The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-07-13

The ambition Of the men i t. ros>c>s slaves
and wives. The older the men are the Younger
they want their wives. [LauShter.l Wen. NC
can't blame them for that, You know. Being Il
bachelor myself. I find my taste has not changed
at all. | am just ~ fond of Young Indies a. I
was before. lLnuShter.l They make love all
day. They walk out AT night and cry out
=. Wives. / order YOU 10 love me. If YOU
DON'T have bought YOU for slaves. and if YOU
don't love me tomorrow. l viii give You Il thrash
ing" Laughter. This t~hrashing is 4 very seri-
Gus matter. and in the morning YOU will ind that
they are very fond of each other. ILaughterI
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES BLISS.
The negro's ambition is to eat. \ woman
brings YOU every day a basket Of fish. Directly
YOU say MY beloved wives, every one of You
bring me a basket of mcat-grcat plenty" the
wives are very silent. and the next day they bring
il. but shortly they require 70 be talked To
again. Laughter. The fatherS-in-law are a
great curse in that country, | assure you-[laugh-
teri used 10 pity the poor men rs soon a. we
reached n village. for they all thought L brought
Il world Of riches with me. The fathers-in-law
would say to the men. Give me more; If
YOU don't | will take back my daughter. You
ought TO be proud that | gave You my daughter
They say. The Spirit has not given Inc any
thing" "You le," is the answer. They speak
very plainly in that country they don't say You
tell a small tib. laughter. But if the fathers
in-law do take the ladies away, they are sure to
come back. They say they like to be where
llt EilIll :. uttdIlllE II stu HOW ana IiCl
he drops n bead where they are sure to get them"
BRIGHAM YOUNG ECLIPSED.
Their largest number of wives / have seen. /
think was 800. | inquired of one of their majcs-
ties how many wives he had. and he said 600.
[Sensation. The ambition of Il man is to get
wives. In some tribes a man must get Il sword
first. in order 10 protect his wife.
There are few fowls or cats. or animals that are
domesticated in that country. The women are
not allowed To eat meat. The men have all the
flesh To themselves. Laughter. What the men
leave goes to the wives, and after them. the chill
dren are fed. They tell me, ''you are too kind to
Your children You must make men of them
make them SO that they can live on starvation"
ABouT DRINKS.
They are very fond of intoxicating drink, and |
used to demonstrate with them in vain. They
have various kinds of drinks of palm wine, and
plantain or honey water, and sugar-cIne. But
the sugar-cane drink gives them the headache.
When l used to tell them what horrible brutes
they were, they SAID, Look at the gorilla he
drinks water" Laughter. When people die
they believe the plas &c is not good. Those who
don't move say the palm trees are all killed. they
have all cut down the palm trees. But with all
HIis, they are very kind-icartcd. Although ]
was wounded twice among them, it was my own
fault. One of my men discharged a gun acct
IDENTIFY, and they thought We had come II kill
them. L had only seven men with me, and had
to fight my way back To the coast. l did not
blame them. My men had no business tn kill
them. | was Mt that time 500 miles in the in
terror. They had no guns, and 1 succeeded in
reaching the coast.
HONEST THIEVES.
Sometimes they would rob me, hut they always
left me half of what was in my packages. They
always robbed by stealth, never bv force-always
when | was hunting or away from necessity.
They would make n prctence of finding out who
was the thief. but never succeeded. Even while
they wore tryinr tn rlrpIar M tbar unnlJ insist
that | was their great esprit" l have become
50 used To starving in that country that whenl
set down To a good dinner now | can't eat enough.
Laughter. No lions are found there.
SNAKES AND ANTS.
There arc plenty of snakes and n greater variety
of ants. This is probably the reason that the
quadrupeds are not found. The ants arc 50 vora-
cious that most of the beasts fly before them. We
were obliged to light fires around whenever we
knew they were near. You can always tell of
their proximity by the insects that are flying
before them.