instead of the island of Kauai she finally sighted the
rock Kauhulaua (the southwestern point of land in the group) and
beat up from thence to the island of Kauai. She was hove off the
entrance of Hanalei Bay during part of the night of Monday,
December 19th, and in attempting to run into the Bay about 2.30
A.M. she got suddenly into the breakers (which here
made a considerable distance from the shore) and capsized.

I enclose herewith a copy of the deposition of William Halford,
coxswain, the only survivor of this gallant crew; his narrative
being the one from which all accounts are taken. I have not seen
him, personally, as he left here before my arrival.

Peter Francis, quartermaster, and John Andrews, coxswain, were
washed overboard at once and disappeared. Lieutenant Talbot was
washed off the boat, and when she capsized he clung to the
bottom and tried to climb up on it, going to the stern for that
purpose; the boat gave a plunge and Halford thinks that the
boat's gunwale or stern must have struck Mr. Talbot in the
forehead as he let go his hold and went down.

James Muir was below when the boat struck the breakers, and does
not appear to have come out of her until she had rolled over
once. He must have suffered some injury in the boat, as he
appears to have been out of his mind and his face turned black
immediately after his death. As will be seen by Halford's
statement, Muir reached shore, but died of exhaustion on the way
to the native huts.

The body of John Andrews did not come on shore until about
December 20th. All clothes had been stripped from it. The body
of Peter Francis has never been recovered.

The bodies are buried side by side at Hanalei (Kauai). The
service was read over them in a proper manner. Suitable
gravestones will be erected over them by subscription of the
officers and crew of the Saginaw.

As soon as we had gotten on Ocean Island after the Saginaw's
wreck, Lieutenant Talbot volunteered to take this boat to
Honolulu, and the rest volunteered as soon as it was known that
men might perhaps be wanted for such service.

Mr. Talbot was a very zealous and spirited officer. I had
observed his excellent qualities from the time of his joining
the Saginaw (September 23, 1870) in Honolulu. During the wreck
and afterwards he rendered me th