The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1870-06-11

he would have to take the sheep off my hands. L
went into Palawai, Mr.. Gibson's residence, to see
him on the subject, and reminded him of his promise
to give me half the lambs, for he informed me he
was coming out to cut and mark the lambs on the
following day. He said all right, L should have the
lambs he had promised me. Well, mark what he did.
He came out the next morning and brought his son
John and G. Jones his clerk and spy, also q genue-
man. visitor, Mr.. Deverill, with him to assist IN
marking, Sc. He cut and marked the whole OF the
lambs for himself, thereby cheating me out of my
labor. But that was not all, for he deliberately TOOK
the poor kanakas sheep, cutting their ear marks,
and substituting his own, which is so devised that IL
annihilates all other ear marks, except when a sheep
has its ears completely cut off close to the head. L
expostulated with him about letting me have q suth-
cheney of rice, and taking my share of the lambs to
himself, and he called me a humbug, aid that L anu
my family were a great nuisance To him. told Nun
he had better settle with us, and let US go. He said
he would, but asked me to take charge of the sheep
till he should send some one out next day to relieve
me, which promise he did not keep. This was on
the 18th of May, and l continued shepherdlng his
sheep until the 18th, when my feet as well as those
of my children refused to carry about our bodies any
longer. Our spirits were willing but our flesh was
too weak to carry on this war against nature. sent
MIR. Gibson a note, which he received, telling him
could not possibly shepherd his sheep any more
without a horse, and having no way of getting water
to drink, l had to put my family ON an allowance OF
water, one pint per diem each, and forbid them to
wash themselves. We had not been able to wash
any of our clothes for the last five weeks. Sol de-
termined to leave as soon as l could get him to take
charge of his sheep. He first of all sent out his
daughter to take the sheep, and the next day came
out himself with a shepherd and q horse each to ride.
But before he took them out of the yard, a kanaka
named Solomon, came and demanded some sheep
from him. Mr.. Gibson told him to take them If he
could find them, but the poor kanaka could not for
the simple reason that MIR. Gibson had already cut
out SOlOmon's ear marks and substituted his own. L
myself have seen Mr.. Gibson and his eldest son John
cut out the kanaka's brands with their own hands
and substituted their own marks. Then MIR. Gibson
took the sheep away.
I went into Palawai the next morning to make q
settlement of my labor, when MIR. Gibson offered me
$l2 q month, and to charge me for my rations,
which / declined. [ demanded $50 and rations for
the service of myself and family, which he said he
would not give, but would charge me SO for the
use of his mule, and $50 for the passage to Lahaina,
after lending me the mule free OF charge and prUniis-"
ing me a free passage to Lahaina. Of course l de-
chned to have either his mule or his boat, and hired
a kanaka to take my luggage to the beach for So.
L then engaged a whalebOat to take us to LOhaina,
when MIR. Gibson stopped the captain of the boat
and told him not to take me for L had no money, and
if l had l would not pay him. and if l did pay him
to charge me $40 but the kanaka stuck to his bar
gain like a man. On our arrival at Lahaina l paid
the captain his we'll earned So, according to agree
ment. Lahaina looked like a little Paradise to US
after our dismal and dreary sojourn on the island of
Lanai, and so it proved to us, for we were never
better or more kindly treated in our lives than we
we're by the natives and inhabitants.
As soon as we landed we camped under the veran-
dab of the post-ofhce, and were soon surrounded by
q crowd OF natives, who seemed 10 SympathlZe with
our forlorn condition. One poor kanaka ran right
off to the bakers and brought a loaf Of bread, which
he divided amongst the children. My wife having
recovered from the effects of the voyage, l went out
to endeavor to procure assistance ; but God, who had
watched over us all this time, soon sent his ministers
to our rescue. 1 now speak of Archdeacon Mason
and his amiable lady, who attended to all our wants.
Like good Samaritans they supplied us with food
and clean clothes for the children, and the Governors
son and mother gave us their house to live in whilst
we stayed in Lahaina. One of the judges slipped
81 into my hand, in case 1 might need anything, as
he kindly said. And Archdeacon Mason and Mr..
procured me a passage to Honolulu in the
Kings yacht. Archdeacon Mason kindly furnished
n letter tO'the British Consul to use his influence
in procuring me q situation.
Reader, this letter is not written out of any malice
or spite toward the party referred to, Mr.. w. Nj.
but as a warming and an exposure of that
mans villainy in enticing poor workingmen from
their homes and employment to serve his own base
purposes. So workingmen and emigrants, be careful
how you make agreements or engagements with par
ties from foreign countries. Don't emigrate with
anybody unless you kno1U all about them, and mind
now you place your cash in their care before you
start. Yours, respectfully, WIN. PERKINS,
Fort street, opposite Bartlett saloon.
Witnesses to the truth of the above facts.
THos. JOHNSON,
ISAAC JOHNSON.