretary Benevolent Lodge_.
ALEXANDER FRASER, _Treasurer Benevolent Lodge_.
JAMES LYONS, Jun. P. M. _St. John’s No. 9, late No. 6_.
G. LANSING, P. M. _Phœnix Lodge No. 40, late No. 11_.
JAMES WEBSTER, W. M. _Abram’s Lodge, No. 83_.
ROBERT YOUNG, P. M. _Abram’s Lodge, No. 83_.
S. B. FLEMING, W. M. _St. John’s, No. 9, late No. 6_.

CERTIFICATE

_By the Hon. Thomas H. Perkins._

Archibald Campbell, the author of a “Voyage round the World,” made on board the ship Eclipse, in which I was interested, having applied to me to give him a certificate of the fact of his having been a seaman on board said ship, I readily do it.

His Book contains many interesting facts, and is worthy the perusal of persons who take pleasure in looking into works of this kind. His misfortunes, and the constant good deportment he has shewn since his return from the Sandwich Islands, give him a strong claim on the community.

T. H. PERKINS.

_Boston, July 4, 1821._

⁂ The original documents are in the possession of the Author.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

Departure from England--Voyage to China--Transactions at
Canton--Author enters on board an American ship--Passage to
Kamschatka--Touches at Japan--Transactions there--Arrives at the
harbour of St. Peter and St. Paul--Some account of the Russian
settlement at that place. 15

CHAPTER II.

Departure from Kamschatka--Shipwrecked on a reef of rocks,
on the northwest coast of America--Author with the rest of
the crew, save themselves by the long boat--Are drifted on an
island--Transactions upon the island--Prepare to build a vessel. 30

CHAPTER III.

Arrival of a party of Natives, and of the Russian Commandant
of Oonalaska, who determines to send to Kodiak for
assistance--Long-boat prepared for the voyage--Some account of
Sannack or Halibut Island. 39

CHAPTER IV.

Sail from Sannack in the long-boat--Touch at the Island of
Ungar--Distressing state of the settlement there--Sail from
thence--Anchor at the village of Schutkum--Departure from
it--Boat nearly embayed on the north coast of Kodiak--Arrived
at Alexandria--Transactions there--Boat fitted out to return to
Sannack. 47

CHAPTER V.

Departure from Alexandria--Boat forced into a bay by the
weather, and hauled on shore--Obliged, by want of provisions, to
leave the bay--A snow storm--The boat springs aleak--Is run on
shore, and goes to pieces upon the rocks--A hut discovered, in
which the crew pass the night. 58

CHAPTER VI.

A party quit the hut in search of a settlement--Author’s
feet frost-bitten--Progress of the party interrupted by a
mountain--Return towards the hut, till prevented by the
tide from passing a reef of rocks--Pass the night in a
valley--Next morning set off at low water--Author falls
behind, and in attempting to climb over a rock, gets his hands
frost-bitten--Critical situation--Reaches the hut--Two Russians
reach a settlement by the mountains, and send relief--Some
account of Karlouski--Voyage to Alexandria. 63

CHAPTER VII.

Author carried to hospital--Both his feet amputated--Account
of the party left at Sannack--Employed in teaching native
children English--Account of Kodiak--Natives--Dress--Canoes--
Superstition--Food--Author sails in the ship Neva for the
Sandwich Islands. 71

CHAPTER VIII.

Voyage to Sandwich Islands--Make Owhyhee--Touch at
Mowee--Proceed to Wahoo--Tamaahmaah and other chiefs come on
board--Author resides three months with the King--Account of
his mode of life--Remove to the house of Isaac Davis--Account
of him--Death of Terremytee, the King’s brother, and
transactions that took place on that occasion--Remarkable
water-spout--Author receives a grant of land from the King, to
which he removes--Residence there--Arrival of the ship Duke of
Portland--Anecdotes of the King--Departure from the Sandwich
Islands. 85

CHAPTER IX.

Description of Wahoo--Extent--Whyteete-bay--Account of
Tamaahmaah’s navy--Town and harbour of Hanaroora--Bass’s
harbour--Wymumme, or Pearl-river--State of cultivation--Breed of
cattle--Account of the white people resident on the island. 109

CHAPTER X.

Account of the natives--Personal appearance--Ranks--Power
of the king--Priests--Capital punishments--Mode of
detecting theft--Religious belief--Places of worship
and ceremonies--Macaheite--Houses--Food--Ava--Spirits
distilled from the tee-root--State of the
women--Marriages--Dress--Manufactures--Nets and lines--Modes
of fishing--Trade--Price of provisions--Amusements--Funeral
Rites--Military--Progress in civilization--Account of Tamaahmaah
and family. 121

CHAPTER XI.

Departure from Wahoo--Pass Otaheite--Double Cape Horn--Arrival
at Rio Janeiro--Transactions there, during a residence of nearly
two years--Voyage home--and from thence to the United States. 157

APPENDIX No. I.

A Vocabulary of the language of the Sandwich Islands. 165

APPENDIX No. II.

Statement of the Case of Archibald Campbell, by Dr. Nordgoorst,
in the service of the Russian American Company. 189

APPENDIX No. III.

Notice of Archibald Campbell, from Blackwood’s Magazine. 195

APPENDIX No. IV.

Historical Account of the Sandwich Islands. 203

APPENDIX No. V.

Notes. 211