The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1850-06-01
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Adventures of II 2fiItcT
By the Cherokee We received letter dated
Honolulu. Sandwich ilnl, january /, ls5o.
from an old friend .nl fellow printer, whose al
ventures have been 50 much ont uf the common
order that We extract q pat of ILL., letter for the
amusement ofour reader, The writer left New
York in 4 s. asa full private in Col. Steven.
son, regiment. After the wars were over, hc
remained ia California, where lac WAS employed
b. Gen. Vallejo n a carpenter at the time the
gold mines were discovered He fcour>c took his
cilic q, n go digging bit soon abandoned tie
bu>ucs. When We last heard from him lprr.
vious to the letter received on triday1 he wa.
one of the publisharsof the California lie writes
that b. sou abandoned his speculation lie con.
cludes his adventures for the present by being
wrecked one dry ON Honolulu and marryinr the
daughter of the chief ofthc village on the fol-, W
ing Sunday. Bat bet him speak for himself:
"'ihc paper was slow pay in those times, 50
sold ont my interest and gained one OF two thou
sand dollars which spent Specialized little
however aud dill Wcll--Esilcd IN come thing, but
made up on ollcrs
"On the 9th Of October last in company with Z
left san Francisco on visit to the Beautiful
Islands intenimg afterwards to sail To China
make eur way overland to Russia, whcrc have
an uncle acd thence To fAguud, where cnud
take passage ior home. Ca tee 2Sth at noon. when
we were within two leagues Of the htrbor OF Ion
ouu, il came un To blow a gale. We stood of
and succeeded in Worrying out the gale, bat c,m,
onto biuw very hard from tl.c northwest. and il
five minutes We were mrl and fast on the shore
rushed 10 my chest iormy dimes, and had bar
cly time 70 secure them when the hull parted
kcclcl over, and flied. secured IL spar, an,
cluny to i. like grim death 20 u deceased Airi
can
After being in the water about three quarter
ofnn lionr. llshod 10y TIC surfand bruised hy In,
spar gained the shore. kissed the earth Whcr,
r,t stopped, and Determined never To leave j;
llayias i pounds Of gold dust about my person
hesiles three or four hundred dollars in gold coin
WAS completely exhausted and turned IN for tn,
night (fr night il began to bel under a cocoa uu
tree, where slept soundly until H. or O'Clock
when awokr 50 stiff with cold and sore from NJ,
'ruiscs that lcouid scarcely move. To my grea
joy discovered fire abaut half n mile Ito tlp
Wet II proved to De a village Of the native
tkannkns) WHO on learning, by signs my misIoI
tune, stirred mp the fire gave mc some Spcd pOTl
bread lrint yam AMI variety Of cnting r,n,.cl
After had disposed of this, ! turned in on som
mats where slept SCUM ly until sunrise, when
arose. Attcr had made nv toilet WITS intro
duced to the clict Of the village He i, of hgl
rank AMI much respected lis name j. kann
inl hg T. related to the King of the Islands II
S. very polite spoke Engli.h ilucrnlv. ortrc m
housc, some land mllE, dlu ltcr IN n,arringc
If wosli i've with hi, tribe and instruct thcu
as fur ns was abe i, the arts liberalization.
thanked him fr his otter anl told him that
woulel thinL over the matter.
After til interview went down to the boacl
accompanied 10y party of the natives, to luo
after the spar on which came to shrc--Whc,
Discovered the sal result ot The storm ! "a
Gown on the beach and wcpt like u child la,
los; the only mend that have had since | lei
home, But tears are of M avail, 50 made "a
INV mind bear it, AMI To acccp. the o.tcr Of til
chef AMI become fds son accordingly. on IN
return 10 the yuce, informed The chief that
would accept h!s offer He Immediately mtr
duccl Inc 10 the fer one Her name is Niaari
tMiryD She IS of light copper color fnlrtcc
wears DID, five feet four inchc, high small ham
and foot, black hair aud eyes, and above all yer
alirc'onatc.--licr dress consists Of faded blu
stain skirt coming ~ lower than the knee, mo,
casius lcSgngS, and u curious hoil head Dire
She WIS by no meaps bashful aud none too mo,
est She sat on my knee and kissed me. mn
without the slightest hesitation, and expressed
wish that the ceremony should take place on III
following Sunday, saying that missionary wou'
be there ON that day. This agreed to, when i
rewarded me with kiss, anl rn, or to her fat
ur.
The following day visited the capital an
purchased the wedding dress for my lady and m
self togcthc with some presents for the bride NJ
IN Sunday we twain were made one flesh {
Monday my iathcrinln law, at my request, set SC
eral men at work ut getting out cocoanut logs
build my house, and in the coursc of ten days
very substantial dwelling, 10 feet front, % ic
.isop, and % feet high was completed. This
the only bilding ofthe kind in the village all Il
Others bling built Of reeds and mud The chief
very much pleased with it, and hope that with
year the whole village will be oflos houses.
ins offered 10 Furnish axes and other tools, ar
! think the natves will build themselves bctt,
houses an, perfectly contcnicd with my siu
tiop, and think that mine ia n peculiar happy IL
After so long struggle with the word-'poor ,
rat'-stickiag types lor n iiyng--to be ca
ashore with pochei full Of rocks among iriendl
savages. In this lovely climate
Il am still good wing and II my second Il
turns out to be, boy. u shall be called Hem
Clay. By the way. Think ofagits,ng the prcie
Df tI,c annexation ofbis lIavaain maicsty's do,ni
ions 30 The United Stitcs'--7rcatoa (N ~ q
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