The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-04-29

though making bread, ana IL produces very
delicious sensation when well done
One of Henrys memories of last years trip
was seeing General Armstrong stretched out
on his back at Kipahulu, and SIX kanaka boys
engaged in kpeading different parts of his
body.
| have no doubt that he has introduced
lomilomi into Hampton Institute as one OF
the requisites Of a complete education.
We had quite a dash OF rain that night at
W&ilua nui, but not enough to fill up our hro
patch, and the remark made by all was "Amo.
kea"
We left poor Pokey the next morning In
charge of one # the citizens. Not he If the
fish bag but one oil his descendants who
promised to keep him until he was fat and
then send him home. Poor Pokey! Our last
view of him showed HIM standing with head
down and ears Topped forward in very dis.
consulate manner.
Mondays trip was somewhat similar to
deep, and we had longer level places between.
The trail was some better, too.
About noon we reached the great gulct of
Honomanu. We found the road bad enough
here, and at the bottom OF the cliff had to
wade our horses some distance in the ocean,
as it was high tide and the trail was covered
If the sea is at all rough this part of the trail
is impossible 1t was fortunately quiet that
day, and we had no trouble. We saw the rock
where the Order of Honomanu was formed,
and considered ourselves Knights from that
moment
After some delay we found good camp on
an island in the stream The grass was short,
so we had to gather ferns for beds. The pnn-
cipal thing that happend here was that Leo.
pold and his mule had misunderstanding,
which resulted in bruised hand and fit of
the grumps which lasted him until next day.
We had lively evening, as usual. Cowles
was unusually lively. Jokes flew about pro.
mscuously. The girls took lessons IN tele.
and Hawaiian from Henry, the lin.
gust, learning during the evening the most
useful word in the language, "mea." The
literal translation Of inca" is thing" but 1t
Is used by the natives to express what we do
in English by "whatyou-may'call-it," "thing-
umbob," ana "whodOyou-call him." If you
forget the native for anything" say inca"
if you can't express an idea of any kind say
''mea," and 1t is all right. 1t IS very conven-
lent, ana l have no doubt all the Ainokeas
have found it so since.
This was the last night spent together by
the whole party, as Henry's business called
for his immediate return, and Polly had de-
cided to go on home with HIM the next morn
ing, leaving the rest of the party to spend
another day in HonOmanu and do the balance
Of the route in two days travel thereafter.
Polly's horse was tebder-tooted and had lost
his shoes, but a horse had been sent out to
meet her here. Tommy was In good eondi.
tien for the forced march, and they two bid
goodbye to the rest early the next morning.
and started off IN high spirits. Polly had not
ridden her new horse rod up the steep trall
before he proved himself untrustworthy, refus-
ing to go in the path and slipping over the
edge. Polly sprang into bed of terms un.
hurt, but thankful it was not few hundred
feet higher up the precipice. They walked up
to the top. 1t is the worst piece of road on
the whole route. They rested at every turn of
the zigzag road, and waved their handker-
growing smaller and smaller as they climbed
higher up. The Kanaka leading Polly's horse
stopped the animal at the top of the hill, and
they mounted.
A few steps farther on the rains had washed
the road into trenches, with high grassy ridges
between. Polly's horse insisted on trying
the ridges instead of the path, and slipped
down, crushing Polly's foot between him and
the bank and spraining it badly. The horse
was extricated with some trouble, and Polly
carried and placed on him. A detour was
made through the guava bushes to escape the
bad road, but soon similar place appeared,
and as the horse showed signs of behaving as
before, Henry had the saddles changed and
put Polly on the mule Tommy, who carried
her safely over the gulches. The horse fell
down again in less than five minutes. But
Henry, being on his guard, had his feet out Of
the stirrups, and no damage was done. The
balance of the days ride was very pleasant.
They had a jolly lunch of marmalade, crack.
nrs and ohias, and with the help of a fresh
horse for Polly the last ten miles, reached
their respective homes before dark
The balance of the Ainokeas spent a quiet
day at Honomanu, and broke camp the day
1t had rarned heavily during the
night, and the streams were much swollen and
dangerous. Ropes were used to get
The party safely across them. Ann had quite
a heavy fall from her mule, which turned a
complete summersault on one of the steepest
places of Honomanu pail, but she was not
hurt Leopold's mule distinguished himself