Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-12-14

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John w. Beck, James b. Barton, William
g.. Sears. Brothers liopo and Iagaloa,
LETT Salealumua for Iutulla, thirly.hvc
miles east, In Mt. lraser's twenty-five
foot open boat. IL was equipped with
three sails, six oars, and fifteen hundred
pounds OF sand for ballast. We felt
much safer in this than we could have
done IN the laaaliga, as II is rather small
and therefore more susceptible OF beng
tossed about. We had waited two days
In no e. Ui getting a favorable wind and
now concluded We must start n VIC
would be at conference appointed to be
held at Alao, at the east end OF Tutuila,
on October s6,h and 77th. The moon
III up the country until We had safely
rowed out Of the passage, then she
sank and the starry heavens furnished
us with light. We now raised sails
against the wind and hoped to make
Roadway by lacking. We Elders slept
while Ito sat at the rudder. We were
aroused at daylight by our helmsuan
with the joyful news that Tutuila was In
sight, so imagine our disappointment to
find, when the clouds oil nights dark.
ness had entirely flown away, that he
had mistaken some OF them for land aud
that We had been carried back fifteen
miles down the northern coast OF Upolu,
long distance out from land. As the
head.wind continued blowing It required
all day to reach FIVE miles beyond the
starting point The sun was very hot
and the Pacific was anything but peace
fol, result, food taken sparngly, some OF
which was quickly elected, no eNplana-
ton given other than conditions just
mentioned.
During Friday night October ss,h, we
made iair progress and Saturday morn.
ing we were ~ plain sight OF our pro-
posed destination. We ttcl rowing
aud cutting closer to the wind but did
not advance much as we soon disc0n-
tinued. II was apparent that We would
be unable 20 attend the first day Of con-
ference, so our hopes were TO reach
there Tor the Sabbath. During morning
hours we gradually gained and at two
.. m, We we're within eight miles OF
Leone, which rs situated ON the western
coast of Tutuila. liut a fierce north
wind struck up and simultaneously the
sea grew ieariully rough charctcrIs-
tic Of this particular wind, a consult
tation was held, which vas necessarily
brief, and We decided il wug.d be i'm.
possible TO proceed farther. We were
anxious 10 be IN attendance at conference
but ID was evident that We could not
struggle against such sea, which at
this time was very undcsefving Of is
title. Owing 10 rs commoion, We cX-
pcrienced difficulty IN turning the boat
towards Upo,u, but once In thatpusition
without the tore and iib sails up We went
bounding over the waves, hgurauycly
speaking over mountain anu vale. AZ
railroad speed. All hell seemed con.
spired to destroy us, for, IN addition 10
the dangers already described, heavy
rain storm set in which obsCured Upoiu
from our gaze. We were obliged to
steer our boat at random and after
momentous ride Of twenty miles, during
which time the huge waves continually
dashed over our boat, thereby assisting
the rain In keeping us drenched, and
helping raise the water mark In the boat,
we again caught sight OF Upolu, Through
IL all We felt secure but cur Samoan
brethren doubted their safety. As they
were busy bailing and one OF those
monstrous waves would sweep over US
they would timidly exelaim:-"One more
wave like that and down we go" Be-
fore that one came. however, sufficient
water had been bailed out and thus we
escaped. We asccrtained as soon as
Upolu was visible, that we were being
blown too Tar south, and endeayofed In
vain to change our courae. As the
shades Of evening came ON we could see
another night at sea staring US In the
face and by the time that darkness had
cncirclgd Us we had lowered the wet
sails, wrapped them around Us, and
stretched ourselves out TO wait until
morning when we hoped TO again be
abe 10 know what course We were
| travelling. Fortunately the sea had
Gained some, still We were tossed about
| sufficiently to remind Us that the body
Of water under US was appropriately
/ styled the restless ocean"
That night will live IN memory, iof
the winds blew hard, rain descended,
lightning frequently flashed aud the
| thunder pelled forth. our teeth chat
tered and our limbs shook with cold as
we waited with anxiety for daybreaS.
| To our watchiul minds Il seemed to
have delayed its coming but finally the
dawn OF the Sabbath revealed to US our
position aud we hoisted sails and sIeered
Tor the nearest point OF Upolu. During
the night we had drited along the south
ern coast so IL took us until noon to
reach close to land aud then another
obstacle presented itself. We We're OPP
posite an iron bound coast and in order
! 10 reach Falealili-about mile distant
| we were under the necessity OF rowin.
against the wind. Owing to its velocity
aud our weakness we were not gaining
one rod a minute. Eight chiefs OF The
above named village, who had been
watching our movements, came out TO
our assistance, they came IN pairs and
while one would return with the canoe
the other got in our boat and handled
an oar. Thus we were taken to and
through the rect, feeling grateful for this
noble act OF kindness. We presented
an odd appearance for Sundayto the ma
uves who assembled IN groups on the
shore in order to learn OF our trip, but
soon bathed ana downed our Sabbath
attire,
We were still twenty miles from
| Saleaaumua-lhe starting point-and
after waiting around Tor two days for the
windto abate, we began to row In that
| direction, We concluded to again 20
ashore after travelling two miles, Tor the
wind increased IN celebrity and we found
it useless TO pull against Il.
The next day we made arrangements
TO leave the boat with a responsible
party and determined to walk TO Fagslii
| by way OF Siumu, a distance Of thirty
| five miles. This journey was not without
| incidents, for upon the top OF the noun