The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1869-02-24

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the coad1ct OF Brown. the Portuguese
who had the principal management il was
rather suddenly brought TO an end. Like
many other specimens Of poor err.ng hu-
uanity, when clothed with little briei
authority. Brown was inclined to be petO-
lznt and oSerbearing. He bad frequent
and petty qnarrels with the natives, in tra-
ding. and although l did Dot thoroughly
understand everything thatwas said, l saw,
plainly enough. that feeling Of exAspera-
tiOn against him. was existing among the
people ! expostulzfed with him on
his course, bat his invariable answer Was,
that he knew these people better than l
did-that hostage was on board Of the
brig. and therefore. we were perfectly safe.
! spent. however, some very pleasant days
st Mali. Every morning, early. women,
and boys and girls. fOcked around the trade
house with fruits. vegetables and fish. in
return for which, they wanted some tri6ing
article. bat Oftener, they brO0gtt their fruits
IS present. and only wanted the privilege
Of being allowed to SIT and look at the
= tzngane papsiangi the youthful son OF
the skies-as they termed ne The peo-
pie Of this part Of the coast Of Vanua Le-
VI, were generAIly much lighter eOlOred
than those of Mbau and Rewa. and this
vas ascribei 10 the mixture Of Tonga
blood Still. there were all shades Of CON-
plexion among them. from the almost Afri-
ezn blaekness of the Fiijiinan of the Origi-
nal stock, with his inpense head of hair,
which, while il Was not Eeritable wool. look
ed very much Ike it-down through the
different degrees Of light and shade, until
frequently, one might meet with face
that would pass for that of quadrOon. in
New Orleans, and with yellow flowing
locks There must have been, in some ne
mote period. considerable Of . mixing up
Of different tribes and breeds on those isl
asds, to produce 50 many divergent types
Of humanity, Yet, they are all the same,
in point Of eharacter-all cannibal saya-
ges-
l met Hawaiian at TaTea, who was
known among the foreigners as oahu
SAM and who bad probably run away
from g vhaler. he was living with
the ehief, in high favor and afiueBee, and
was said to be almost as much of can
nibal, savage and bigamist. IF we may ap-
ply the term to Fin Normonisn) As any
Of the people among whom he lived He
made call on ne at the trade house. and
made me quite long speech, on present
ing NE with some very fine fish. The
speech was in broken English, but so ex-
iremely broken. that l could not eOmpre-
heDd his meaning. He then essayed the
vernaenlzr Of the islands, but here again,
bis inability TO pronounce the sound Of the
numerous cOnsonants Of the Fiji language,
and my then limited knowledge Of it NY
self. rendered him almost unintelligible.
At length, by signs. he made me under
stand that be wanted shirs. and one of
the kind denOminated :" hickory This. l
happened TO have at hand. and gave to !
him. did not see Oahu Sam for months |
afterwards. but eventually met him at Re |
va Just before our departure from the isl |
snds. when he. sttired in the afOre-men- |
Toned shirt, and marc, of course, urged /
ne to enter his straE-ihatched mansion |
md see his family. did so, and found a |
inc, healthy young Fiji woman, whom he |
claimed as his wife, nursing little babe,
somewhat lighter than herself, while with |
he disengaged hand, she held up to the
light. the recently issued eatechism. She
vas poDdering over the first question
What Is God.7 In the native tongue
Ss thaba Ihova!7 The answer was
.IhoTa 81 kala---God is s spirit Dur
ng ny wanderings and sojournings, / have
'oDehoE lost my copy Of the FIJI cate
:hism. which was really, very neatly print
d. and, as was afterwards informed, very
accurately translated into the TernacuIar,
md IL consequences Of the loss. cannot give
NY more specimens Of the written Ian
yuage.
After this digression, which trust will
Tot offend ny readers-I revert TO my
experiences at Mali As / said at the
Of this number, my partner
q the shore trading business, was Brown,
he Portuguese. The chief Of Mali, bar
aimed with Is for musket. and the usual
NICE Of the ten casks Of ndrse was agreed
Ipoa- The chief brought one day, for
en- days. and then clzimed his pay. Brown
who Ezs my superior IN the basiness-
INSISTED that he had only brought nine, and
hat until he brought the one required to
'Ouplete the compIement he could not
ave the muzket- a great deal Of angry
aIking ensued. Brown gesticulAting violent
=, and WITH very angry looking eyes. while
he chief and bis people seemed cain and
letermined IN their nanner. At length,
rui-Nali advanced to where / vss sitting.