The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-01-09

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| there:
son Sunday afternoon, between 2
and 5 O'Clock, Mr.. Nightingale and L
were walking along the beach near
Diamond Head. When we arrived
| opposite Charlie Peterson's lookout
| station a native stepped out from be-
| hind and commanded US to throw up
our hands. We did not comprehend
the situation at once, and made be-
lieve we did not comprehend 1t for
quite q while afterwards.
WThe native was not slow to make
known his wants, for he pointed
loaded gun at us in a very dangerous
| manner. He told us he was put there
| to guard the place and to allow no one
/ to pass. We thought we would go
back to town, but upon walking
| toward town the native came up to us
with his gun cooked. On asking him
what he wanted his reply was, Il don't
know what I want exactly, but you
are my prisoners
'He assured us he would not hurt
US. We Jollied him up little, and
he relapsed into quite q good frame OF
| mind. On looking up toward the tel
| egraph station we saw Charlie Peter
son and daughter, Messrs. Macdon.
aid, Ross and Champagne, Mrs. Pray
and Miss Quincy, together with three
boys, under a strong guard. We
Joined them, and with one native
of the guards behind, proceeded to
| Antoine Rosa's cottage, the rebel head
quarters.
"Before arriving at the house we
saw string of men coming down the
| hill with bags on their backs. These
proved to be cartridges, and judge
each bag contained about thousand
rounds. Other men had their arms
filed with all the guns they could
carry. These, with the cartridges, we
| learned afterward, were all new.
"We were taken into the cottage
and put under a guard of fifteen men
| when two OF even one would have
been ample. We were allowed to
walk around and our treatment was
very kind indeed. In the room where
we were taken to get something to
eat were two great piles OF cartridges.
"The natives were busy cleaning
the guns and wiping the grease of
the cartridges. / should judge there
were 800 stands of arms in all-over q
hundred more than the men they had
to use them.
eve were given some old copies of
Police GaHettes, the Graphic together
with other reading matter to while
away the time, and towards evening
we were called to supper. Mr.. Ross
and / were standing together while a
native back of US was working with
his gun. All of a sudden there was a
report and q bullet whistled past my
head lodging in the ceiling. Powder
was blown into our faces and we con-
cluded we wanted no more poi.
"The natives informed us they had
planned a movement toward town
and were going to stampede the
churches while they were holding
service. They said they were going
to set out to capture the town.
cat about z 80 we were called in
and made to sit down with our backs
to the troops. The men were called
up In two lines, and from what 1
could Judge, there were present at
least q hundred men, but we were in
formed that there were one hundred
and fifty-eight. Some of the green
ones were taken inside and given a
few lessons in the manipulation of the
guns. A little after this the whole
force, with the exception of the men
that were left to guard us, marched
toward town. We were given the
privilege of the house. The ladies
and gentlemen were given quarters
and a very unpleasant night was be-
gun.
cat II O'Clock we knew from the
sounds about US and the uneasy atti-
tude of our native guards that some
thing was wrong, and very soon we
learne ! that the men, while marching
and fired into by a squad of mounted
police. The avenues were all guarded
and the natives seemed to be in a
terrible state Of mind.
"Mr. Macdonald told them it was
the custom III foreign countries 10
send the prisoners to place of safety,
and as they might be shelled at any
moment by the Government force
they had better get them out of dan
ger. They thought his a good plan
and Instructed us to go to Paul 1sen-
berg's ranch, quite a distance away.
GAS we drew near Isenberg's place
Willie Kinney came out to meet US.
1t seems he had been shut up without
any avenue of escape to town.
when we reached Mr.. Isenberg's
home the owner came out and wei
coined US saying he did not have
much but what he did have was ours.
Mr.. Isenberg's brother, who was also
captured, sat down to the table with
US.
From a hill near Mr.. IsenbeTg's
premises we witnessed the first defeat
of the rebels. Four or five men were
left behind the rocks of the rebel
stronghold TO fire upon the Govern
ment forces while the rest of them
retreated ia the direction of Isen-
berg's hOu-e. Two started up the hill
where We Were, and thinking they
were coming for US we hid in the Ian
tana bushes. They passed US and as
cended the hill to the very position
we had occupied. Below US we saw
two other men.
"On going back to Isenberg's we
saw the steamer Kaala land and also
witnessed the maneuvers of the tug
boat.
"Soon afterwards the Presidents
Aide de Camp came and told US the
: road to town was open. We were mel
by the soldiers at the main road and
took the bus to town."