The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-07-27
HER LAST CRUISE
Harry Swinton Continues
His Narrative.
g-c-.. OF rhs Missionary Teach
e-s az South Sea
Islands.


- AZ hour later. started the en-
r-e Is -te WIND was somewhat light
We rad -c 60 no The leeward Of the
island che west eudJ, wind being well
No -rr eastward Had 10 beat up TO
-te massage INTO the lagoon, which took
us q a. u- January Sd, TO make
Entered LAGOON and came TO an
anchor 1880 D. u- OF the mission sta
mon
me king OF this island is young
-z- cf only -4 summers. Notwith-
s-a-airc his tender years, he has in
-fe uaiehfso-hood OF 20 or more wives
-fis s as near as could learn. The
ola Eu-. uhc died q wear or two ago,
1er hin as legacy his concubines-
some So or mc-e-t0 be added 10 the
ruuHe-
Were not anchored there long before
-re teacher made his appearance on
hoard Several canoes came alongside
1-5-- various articles for sale. As this
fs cutie q large and fertile island, Mr..
Cbnuau wanted two stations here. In
fac he would have had that number
there --C or -hree years ago If he
could have gotten permission from the
old king For q long time he would
ur- allow a-v missionary on his isl
and Hu- sometime before he died, he
CONSENTED to having a teacher landed
1here
This vear NJ. Channon concluded to
Sc are wong king and get permits
si5- f-1u him 10 have a teacher land
e. ar lis Village. For thar reason we
weighed anchor the next day. steamed
I'M -a l5s v5uacg and dropped anchor
1- his residence Lowered The
ts1r- and SEM il as delegate a native
sz-5. Who came on board az
ere mission station This man is also
uiar Governor of the place, having
-,er H-5uose5 be- thar position by the
E--~t Comm ssio uer. He seems to be
man ls more than ordinary ability.
a teacher We thought sUOm Butari-
-- 5ls- accompanied him.
Ase- waiting Is couple Of hours, we
saw -fe fls- leaving the beach with
r--s vcrrc Majesty on board. At the
same tame we could SEE another boat
----c. Pound ont later that people in
ais a-s- were Eis Na5esty'S advisers,
An -e E0oSSc5 iu native fashion,
wa ausuS" or. Arriving on board,
III. E-a-ro- ruoz the King down into
-r- calm 10 talk over matters with
nl- lr reference 10 n second teacher
ems Ten on she island, His advisers,
VIC came fr the second boat, were not
z-lcv-e5 re So into the cabin during the
cc-sG-tz-tor. as ar ChSnnOn and Mr..
VrE.ku0 deemed IL necessary not TO DO
So -hev Enew wei enough If they
were allowed in the consultation they
vrc-t easily influence the King not
-r Illcw a-y more teachers on the
5sEnt. These four men who came of
81 -he shore bsSt were a hard lot of
cri-enS This was especially true OF
c-e-N tain. lauby. ferce-looling Gus
tc-1c-- with tusny hair standing up on
his head like The quilts on a porcupine.
Z Vas gCld ny one Of the school boys
aha, De was the head dancing mas
Ser Of the royal household Taking a
blrEs-sy view Of him. I could not
help thinking that he would not be
the person one would like to meet
ashore En- some lonely place. for fear
CF an accident
Ee and his companions seemed very
uneasy on deck while the consultation
was going on below. They walked the
deck forward and back. occasionally
looking down into the cabin through
the sSyliEht. and muttering something
5uzudible
tired once OF twice TO enter into a
conversation with them. but all I could
get on o. them was: ~Akea ararei."
Alea ararei and something else I
could not make out After the consul
cauon was over in the cabin, Mrs.
ChaunOn called the school girls togeth-
a. 70 sing hymns, she leading and play
inC the organ. II was quite treat to
his Majesty, and TO judge by his looks,
he was fairly captivated by the sing
ms This was no wonder, for the chill
crel have splendid voices. Singing
over. all went on deck. Mr.. Channon
had gained his point, and a teacher
was 70 be left with him al his village.
He had promised to provide a house
and food for him and to see that he
was not molested.
" --N-a --AE ANAA aQklSEES OUT
what the results of the consultation
were. they were not pleased. and show
ed very plainly by their looks what
they felt inwardly. However. Mr..
Channon, or somebody else, invited
them below to hear the girls and boys
sing This they did reluctantly. but
after they came on deck again. they all
auDeared 10 he in 2 better uood +binly
ing. i suppose, If the teacher to be
landed there could teach their wives
and daughters to sing as well as the
school girls, il would not be a bad bar
gain, after ali
II was decided that the teacher and
his wife We took on board in Butari-
tart were to be left there. The man
goes by the name OF Tank" He seems
70 be very able fellow, and just the
right man for the place. cannot say
as much for his wife. She was in Ho-
nolulu some two or three years ago.
having come up in the Morning Star as
nurse for Mrs. Garland's babies. She
returned to her island home on the
Stars return that same year.
After taking all their things ashore
and landing them, we weighed anchor
and started back to the mission sta
ton
They have here, as elsewhere, a
church. The progress made here, spir-