Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-13


kindness. The boys and girls Of the
village sWarmed around him I'm a
Drove" he says, "cllnging 70 his hands.
while they made their joyful articula-
lions of welcome. The next day which
was the sabbath Elder Pratt attended
church with the natives, and as the
children had heard that he was teach
ing an English school at Mataura they
were very anxious that he should give
them some specimens Of his teaching.
To their great delight, he gave them
some lessons Both young and old
were very anxious that he should come
and live with them. He promised that
he would come and spend part OF his
time with them after he had learned
more Of their language. After spend
ing a very pleasant day with the ma
tiVes at MANU- he returned home the
following day duly isD,
Once more TT Mataura Elder Pratt
resumed his labors at teaching school,
studying the language etc.
July 9Th, he received another letter
from Elders Rogers and GrOuard, by
two American ships which came from
Tahiti on their way home, on the fol-
lowing Sabbath he preached to the
whites on the Book Of Norm and on
the 18th he was visited by King Toma-
tooa, who presented him with a pam
phlet containing glQssory Of words In
the English and Tahitlan languages
Sunday, July l4th, Elder Pratt preached
two sermons 70 a congregation OF over
dozen Europeans and Americans;
part Of his hearers being the crew Of
a brigantine from New Zealand which
had arrived at the island the day be-
fore In the evening Of the 18th Elder
Pratt married King ramatooa to Tuu-
pa, his queen. Just before Elder Pratts
arrival the king had buried his former
Wife. On the same occasion Elder
Pratt also married William T. Bowen,
one OF the American ship builders, to
Vaho, a young native girl from the
island Of Llviwi The next day July
15th) he was invited on board the New
Zealand ship 10 take tea. At that ships
table he ate the first bread Tor anything
made of flour or meal since he had left
the Timoleon. The captain, whose
name was Stratton, was a religious
man and treated Elder Pratt with much
kindness and made him a number Of
small presents. His wife was a native
Of Denmark The following day July
l6th) when the crew again landed Elder
Pratt preached the Gospel TO them with
apparently good effects. The ship
sailed on the 18th, leaving James Clark
one OF the crew. on Tubuai he was
hired to work on the vessel which was
being built there.
Sunday, July a. 1874, after morning
services, Elder Pratt gave an invitation
70 all who felt II their duty to be bap-
ti2ed to present themselves at place
appointed on the beach, and he would
wait on them. The multitude assem-
bled at once when four Americans, one
Scotchman and four natives came for
ward and were baptized by Elder Pratt.
The names Of the whites were Charles
G.. Hill, John Layton, William Caring
ton, William J.Bowen and James Clark.
The latter was the man Just landed
from the New Zealand ship he was
a native of Greenock Scotland, the
other four hailed from the United
states of America. The natives bap-
tized were Nabota and his VIII J.H
with whom Elder Pratt made his
home) and Peuma, all three natives Of
Tubuai; and Hamoe, the wife OF Haa-
matue. a native Of Tahiti.