The Capture Of The Arrow

Date:  Morning of February 6, 1893
Event:  Captain Dufranne's small French warship spots the Arrow.

Source:  "It seems that the pursuit by the cruiser had so terrorized the mutineers that they had continued out across the Atlantic." ERB-Tarzan Of The Apes.

The Arrow Flees Into The Atlantic

Date:  Sunset February 6, 1893

Event:  The small French steam cruiser fired several shots at the Arrow but she managed to escape.

Source:  "They had kept her hull-up until sunset, firing several shots after her," ERB-Tarzan Of The Apes.

Arrow Shot At

Date:  Night of February 6, 1893
Event:  The Arrow heads out into the Atlantic in the cover of darkness.

Source:  On March 6, the day the Frenchmen discovered the Porter party. "Captain Dufranne, explained that a month before they had sighted the Arrow bearing southwest under considerable canvas,  and that when they had signaled her to come about she had but crowded on more sail." ERB-Tarzan Of The Apes.

The Arrow spotted by French Warship

Date:  February 7, 1893, through February 26, 1893
Event:  The French steamer searches for the Arrow.

Source:  "They had then continued to cruise up and down the coast for several weeks, and had about forgotten the incident of the recent chase, when, early one morning a few days before, the lookout had described a vessel laboring in through of a heavy sea and evidently entirely out of control." ERB-Tarzan Of The Apes.

1872 Africa

Date:  February 14, 1893

Event:  Discovering the meager supply of water and provisions aboard, the Arrow turned back toward the east. 

Source:  "they had continued out across the Atlantic for several days after losing her; but on discovering the meager supply of water and provisions aboard, they had turned back toward the east."  ERB-Tarzan Of The Apes.

 The Arrow Turns Back East

Date:  February 17, 1893
Event:  The Arrow changed from an easterly course to a northerly course.

Source:  "and as three days sailing to the east did not raise land, they bore off to the north, fearing the high north winds that had prevailed had driven them south of the southern extremity of Africa." ERB-Tarzan Of The Apes.

The Arrow Changes To A Northern Course

Date:  February 19, 1893
Event:  After two days of northerly travel the Arrow was overtaken by a calm.

Source:  "They kept on a north-northeasterly course for two days, when they were overtaken by a calm," ERB-Tarzan Of The Apes.

The Arrow Caught In A Calm

Date:  February 19 through February 25, 1893
Event:  The Arrow floated helplessly for nearly a week.

Source:  "they were overtaken by a calm which lasted for nearly a week." ERB-Tarzan Of The Apes.

The Arrow Floated Helplessly For A Week

Date:  Early morning February 26, 1893
Event:  The French warship captures the Arrow.

Source:  "early one morning a few days before, the lookout described a vessel laboring in the trough of a heavy sea and eventually out of control." ERB-Tarzan Of The Apes.

The Arrow Captured.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

James Michael Moody is a lifelong fan and collector of Edger Rice Burroughs. Over the past forty-five years, Moody has contributed over two hundred articles to various ERB-related fanzines. He also manages an unauthorized Tarzan blog titled Greystoke Chronologist: James Michael Moody. There, the researcher chronologies the Tarzan books starting in May 1872 (known as the pushback theory) instead of the more accepted date, May 1888.

James Michael Moody also authorizes the action-packed Sci-Fi fantasy adventure Unium series. Pioneers On Unium, published December 31, 2019, Exiled On Unium, published August 25, 2022, and Swordsman On Unium, published on July 15, 2024.