Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-04-23

| uASS anu TWO ElbntS. without any
J thing to eat or drink, and this unde
| "a burning tropical sun. The third da
! We succeeded In reaching the islam
! upon the raft, and found that its onl
| inhabitants were rats and sea-fowl
| there was no fresh water to be seen
any direction. BY scr1ping holes. how
! ever, IN the sand. near the water
| edge, with n pearl shell, we were en-
abed to obtain water, which, by filtra
| tiOn through sand. was rendered com
| paratiyely fresh and palatable. w
Mndlcd fire by the aid OF sun glas,
and roasted some shell-flsh, and mad
very light repast.
After we were all landed on tn
island, Captain Pond called ALI hand
to order. and delivered short ad
dress, stating that as we We're cas-
away upon II desolate island. a com
mon brotherhood should be maintained
| and every man should hunt birds an
/ fish for our common sustenance, t
4 which proposition all assented. TIL
| next morning we found a turtle upo
| the beach that weighed about thrc
hundred pounds: this gave us strength
| and confidence TO exert ourselves wit
around the island to watch for turtl
and wild fowl. Too much cannot b
! said in communication of the Saints L
| this trying situation. have seen an oil,
| lady upwards of sixty years OF ag
out at night hunting turtle.
In this situation we remained sevei
weeks by that time the ships car
! penter had repaired the quarter boa
| so that II was thought that she Nigh
possibly live to perform voyage t.
| some inhabited land. This. after grea
difficulty. was launched over the rect
| and the captain and nine men. includ
| ing myself embarked. our provision
We're a little salt pork and jerked turtle
| with two casks of water; there wa
| danger of being swamped In crossinl
| he w
providentially succeeded in gettni
| cheerd by those on shore. We returne,
their cheers and took our departure
Our boat was almost level with TIL,
| water; but after four days hard pull
ing through squalls and Gains, we sue
ceeded in reaching Borabora. one Of thu
| Society Islands, distance of abou
two hundred miles The inhabitants
treated us with much kindness and fec
us upon poi and breadfruit From
thence / went with the mate and one
| of the crew to the island of Mauplti
and petitioned King Tapoa for relief
We were received with kindness, anc
| obtained two small schooners witt
which to return and rescue the passsn'
gers. In these we returned to the Sicily
Isles.
I'm the meantime Captain Pond hae
chartered the Emma Packer at Hun
hlne. and had sailed for the Sell,
Island and reached there twelve hours
I
from the island and went to Tahiti;
consequently when l found they hac
been taken off, / returned in tn,
schooner to Maupiti. would mere
| state that while on this uninhabitec
island we held our regular meetings,
dividing the time between worship and
labor, as we would have done had we
been at our ordinary occupations"
The Scilly Islands consist Of num-
Der of very low islets or motus, lyins
on n coral reef which measures about
fifteen miles in circumference. The
eastermost motu liz in latitude 10 deg.
| 2S min south; longitude l5l deg. 30
| min. west 1t is also about 1856 miles
west of R1aiatea and 300 miles west
northwest of Tahiti. Besides the cir
cular reef composing the Island ND
| den reef extends westward for many
miles. 1t was on this reef that the
| Julia Ann was wrecked. The whole
island system constitutes very dam
| gerous locality for navigators. inc
island was discovered by Captain wal
| lis In 1867. -
| II was on the 3rd of December, 1885,
that the unfortunate emigrants were
taken from their lonely and exiled con-
dition on the Scilly Islands. by the I'M
firing perseverance of Captain fohu,
| connected with the charitable good
| feelings of Captain Latham. master OF
the schooner Emma Packer, who came
TO their relief. They were first taken
to Huahine, one of the Society lsiands,
thence to Tahiti, where they were most
kindly treated by the inhabitants. The
! limited Board of Masonic Lodge at
Sapeete, Tahiti, took immediate meas
ures to relieve their wants, by provlu-
ing or finding shelter and food for an
The American consul provided fer the
crew.
Elders Graham and Eldredge re-
turned with the schooner to Huatihe'
where they remained a month and then
| sailed for Honolulu, on the Snndwtc
| Islands, per American schooner NaNl-
| gator. which arrived at Lahaina Maui,
| March l2th. After remaining In the
| Sandwich islands n little over Two
weeks, they were enabled through the
| assistance of an Elder Evans and
| others to engage passage Tor Calltor-
MIA, on board the Francis Palmer.
which sailed from Honolulu April LIST.
| After twenty three days sailing they
| arrived safely in San Francisco. al,
| April 90, 1856.
| Elder John Mccarthy after return
Ing from the Scilly Island to Maupiti.
commenced to preach the Gospel there.
| He found favor with King Tapoa, and
soon had the satisfaction OF baptizing
the kings interpreter, Captain Delano.
| Maltese by birth, who could speak
| seven languages. Brother Mccarthy
ordained this man an Elder and was
| enabled through him to preach to the
| natives, VINO received MS testiHiohy
with much favor.
Mauplti, or Marua. is the western
most OF the Society Islands proper. ly-
ing forty miles northwest of Ralatea.
| about 40 miles northwest of Tahiti
| and lag miles east of the Scilly Island
| 1t is distinctly visible from the lower
| hills of Ralatea. Maup.u !s composed
| of hills wooded to their summit, and
| occasionally crested by cocoanut trees.
but presenting ragged end mural cliffs
| to the sea coast, especially one rocky
mass on the southwest side. which rises
| 700 feet above the sea, resembling the
ruins of gigantic castle. The popula-
ton of the island is small; the princi
pal village Is situated on the southeast
side. The island. which is seldom Wis
tted by navfgators. is surrounded by a
coral barrier reef at a distance OF
about three miles, enclosing numerous
small islets covered with cocoanut
trees.
After about three weeks stay at
Maupiti. Elder Mccarthy sailed for the
island OF Raiatea. where he baptized a
Spanlard by the mama OF Shaw and
ordained him an Elder He remained
on that island two weeks. when ne OBJ
tanned passage for Tahiti In a French
sloop. and from thence sailed for San
Francisco. Cal, where he arrived April
II, 1856.
After the departure of Elders Ora