The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-11-23

llytEth. lu answer tu our prfrtut .pa. DO,
laRrecd to send w to Tliyuan, ito 81
distant, under escort ~ We start 'd
north FOR the capital. We got within
10 10 NJ ~ without adventure when We
lmct "a native Christian whom ". knew
fleeing south he impluro1 us 80 tur
back as the Inland Mission had been
already burned, the Roman Catholic
establishment pulled down, and all the
foreigners were In the Baptist Mission
compound surrounded by great mob
who were inside. ON this We turned
back towards PinEyao, and our escort
lat once left us. We had not much
money. and the people demanded exur-
| bitant prices for everything, even FOR
the simple permission to pass along the
road. We sold our clothes and pawn
| ed whatever we Cou,d pawn, inclu ing
our wedding rings, and I'm this way we
reached our station at Lucheng, SAT-.
but stripped
| LuCheng had not yet been rioted, but
only two days peace was allowed us
when, with the friends there, we had to
| flee for our lives at midnight with
nothing but one dpnk"y-load of hedd NJ
and clothing and a supply of 81 YER
which we divided up among the party
| Which direction to take We lid not
know. To go north again was out of
the question, and eastward To- shan
tung was equally impossible, so we
|
through Honan and Hupeh to Han-
kow. But we had only got so Ii from
| Lucheng when we were stopped mt a
large village by some two hundred
people who demanded money. We
could not satisfy them, 50 they seized
our donkey and in sheer wanton mis-
chief tore all our bedding and clothing
to pieces. Then they stripped us next,
taking each persons clothes, hat, shoes
and stockings, and little store of silver,
leaving us nothing ladies and children
alike, but single pair of native draw
ers each. In this affair We lost the ma
| tives who We're accompanying us, some
| of whom We fear were killed, while we
| We're driven along the road by men
with clubs. 1t was n terrible situation.
| The blazing sun burned us to the bone,
| and some of us had not so much as
| little piece of rag to wet and put on
the top of our heads. At every village
i We We're attacked and driven from one
to the other with blows and curses.
| The villages there are very thick, and
before we got clear of the mob from
one the mob from the next had already
ARRIVED to take us In hand. Neither
flood nor water could be obtained. How
1--we contriveI to exist we hardly know;
| for days our only support was found
in the filthy puddles by the roadside
When we reached a city it was a little
better. Apparently each magistrate
Twas anxious that we should come to
| our end in the next country, so when
we went to the yamen they would give
us little food and send an escort to
see us safely over the borders of that
particular yamen's Jurisdiction. Ar
rived at that point the escort always
| left us. and we had to struggle on as
before
Miss Rice was killed on the road so Ii
north of Tsehchaufu in Shansi. That
lat hot -. nd ice tom, cot
down on the roadside saying thy
would willingly die. but walk another
step they could not. In the previous
city the magistrate had given us
small piece OF silver which we had to
carry in our hand having no whore
else to put it. We thought we might
be able to hire a cart for :hese ladi $
with this piece of silver, so two of us
went to a village to negotiate The
Villagers refused the cart, but at the
same time they pounded our knuckl IS
with stick until we dropped the sill
Yer. and they then drove US down the
road away from our party. Just then
1t began TO rain and the party, with
the exception Of the two ladies, retired
for shelter to an empty guardhouSe
near There n mob fell upon them and
drove them on, and in this way the
two helpless ladies got left and were.
beaten TO death. Nothing could b.
the magistrate sent back to inquire.
Miss Rice was found to be already
dead but Miss Houston, although
dreadfuly injured, was still alive. She
died afterwards at Yunmung in HUI
peh, and the body was brought in to
Hankow for burial
The crossing OF the yellow river was
one of our most trying experiences
The yamen had placed us in carts, and
promised to send US over. But as soon
as we were in the boat the carts drove
away the bOatmen ordered us to land
again, as they declined point blank to
have anything to do with us. For two
days We sat on the bank Of the Yellow
river not knowing what to do. We
We're like the Israelitos at the Red Sea.
Pharaoh was behind: neither right nor
left was there any retreat, and no
means of crossing over. On the third
day the bOatmen unexpectedly changed
their minds and took us over.
The first city We came to south Of the
river was Changchou. The magistrate
here was bitterly anti-foreign and said
had we only arrived twenty-four hours
sooner he would have had the pleasure
Of killing us all His orders were to
allow no foreign devil to escape, but
tn i'u1rr"ss D,Wag"r had taken pity
on them. ana he had just been in
I" have them all sent as pris-
uners into Hupeh. Accordingly, from
this point We were sent on across Ho-
nan, from city to city, az prisoners,
by the yamen, some in carts and some
times mounted on the hard wooden ,
pack saddles of donkeys. For food they ,
gave us bread and water, and nowhere ,
showed us any kindness until we reach ,
I'd Sinyangchou, the last city in Ho-
nan Here we were no longer treated ,
rs prisoners, and here we met with /
the Glovcrs from Lu-an, who had ar {
lived there after a similar journey. The j
Iiupeh magistrates were exceedingly \
kind. At the first city, Yingshan, We I
were supplied with food and clothing =
md kept In the yamen Ave DAYS as the I
Dad south was blocked by soldiers pro- =
'eeding. whom 1t would not b. safe to y
meet. The Yingshan native Christians I
also sought us out ana showed us I
great kindness, as they also did at the Il
titles Of Tehngan, Yunmung and Hsao- I
San. Mrs l.. J. Cooper died at Wing s
han Of the injuries and hardships I'M