The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-03-05
THE VOYAGE OF THE "PoMARE.o

IdE UF HE ROmARE.
This vessel sailed on a labor cruise on the 26tI
of July, last year, and reached Jaluit after a 81
days passage. Starting again on Sept. 10th,
she reached SRotumah on Oct. 23d, after a pro
tracted passage of A days. From thence she went
to the Island of Tanna, and engaged there Il boat 5
crew for recruiting purposes. The next visit
was to Erromango, where Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
son were found settled in comfort. They re-
ported that all the natives of this Island. at
which Williams lost his life, are now Christians.
and begged Captain Trip not to take any of
their fchurch members. From Erromango to
Sandwich Island, in the New Hebrides group,
was a two-days' voyage. Here water was taken
in, and the vessel sailed for Api. where, on No
vember 18th, recruiting was successfully entered
upon. By the 18th of December 1913 immigrants
had been secured. Captain Trip then proceed
ed to Vanua Lavu, in the Banks group, and
anchored there in Mission Bay, on Dee. 18th.
Some trade was done for vans, and several ma
tives visited the ship, who promised to recruit
for her the next day. The next day the weather
became bad, and after a series of mischances,
the Captain deemed it desirable, on Dec. 22nd.
to shape his course for Honolulu. On January
18th the vessel ran ashore on the north point Of
the outer reef of Bishops Island, and she had
to be lightened before she could be got of.
Whilst this was being effected, fifty of the Is
landers were left ashore, including the woman
and the children. When the Captain returned
to fetch them on board, he found the resident
natives had seizedsthe woman, and had threat
ened to kill the men if they interfered. His
arrival was oppOrtune, and the natives quickly
cleared off. On the 10Th of January the POnaare
reached Jaluit again, and sailed for this port on
the 21st, arriving here on Monday last, after a
passage of 80 days. The above information is
cleaned from the Report made to the Immigra-
ton Board by Mr.. DeGraves, the agent who ac-
companied the POmare on her trip. Mr..
DeGraves appends the following memoranda to
his report:
"MEMoRANDA."
On November 2Sth, when off Aurora Island.
at dusk, We observed two schooners astern of us.
at 8 p. NJ. A boat boarded us from one of the
schooners, the AurOrd, Captain McCloud, from
New Caledonia, trading. The other schooner.
the JdIdOLe, owned by Mr.. Chafin, an Ameri-
can gentleman, who, with his partner, Mr..
johnson, has been living this last four wears on
the Island of Oba, as traders.
Captain McCloud and Mr.. Chatfin were in the
boat; the gentlemen came on board to advise us
not to recruit at Oba, as he, Mr.. Chanin, had
that day shot the principal Chief. OuIv. and
then left the Island. Mr.. Chafin's statement Is
that the deceased Chief, DULY, gave orders for
the murder of his partner, Mr.. johnson, and
himself. Fortunately for Mr.. Chatfin he is suf-
fering with asthma, and could not sleep that
evening, and went on the beach for n walk. to
cool himself, and during that time he heard the
report of firearms near his house. He went up
TO see the cause, and found his partner shot
dead in bed. Since then he himself has not
been molested. Mr.. Chaffin states also that it
was DULY that gave orders to take the MysterY's
boat, and kill all hands. The people in the
boat were the Chief Officer of the vessel, and Il
native boats crew, recruiting labor for Queens
land. Chief DULY had a cannibal feast off the
body of the white man; that Mr.. Chd6in Su9C
himself. Mr.. Chaffin says he has written to
the authorities about the murder of his partner,
and as no notice has been taken, and being
about to leave the Island, he considered it his
duty to avenge the death of his partner, and the
murder of many others, and requested Captain
Trim and mvsAlf 70 make his statement public.
o as to warn traders not to trust an y of the J !
five miles north or south of the north t
oint of Oba. [
On Nov. 29th, not being successful on the t
outh point of Aurora, we stood over to Oba, {
nd near the place where DULY was shot. Hove /
} off Longanna, the north point Of Oba. Low q
red the boats and pulled in for the beach. \ J
number of men and women on the beach /
ere more inclined to fight than recruit. I Il
ulled about five miles south to another chief t
Lnding. The Chief of the district was not on &
lie beach, but his son, Janganey came TO us and T.
nd his father had just returned from a big {
Getting and feast. All the Chiefs on the Island
ad met, and it was decided that any boats com
g near the shore were to be fired on, and the ii
ews killed, if possible. The young Chief adj s
sed me not to attempt recruiting at Longanna /
each in the morning, as I told him 1 thought o
doing; he said if / did they would decoy us b
ose in and shoot us all. l was much obliged 81
the youth, and at ) p. NJ. returned to the yes a
/ without recruiting any this day. IN return 7
& to the vessel | met Il canoe with a young e
ative in it, that | have known this last four fC
,ars. l asked him about the disturbance ON t.
and what kind of a man his Chief, Ouly, p
as, pretending that | knew nothing of his do q
gs. The lad told me that he was a very bad f.
an, and had killed a lot of white men. 1t was p
who had the MysteTy's boats crew killed, W
ID another Chief was punished for doing it by d
man-of-war. He also gave orders for Mr.. cl
,hnson and Mr.. Chafin to be shot; but Nj. 2!
haffin was not in the house at the time, or he cI
ould have been killed also. But Mr.. Chaffin II
Is shot him now, so l am not afraid of talking b.
him. The youths account corroborates %
+. Chaffin's statement. l
J. DEGRAvEs. Ol
Government immigration Agent. Il