The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-04-05
WONDER OF THE WORLD
A Whoellnglte's Visit to tho Great
Volcano OF Ellauea
AND ITS FAMOUS LAKES OF FIRE,
On tho Island OF Hawaii, Sandwich
Islands..-A Trip into tho Crater.
Awc Inspiring Sights..h Glimpse
into the sccthing Cauldron ofLiluid
I'irc...lixpcr!cnccs During the Jour.

Written for he ntGlgtneer.
Having arrived at Honolulu, Island
OF 0hau; after u pleasant Hlil from San
francisco, We made our preparations
for tho trip and finally got or board tho
coasting steamer Kinau, Quitea staunch
little vessel built by tho Cramps, at
Philadelphia, Pa, and running between
tho different islands OF tho Sandwich
group. Anchor is weighed ut Up. m.
and soon we find oursclyc = crossing
Molokai Channel, which i%ntcrvcncs be.
tween the islands OF OhRu and Molokai;
on the latter island is located tho Hawai-.
ian loper settlement and II Is needless
10 say there was nc desire on our part
to stop.
Late that same evening We renchod
our first stopping place, Lahaina, oil
tho Island OF Maui. 1t being dark
when VIC arrived We did not 20 ashore,
but contentel ourselves with lying in
u steamer chairs on deck drinking IN
tho shades Of atropical night. Lahainn,
every ono tells us, Il Il pretty little vii
lage situated on the green slopes OF the
southern side OF Maui and in quite 4
sugar growing section.
As We lay at anchor in tho roadstcad,
Tightening cargo to and from the shore
in tho large whale boats carried b. our
vessel, We hear Tor tho frs: time the
sweet melody Of tho Hawaiian language
in song. as our kaaaka sailors chant
their SONGS of the sea.
Thee ballads are generally the tale
OF some ancient warrior and his fierce
battles, or often pcrhapd the love story
OF some Hawaiian maidrn. Here Is n
OF their songs which sounded especially
sweet Us sun. by them:
Han hc-D. ki.u.a Ina pail.
kr.ni at.ae In kama he.lr.
I r.hGiN'na pN.l,N i'ka lt.SO.
puu ls-hu.a n.hi.hl y L kh.
Ma.G!po.po lni ,;c-nu | ka mani
Ma pu u lp-Er T. Iilit.nt Will.
M lai-in Loulijc.tn ,nh.nu. -
Mkt ala t'l:1 a:.nl Ola pul.
CiiOGcS.
Aloha Oc! .t.lu,im OF
Exc 'iia Qua no HI Il li.po
A.nUi II: aW, A.HOi no AZ!
Exc ,-nn O'iGi up-!iU liza lt'po.
Next morning At ~daybreak, We are
awakened by the vio!rnt roilin. and
pitching OF VIC ship On getting out on
deck VIC Ind we are crossing the Hal
waiiaE Channel which is said to be
rougher Than the English Channel, and
it certainly is in my opinion. Looking
back over our course, the island oil
Lanai looms up in the distance, and the
immense mountain OF llalcaliala House
OF the sun shows OF its grand proper
tions. On the summit OF ,lialeakala,
1O,W0 feet c'evalion, is the largest ex-'
tinct volcano in the world, the crater
being eight miles in diameter and near
ly thirty milcsin circumference, includ-
in. its sinuositics.
Some tourists, whom l met at Homo
lulu, described to me their visit 10 the
volcano. They had climbed to the sum
init and descended 2,0DO'fcet down into
the mouth Of the crater to its floor,
which is CO.. cred with rolcanic debris,
and there camped ont over night wit
Messing the glorious sunrise next norm
ing, it being OF such beauty that the
natives have gwen the name OF ~lIalca-
Eala blouse OF tho Sum to the noun
tain on that account.
We reached Mahukona, Island OF
Hawaii, about breakfast time. What
there is OF tho town, which is not much,
is situated on Upolo Point, the most
northern endoi the island. Across this
low sandy point, under whose lee we
were anchored, blew the northeast wind
30 strongly that one could not stand on
deck, receiving its full force, without
holding TO the rail or rope.
Mahukona is the terminus OF the only
railroad on the island. This road runs