The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-09-25
FORTY 7HOUSIND CINAIB.4LS.
In Aged Missionary Snys there 10 that
Number In the New NEebrides.

Eon II, IA, F,o"-;sro Er,o,n..
There is u whitc-haired old man at the Call
tornia, a missionary Of the far-away islands Of
NAM callers during tho last. few days. j. g.
Patton is IT,. ;'am" OF the old gentleman. His
wool. Most every one who has seen him has
said what sInEniarly, beautiful hair" and to
hair receiving homage. the wcarer being found
1t is a wonderful career he has. had. For
tho cannihals Of New Hrbrides. Manytimcs
he has been driver, ont. H., has lad to fly
and seek refuge in the rcccsses Of the tropical
forest. Other missionaries have been shot
hun and afterward eaten. but he has in some
strange manner Away. escaped. He does not
understand how 1t Is himself.
The old gentleman was the son Of a stocking
nav HeHIidts from M"iI"nfne in ins John
terrain from that. He was a young man then
and unknown. but now he has i. u. attached
" + M1s nl f%r al ar4 A, ns Al a m'ssi" nu tS Hsna Of h dt
these and other distinctions and titles it
should not he understood that he has in any
d"GI"o ceased his mission work. THAT lies
to the Pan PRESBYTERIAN Council at Toronto.
about it. lie is ga rai L. Of doing it. for he has
Translated parts of the Bible int" fourteen diff
ali cut up int" Clans there. and inIiabitants" Of
one islam" 10 not speak the same tongue that
the others DO. When he nrst entered the ISL
ands scarcely a white man had ever beheld
any Of them. Ten of them are utterly barbaric
now. Cannibniism is prariiscd there lust as
IT was thirty:i!ve years ago. and human life Is
Just rs unsafe.
In July last n fcw brief lines reached here.
III" natives Of Tannu. on. OF the most beauti-
full or the cnnntba! islands. had killed and
eaten several men; Mr.. Patton is conversant
hariaric weapons and grewSome mementos
at his room. yesterday he told about it,:
from the ship Para. from Melbourne" he said.
1T was aterrihlc mistake. The natives spranG
upon t'"nt Killed them, cooked ana at, them
but only what might have been expected. /
was myself driven from Tanna after 1 had
Tho old gentleman Is one of all the mission
arins who his IN = measure broken down the
twenty Of the thirty islands.
when | went there hc said. mot n word
t,TT u l i've u nosri OF tne many .nE"nft ESQ. of
understand n word OF English. My first i'm
plessionS drove me to the verge of utter dis
on tho faces of the two or tire" Europeans
with me. and nm certain on. NV own. Frath-
Tier iares were painteJ red. black. AMI White.
some had one cheek black: tho other red;
Others brown and white and the chin blue.
There were warning tribes then nS now: In
and srenrs and the discharge olrndc weapons.
intcrmiyc'l with wild cries,
AT length | sent a boy to get water for our
ten. Alter ~ while of great anxiety on our part
h # rg 1So"is of 's shi1 ;;ln ,p" do ii n,E f I Marky !"n It
isastcd Tron the slain. They have washed
the blood into tho stream. They hive hnthed
there I'll! tn" waters arc rcd. | cannot get
water To mike your tea.
n cmhHt wf From my tim 5"'r i,i,"d Of t. Tad tns f ! rt
length went t." the island OF Aniwa. which has
eyer since hecn my island home; mi:ht as
served two natives. the one lifting IN one OF
my articles 10 tho other and saving. 'Nunski
WHAT'S this Instantly iiftinE,,n pirr" Of
wood | said. 'Nunski mari cnn.' They smiled
n an H. submit I e" ho osn " n ! TIn n1 ont I"a them
now Ihrnt!!"y told me their nain" for tn"
thing had i%"intrd to. | repeated the nu:s-
noting their answers. down. spelling always
ph"nrtirally. It was in, this way. after very
;tII ,n; n ,n"rnnH dnn ana "mGnGi1tnti nn "",L labor
Their" are 10000 ranninals there yet, not
will,s,aniinE ali that has b"rn dom ICY
ing can he hounl from. them till they are
lhris;inni2oi. n" Island Of Aniwl, ny home.
i On" "iti.o ,m.l'eIt in thu gr@4n. It i " MY
AL are Christians, | estimate that there. arc
nov lainon chri;tians on tn" twGn,y OF tho
sinnaries and POO native" assistant there. ;,
on tho len, c%.nnibal islands there lsn,t a
nobody dare e. There. | hnyo boon nan
those. Life is ut a,rrry low rhb there. II Is
very unsafe. thnnital!-n rs IFhr!lsrh rlEhl
along. 1t is fearful. 1t is just AS it was when
went To Aniwa. There people wer" .h"'n2
kilI,d, all around me, and, the smoE"of their
sacrifices WIZ tn be seen almost any time.
II had to fly many times, aud my fow com
plnignS VII" went with mot teach them wore
killed and eaten. escaped, | know scarcely
how. rN"npt by divinn guidance, Yes. me A.
600 cnnniLals mus 4" saved. This shnll bo
my work iii! | die. Then others will take up
the work have begun.
"Iha islands are extremely beautiful. Vans.
bananus. co,oanuis. pinrtiIlcs. and many
| ,thnr tEnnir.Il tTIIf. grow thalp And lnulln
corn. ] introduced tuat. 1t grows and ihrivrs
wonderfully we'll. Here is the land of no lotus
eaters. Nothing can surplss the beauty OF the
islands. tho soft air. and the clear mnonlit
nights. But tho cannihulisin- that is TERRIBLE
Tho venerable missionary. now % years old.
has written a number OF hooks telling .of his
toilsomc work in the islands. which have a
considerable circulation. and may bo found in
many libraries. one of those. his lntost. eX-
ccclin.ly Well printed. bears tho title. John
q. Patton. Missionary 10 the Now Hcbrides.'