Narrative ok Bahama Expedition. 19 



cruise. After a delay of several hours in gettin|^' our clear- 

 ance from the Custom House, on the account of the wariness 

 of the Spanish Consul in view of a reported revolution in 

 Cuba, the long looked for hour of departure arrived, and 

 the " Bahama Expedition *' set sail for Ha\'ana. its first port 

 of entry. The members of the partv. as it was finallv ori^an- 

 ized, were as follows : 



Executive committee: Professor C. C. Nutting, instructors 

 G. L. Houser and H. F. Wickham. Members: Professor 

 M. F. Arey. State Normal, at Cedar Falls; Professor Steven 

 Stookey, of Coe College. Cedar Rapids; Professor Oilman 

 Drew. Oskaloosa: Mrs. H. F Wickham. Mrs. Oilman Drew. 

 Doctor Leora Johnson, Miss Margaret Williams, ]Miss Bertha 

 Wilson. Miss Minnie Howe. Miss Edith Prouty. ^Vlessrs. x\. O. 

 Barrett. E. O. Decker. Henry Ditzen. W. P. Powell. William 

 Larrabee, Jr.. A. M. Rogers, Edwin Sabih. Webb Ballord. 



The crew consisted of Captain Charles B. Flowers, mate 

 Oeorge Murrill. a cook, steward, and three ordinary seamen. 



