The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1882-02-01
The Morning Star"

Letters lately received from Capt. Bray and
others, report the Morning Star up to October nth
Of last year:
The passage from Honolulu to the Gilbert Is
lands was made with hight but favorable winds all
the way. Passed Bakers Island, july 9TH, sighted
Byruns Island on the morning of July l2th, and
on the same day arrived ~ Peru Island vaere she
sent sUme books ashore, and then passed ON 10
Iapitus.I, where she anchored ON the 18th of
July. The Storm Bird had arrived there tue day
h"fr'c- sud ~..s Idst leaving when tbs Morning
SflT arrived.
Cheering reports come from the Island of No
nuutl Of reformation going on there. Prom
TapiiGes,, the Morning Star passed up thruugh
the Gilbert group, touching At Apemana, Malatna,
and harLkei, ana anchoring at Aptiaug outside OF
Il lagoon Oh the 2-nd of July. hers she remained
nIne days, vhie the Biennial Meeting OF the Oil
b1rt Island Mission WAS IN session. On the 2nd of
August, she left for BuiAritari with the Mission
aries AID delegates on board, making tOtli of -
persons including utlicersand crew. She made the
rounds Of the group again, returning the mission
aries and delegates 10 their respective islands, aud
returning 10 ApaIang. whore she arrived again
Sept. fan Accounts iron Iapituea art saddeulug
At Peru. the Samoan teachers weG- found to be III
a destitute condition, the JOHN Williams had not
made her usual visit TO them. They were furnish
ed with such supplies as could be spared.
4 tsa-ler from the Gilbert Island Training
School, 4 en NDwe, Was placed Oh the Island OF
AuuUuti and received with delight 10y the people.
ALotuer teacher from the same school, IeraOi, was
placed on the island of ApenlaIna and glldly vel
coined by the King, who has ut last givea up
twenty-nlne of his thirty wives, and become Il
uIunUgamist.
Having completed all of her work in the Gilbert
Islands, the Morning STIR sailed, Sept. 9th, from
ApaIans for the Marshall Islands having on board
bound for h1ssle ON account OF the critical con-
dItlon Of Mrs. halkup's health which rendered II
necessary tAat she should have medical care under
d.. Pease.
Touching At Jaluit, the supplies for the mission
arips at ArnO and Meiuro were forwarded by a
schooner which vas about to sail Tor Thuse islands
and the Morning Star continued on her way to
hcsaie, where she al rived after passage Of seven
teen days from ApaIang. At Kusa:e the Star had
a very harrow escIpe from destruction Capt.
Bray's account Is rs follows:
We were near the island three days before we
reached ii. During this time II was calm, and the
Star drifted nearer amt nearer the breakers by a
strong current. think there was no one ON board
that did not give up alt hopes OF saving her. | am
sure DID, as We saw her drifting silently on and
on. We got all the ladies' in a boat, with two
sailors to pull them away from the breakers, while
tie rect OF us stood ready to do any thing that
could be done to save the vessel. When within
her length of the breaker, that would have short
II broken her III pieces, the water suddenly
slOaled and We dropped both anchors, which held
her last clear OF the breakers without tOuchinI
but tnen We were in PredIcament, for the current
WIS far too strong to tow with the boats, for We
had tried that"
Fortunately however, after a while, breeze
ciue on from the Land which took the sci out
few miles TO sea and relieved the peril
lhe M0rHiHy star remained ten days at Kusaie,
landed the supple for the nissionarirs there, aud
the lumber for Mrs SHOWS and Miss Cathcart's
house, TOOK 60 IHrrsls of soil for Apliang. and
all necessary preparations for her voyage West
ward. Leaving hussIe, Oct. 9th, the UoIHiSq
Star arrived at POuaPe on the llth. Found Mr..
Doane IN excellent health and spirits. From there
she would first visit Pugelap ami Mokil, and then
go on to the MurtlOck Islands thence to Ruk or
HOgOlen Islands, aud themes return. As the Star
Will have to return Mr. Doane To Ponape, then sail
again for kusie thence take DR.. Pease to visit the
Marshall Islands, and after completing that work,
return again to Apaiang, from whence she will
sail again for husale, and make that her point Of
departure for Honolulu, according To Ihe schedule
Of the voyage prepared by the Board of the Hawa-
nan Evangelical Association, sue can hardly be
expected back here before the last of March at The
earliest, and 1t Is not unlikely that she may not
arrive before the middle Of April. These letters
were sent from PuuApe 10 San Francisco by the
schooner PanHoHia, and arrived here by the last
steamers mail.
We regret to hear from Capt. Bray that the yes
sci leaking considerably, although she had
not 80 far bad '' touch a scratch lie thinks
The worms must b. getting in tine wood, as there
are places where the copper IL worn OIt and break
ing or" All on board we're we'll mt latest dates.