Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-15

sionary in the great cannibal isle eff Hivaoa.
1t appears that shortly after a kidnapping
visit from a Peruvian SLAYER, the boats of an
American whaler put into a bay upon that
island, were attacked, and made their es-
cape with difficulty, leaving their mate. a
Mr.. Whalon, in the hands of the natives.
The captain. with his hands tied behind his
back, was cast into a house, and the chief
announced the capture to Kekeia. And
here 1 begin to follow the version of Kau-
wealoha; it isa good specimen of Kanaka
English, and the reader is to conceive it de-
livered with violent emphasis and speaking
pantomime:
The Pastors Vivid Recital.
81 got Mclean mate" the chief he say.
What you go do Mclean mater" Kekela he
say. II go make fire, 1 go kill. I go eat him."
he say; you come to-mollow eat piece" "Ino
want eat Mclean mater Kekela he say; why
you want?' This bad shippee, this slave
shippee," the chief he say. zone time a shippee
he come from Pelu, he take away plenty Kan
aka, he take away my son. Mclean mate he
want eat Mclean matep' Kekela he say: and he
ciy-all night he clyl To-mollow Kekela he get
up, he put on blackee coat, he go to see chief;
he see Missa Whela, him hand tie like this
(pantomine). Kekela he civ. He say chief:
'Chief, you like things of mine? You ike
whaleboatH' Yes he say. "You like file
Back slackese i cea aF%sl lYe a9si lie s ssy. si Keke SaG he take AXE
Missa Whela' by he shoura (shoulder); he take
him light out house; he give chief he whale
boat: he fle-a'm. he blackee coat.
sit down with his wife and chiffon. Missa
Whela' all-the-same pelison (prison): he wife
he chil'en in Amelica; he cly-oh, he ely. Ke-
(Pantomime.) He say Missa Whela': MA
Whala'?" Missa Wheia' he say: Yes" Ka-
naka they begin to go down beach. Kekela he
ges IL K aGsls u get Ca !!.Saarsa' get s e GTidps
They jump in whaleboat. Now you low p
Kekela he say: You low quick, quick r.
violent pantomine. and a change indicating
to the beach.) All the Kanaka they say:
Howl Mclean mate he go away Plump in
boat; low alta. violent pantomime and
change again to boat.) Kekela he say: Low
qrickp
A Specimen for Contrast.
Here I think Kauwealoha's pantomine had
confused me; 1 nave no more of his ipsissima
verba; and can but add, in myown less
spirited manner, that the ship was reached,
Mr.. Whalon taken aboard, and Kekela re-
turned to his charge among the cannibals.
But how unjust it is to repeatthe standings
of a foreigner in q language only partly
acquired! A t~houghtless reader might con-
ceive Kauwealoha and his colleague to be
a species of amicable baboon; but 1 have
here the antidote. In return for his act of
gallant charity Kekela was presented by the
American Government with a sun of money,
and by President Lincoln personally with
a gold watch. From this letter of thanks,
written in his own tongue, I give the fol-
lowing extract. 1 do not envy the man who
can read it without emotion:
When 1 saw one of your countrymen, a citi-
zen of your great nation, ill-treated, and about
to be baked and eaten. as a pig is eaten, l ran
to save.him, full of pity and grief at the evil
deed of these benighted people. l gave my
boat for the strangers life. This boat came
from James Hunnewell, a gift Of friendship.
1t became the ransom of this countryman of
yours, that he might not be eaten by the saw
ages, who knew not Jehovah. This was Mr..
Whalon, and the date. January Il, 1864.
Taught by the Missionaries.
Asto this friendly deed of mine in saving
Mr.. Whalon, its seed came from your great
land, and was brought by certain of your coun-
trymen, who had received the love of God. 1t
was planted in Hawaii, and I brought it to
plant in this land and in these dark regions,
that they might receive the root of all that is
good and true, which is love.
i. Love to Jehovah.
2. Love to self.
3. Love to our neighbor.
If a man have a suficiency of these three, he
is good and holy. like his God, Jehovah. in His
triune character Gather, Son and Holy
Ghost), one-three, three-one. If ha have two
and wants one,- it is not well; and if he have
one and wants tssse Thu. >indeed, Is not well;
but il he cherishes all three, then he is holy,
inueed, after the manner of the Bible.
This is a great thtng for your great nation to
boast of before all the nations of the earth.
From your great land a most precious seed was
brought to the land of darkness. 1t was
planted here. not by means of guns and men,
of-war and threatenings. 1t was planted by
means of the ignorant. the neglected, the de-
spised. Such was the Introduction of the
word of the Almighty God into the group of
Nuuhiwa. Great is my debt to Americans,
who have taught me all things pertaining to
this life and to that which is to come.
How shall l repay your great kindness to me?
Thus David asked of Jehovah, and thus ! ask
of you. the President of the United States.
This Is my only payment-that which / have re-
ceived of the Lord, love (aloha).
ROBERT OUIS STEVENSON,