The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-04-24
THE LATE REV. Mr.. LGGAN'S
DIARY,


ANApAuo, RuK Is. March IL, 1887.
Deor Fricn is: - The Morning
Star came in Tuesday; February 8,
planning to sail direct to Honolulu,
but we persuaded Captain Turner to
take me to Mortlock and sail thence
to Honolulu.
We spent two very busy days in
closing up our mail, reports and or
ders, and packing for Mortlock.
Thursday, Feb. 10Th, we sailed.
Mr.. Worth was to follow the next
week in the little schooner Kapio-
lani to bring me back.
Miss Hemingway, who came to
have charge OF the Gilbert Is. de-
partment of the Girls School at
Kusaie, was on the Star going home
on account of her health.
There were threatening rumors
afoat as to the hostile attitude OF the
natives of various districts, threats
to eXterminatc the whole missionary
party, etc. Then, too, it has seem
ed to require great care in diet, etc.,
to keep my strength up here at
home, and this trip meant thtee
weeks of very hard work, and
'roughing" it among the natives
both as to food and sleep. So it
was very hard for Mrs. Logan TO
to let me go; but she bore herself
bravely. Such partings are hard,
however.
The Star sailed about GA. N. At
noon we had got about half way to
the passage out of the lagoon. l
remembered then that l had for
gotten to put into the mail bag the
manuscript for our three new books,
arithmetic, geography, and reader.
| spoke of it ut dinner, and Captain
Turner very kindly offered TO return
and get it; so about p. NJ. we
were again off Anapauo. The Star
did not anchor. Arthur and Mr..
Worth had seen us and were out in
the boat, so jumped on board and
hurrying up, got the manuscript,
and in less than an hour we were on
our way again. We ran this time
to passage toward which the wind
was fair, and were we'll outside be-
fore dark.
1t was pleasant on deck that
night and Miss Hemingway and
had a long, pleasant visit. BY
morning, however, / was thoroughly
sea-sick; and was even more miser-
able than usual until after we arrived
at Mortlock. Friday afternoon we
were off Namaluk, and Mr.. Gar
land took me on shore in the boat,
to bring off Joram and Mini, our
teachers, with their three little chill
dren. l was so sick could hardly
stand up even on shore.
Saturday morning we were close
in to Oniop, our old home, beating
up to the entrance into the Lukunor
lagoon. 1t was noon before we got
to anchor at Lukunor, and then
Captain Turner decided to remain
over Sunday. We went on shore,
but | was too weak to do much, so |
left our good, faithful Moses whom
| had brought from Ruk, to hold an
evening service and | rested on
board the Star.
BY Sunday | was about half well.
The people from the Star went
ashore with me to the morning SER
vice and Sunday School. That
morning the Buster, barkentine
belonging to Henderson & McFar-
land of Auckland, New Zealand,
came in. In the afternoon we had
Il pleasant English service on board
the Morning Star, to Which the peo-
pie on the Buster were invited. The
commander, Capt. Tbeet, a Dane,
a pleasant man; the supercargo,
MIR. bennett; photographer, Mr..
Andrews, and Mr.. Moss, mem
ber of the New Zealand parliament,
made.u the company. The Buster
has been on an extensive voyage
among the islands to the southeast
and eastward. Mr.. Andrews has
been photographing, and Mr.. Moss
is resting and taking notes, | be-
lieve.
Sunday evening / held a service
on shore and then got good night S
rest on the Star.
Monday morning early the Star
got under way, and l began work
on shore. Moses and L took the
church roll and went over it name
by name, trying to find out how
each one stood, an how each one
had been doing. There are about
$50 members, so this work is a
heavy one. They have been four
years without a teacher, and we find
much that is wrong; but on the
whole the Christians have held on.
We began last year vigorous
campaign against the use of the
"taik" or reddish yellow paint with
which they disfigure themselves, the
long hair of the men and the tabuing
of land.
The deacons and chiefs put in an
urgent request for Joram, the teach
er we brought from Namaluk, and