La Junta tribune., 1913-09-20

the boat In our country +, would
have cost hundreds OF dollars for
III. flowers which we're thrown ~
US and used In aAosninx our per.
sons as We left the dock II Was
holiday for the natives and they
sur. showed us that We we're vel
come visitors. About /, O'Clock the
boat steamed out into the ocean.
and as we parted the band played
Aloha" which means farewell We
we're soon far out at sea and on, Of
sight of the volcanoes and the beau
ties OF Honolulu. II was SIX days be-
fore We landed again. which was al
Pago Pago In tne Samoa Islands.
We arrived n.re about 2 O'Clock sun.
day morning. August llth The lit
uc bay OF Paso pago is Truly beau
,iful one. The natives were all down
10 see Us and all OF them were In
native dress-a ioin cloth They ~ere
tatooed from their knees up 80 that
II made them look like they had on
a short pair Of pants. They were de-
CIdedly picturesque In appsIrance |
can assure sou. There Is one pecu.
liar thirE about them Both the
men and women are yery much in
love with rcd hair. Thsy Try to
make their hair red by using peroa-
idc but they don't know how. and IN
consequence their hair is strcaked
iu a way that II fearful and won
Gp-fuI 20 behold Some 90 fnem sure
look funny On Sunday everything
Is cIosri until o'clock The ma
tiyss hau begin coming from all di.
racitons with baskets and bundles
bf Cur.1s. etc. TO sell az the dock.
They sell everything they can make
-b"ads. baskets. fans. mats. shells
and OF course the mos Of us had
tD Jay Iu q supply. / bought quite
number myself. too many TO at
tmpt 20 describe. ~ you will have
fo Wait until ! come back home and
then I'M saow you the whole bunch.
The natives love 10 trade They viii
eNrhaHlu anything they hayo for old
necktlcs. bum jevelry. and other
E"vEavs and as happened TO have
quite O. supply on hand I did quite
bft o' trading
Al S O'Clock in the evening they
had ua'ls. dance lu one OF the
huts The Omission f. vas quar-
ter - they cali 81 shilling here.
Most Of us wont to tn dance. There
Serr no chairs. No all of US had 10
sit on the pebble nooT The natives
spread a couple of mats In the cen
ter of the hut, aud b',or. the dance
vas begun they oiled Themselves with
cocoanu, oil until they shined all
Over. and then commenced can't
describe the dance. but you may
have a chance some day TO see my
partner. Mr. HuHtrcss. perform In
similar stun, ON our return TO
America He cough, on. Of the
costumes used ir N. dance and he
expects 90 use b. In. new dancing
number BOZ America When We cam.
back fn 'hc wharf Ne found the ma
lives sguaried around on "a. ground
every where. surrounded by curios.
and hoidiuG a regular bazaar When
some ot rhr girls found trad. getting
tull thry would ct up and com
u nee to dance "a. hula dance In
The hope Of attracting the crowd
10 their warts They usually sue.
co'dcd and q was from one Of
rh1se that Huntrcss purchased the
rp tune that he will use In repro
du,inE Tho dance Ga America. Tn"
dress h On. real Eoods. and II had
only been worn a few times. The
on" secured by Hluircss Is beau.
ufui one, made of native grasses
and very pretty
NJ ll-ap O'Clock The Nht'i" DIE"
one" more. notifying Ne tina, w. had
only half al hour TO Kc, back On
board When Nc passsd out Of IN"
bay into the ocean u was quite
rough, but When We came on deck
"a" next morning It was NJ calm
as ever. Thrc" days out of Paxo
l'aso Ne ran into a storm which ,oss-
cd abou, for tvo days. As you lose
day IN going 10 australia this was
one week IN which ". had no We'd
n"sday When you cro~s $50 de-
sro"s longitude you lose n day. and
this happened on "wednesday. the
iath. On tho following Mooday st
y O'Clock We sighted the heads Of
Australia. and It sure did look good