The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-09-26

Joaquin Miller, who on the first
day Of the January affair, stood on
the veranda Of the Hawaiian Hotel
and with a Wild far away Look IN
his left eye said, = feel the thrills
Of battle coursing through my
veins. must away to the field I;
to the front mid the powder and
smoke Of the fray" has decided
that be at that time made an ass
Of himself. To throw suspicion
from himself he has joined himself
to the staff Of funny writer's of the
San Francisco Call and gives the
following description Of his exper-
ience during that January affair !:
And now as to the wars. Will these
unwarlike natives and the belligerent
sons of missionaries make another
San Domingo of the far, fair islands?
Let Us look st their great civil war.
Two voluminOUs histories have al
tie comic newspapers theIe-official
organs, both Of them. My own his
tory is as yet unpublished: but I
fought and led all through that great
and CORY war of glory, and so when it
does appear please read il.
Captain King led the infantry in
the first hot days fight. It was the
hottest of all the five-days war; for
the mercury rose far above par. King
led the infantry. led the horse. He
was borrowed horse and / had TO
lead HMM places where the mos
ouitOs were thickest, The dead OF
this days fighting were never counted.
We had DO wounded. The enemy
was five miles away up mountain;
but still we charged the enemy and
the battle ragged till We all went into
the restaurant close by, where the
landlord had TO charge US.
The second days fight was led by
Captain Smith. This time we got
much nearer TO the fearful cannibaI
foe-tbree miles being my estimate.
" destroy the enemy was, we did not
have three-mile guns, for we fired at
him and he at Us from morn 10 dewy
eve. No wounded on either side, the
dead not estimated.
On the third day the battle was re-
Sumed as soon as we could get back to
the battle ground after a bivouac at
the hotel and a breakfast on ham and
eggs, at about the same range anG
with the same fury.
As night descended on the two con-
tending armies at about the same hour
some cattle passed within range OF our
park Of artillery and three mich cows
fell on the field. When we came back
from town 10 resume the fight next
We found that the enemy had
descended from the lava caves and
and roasted and were literally
devOuring these cows. General VIII |
cox, commanding the nOn-oftice-hold- !
ing forces, requested TO not be disturb !
ed at his breakfast. The President, /
after consulting with his Cabinet, |
which be always carried with him, as !
well as silk parasOl and saber, said |
it would have good effect abroad and /
so ordered that the enemy should not |
be disturbed at breakfast. We slept |
on our arms in banana grove till it |
was cool enough to go back to town.
But the great fifth and final day OF !
this fearful civil war was now upon
US, and a bloody day il was, as you !
shall see. The sharpshoOters, all |
young men OF the first Offlce-hOlder |
and we'll up in the Greek |.
roots, had found the enemy entrench-
ed on a mountain above the eastern
gate of the city and the united forces
Of the Hawaiian army moved forth at
dawn TO dislodge or destroy him.
Too much cannot be said Of these
brave, brave young sbaTpshOoters
They were nearly al white. If there
was any one among them Of mixed I
blood he was at least q prince in his
Own right, and all so young, so young,
and all so learned, so learned! They
were infantry and all spoke either
Greek or ksUaka. Some of them had
heir nurses with them. These pretty
little native nurses carried their little
bottles or rolled them along in little
baby carts while the pretty little
sharpsboOters prattled and played
with their Greek roots As they strobe
iefaDtly TO the deadly front. Iutan-
~ IN arms,
The PortuEuSase troops were bare
.OOted, buJ the ladies Of Honolulu
stood 10y the gate g they passed out
10 battle and handed each man "a pair
II their sec0uG-Uest shoes. These
brave men tied the shoes together by
.Le strings and swung them On their
guns. General SOper, cJmmauder-Iu-
.hief OF all the C1fice-hClde-S' armies
IF the twelve Hawaiian Islands,
lrew his sword, and haltiuE the Portu-
yuese soldiers al the point of his
word commanded them 10 put on
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