The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-11-02

4 proceed through ll6 0dTOli0e STOuI
The station is in charge of a Kusai
an named Giak Sa, a convert of Nj
SNOW / knew him well when I wa
in the old Morning Star" % years age
When he first came on board he locke
a. ne for a second and then asked m
\ Il ] had not been mate of the Morn
Z ing Star" with Captain Golcord. l toll
him that such was a fact and thel
came a hearty handshake We talker
OF the old times and recalled many in
reresting events. He is a stauncl
Christian. jeremiah of the Marshal
Islands and he were schoolmates I'm
der the tuition of Mr. Snow Both ar,
: his converts. The two are doing /;
great work for these people.
After laying at Kusaie 10 days put
ting new tubes in our boilers, repair
ing rigging, mending sails, and water
ing ship, we continued our voyage fol
the Caroline Islands September Sd
1896, at 1:30 p. m.
Here Miss Foss came on board. She
was assisting Mr.. Channon in his Gil
bert Island school Miss Snow goes tc
look after the remnants of the Pona-
paian Mission, scattered around, some
al Pinlap. some at Mokie and others
at Ponape and Ngtie.
Made Penlap bright and early next
morning. When abreast of the mission
& station, laid back, stopped steaming
and lowered a boat to take Miss Foss
I ashore We could see from the ship
the beach lined with people, and not
being far from the shore, we could
see plainly that every one was neatly
dressed. After the boat beached they
went fiOcking towards it, When Miss
Foss landed they all went towards the
church with, singing as they went
Towards evening Miss Foss return
ed. bringing with her the minister, his
wife and child. He goes to Ngtie to
marry four or five couples, as there is
no one at that place who has authority
10 perform that ceremony. He is to be
left there. if such a course be found
necessary.
From what I saw of him l am in
clined to think he is very pious man
and his wife very energetic little wo-
man.
Miss Foss found everything to her
entire satisfaction, socially, spiritual
ly and otherwise They have a very
large church and a fine school-house.
The population is between 300 and 400.
About two-thirds are good Christians
Miss Foss informs me the school is in
a very fiourishing condition, and most
satisfactory TO her.
We left Penlap that afternoon, $50
p m, with light battling winds, and
ne Ia~ ~4
ing.
Eight o'clock next morning we sight
ed land bearing due west from us and
about 10 miles away. Lay aback of the
station, 1890 a. N. From a distance
ii looked as though there were two
Islands close together, when in reality
there was but one, there being a long
reef connecting them, and appearing
from distance of as though covered
with water.
After laying aback about half an
hour a canoe with three men came
alongside.
One Of these recognized me, saying:
You in the old Morning STAR Cap
tain Gillette. eh?" I did not remember
him. but told him I had been with
Captain Gillette in the old Star" 'Oh,
yes; sayvy. I school boy, belong Mr..
Surgess time you come before" re-
piled he. He must have been but lad
at the time. We lowered one boat,
after laying aback an hour During
that time two other canoes had come
alongside. In one was a Mr.. John
Higgins. the one who is looking after
the spiritual welfare of the people. He
Is a half-white, and his father, who
lived on the island, was killed by the
natives some years ago. 1t is due to
his management of affairs that we find
the people holding their own spiritual
ly. Mr.. Higgins has a brother and an
uncle living in Honolulu.
Miss Foss found affairs in fine order
II was on this island that Mr.. Rand,
his wife and Miss Foss, a sister of Mrs.
Rand lived for two years or more.
This was after the Spaniards drove
them away from Ponape. 1t was here
that Mr. Rand did a good deal of work.
He had. among other things, a print
ing press and had translated some parts
OF the Bible into the Ponapean Ian
guage; also, some small textbooks
and hymns
After being ashore with the people
for the greater part of the day, Miss
Foss returned at 6 p. m. We hoisted
boat and squared away for Ponape, to
the westward of us. This is the first
time. since the Spaniards drove the
missionaries away, that the Star"
has paid Ponape a visit 1t was at XII
sale that We heard the 'tabu" was off.
Permission was once more granted for
the Star to make her appearance
there, if she felt so disposed.
Next day, being Sunday, we did not
get up steam. That is the custom with
Capt. Garland. Ponape was plainly in
sight early that morning. 1t would
have been an easy matter to make
port that afternoon with the aid of
steam, but the captain thought he
would not try TO get in that day We
just logged along leisurely and short
ened sail that evening, with land some
ten miles of. That night the wind
hauled around 10 the southwest.
At 5 a. N. We entered the passage
and at $50 came to an anchor in %
fathoms of water Half an hour later
a Custom House officer came on board:
10 a. m. lowered boat. Captain went in
10 see the Governor. Returned at 1890
and weighed anchor for Kitty Harbor
on the other side of the island: came
10 an anchor there at $50. Stepped
there all next day and night. The day
after, Thursday, Sept 9Th, weighed
anchor for Keenan, once more. with