The Polynesian., 1841-09-04
Vol. y. No. ~,

Cobi'iitu t'tiI', Sttb-iIlCICu lnGm, ana
gave them aid lcur iaissaicnt passcr dcs
secours.] New believers soon paid with
their liberty for their faith. OF this mum.
Der were Philip, Helene and Pucheria.
She being carried before Kinau, the sis,
teri of the young king. remained there
three days without drinking or eating.
and resisted all the solicitations Of the
hcretics On the fourth day, which was
the Sabbath. she succeeded in escaping.
very early in the morning, and repaired to
the residence of the missionaries, where
she heard the mass Of NJ. Patrick Short.
Then she went to hide herself elsewhere,
strongly srsrcctng that she should be
first sought for at the house Of the Catho.
lie priests. In fact. two subordinate
chiefs arrived while NJ. Alexis Bachclot
was saying Tic second mass, at which sev,
craI natives were present. One Of the
cllels threw himself uron the kanakas
who EaTrcncd TO he [sc ,rouvaicn,l in the
cIarel, AID dove item away with bru-
taI',y The same day, M. Tachclo, was
forbidden 20 receive the natives into his
house; hut he replied that he could not
refuse to instruct those who wished TO
embrace the faith. On the Gath Of De-
cember following, (IS3D he was taken
by force, with Nj. Patrick Short, and car
ricd to California.
"ihe departure of the missionaries did
not cause the persecution to cease the
prisoners were constantly in irons. Aga.
tha, the wife Of BAIL, having wished to
step aside for moment TO satisfy the
wants of nature, a gnard struck her with
a staff which he held in his hand, with Sc
much violence that the staff broke at The
third blow. The pious christian suffered
in silence. When she was asked, some
time afterwards, what were her thoughts
when she was treated so cruelty, she an-
swcred, that she called to mind the pa
,ience of the martyrs, and that far from
being irri'aied, she had not uttered com.
PLANT, although she felt great rain. Her
husband Basil was animated with the
same sentiments Of faith. "Rerore was
a chris''an," eaid lie, Il should have
thought tia, was doing well 10 kill, for
the purpose Of avcn@ing my wife, him
who struck her; bAt held my peace,
lie me suis tn. considering that the
FIST christians did not become angry
when they were mu,ilated, and that they
suffered their bodies to be burned for Je.
sus Christ" 1t should be added, that one
of the chiefs blamed the guard, and re.
bnked him sharply; and from that time
the prisoners were allowed little moro
liberty, and could escape for few mo.
mcn,s to go in quest Of food.
Meanwhile, continual efforts were
made TO scduce the confessors. The old
queen kaahumana, widow Of Tamehame.
ha !. went herself in March, 1892, TO
persuade Esther Uhcte to attend Bing.
hams prayers. All her cn,reaties lin.
Kinau was sister in law by her first mar
riage, to His present Majesty, but at that
time His Premier, and successor to Kaahu-
manu-, who died in l832-ED
kaahnmana never acted, in all this busi-
ness, except through the influence par les
impressions Of the Methodist minister Bing-
ham. She herself confessed it, ell en- con-
venait clo-meme On the 3 st of Decem-
her, | 49, she sent for Louisa, christian
uou,nn u.ho bod nlrnobv c,G.rad ,o,<h