Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-04-14
kamehameha Boy Tells
OF Makua Camping Trip

ly gale came along and made a great
deal of trouble to the tents. In the
big tent where the first, second and
third squads had their quarters, they
had a hard time to sleep, for the
wind split the canvas every little
while. Once in while the wind
would blow right under the tent and
lift the whole up. So II was dan
gerous to sleep in the tent, for 1t
was expected to fall at any time. The
boys, however, stayed In the tents
trying to sleep, but every little while
a strong wind would blow and then
everyone would get ready to run out.
At 1920 o'clock that night the last
of the sleep in the tent was endeh.
The whole tent came down with ev-
erybody inside. Only one boy was
struck by the poles which held the
tent up. 'He was hit on the head, but
not very hard. The rest of the boys
were jolly as could be. The boys at
once got to work folding up the
tent, because the wind was blowing
stand It. While the squads were at
work folding this tent up the tent
that had the fourth and fifth squads
in fell to the ground, and was also
ripped in different places. So this
made II bad night for the boys.
/ This tent was left on the ground the
whole night. At 1880 p. m. we were
called together in group. Mr..
I Thompson gave orders that the boys
could sleep anywhere they pleased
, that night. Some of the boys went
down to the beach and slept in the
sand for the rest of the night. Others
slept at the station, a few slept in
the open air in the camp-grounds.
! Early the next morning Thursday
after breakfast all the boys got to
work and fixed up the tents again.
This time they were built up SO that.
they would not feel or be blown
over the boys were allowed to go out
hunting and fishing. The day was u
pleasant one. Late In the afternoon
Toys began to come back to camp
with fish and goats. The boys dried
out the skins of the goats and they
will make rugs out of them. In the
evening there were races at the beach
between the different squads. Early
Friday morning boys started out for
;holr last day of hunting and fish,
ing. Most of the boys went up the
gulches to pick MALE; only few
went out hunting because they all
wanted to- make leis. In the after
noon the boys came back with their
bags of MALE and then set to work
making leis, working on them til
late. A gang of boys made NJ bon
fires along the beach and then they
had some sham battles, which made
the evening a most jolly one. No one
was hurt. The fifth squad won the
! fight. Saturday morning was spent
in target-shooting. There were five
prizes awarded to the best five shoot
ers. The prizes were given by Mr..
} Thompson. The distance in shooting
was 100 yards. Each boy was allow
ed five shots. There were thirty-sev-
: en- entries. Most of the. boys were
! new to the guns. The shooting last
ed for about two hours. Among the
! best shooters were: l.. Kalimapchu
! 81; Milekaa, 10; l.. Ordenstein, II;
S. Kaai, 16; II. Kahele, 16; T. Nor
. ton, Is; ID. Kealahula, 1S; II. God
frey. l3: G. MmIntyre, IL.
At noon the boys had canned corn
beef and crackers for lunch. At l
O'Clock the squads got to work pull
ing down the tents and clearing vi
the ground. In an hour the work
was done and all the boys had to dc
| was to wait for the train. Most OF
D them went in for their last swim al
5 Makua.
At $3.50 the train arrived and al
got aboard; then we all were fol
, home (schooD. The shooters brought
1 back many goats. Here is the tota
s of goats killed, daily, by the boys;
3 Monday, none; Tuesday, 12; Wed
t nesday, 3; Thursday, IA; Friday, IL
3 Saturday, none; total, 40 goats killed
= in four days.
0 We arrived home to School agar
s Saturday afternoon all hearty, bu
tired glad to have something in oul
n boy life tolook back at with pleasur,
and that is the weeks outing giver
d us by the kindness of the Trustees
and Mr., l.. l.. McCandless at his Ma
y kua ranch under the care and guild
ance of our good teachers
n II. G.
I :: ~ u
y Bill iDevereaux, Red Dog"
playing up, across the ocean. as tn
Y managare of the Santa Cruz team