Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-07-21

sieler, they were pree.e1 with hearty
applause.
Nine on ten Elders were 'aled some
distance from the pavilion una tue
Maoris u otchsd down toe aisle sue
commenced 10 p1Thi1 or call thtm'
Their native cries ard drncs, accom-
panied by waving OF handk rthle
and Shouts Of wslc ms ms they 70
turned b. the platform, follower 10y
The Ei1eTs, VINO marched with quiet
solemn tread, July portrayed IN
whoesouled welcome extended by
these dark skinued cDildIed OF Maori
lama to their bel we'd itIonds, anu
many E.uurp eyes were dliei WIN
tears by these forcible rsmln iers ol
heir exterleuc,s n n W z elaud.
Alter the supposed viaitots were
sea ted, maori lash o., upon the plat
form, the Maori let sross ana de-
lyeted on address Of welcome clotinE
with uuaiut nut Characteristic son&.
Elder john NJ. HENRY el0qIenly
rrsonnued in the native tongue, nls
slLging a Maori ode.
The nuuieuce wgs then amused %
The greeting, or "hOagi." a, toe
Elders stool e. sem-crcit, tne natives
pais "a around aud pressed uOaes WIN
uacn. Tue MAORI women etivsi
native fooJ, Dried shell hsh, after
which al oinei ia chanting stTlplufHl
passsqes aud singing Maur, nymu.
Samoa was represented by number
of misaiOnativs and their WIVES "h'
rendered native sOngs In true Samoan
style.
The stand WIS lavlshly decorate
with samoan curiOe ami aiter N"
ainging ElIer Joseph II. Dean tx.
hibitei tue various articles and de-
B5ribed their user.
1t was evident from the interesting
anu amusing description Riveu taas
the sneaker could entertain the pubic
very probably with u series Of lac
lures.
The L1rd'l Prayer was then recited
by i've Elders IN the respective ola
leclH nj Tahiti, SanJwiCn lslAnus,
Nav z alanI, Samoa and Tonga, anu
lbou ~ some Of these groups OF ISLANDS
are thousands OF milra apart, strik'
ing eimiinfily was -Jilcenbie In tue
language.
Five ugeI m sslonaries then occu-
pied chars no the stand, who WEI,
| intr duce1 by President Joseph f.
| Smith as "PIoneers OF the Poiyne,ian
! MisgiOn.'
CllGI james .. DIOWu was NAl4cu az
1870 as a missionary to Fshiu.
Elders Henry W. Biglor o. s..
| George and WIllsm Farrer OF Provo
were ca LED from California In 1850 tn
| the Hawaiian or Sanuwich isunGs
mission, aud Elders II. n. Hammond
Of Bun City onl job s. Waoibury
OF 81. George followed them 10 Hawai-
In 1851.
Tee veteran missionaries wsro loud
~ entered alter The anuouucemoat
was maze.
Secretary Joseph II. Dean took n
census Of missionaries ia Attendance,
which shower ,nRt over $50 E,ueIs
anu sl-ters were present, some IT whom
| hud fillec two and thee III sslOUe 10
tbs Pacl flu Isles. Am iUg tHe Is y
! misriuubTies present wee Sisters Lucy
Il. YJung ana 5Gsy YJuls GNtes, " fe
anu duu hter OF PTlbiden. brigham
Young.
PTesldsni lseph F Smith deliver d
a closing nudteBs ami tSirssseI Ii Is
appre ciRtion OF these Poly esian IT,
uuioaF. He reierre1 t. tie cuaTsctei
of The natives AMI the gIelt god Ec-
cOmpllsheu among them by the Elders.
restifial that they were OF tue blood q.
Israei aud eni yed iuiiy the bits'ings
OF the GJspel.
Pfeeiuent Smith pr ]posod that q
PoIynesian reunion be held Annually,
w5icn WAS unanlmously sus'a ned.
Eilers John 7. Game, Matthew
Naali, James r. Brown, Frank q. Gu.
Ter, Wuiam paxmap, Is. u Glatd,
Jo.eph II. Dean and William o. LIE
were appointed as the general com
mitIee.
AT tho clCae the audience j-ined II
singing Amor.ca. Prayer W Il dc!
Wm. PAxman.
The bappy crowd was dismissed
some TO review "reminiscences Oi pa
sxpsf.eao :, others to renew OH Gt'
quaintancesair, whlle tns yOungeI
men, bers sought pleasure in Janolng
b9uting, etc. rnus ended one of tn
. nappiest auu most profitsbie missloh
AIRY rsunious ever heiu III the mouu
lAin wales, PHG NIX,