The Hawaiian gazette., 1870-07-06
MAkAwAo, MAUI, June 28th 1870.

Editor HdDdiidn Gazette:
DEAR Sm.-Since last wrote you April Both
matters and things pertaining to this part of
Maui have worked on much as usual. The wealth
er has been growing warmer, as a matter of
course, though our nights are for the most part
cool Rains are less copious than in March and
April, scarcely however less frequent, it being
showery morning or evening, some three or four
days each week. These showers keep the atmos-
phere cool, the feed for cattle and horses tender
and greatly benefit the young cane. Indeed it
would be growing time, but for the caterpillar
and other insects, which commit their usual rava-
ges in the cane fields and pastures. When
speak of frequent showers cooling the atmos-
phare and refreshing our vegetation, wish to be
understood as speaking of Makawao proper as
Hamakua, Kula and Ulupalakua. are greatly suf-
fering for want of rain. We feel much sympathy
for our neighbor Capt Makee, in this time of
drought and consequent loss aud suffering and
we hope and pray that his fields may be refreshed
with copious showers from the river of God
which is full of water"
among the people of our district, though there
have been several deaths since last reported to
you up to March 81. And / am sorry to say,
that Capt Hebron has lost one or more of his
Hawaiian laborers, and lost them notwithstand-
ing faithful attendance and honest efforts to
save them. But disregard to his advice refusal
to take foreign medicine, interference of friends
and determination to employ native doctors,
proved fatal. Others are sick among US, few
dangerously so, as fear.
June 9th, l attended the funeral of foreigner
from California As we stood by his grave, we
learned from Mr.. Jones, at whose house he died,
the following particulars: His name was Will
lam Woodal born in Virginia. hut had wife and
two children in San Joaquin valley, where he had
resided some fourteen years. He was in prosper
Gus circumstances, and Mr.. Jones represented
him as an intelligent and estimable man. He
had not been in the place more than a week and
very few of us knew that there was such stran-
ger with MIR. Jones. l only learned the fact
when called to attend the funeral. His surviving
family will be glad to hear that their husband
and father was kindly cared for by Mr.. Jones.
and received christian burial
Mr.. Bailey is with us experimenting the re-
building of the Female Seminary The work
goes on slowly, however, from the great difficulty
of obtaining native help This is not surprising
considering the distressing state of things among
the people in this vicinity during the past year,
the number who have died. and the feeble state of
many who survive. the scarcity of provisions to-
gether with the natural aversion of the Hawaii
ans to constant labor. Our prospects in the fu
ture for the obtaining of help in our families are
dark indeed. We get along as independently as
we possibly can, doing many things with our cwn
hands which we would not, could help be OBJ
tanned. Never have l employed a coolie in my
family, though / see that am reported as advo-
eating the introduction of this class into the
islands. The man who thus reported me must,
at the time. have had cOolie on the brain, for the
extract read from communication of mine, and