The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1893-03-27
MICRONESIA.
Arrival Of Missionary Packet
Morning Star,
Germans Oppose Her Cruising in the
Marshall Group,
Germans Oppose Her Cruising in the
Ponapeans and Spaniards Still at
War-Tribal Wars at Ruk Tenn
pestuous Weather Throughout
the Islands.

The missionary steam packet
Morning Star, in command of Cap
tain Garland, steamed into port this
morning and anchored in the stream,
AZ days from Kusaie in the Marshall
Islands. The Morning Star left here
on June Is for Butaritari, arriving
there on July 5. Left two days later
for Kusaie, arriving on July II; sail
ed July 16 for Mokiel, Ponape and
Ruk islands; arrived at Moliel on
the 18th and left day later; arrived
at Ponape on the 10Th, made the
island of Natick on the BIRD and
Ruk on the Goth. Left on the 18th
for Ponape, arriving August 4. Left
on the 9th for Mokiel, arriving
August II. Left the same day for
Kusaie, making it on the 10Th.
August n sailed for Jaluit, arriving
on September 2. Cruised around
the islands, touching at Pleasant
and Ocean islands. Not single
trace of the trees planted there
some time ago were seen. The Ha-
waiian Government shed had disap-
peared and there was evidence that
no rain had visited it for thirteen
months.
The steamer, engaged all this
| time in conveying missionaries from
island to island, arrived at Kusaie
again on October Sth, and left on
the Doth. Made tour of the Gil
bert Islands and returned to Kusaie
on Dec. u. The Morning Star touch
ed at Kusaie four times in all. On
Dec. 30 touched again at the islands
mentioned, then made for the Caro-
line Islands, touching at Ruk on tho
return on Jan. l6, and leaving four
days later sailed for Kusaie, arriving
on Feb. Bird, and landed all the mis-
sionaries in safety. Left Kusaie on
Feb. 8 for Honolulu and had con
trary and battling head winds
throughout the voyage. Encount-
cred the prevailing northerly buster
yesterday at noon in % 30 N.
1856 w.
The Morning Star sailed and
steamed over $4,000 miles, and the
heaviest days run was 2lO miles.
During the entire cruise through
out the islands the steamer did not
touch a reef, and, with the excep-
ton of the machinery breaking down
six or seven times, nothing unusual
happened to the vessel. The break
age in the machinery caused some
delay, but nevertheless the steamer
arrived in port nearly three months
ahead of time, as she was given
twelve months to complete the
cruise. The Morning Star touched
at no less than 33 islands-15 in tn,
, Marshalls, IL in the Gilberts and
5 in the Notwithstanding at some
t twice and at Kusaie four times. The
: weather throughout the islands wa
the most tempestuous and squall,
> encountered for some time.
= When the missionary packet left
the Ponapeans were still at war will
, the Spanish and several murder
had been committee. In one in
}, stance three Spaniards deserted from
the Spanish settlement and wen
- over to the Ponapeans. They wer
!" taken in by native and allowed t.
% live with his family for two months
= One night the Spaniards FOUL
murdered the whole native famil
d with which they were living an
J. escaped back to the Spanish settle
l. ment.
k The natives harbored revenge am
V irrit ated the Spaniards every chanc
t they got. One day after the atr,
If cious massacre three Spaniards wen
+. over to the Pouapean side to d
some washing. While they were ;
" the riverside the natives swoope
ii down on them and cut them t
IS pieces. Thus three innocent me
he suffered for the dcserters' crime.
a. The Spanish man-of-war San Jua
he was lying at Ponape, and was til
+ onl y warship there.
The Germans opposed the crui
ing of the missionary packet Nor
l., ing Star through the Marshall L.
y ands. The natives in the Marsha
tn Islands were very hostile to ii
:, Germans.
-, Prior to the steamers arriv
= at Jaluit the German warsh
w. Olga had just left. The natl
:; chiefs have sworn deadly enmity
- the Germans.
y At Ruk the natives were Eighth
of among themselves and several G
n counters resulting in bloodshed Ii;
NJ taken place,
re- Among the passengers who can
". by the Morning Star are the Miss
as Fletcher, Little and Kinney, teac
he ers of the Ponapean Mission. Capta
NJ Mellander, late owner of the schoon
Ir. Charles Wilson, is also Il passcng
he He comes to secure the purchase
an IA new boat, his old one having be
sold to "A German trading compa
at Jaluit.
20. Mrs. Garland, wife Of the capita
ty stayed at Kusae, and did not acco
it pany her husband,
lie. The schooner Hiram Bingham
he rived al Butaritari in October la
Ter but had not since been heard Of,
ia Mr. and Mrs Hupl Morrison "A