The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-01-14
LETTER FROM MICRONESIA.

An Interesting Letter from Miss Hop
pin. An Account of the Recent
Troubles at Ponape.
The following very interesting let
ter has been received by Miss Hop |
pin from her sister:
Nov. 9th, 1890.
This has been an exciting day indeed;
the work has been exciting. Two ships
have touched at Leila, around the other
side of the island. One brought word
from Jaluit that the Star had reached
there Friday, Oct, and left Monday,
Oct, for Apaiang, sand that Mrs.
Smith had been ashore. From the other
we learned that the Robert w. Logan
| had been launched the first part Of Sep
| TENDER. We also had the pleasure OF
| hearing that We came very near to hav-
| ing some mail. 1t came as near as to be
put into the captains hand, and then
reserved for Captain Worth. Just think
OF it! There have been chances of receiv-
ing mail number of times if there had
only been any to receive. Letters written
and sent to E. P Flint would be apt to
be sent if there were chance. But
am forgetting my news. This morning
there was another "sail no." Imagine
our feelings when we looked out and saw
three masted steamship. Question?
What is she? We have been expecting
Spanish man-of-war in these regions
for some time, and our first thought was
that she had come. How We longed for
Central " to ring up-or at least how
l longed for one-and ask which steamer
was telephoned. 1t was after dinner.
aboHt p. NJ, when the news came We
had given up hope almost that the ship
had stopped at Leila. We were out on
upon the hardship of having a ship SO
near and yet so far when glancing Oft
toward the point we saw beautiful ram
bow, and just little inside the place
where it seemed to touch the water, a
white sail. We knew then that news
was coming. The wind was fair, and 1t
was not long before she reached the
shore. Imagine my delight-an Amer
lean man-of-war! The news it brought
was not so good az might be. All the
Ponape missionaries were on board
that is, Miss Fletcher, Miss Palmer, MIR
Rand Mrs. Cole and seventeen girls FROM
Miss Fletcher's school. In one way it was
a great relief to know that they had
!, | come, because we know that their lives
at least are safe. Mr.. Rand and Mist
Palmer came around and are staying a
t DIR. S.. Miss Fletcher and the others
n are still on board the man-of-war. JUS
> what they will do at present is uncertain
|, They have been invited, Misses Palme
!. and Fletcher, to bring their girls here, a
least for the present There is plenty o
g room, as Sadie and the Gilbert girls ar
n away, and when they return Alice ant
the Marshalls will go. Miss F. seem
u inclined to stay around at Leila witt
them, but we cannot tell anything abou
:. it. So much, and now for my story.
j The ship is the U S. warship Alliance
It commander Captain Taylor. 1t has fou
!, engines, about seven guns and carrie
IL one hundred and seventy-fve men.
b. started from Japan in September, in re
6 spouse to acall from the American COZ
- sui at Manila for help, the call in tur
Ia being caused by letter written by Mis-
ut Palmer to said consul at the beginnin
of the Ponape trouble. 1t reached II
10 nape Oct. 10Th, in time to be of goo
in service to the missionaries After tn
Star left Ponape, about the first or "
10 tober, the Spanish governor, who We
of "cream and peaches" to Captain q
changed his TACTICS, and came out in b
VI true colors. lie thought his field cle'
Ill with the Star gone He had feigned so
-, row to the captain, because OF the burr
% ing of the mission houses, he no
he claimed that it was right, on the grour
ID that Mrs. Palmer was participant
~ the trouble, inasmuch as she knew TIL
FL there was going to be trouble vii
o. the Ponapeans, and did not warn Il
Spanish. They sent troops to iti,whit
a encamped in front of their house at
time when the women were alone. Mi
Palmer laughs and says that while Il
Spanish were encamped in front thu
moved out at the back. The ship while
&c touched here yesterday was to have BET
VI chartered to bring the missionaries ava
re but the governor did not wish to let Mi
"a Palmer and Mrs. Cole leave. sight
80 respectable thing as an Americs
~, man-of war seemed to do him good;
or least he did not seem to object to lettil
in them 60. The commander of the Al
ance drew from the Spanish governor t
eW following conclusions First, that if u
Ter missionaries staid, they were to mo
of to Xiii, jamestown harbor, and to ha
no communication whatever with t
Lor natives To all practical purposes pr
JUS oners. That when the fresh men-of-w
dITlNtu HULL Il eiO OpohiS
he were to hold a court martial and deci
ng on Miss Planners, Mrs. Coles ana ma
m hap Mr.. Rand's case. In fact, CAPITA
re. Taylor made the Spaniard governor oy
,,o that the missionaries were DRIVEN frC
Ponape, as indeed they are.
What are the Spanish doing? Nothi
snt very aggressive No fighting has tax
1t place since that spoken of in the jour-
vas | have already sent. They seem to blal
me the missionaries more and more. BefC
np they burnt the missionary houses, tn
tod took from them what they chose, amO
30 other things all the papers and boo
p they could lay hold of, which tn
'ne thought might help them in getting hc
sIs of something against the missionari
'st- 1t is said that they have number
Tay Mr., Doan's, among them his HEIR
Re Testaments and some OF the volumes
nd the Friend. They might have wo
am. reading AS yet only one tribe seems
to5 have become involved in the troub
and they are very careful not to bring
the others. AS, for example, two ht
dred or more of this hostile tribe, arm
with rifles, had a chance to alta
on the Spaniards, surprising them at
I,on very good advantage, but they,
Spaniards, were just over the line
or Xiii territory and so the attack was
no made The chief of whom | told J
whose head was boiled and sent to
VI Mia still lives, strange TO say, and
Lne more successful than ever. Questi
the whose head did the Spanish boil? !
be Ponapeans seems to know which men
ate strike as among those of the Span
81 | killed a large proportion have bt