The Hawaiian gazette., 1888-10-02
THE GENESIS OF HALEAKALA.
No. $40 the summit of Haleaknla.

Christmas week small party started
up 10 spend the night at the top OF the
mountain, No midnight gettings up at
Olinda, no cold rides at unearthly hours;
no nights Of smoke, misery and fieas at
the cave. These valiant hearts would
sleep at the very top, under the over
banging rock They would see the last
of the sun as it went down over West
Maui, and the first OF the sun as it came
up over Hawaii. One gave out at 0linda.
She said she always intended to stop
there; but the others went on. On
reaching the top the kamaainas declared
they had never seen the crater so per
tectly clear, not the iainteSt little white
fieck OF cloud anywhere; and the cones
at the bottom stood out wonderfully dis
tinct. Alter while few little white
specks appeared, drifting in over the
cliffs at our right, and gathered in the
bottom OF the crater until only the tops
OF the cones could be seen, then only the
higher cones; then in q marvelously
short time the crater was full up to our
feet. and all the world behind us-which
we had forgotten-was clouded over, so
We could only see few feet Just around
Us. But it was cold and our enthusiasm
had exhausted itself; so the summons
10 come and get some hot coffee was
welcome call. After our supper We sat
srouna the fire telling stories, asking
and .sgiving up" couundrums, singing
slave songs, minstrel songs, college
songs until the watches Of the company
said various times iron twenty-five min
utes Of eleven 10 fifteen minutes past.
Then, with saddles for pillows and all
the wraps We eouli gather, we made
ready for what sleep we could get We
all know how Jacob felt when he said,
or did somebody say for him, " Ny
rest 3 stone Occasionally ghost OF q
figure would steal away TO see how 1t
seemed to be all alone away up there
IL. 600 feet above anybody else, and eN-
perienee for himself what one who had
made the trip many times had said about
the absolute stiffness OF the air, and the
helpless. far-away feeling it gave one TO
know that that great crater was on one
side full OF clouds. and the slope Of the
huge mountain covered with clouds OH the
other side. while one could only see Just
the spot where he stood One stood
there some time watching q thunder
storm below Us. She was much inter
ested in watching the lightning dive
> ! - .g-fso = hn
uenei 10 think that she was the highest
object lust there, and most excellent tar
gel for the lightning; then she came fly
ing hack into the cave, where there was
safety If not comfort.
In the morning We had another most
wonderful view The clouds slowly
iriftei 10 our leir towards hOOlaU Gap,
and one after anotherthe cones appeared,
until the whole crater was empty; as
swept and g2rnished Is il had been the
evening before. Then. when We turned
10 Sc how the world behind Us looked,
there was glorious sight West Maui,
Nologai and lanai clear aud beautiful,
every valley sud gulch distinct; one
black sueck In M22lae2 bay, three black
suecks IN hahului, one IN MalIkO, line
Of smoking plantation chImneys from
OIuslu 10 Huelo. But the croBning
,lo-y wss the solid bank Of white clouds,
Keeping the shape OF the gap through
which they passed, slowly drifting down
10 the sea. II was 50 very white, except
where the sun gave II beautiful red
tinge. that as Il moved in dignihed
silence over the green cane fields and
brown ploEed lands, Oh TO the intensely
blue sez. Il was sight never 10 be for
gotten. After looking and looking until
al this glory had vanished, We turned 70
The crater again, and saw more white
clouds floating in, away al our right So
this emutving and filing goes On day
after dzy whether any eyes are there 70
see Il OF not
Any pi:ikias7 Oh yesL D.d ever 3
usrtT 20 % but somebody's horse got
sEsv. or somebody's horse gave out. OF
SOMEBODY'S horse buckad, OF somebody
talked Ehen the rsSt wanted 10 sleep, o.
the supply q wood gave Oul beiore al
we're ready 10 20 70 bed2
But these were tTif1es les than an ex-
esuc 10 the unf0rtuuztss who had 70 zzlki
and they would have walked farther 70
So the wonders We saw
Psis Mani. THos. L GrucE