The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-11-13

10 get the work on the mouse so Iar
along, that we can afford most of
our strength in direct missionary
work. A few nights after we were
left alone, some knives, towels,
etc., were stolen from our extern
pore kitchen, and out of the house.
We are completely in the power of
the natives, and rs they are all un-
tried, we cannot but have somewhat
of feeling of insecurity. Some of
the things have been found and re-
stored, but the most valuable. our
only can opener, nice soup ladle,
and good bread knife have not
been found. We have no means of
shutting up any hing, and of course
our numerous boxes would give the
natives the idea of enormous quanti
ties of goods. AT first we feared
that the thieves were of the people
right about us, but soon learned
that they were from place some
miles away. They were two, and
one of them threatened to come back
and kill our boys for denouncing
him. Now that we are in our own
house, with locks, and have learned
to trust pretty fully the people just
around us, we feel quite safe.
The people of the place want to
monopolize us entirely. We belong
to them. This will trouble us some
in our work, we do not yet know
how much. Solomon saw the trou-
bles we were likely to experience,
and advised that we call n meeting
of chiefs and people from all the
surrounding places. A large num-
Der came. and we talked to them,
trying to get them to understand
that we wanted to work for them
all, and could not belong to the peo-
pie of any one place. All assented
to what we said, and promised to
take me for their father.
The people are very kind bring
ing us food, and ready to do what
they can to help in our work. The
other night it began to rain during
the evening service, and at the close
they wanted to carry Mary home.
Beulah is well and happy. She
takes great comfort in feeding and
caring for the doves, ducks, chickens,
cat and dog.
Mary is not very well her stomach
is weak, and she is weak nervously.
l have been real we'll.
Jan. 81, 1SS5.-It has been long
time since wrote this. My foot kept
me from work nearly two weeks.
Then when l began to get able
to go about l was taken sick and
was kept from work nearly week
longer, so that our work was de-
layed quite seriously. While my
foot was so that l could not walk, a
report was brought to us that old
Atip, the chief at Japates on Fefan,
(the place we were kept from set
Ting in by not finding suitable
building place that they would give
us) and his followers had killed a
canoe load of Toloas people the pre-
ceding day. l hoped l might have
enough influence over Atip to pre-
vent further bloodshed, and in any
event 1 wanted to protest against
such things, so l asked our people
to take me to Japates. They OBJ
jected at first through fear, but
finally consented. l liked the old
chief, he seemed so frank and bright
and manly. We had seen him
several times during the time our
location was undecided. Our peo-
pie carried me on their backs to the
landing, and then padded me over
to Fefan. They insisted, contrary
to my wishes, in turning aside to a
place under the control of another
chief, as they said, to make in
quiries. One man went ashore, and
soon came back with the report that
only one man had been killed and
others dangerously wounded. The
roloas and Japates people were old
enemies. Atip with some of his
people had gone to Toloas with pr :
testations of friendship: the Tolous
people trusted them and a chief
with canoe load of his people
started to go home with Atip. When
the canoes were perhaps halfway
across the narrow strait separating
the two places, the Japates people
attacked the others, killed the chief
MORALLY wounded another and the
whole party barely escaped. Oul
people proposed that we send fol
Atip to come to us, but / said no,
we would go to him. So we backed
off our canoes to paddle around, but
the chief on shore called to us not
to go; said he would go himself and
bring Atip to us. So we waited
perhaps half-hour, when Atip with
a crowd of followers came along the
beach. / went on shore with ouI