Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-04-30
The Facts Of the Cnso,

Enron SATURDAY Pass 1t is n little singular
that the extract from tho Alameda Press about
the 40 called "mnasncrc" Mt rnptouon or
Drummond's Island appears to have been fur.
nshcd not only Ia the Editor of the idreytiser,
but nlao to nt lcnRt one other person, and for
nught know, Ia others hcaidcs, IN this com.
munity. 1t Is rather old news, nor has amy one
dreamed OF nny necessity Tor conccnlmcnt In tho
cnac.
Wars and bloodahcd hnvo always been the bnno
OF those savage islands And they continue to
this day ON many Of the islands of the Gilbert aud
Marshall groups, yet traders or captains or
editors have seemed to think 1t worth whilo To
make sensation about them in pnst yenra. 10
has been Mt the frequent fisk OF their lives that
both the American and Hawaiian missionaries ON
those islands have laborcd keep the pence
among those savage peoples, and to induce them
to lay aside their wnrliko customs. But the
dUimUs OF this special story In plain from the last
two paragraphs Of TINT extract from tho Alameda
.irgps. Tho reason why this poriicUia,' battle ON
Drummonds Island IN made 40 much Of IN In
order To- fnsten fearful charge upon our mission-
aries on that island, viz TINT of inciting" md
leading ON - the natives to the massacre. :"
The event referred to happened ON the 18th
September 1880 and the news wns received here
10y the Hosa'd, labor vessel which touched there
shortly after the time that the Morning Star was
there. Capt. Hrny and Rev. A. c. Walkup in
vcstigatcd all the chnrgcs made by the traders
there against our missionaries, Rev. W. Is. Kapu
and MIR. II. II. Nalimu, and not merely failed To
elicit information sufficient to convict them, but
distinctly and fully cxonerntcd them. Every
charge made by the traders, Zone Of whom
badly intoxicated during the investigation fell to
the ground. This investigation had been ordered by
the Hawaiian Mission Board ON the sailing of the
Morning STIR from Honolulu last June, more par
ticnnrly however, with reference to charges TINT
had been mndc previous To that time against Mr..
Nalimu. The battle referred to took place only
two days before the Moyniug sta, arrive, there
Npt IN hs ltst nf, lao
against our missionaries, amounting to nine
separate charges, not one of them mndc any
reference whatever to that battle connected our
missionaries with It,. Plainly this charge
nfterthought. So far M Mr.. Nalimu was con
cerned. Capt. Bray wrote III his letter forwarded
to the Hawaiian Board by the Hasa,ri, Upon
our arrival here we were boarded by John All
MIN, j. Garstang. and one Kicking, traders, all
full of abuse and accusations against the mission
aries. We told them Ia meet us the next day mt
kapn's church, bring nll their charges and wit
nesses 10 prove them and would investigate
them. Accordingly we met and began with the
charges made To the Hawaiian Board by All MINI
We then took all the charges made in the journal
kept and brought to us by j. Gnrstang. one by
one. Not one of them had witness to prove n
single charge, and think they were made pretty
sensbly to feel what asscs they had made of them.
selves 10y bringing so many charges and no proof
of one of them. We praise the Lord that every
thing resulted 50 favorably to Namu, and we're
most agreeably surprised to have IL made very
evident to us that after ALL this missionary not
far astrny.'
Messrs. Bray and Wnlkup acted as Committee
of investigation by the authorization of the
Hawaiian Board, and have sent up the minutes of
that investigation. and the documents connected
Herewith. As to the facts connected with the
battle of September 18th that island, aside
from the general fact of its occurrence, have
not yet had an opportunity To examine witnesses
and investigate, but the public may rest assured
that the Hawaiian Board will not neglect its duty
in the matter. Meantime it may be sufficient
simply to quote here from letter of Mr.. II. J.
Moors to Rev, II, Bingham, dated December 9th,
1880:
Mn ii. BINGHAM Dear Sir:-At the request
of tine Rev. Mr.. kapu, inquired of the natives of
Tapiteuea (who assembled in one of their
principal maneabaS) the cause of the late war On
their island. The answer 1 received from them
WAS that they (the people of the North end) had
sent teachers to the South end, and that those
teachers had been i'll used and sent back again,
and that the people of the South end had chal-
lenged them to fight and that the people from the
South end were the first to commence hostililies.
Afterwards when visited the South end of the
island and inquired into the matter, the natives
there told the same story. They said that they
had felt confident Of u victory over the Christian
party, as they had number of guns and one
cannon, while the Christians had only knives,
axes, and sticks. Messrs. Kapu and Nalimu having
made them destroy their weapons some time ago.
None of the natives said that Mr.. Kapu WAS the
Of the fight, or had anything to do with it.
Many people of the vangushcd party told me that
but for MIR. kapu they would have lost their lives,
he having interfered and saved them. l have
visited this island n number Of times and each
time return, can zee n marked improvement in
the manners of the people caused without doubt
by missionary influence. The Rev. MIR. Kapu il a
man of whom think the Missionary Society NAV
feel justly proud. He il energetic and pains
taking, and think a thoroughly good man."
The writer of the above il we'll -known, believe
in this community, and AZ he is now here in Ho-
nolulS, can be seen seen, and questioned as to hi'
Cor. Sec'y Hawaiian Board