Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-06-15
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The four youths are now under Thu
care of the Foreign Mission Soc iety
lsChey will be prepared as speedily as pos-
EsibIc for q mission among their coul TRY
mell. For the present, they are to b.
stationed at Morris Academy, in [ itch
] field, under the care Of the Rel. "
Weeks.
Owhyhee belongs to a groupe of uslands
lin the Pacific Ocean, called the Sand
witch islands, between Is SO and 60 lt
IN. and POS AZ and 2O5 e. lonI !. from.
Greenwich, They are all unde'l the 60
lyernment Of one prince, whose name is
Ianaamak. He is a man OF strong
sense, and has laboured long and. success
fully TO introduce the arts OF civilization
among his countrymen. All The island
lare fertile and populous --O"hyhee, the
largest of them, is $50 miles In extent.
and contains 10000 inhabitants, whs
are naturally mild, friendly and hespita
Ible to strangers; although the snfortu-
nate captain Cook lost his life here by q
sudden impulse OF undeserved resent
Imens. The king hasa considerable feet
His troops. to some extent, are furnishe,
with muskets. The natives worship i.
God called .9cooa.
The following story respecting Hoe
poo will interest every one. When b.
left 0whyhee, he was about tourtee'
years old. The captain, with whom he
came, had given him pea-jacket, whic
The was very fond Of wearing. A day 9,
two after they sailed, whcn the ship was
running before the wind at the rate of II
miles an hour, Hoopoo, by some accident
fell overheard. One Of the sailors see
ling HIM drop, Immediately threw over a
hen coop. The ship though hauled to as
soon as possible, had got full three nile
ahead of him. The captain determined,
to put back, although nothing but the hen
coop was discerHible Oh the waves. The
moment Hoopoo gained the surface OF the
water after his fall, and had time tOI
openhis eyes and discover the ship, he de-
Iterm,Hed to swim after it. He was very
expert swimmer; but he saw that the
ship was sailing much faster than he could
swim, and unless he could Oyertake IT,
he knew that he must perish. Fer someI
time he looked at the ship, and seeing i'll
leo from him so rapidly, he gave himseltI
up for lost. In bis despair he cried out
to .9cooa, and promised him that ii hei
would save him, he would give him his
'paa- jccaet. when he got back to Owl
,hyheel He soon got 70 the Aen-coop, \
there rested himself until he was takenE
on hsard. After this, DUNG the uholeI
voyage, he never were his Pea jacket. III
any Of tie men urged him to put it on;
he always replied, that he must not, for|
1T belonged TO AcoOa. Iapy OF the crew
did aay thing 70 chat jacket, i1oapoo wa.
angry; for it wGs an atfro.t offered vi
IAccoa. For long time after he landed
he would rever suffer the jacket to be
touched. 1t was not, until he becameI
lfulle convinced that Acooa was DO soo,
that he felt himself released from the Yo"
winch he made to him, while sinking nj
the ocean, that ii he would save bin, he
would present him that peajacket, al
soon as he got home to cwhyhee.
This instance of native conscienhou> |
ness in heather boy. in dischargins hi
VOW 10 an imaginary god, ought to raise 9
blush on the cheeks-of many christian,
Tor his own neglect of paying his VOWS tJ
The !" Lord that bought hlai."
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