The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1877-03-03
PuUHUE RANCH, Feb. Esd, 1877.

After partaking of a substantial morning meal
at the hospitable breakfast table of Mr.. and Mrs.
Williams, and having taken leave of mine host and
hostess, I accompanied His Excellency, Hon. Mr..
Carter, to the Court House of the district, where
the native magistrate and the Deputy Sheriff, Mr..
Meresburg were in attendance. The Hon. Mr..
Carter was joined en- route by the Rev. Mr.. E.
Bond, to whom l was introduced. 1t was first
contemplated to hold a meeting at the Court
House, but the plan was relinquished, as a num-
Der of the natives of the district had waited on
the Honorable Mr.. Kapena last evening. at the
house of the native friend where he went to pass
the night, after he parted with the Hon. Mr.. Carter
at Mr.. Williams residence. The Hon. Mr.. Kapena
l heard from Mr.. Carter, addressed them atlength,
explaining to them the objects of the commission;
and had q conversation with several Of them on
matters regarding their own interests. Ii was
thought unnecessary then to proceed with the
public meeting at the Court House. While l was
there with Mr.. Carter, who was conversing with
Mr.. Bond, the following incident occurred. A
Chinese came forward and requested to know il
MIR. Carter would allow him to take the oath Of
allegiance to His Majesty the King, the Hon. gen.
tleman explained that it did not enter into his espe-
cial duties to administer the said oath, wherein the
Chinese withdrew; soon after, The Hon. Mr.. Carter
set out for Mr.. Cleghorn's store. where he was met
by the Hon. Mr.. Kapena. l should have stated
that Captain Makee had previously Joined Mr..
Carter at the Court House, and accompanied him to
the store. AS q matter of personal interest, L may
state that / got an outfit from Mr.. Hayselden, the
manager of the store. consisting of q Mexican saddle,
a bride, q waterproof coat, a pair of leather CATERS,
anu Otler Things IQuI6D6uSdDie " hit Ou ne JOuEuSy
with the Commissioners. The store seemed will pro-
vided with O miscellaneous stock, and must prove
very convenient for the neighbours around. The
prices were not higher than at Honolulu. From the
store, the three commissioners, and a party Of
mounted Hawaiian natives rode of to Honoipu
landing, on the sea coast, whittier l followed them,
having had some delay at the store. An intelligent
native Hawaiian young man, who speaks English
very well, and is Mr.. Carter's servant, David Noe
by name, rode with me. 1 took occasion to ask
him some words of the Hawaiian language, and my
first Lesson amounted to the three following, for me,
very useful questions
.Mahea kG hale Where is the house?
.Mahea ke kanaka Where is the man :
.Nahea ka Ito ? Where is the horse /?
Foreign readers can judge of the Hawaiian Ian
| guage from these specimens. I further discov cred
that the same word is met with in Hawaiian for
STAR hoku,-as in Hebrew. My solitary ride
with this kanaka, speaking English in q style which
| must have gratifed the Queen of England herself
besides having a special charm for me from q
linguistic point of view, really led me through the
loneliest scenes Of wild and savage beauty, affording
frequent views of the sea to the right, in the dis
lance. The traces of population became, each mile,
less frequent, and again it occurred to me that the
presence of East Indian labourers with their fami-
lies, would work a magic change in q short time in
those deserted regions, otherwise highly fertile
through which I eantered EDWARDS, for several
miles, to rejoin the Royal Commissioners at Homo
ipu. On my arrival, 1 was complimented on my
altered appearance, wrought by my yellow leather
leggins and long black waterproof coat, L still wore
my I" Dublin hat"-a tall black I" tile" Of Guilham
& Sons make around which q native Hawaiian Mr..
Kekokie, put q chaplet of yellow flowers, which
caused some amusement and made me remark to the
Hon. Mr.. Carter that 1 had now obtained the rights
of Hawaiian citizenship The object of the visit OF
the Royal Commissioners to Honoipu, was to in
quire into the important question of the improve
ment of that landing place. The details of course
do not belong to my province. From Honoipu. the
Honorable Commissioners set out for the residence
of Mr.. Woods; en- route Messrs. Holmes and Vida
took leave of their Excellencies. The weather was
hrnkaD and several heavy showers fell. but. thanks
to my recent purchase, l got no wettlng. After
some hard g~alloping, for hslf-a-dozen miles or
more, the party disamounted at the Puuhue Ranch,
the whole days ride being some 20 miles. Mr..
Woods was absent, but later in the afternoon he
arrived with Major Wodehouse. Soon afterwards,
dinner wss served, and did credit to Mrs. Woods
Chinese cook. I partook of the famous poi of the
Hawaiians, made from the taro root; I like it very
much; it reminds one of the Guarani mGRioc.
Dinner over. 1 took up my pen to write the fore
going relation, while their Excellencies have been
engaged in the discussion of the arrangements for
their future progress. Tomorrow the Commits
sioners will set out, I am told, for Waimes. In
conclusion, l may add that the native Hawsiians
and foreign settlers are highly .gratifed at the
appointment of the Royal Commission. and very
thankful to the King for this proof of His Majesty's
consideration for the interests Of his subjects.
HONOLULU, Feb. 9th, 1877.
On the morning of Saturday. Feb. oath, the
Royal Commissioners, Major Wodehouse, the native
suite, and myself left Mr.. and Mrs. Woods hospit-
able mansion, after breakfast, en- route for Waimea.
About midday the party arrived at a romantic dell,
traversed by q ripling stream crossed by a wooden
bridge. which the Hon. Mr.. Kspens informed me is
called the Keawe. He also added that there was
an interesting Hawaiian legend connected with the
locality and invited me to look at the mouth of a
cavern visible further up the glen, to which the
legend referred. Unfortunately. the accident which
occurred to me late in the day by . fall from my
horse owing to the sudden turning of my saddle.
deprived me of the pleasure of hearing the promised
specimen of the legendary lore of the Hawaiian
Archipelago. and reluctantly obliged me to return to