The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-02

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TIE nan wao rad acted IS spokesman
81 the canoe snas eaIe cat - NEE. IS
red OF 10 ne from the first. And BAD %
Br or -erk mig II was Saturday, hav-
frg creased the lsesa meridian 81 ioa9s-
,1Se before lessag TIA ship: We had made
zatives recsoasi BY Australian time. and
4 was .hes- Sunday. They tod us that
while on me say 20 church tAsy a1-
deserted cur sail in she distance. waica
caused shsn 10 Dispatch tae earoe 10 In
tsrxfS~ Us The humber OF trhS64i ants or
me lsiand az The tire was little over -.
Thsy are et lsgat uE9wa color. with
straight black hair. aas tad looking: III
aeed. some o. the women are quite COMEDY.
a.vlng for pear Shells and drying snd pre-
serving the inside Of rocosHGts for oil
manufacture. THIS article IS known as
''coYra 81 alt these tSlawd. q Ehe Pa
etfc large quantities CT wasch are shipped
yearly from Samoa AMI other groups %
England ard Germany for ol! and soap
TIE people told US tsat every four
rTiout5s 4 small steamer from Auckland.
New Zealand. called al the isl<ad fog the
pearl shells ard co9ra, which they ex-
changed fer -four rice. tea. sugar. TO-
saaeco. matches. etc. money noAe OF them
possessed
Thsy sad thar ouee in while schooner
frenl some or the ether Islands IN ne
.sssxhhor hood also called there. but most
likely ws would have 10 stop ,tree months
until the next steamer arrived.
Sunday they went 10 church twice and
ance on wedazsGays. ard before going 10
sang a hymn. They a.; possessed small
hymn books .,:iatsd in their own Language
llttle church they had bulii themselves ou,
OF coral blocks white as The driven snow
The pulpit. pillars and ether woodwork
rs,at6er-of-peari The @ood and The bslI
In the .i:iis square tower were Sen, TO
them from Auckland By she Missionaries
nouRced Maw-n -be-keyl. but on modern
Humphrey island. Manih,h beng the
name OF the group. Including various other
Islands. Tu-ka-o is the name Of their VII
iage.
An Englishmaa by the nans Of crnik-
in the little graveyard Ia front OF the
church and q small uonumen. is erected
Nothing grows on the island hu, cocoa
MI. palms, pandanus. and species OF box
called mikiulki tnae-key me-key}. On
found fhe famous ki lpronoHnced keyl
plant (nanica tinctor.ae. the Juice OF
which. after being noileo down. furnishes
in few spots the natives had thrown
up little black earth. brought thiiher
from other parts, sn., This they had fenced
chickens which they possessed. Besides
thesa they rad only few pigs and some
eats: but no, sihsle "a n Ours ~ecs
them. fox terrier, We had 10 Keep
chained up most of the time, as he had
killed and devoured several chickens when
We FIRST arrived. making UP thus for the
long fast endured.
Ny host. who convsrsed little in broken
English. told me that he had been 10 Hon
oIulU once In schooner, and was about
tine only one on the Stand who had ever
seen horse. or COW. or IN fact anything
farcnt objects only from pictures seen In
books. Eight months before a Norwegias
crew who had lost their vessel had lived
with them for several months and we
were shown the boat IN which they had
Landed.
The hahitations Of the people Were con-
framework Of the huts was made out OF
the wood Of the cocoanut palm and the
walls were supplied by weaving branches
beticed openings were left in the SIDES to
supply air. ard the roof was matched: OF
doors they stood no; IN need. A long.
hewn benches and tables. was pointed out
70 US as their courthouse: here the head
chief Settled petty disputes, Only two
longing TO he white missionary who was
absent on visit 10 Raratonga, an island
In the Hsvvey or Cook group. and the
other 10 an EpglisaTnan nanled Ellis, who
lived At Tahuno, another small island only
a few miles abreast of ours. and who had
years He spoke thesT RAJ laSguage i nt
vas married 10 one or the native women
an1 had several fuil-grow-n maria seable
g.ris ard a couple or. sturdy boys. He
kept small store AMI did some t-ad.ng
with the natives for copra and pearl shells
Immediately on our landing. a canoe was
Interpreter. The king who governs the
stands also lived az Tshuno, and ne was
tine Towards evening Ellis arrived. and
We were summoned 10 the courthouse
where the head chief made an address
w1!ch Ellis interpreted. The substance OF
il was their assurance OF friendship and
hospitality while IN their midst. snd they
heggsd Us TO behave Win dscornT
we're brought Up with strictly religious
principles. They told lis they were poor.
blt anything they. possessed would viii
.uS.y be shared with
They espected 70 be annexed under the
BRUSH tag shortly; through the white
missionary 1hsy had sent Il petition to the
the islands They defested the French
j man-of-war had been there and the crew
had behaved brutsi.y; sto,en their chickens
and killed gheir net doss. Queen Victoria
they Eevered and esteemed highly. and
hey hoped that soon British man-ofwar
group OF Islands, which Included Lacka-
hanna ttierson ISLAND. twenty miles fur
1her south.
Mate Davis told Ellis 20 assure the pec-
pie OF our most heartfelt thanks for their
generous hospitality. and that they need
not fear any bad conduct on our par.
VIVA Ssoevsr.
The old rotten boat, which they had
Aaui5d up under the trees by the court
house, was then presented 20 them with
al its aopurIenancss. The boa Itself was
ii no Use TO them. It nearly fell 10 pieces
when Il was hauled ga from The bAaca
We wondered az We steod around gazing
AZ = how many days II would have been
before IL would have collapsed entirely m
der the heavy strain % ire burden n car
rieSf 80 long. and We thought oar escape
from a watery grave miracle indeed
Those Of liz who @eTe bile attended ;hs
evening service IN th@tr lille church
Though ws could nat understand syl-
liable. Z was evident that tiss native
preacher most el0uuent sneaker
ard th@ singing OF The eor.rpga tfnn sound
I'd Eneia1yoHs ard sweet Els told Us they
Iass I'd on hearing Us sing a hymn IN
English before leaving tire church. They
~ers told that we would presently CRAFTY
ITEM
- rose 10 our feet and offered first
ds%ogt prayer 10 the A Almighty FOR our
safe 9eiveT4pcs from the ynr;ss o. the
deep, snd then sang the following appro-
pirate hymn:
20 Christian traTier fear 10 mora
Ira storm. roma srse a.