The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1883-08-23

Wlln ICG HuSDunl uilV UlCu many
years afterward respected by all who
knew her.
In the year 1880, the George Ka-
loka Manini already referred to,
who had fred Boki and Manuals
Imagination with his accounts of |
the sandalwood in those islands,
undeterred by their awful fate,
gathered a number of Hawaiians
together and sailed for Uea or Wal
lace's Island and conquered it, depos-
ing the King and marrying his
daughter. He then made himself
King but owing to his tyrannical
conduct his new subjects watched
their opportunity and sunk an axe
into the back of his skull, but did
not molest his followers. They
then reinstated their former mo-
march. Many of his Hawaiian fol-
lowers remained on the island and
their descendants are there yet.
Others drifted back to these islands
in course of time.
In 1882 Captain Samuel II. Dow
sett, father of Mr.. j. l. Dowsett of
this city, took in the schooner Unity
the first inhabitants and colonists to
the BONN Islands. The members
of the expedition were almost all
foreigners married to Hawaiian wo-
men, under the leadership of one
Navarro, an Italian. Others were
Millinchamp (within few years
still alive at Guam), Savory and
Gilley. V son of the latter is now in .
command of the whaling bark Eliza
of San Francisco at present up
North. The islands are now claimed
by the japanese and are known as a
calling place for whale-ships. Pre-
vious to the arrival Of these colo
nists the islands were uninhabited.
Within the last 20 years c. A.
Williams & Co, j. 1. Dowsett, and
others have sent out various expedi-
tions in search of Guano islands.
In 1857, in Kamehameha the Fourth's
reign, Captain John Patty, father of
Mr.. j. Patty of this city, was sent
out by the government in the
schooner Manuokawai to discover
Guano islands and take possession
of them for the Hawaiian govern
ment.
| After this nothing was done in the
shape of colonizing or conquering.
The population of. the islands had
decreased too much to allow it to be
decreased further by colonizing. Then
recruits for the population and the
labor-supply were sought in the
South Sea Islands and fellow island
ers of the devourers of Manuia' S
companions came to Manuals land
to labor on the plantations.
This grew in course Of time to be
a regular thing, and some few years
ago (two or three,) the chief OF
Tarawa, one of the Gilbert Islands,
and his people took refuge on DO ard
the bark Hawaii from the armies OF
neighboring chief. They were
brought here and contracted .tc
labor on the plantations. Wher
their contracts were through they
purchased arms and ammunition
with their money and with thei
chief went back to the Gilber
. Islands in the Julia in February last
With them one Puaahuluhulu (callet
Puaa for SHORTY Hawaiian, stowet
away, and only came out after thre
or four days of the voyage hat
: elapsed. He and they were landed
at the island of Tarawa and soon Sc
to work to deprive the wrongful
!. possessors of it. Not content witt
regaining his own the chief o
: Tarawa has made war on and con
: quered two other islands of tn
= group and is wishing to conque
j. more for the sake of the copra. Thi
Z Puaa is his ablest aud most ferociou
l. general and horrible tales are told G
!, his barbarity. 1t is said the chic
: sent to Major Leleo Kinimaka to as
y him to come down on the Julia thi
last trip and be king over these thre
. islands while he went conquerin
more.
The latest phase is the sending {
e Captain Tripp, and F. l.. Clarke O
- the Julia with secondhand dipl'
~ ~ matte uniforms to negotiate treati'
~ and present letters and generally
,. try to do what George Manini, Box
y and Manuia tried to so year ag
y The results will be seen on the
:, return.