Show SANDWICH ISLANDS joseph son eon of hironi smith 1 lahaina Lali Lah olna nina maui oct oc t 20 1954 1 F ELDER luen A L SMITH I 1 I 1 j with joy jo and grafl gratitude tude I 1 rep received elved 5 our letter 4 of f august XII g fist on tha I 1 9 ill just it made my heart rejoice for it wis was the fit I 1 hid had received belve d irom from tile the valleys of tile tha you must excuse all tile the mistaken yon 5 on well know I 1 ani am a young and a now new begin beg lanei nei aud and yet hive 14 ave ti time me to 10 leim learn I 1 I 1 I 1 we had li id it good tune time in crossin the plains though somewhat aarni occasionally and at tim tims times s no water but wo wi went the journey jp uliey enry quick ano ald dd not r wp wo met with will some philp crossing the tho water from it a gintof geig of thit that were meris on oil bond board the vessel simply he be lotuso we tto were Mor cormons mormons mons and hid had to tike take t ike s feer eleer igo go passage for foi he file want of money Ino llev nine of us anine acro a tills this trip top end and tile rest lest stopped in fit san frane for the want of meallie meal me ins lit we arrived tit at honolulu Hon olun on oil the of sp lember stopped there about a we week k and left for TI llaina on oil arriving arri ing hero news nes sori spread ad abro aarond a d that nine mornion iries had come to the isla lids and li id brought di disease ease with ith them arld and everybody even body was s warned to lo keep lhoir the r dis distance f for or one prison person ld had batched clied the dl sAme and died tile the next morning alter after we e arrived tins this person wis was a boy about nine or ten years vedis or of age wh had been crippled arid and diseased brorn ins his birth I 1 w t the 0 only i one of our company tint that was unwell mid and I 1 hid had sonic way ived to catch what is is called r I 1 lie file lahaina fever the afternoon before we arrived liere here chii li ople are very ery kind and is hearted and will do um aft ahey can to avist to learn the and to mike make us its comfortable comfort ihle that is 13 those who alio nr not 0 posed to the work I 1 took 1 X I visit over to f file lie island jf if binai with broth rs is i and birren Kir ren this thia is the island chosen fr g ithai ing of native saints tins this I 1 land Is aay very small and lias bas a fine little na a ly iu fit tile centre about twelve miles ill in ciocu inference tile the soil is acl il an I 1 li lias is every appearance of being being fruitful and appears appeals capable of sustaining bout a thousand people it is is very thinly settled at present but ahe inhabitants ire are increasing rast fast bout one hundred saints za slithered there athin within tile tho lust months bi brothers others ephraim green alli kiren are tile tho pi presiding residing eldors elders they tey commenced mii d sloughing ploughing hing alst week and are liow bow putting in their crops chopi I 1 A gat g atit at many tile eldre eld re wo li ila ve ivo been liere for some time are c to go home lioni etts as SO soon oil as thoy they cm can adise meins I 1 feel thankful to von veil for your ybur counsel cou neol for I 1 know kno it is is goods gond and I 1 know tint the work I 1 11 i which I 1 tim i is s tile work of tile liv ng and true god and I 1 till reidy ready to beir bear my testimony of tho the same s at any time or at any pla alaor jor or in in whatsoever circa tristan ves I 1 bwy be paced and hope hop and pray thit I 1 ever mav trill v pro prove ve faithful ni it 8 sei living li ving the lord loid my god I 1 am emppy t ti i iv thit th it I 1 am ready to ro go though th ih ough thick cind and thin glnn fr for this chiae in winch which 1 lam aln engage engi ged and ti giuly illy hope and pray th that t I 1 amny pr pavo ve to tile en end I 1 these are my fedeli gs and I 1 feel like messing blessing tile alie of lie ila nill 1 q and almost all ahey colgain coi col tain ull all the daiy diy d ay iy long although your vr coill coi insl I hits me in in the right padre for I 1 am not hardly ble cis as yet to give long s sr ions and ana prayers but bill 1 I di 1 mv best ut at it every avei opportunity I 1 cousin sil is S is oil tile ilof 1 kwaii uncle le As ahel sil ts is 43 on the isle of maui main winve I 1 li ive not ilot see seen I 1 I 1 them for some time bi ther and sister H s send nd their love to a d of ill the folks brother Epli iaun green feilds you ins ilia love lov 0 and respects and says sas that lie he is is 9 ilg ing to pi ut a vill y ird ard of his cwi 11 mid nd will shortly send 3 on oil all tile fie wine inethia ine thit that you ou oil can dri k brother B other lawson has his hiscuit j juit returned from moo molo kni more or of thin ahn crit of tae ta e lord than llian of good health which v aich I 1 find is is it a common corn coin pl aint with the brethren brt thren alit ali it line have been on oil these linds lands for some time tit s I 1 cannot account for umess unless it is is the llie food they anve lave to eat cut willie while p pins with tho ul blives ives some or of the brilli br tin tl luve have enjoyed good health all the time lime then on the lie other oilier halid some have been dc diming lining in in health ever since they have been on oil these lands but tit v all sav they aliey have enjoyed 6 d measure of the spirit or of ali lord that it lias has doubly paid them for till all their ings give my love fore to all the folks to george arid and ins his siler sijer and remember tile me to tn cousin etna and ins his folks md and als alsi to consul june J me arid and the boys boc and tell them that I 1 desire cesire in ail terest in it ti pray prayers eis that I 1 may hold out faithful fai ahful ind and ber off 08 iny calling balling with honor to myself nn and he cause in which I 1 sun nin d I 1 held had rather edther die on tins this mission than t to disgrace if or iny my ca calling fling these are the sentiments of my heart mv M is is tint flint we may hold field out faithful to 0 o the end and be crow d fit vi adom oi of god with those that have gone before us its your friend broiher bi bro oiher ihei vc orsin JOSEPH SMITH 1 1 extracts of letters to elder george Q cannon J I 1 I 1 H oct IS 15 1854 I 1 dev dear barther george the blessing of prosperity pe rit seems to attend till all the exertions that are are being bein road mada upon the islands for the spread of trueh and the native saints are fast in a spirit to obey counsel and to to assist io ia sustaining ing those missions that have been adopted for their bone benefit bonewit fit soon after you loft left brother karren and rii myself belf were sent to kauai to select a place to commence and to tojo tWid to auy business thit that be deemed nece necessary sars relative to ille be pre preparing poring a place for anih gathering iring we selected I 1 a beautiful tin an eminence just overlooking ille valley of 11 berh two tap hundred acres as thi the ite ile fur for a chy which we on called ald abo the city of J josea oseph l this in ili company W I 1 elders green and hammond we ded dedicated to the lo 10 i biord rd for the ole benefit of tile the Hav Hay hajdun Kiwan dun saints dainta iiii and d we ve felt to pro prophecy hocy eliat from idt that place I 1 C 0 o salvation abol should go forth to this pe people gille amny many of the brethren wre were on lind hand as pioneers and ana all already 6 eji ged in ili putting in see seed daud and ayin cincan cin gaji energy and zeal which wl ji f ah wih ibm ibea we had never before witnessed witness ea since that period we have hag learned of their continued prosperity together ge with at an increase increate ot of and h help elp thal press ac ari ayed tl on the ath and it awauld do you good to see tile seventeen large aarie hales ei of printing inting nr paper each containing conti ining ten reams all aa in good condition the th naiia native brethren gather arnuad with j joy oy and emotion on oil their counte nang bances nances ze while beholding tile the press and aad material I 1 and evince A great anxiety to ao see it in immediate ap I 1 I 1 ti I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 our books 1 rame duty uty free but I 1 am told by I 1 tile the collector of customs that it is a doub doubt whether our press will w ill ulso pass free as lie he does not re us as a christian community 11 I 1 spent not less than an hour in ili showing him and others who were present that we were the only chris aiau coin ina ty 1 l and you may believe that they heard it bome things lings they will never forget I 1 then addressed address pd a vote pole to f the lie collector to be presented 0 to o tile the privy counci demanding dmn ding exemption tori for our mis ozion property y and referring him to the law lav providing br I 1 io same which I 1 think will res result nit in usi its relea delease se from duties I 1 brother kaeller reports i ports from a conference nee on conj hawaii over members your friend and brother brnt bei 1 BENJAMIN JOHNSON J Wull uku maui S boet 1 ocl 6 1854 dear brother george the work of tile gathering therit ig it lus as coin commenced n fenced I 1 came I 1 home ionic from I 1 I 1 Flono honolulu lutu and went straight to wailuku nei and kula and chose ten tell men from etell e tell place as r 0 o go erectly 0 to o laua latin aud and commence 1 sowing mid and planting brothers kinoo pelio t lio and kaianui chosed leaders tiey they all joined tile rne lit at lah balwina anu to ill about a weeks time with theirs their too tools provisions ac Br athers and johnson aso arrived about tile the sanie sa ne tillie foill foi i and wo wi 1 all l i epA jred to lanai i brother Brol iier lewis blessed brothel broth cr johnson before bedfor c he left 0 thu and told him lie he should know tile the spot 1 where to operations for farni farming big and also albo for building wen he should come coale unto it i alloin was vve cac ii so tl t a spot pot was pointed out by i revel aion where to coin fanning aud and also where to 0 o lay kiy out the cuy at tile dedi I 1 calion of our g house wo we lud had a aj glor glorious lous I 1 little and tile I 1 astl sunday following lii wo ha I 1 i meetings i pearly nearly nil all day long one barely retta t d long ig ellou f hta eat co tho golu pou poured xii I 1 down beautifully for a abot out diw houts ouis li the grout ground I 1 d for them I 1 i to plant ou oil tile morrow just na as we had naked islieb the i I 1 lord to 10 do I 1 could roal taju some dro dr dg ogrethel rethel o tile binef benefit it of iho alie front from U aliese iese fv few feelings me elings I 1 there wore none present nl ni the chrish chur cli except enosa of faith fuith anil and they had find come there according to tile word of the lord therefore lie he ready adwers to bleis them and aid lie M so byrud it ill th tint thit it I 1 a uld have expected so it will bt be when I 1 the mulli tude gather tiO be I 1 Nor eased th ough alie i s aliey ha albade I 1 then tile the lord will bless L week d iu in getting insetting four yoke or of oan haded eliere abere we took in ii od scow of B F rolls rollis roll s dud nd co and took eliem all over at a load whiled and natives at all joined in ill saying that wa we would never land on it L binai inai alth hith tilen i but flie alie adir lider and winds would take us to sea mid iund we would be lost ao but bilt tile hie lorl LOH proved them all fils false e we went over inthe in llie ni ad hid had a very smooth tribe ti w irad tiree whole boats to low the scow we pulled and i all night long alid about 8 o loek in ili the morning we landd I 1 0 how heart awell vell d with gratitude to my heavenly father lor for 1 1 is protecting in g cure care that had been over us through the night W aeu we returned 0 o la guitia many word wera ready nady to us on oil our escape from what they considered a pe rilious trip I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 the other Is gands Linds being so far ot oft Yand and our having no vessel yet ift it wil il be a hai haa 4 matter inetter for them to send many pioneers so it t will rat fall mostly on i nel to hear beat off MY tills this work tint thit i is tile the coin commencement or of it aud and I 1 must sa siy they are ready rady and effling I 1 F A HAMMOND HALMOND I 1 L maui oc I 1 t 10 1854 dear brother georae I 1 rf a later in ili compus compary y with will yours this morning aroln pepsi dent lewi affa infer ring me ine of f tile the distribution of tile the new eld rs ac brother sil sik for this island bi oilier brother joseph Jose pl for molokai Molok iii with willi privilege to b be a ou on this md ind part of tile lime idine brothels 1 silas S smith eli bell ward E pick pack and goo geo spear 0 o hawaii Haw iii sir sic esou al abolen kanal kaiui john R young md wm N cl cleft ft athu oliu brother le lenis is hlo hl o informs mo me of tile the api appointment ai t of brothe arren to preside over the te temporal affairs of lanai yours ac F A HAMMOND |