The Hawaiian gazette., 1885-11-24
The PeriIs of a Missionnrr.

/ The following extracts are taken from Il journa
record published in the BUHeHH) kept by Rev
| X W. Logan, missionary located ON the islam,
OF huk, Micronesia station, where, only accom-
panied by his wife and little daughter, he is en-
| deayoring to PROPAGATE the spread of the Cospe
amongst the cruel, vindictive and treacherous saw
ages that inhahH those South Sea islands. Tn,
narrative, plain and simply written as it is, need
| no word oolorlng TO place before the mind tn
utter loneliness and helplessness of this bray
soldier of Christ surrounded all sides by treach
/ erous forces, whose only hope and aim seems TO b.
the enlightenment and education of these untutor
! ed cannibas.
Jan. 81, 1SS5.-It has been long time since
wrote this. My foot kept me from work nearl,
, two weeks. Then when / began to get able to %
about was taken sick and was kept from worl
nearly week longer, so that our work was delay
ed quite seriously. While my foot was SO that
could not walk, report was brought to us that
Atlpi the chief at Japates Refan, 1.-THE place WI
were kept from settling in by not finding a suit
able building place that they would give us) anC
his followers had killed a canoe load of Toloai
people the preceding day. l hoped might have
enough influence over Atip to prevent further
bloodshed, and in any event / wanted to protest
against such things, so asked our people 10 take
me TO Japates. They objected at first through
fear, but finally consented. liked the old chief
he seemed SO frank and bright and manly. We
mad seen him several times during the time ouI
location was undecided. Our people carried me
on their backs to the landing, and then paddIed
me over to Fefan. They insisted contrary to NV
Wishes III turning aside is place under the con-
troll of another chief, as they said, to make in
qulrles: One man went ashore and soon came
back with the report that only one man had been
Killed and others dangerously wounded The
Ioloas and Japates people were old enemies Attn
with some OF his people had gone TO Toloas with
protestatlons OF friendship; the Toloas people
trusted them and chief with a canoe load of lis
people started to go home with Atip. When the
canoes were perhaps halfway across the narrow
strait separating the two places the Japates peo-
pie attacked the others, killed the chief, mortally
wounded another and the whole party barely as
capped. Our people proposed that we send for
Atip to come to US, but said no. we would 90 10
him. So we backed off our canoes TO paddle
around, but the chief shore called to us not TO
go; said he would 60 himself and bring Attn TO MS
so we waited perhaps half-hour, when Attn with
a crowd OF followers came along the beach, /
went on shore with our Mortlock boy Aisaiam and
one other. sat down with Atip and the crowd of
natives, all armed, closed in around us He talked
with me about it as calmly as though it bad been
the most ordinary matter. Said the killing was in
revenge for some of his own people. / asked him
II the loloas people would not now feel they must
revenge this, and be said yes. | showed him that
this system of revenge was but an endless chain
and that God would judge them for such thinps
de assented to what 1 said, but his whole snirit
and bearing we're different from what had notic-
Gu before. felt = little uneasy, but did not dis
unctly apprehend danger. few days aftervard
we learned that Atip and his people had Manned
10 Kill me. They formed the plan when thew saw
Us Us coming across the water. Our turning aside
disconnected their plans. The chief at whose
place we stopped had been informed of the Dlan
but refused to join in it, hence his action in keen
IN US from going on. Atip and his men would
nave allied US during the interview but for the in
terventlon OF this chief. 1 was much touebed bv
tue attachment OF one of the natives Aisaian
sat next me to help me make them understand as
my hortlock was not entirely intelligible TO these
lux natives. he noticed one of our people max
ing hls way with difficulty through the encirclin,
crowd to position at my back. Aisaiam wbisn
cred to him asking him why he did so. He said
t1ey were going to kill me, and said 10 Aissiam,
iIet Us cover Mr. Logan's body with our own and
die with him." Later we heard reports from ali
sloes that the Japates people were waiting for an
opportunity 10 kill me. The cause is De sunnose
partly anger and JEALOUSY because We did not set
Ie Win theln, and partly that they think onr
teaching will hinder them from enraGinJ In n nv
on which they are determined.
March Ill went one day to Iras. the first d;s-
tTict TO the north Of US. On the way waIkinp
aiong the beach, We came to a place where small
sticks, with the bark cut of In strips and arn,v,
oI cocoa leaves on the tops, were stuck into the
sand. The natives turned out of the vvsv mt ~
bush. On inquiry found il was a naft If tta;s
worship OF spirits TO secure success in fsbing ~
another visit to Leana, the first distrirt 70 ,ha
south, saw IN the house in which we had wor-
ship rude image of large bird which was NJ
shipped. The majority of the people in the ,,;s
tucts about still cling to the old superstitions bnt
We hope little by little to win them.
Three weeks ago a schooner camsir f-o,, I.,.;.
ana Ponape. We did not expect II in the Ieast
We had letters from Ponape and Kusaie' and two
nom Honolulu, butt the latter, were dated earIv
iast august. We got news of the election of Ceye
land, but nothing being special beside. The can
tam was also owner and spent some 10 davs or
more IN the lagoon trying to work up trade. He
anchored hrst od Iras about two miles from here
men came here, then cruised about the lagoon for
nearly week, and then came back From herr
PC went to lras again. That day our natives heard
Inat the lras people were planning 10 take lie
Vessel One of our candidates for baptism, whose
Ieia,lons 1--we at lras bis name IS Smeon) said he
would 20 TO Iras and il he found there was tr,h
y the report he would warn the captain. cave
alm letter TO the captain, warming him Simeon
9 tell no one OF H. Some one, however, saw linn |
NV u 70 me captain, and suspecting what its con
escaped with his life. de came to rs a few hours
ater with fearful cash on the side Of his meek.
nad they succeeded IN cutting OF the ship our own