Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-02-25
SAMOAN HOSPITALITY
+, PLEASANT Five Days Journey Across
The Country.
w,pu WELCOME EVERYWHERE,
I'D Many Excellent Opportunities All
We'll improved. 10 Hear festi'
mony TO the Gospeps Truth.
warm WELCOME EVERYWHERE,
PALAErI, Swat, Samon,
Jan. ION, 1893.

The DEeEkbI Nh"'
i.one messenger to US In these far
leland. In the South Pacific, as by
y. .,.ofit we learn the progress OF the
~. ofthe Lord In different parts Of
w. world as well as In Zion.
y, ia with especial interest that
~. writer reads letters which
",s published therein from time to
,,om Elders In different parts
:, me world, who give accounts of
,h,,, travels AM experiences in the
,r,.,lonary field; and as many OF
rou, readers have dear ones
,,h,,lne among tho natives IN
,bs.e islands, and again othersof your
,.,jen are but slightly acquainted
,nb the nature OF our laD0rs herer !
thought a short account Of a trip made
Ia, week might perhaps prove OF some
lntens to the reaJerO OF your widely
circulated newspaper.
The writer, Ia company with Elder
CIR. Tn mason and two Of our school
b,ys left saitalua ON the afternoon OF
January and to visit some Of the Saints
An Palauli, a village some forty miles
distant In the sou,bwes portion Of the
,latd Of savah. We slept that night
Al village lying Inland some four
miles, where lived the grandmother
Of one OF our boys, and who had been
mp.iled the year previously. The
oil lady no In nearly blind received
Ms with much 10y. she was cared for
BY her daughter who, with
her husband, ,reate Us Just
~ they were one o. us. 10 being
,undoy q when we reached there we
scent tho few hnurs remainiug Ia
chatting with the folks, also with the
head speaking man NJ the village " no
visited US ana made "ava" for Us,
witch IL the samoan sign Of respect
and friendship. He apOligized for not
having any chickens or pigs to kill for
us ~ ho had been spoiled oi ail his
pfoperty by the ifate cniefs Il the vii.
hge who mad been dispuased with his
conduct In representing them nj
Muluuu, where King Malietoa Lau.
Iepa holds his c0url; therefore on his
isiurn TO his village they took sum-
mary venge ,nco on him in tue "a.
moan fashion, by spelling him Of all
biz moveable property and leaving him
Lget hlOng "A. best he could. We spent
tplenant time Ia king about the Cos.
el, aud then retired to our "taiBamu"
dilseping nets to escape from the ~.
Aiuous attentions OF tine mosquitoes,
isiwere lulled to sleep by Their busy
lsnnings combined with the wiefd
isads OF All old reed flute, mauipu.
Asi by old hali.blind sister Salome.
the next morning We arose ut dawn,
iSd with our two boys TO pack our
achels we commences walk over
neky path OF some twelve miles,
,alded by high brush. Before enter
ltg on this path We passed by the old.
al Roman Catholic church on Samoa.
llwas here, a village called Lenlstele,
that some priests landed many years
lgo anu fret established their religion
% Samoa; the old building with It's
noss.grown walls and stained glass
windows, 10 the only building that |
have sten ON Samoa that bespeaks
u. aye, anu the history attached to II
makes II all the more interesting.
After about four niileh' walk through the
tush, We sat down anu ate our break.
lat, piece OF "talo" and u "niu," or
young uOcoanut, which gave us iresh
Energy TO resume our Journey. We
vent along slowly, us fast walking In
this much perspiring climate l cannot
very well accommodate myself to, and
then again the rocks with their sharp,
uneven edges play sad havoc with
ones sole leather. IL was therefore
about II u. IN. before we reached the
end Of the rocky bush path and once
more saw the matched roofs Of some
Samoan houses. We refreshed our
larched throats at nice cool spring.
Our two boys here left w, desiring 10
ielurn to Salennla that same evening.
They had helped us over the worst part
o. the road, for which we were truly
gnleiul. SamOans, from their
EARLIEST years are trained TO
afy heavy baskets, balanced on u
pole, llke Chinamin, 40 the feat OF
Carrying our Batchelr did not affect
'hem very much, or as II would have
uohe US, Tor We soon felt the difference
Shen we shouldered our own satchels.
We walked along about half n mile
.nd were called by u young woman to
Wme In and rest In the hou0e. We
readily accepted the Invitation. The
Foprletor Of the establishment, man
aAoout 40 years, was making fish
uah which they plat with the flbres
uAi0ng trailing root OF a tree indigo
nous 10 The soil, anu make after the
auefn Of large lobster traps which can
wmet with In parts OF England and
eseWhefe. His wife and young
woman, each with young child, aud
young man OF 20 years, completed the
uVutehold; and We were not long
tuhg acquainted with one another.
ahnough they had not convorsed with
WI Eluvfs before, yet They knew who
~, were, as no other white people
Nei on samoa M do our Elders, anu
eh a. We enter village We hear on
sues "MamOnn, Mnmoun,D q. .
Ts'monsl anu little dots OF children
49, ~ Gan Just toddie round and nre he.
sInnlng TO talk, join with the rest la
lux from safe distance the name
when we are known, and which
nI! Me taught alabl by many OF their
m",s ADVISERS, as IL the case In
civilized Countries, signifies that
p'o9 Is evil ana not to ho trusted.
Of ~, 4 am glad to say t,at this feeling
dimitspect and insult IL gradually
to"Isning M the Samoans get NOR.
vs,nleu with us, and they find
eoma We converse with them that We
item he'e 70 benefit them aud orlng
bon y were not long In making known
nI,., mn, worthy host the purport OF our
I,S,.h nero on Samoa md / on.
tftt smu MIN on thu first prlnciples
H BIbiau oo'Lel. They brought out their
som 'o shi the young woman rcad and
Il tested aa she Passages quoted. We