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Show I IN FAR OFF SAMOA, lJ Where Sons ol Utah's Sods and I Daughters Are. ,f . ' JOUnSETIMJS ItV SKA AXI USD. i' Uttlicrln; for Conference. A Satire H ' T!olo.-Nrroir lUcsp from H llreaWn. "Silo it Home." B Crriseiiirt oM NSWS. K Kaoalii, Hamoan Iilanls, April 4, H 1893. According to previous arrange. H mtnt, the Halnta Iroro I.1otI arrived H here In a smell open boat, this morn lnj(VtJuf.Jj)n did also lirutlier Ifoix's boat and creir from Vulpa'a. H. Tho Idler were on tlielr way to iH Binrjana. t the cut end of tho liiaad, m It having Icon decided to hold Uio H semi-annual conference of the Island B of Upolu it that piece. They remained M here until the iUouk eailtru wind, K-r that blows almost Incessantly during H ' the day time, had somewhat subsided, B 'i and tbepeaoifulrayaof loiely clear B moon were beaming brightly o'er land Hfl . and iea, when they made reparation! BB to continue their Journey. Klder fl Ueorgu K. Drowning, president of the V. i Bamoan mlulon, and J-ldera Ueo. Mc Cuneend r.ll. Hilton were added lolho h 6mpany, Klden Drowning and i) Hilton golog In Ifopo'e boat, while M I KIder McC'une acoompanled the H Heinle from I.elorl, B ' Webade'lofa'and led tho Kaa!ll BB wharf at 11 p.m. The natlrta wrre compelled to row on account of the 1 alight bead wind, but found II much I more pleasant than rowing beneath kaaaV ' the icorcblng raya of a rjamoan auu. If ' Our lioali gilded smoothly aloog In. V i tide the reef, our eclenced oarsnieu j keeping time Ilk clock work to one of their obarmlng native tout songs, A tide of fifteen minutes brought tie K to Vallrle, where we went outside the Hi i reef. We found the tea comparative Ha i ly apeaklng quite amoolb. Lut It did HH not take long to make ua feel that II HH would be belter for our health on land. HJ Ai w a oontlnued our Journey I lie ua HJ became quite rough and our boats were HHj tossed about considerably. Hut through HHj It all wo experienced thai feeling of Ha I lately peculiar to the Balnti wheu In HHf tho path of duty. HHt Wo arrived at Faleapuna at 8.30 a.m. HHf and, aa our oarsruen were tired, dropped HHf anchor and temalnedlna natlveliouie Ha until tp.m. (Tuursdsy), when wu re HHf I sumed our Journey and arrived at HH t Hamuiu at t) p.m. There wo were HHf kindly welcomed by the natlvea and HH atopped over ulght. HH 'the following morning (Krld'.y) we HH were Informed by the Halnta that the HHf' path leading to our place ofdeitlna. HHf lion waa a good one, aud, ai were Tery HHf 7 anxloua to avoid the ata aimuch aa HHf possible, we deolded to walk and let HHf the natives take tho boats the remain. HHf I log twelve miles, HHf ! Wi arrived it Slnpapaal II a.m. HHf.,", and received hearty welcome from HH1 I'reildlng JSlder U. U. rjummerhays HHf , and Klder John W. Heck; also Kldere HHf) It. M. Hteveoa and Davlu It. Morgau, HHf i who bad arrived with the Ulumu HHfj j Halnls early lu the morning. HHf' The meeting house had Tieen laste- HHfj. fully decorated by Klders Bummer- HHfT havi and Heck, assisted bytbeBalnU fHt of their district. After aruklng of fHHti somrfof the bounties ot lite, consisting HHfj of tare, "palusatul," flsb, etc., we lie- H gau preparations for conference. HHfj Uu Baturday, April 8, our Hist meet. HHf ng of conference waa called to order HHfj I by I'reildlng KIder (J. U.Buumerhaya HHa; at 10 a.,m. The following named HHfj i i.ldert from Zlon were pruenli Ueo. HjHJ 1 Drowning, 11. M. Stevens, Qeorge HtHJ McC'une, (J. 1:, Hummerbeys, John fHJH, W. Heck, D. It. Morgan and T. 11. HHf) ' lllllon. The morning meeting was HjHJ addressed by aiders Ucorge K. Hrowu. HjHjl Ing aud Ueorge McCune. In the HHfj alternoon Ulder It. M. Btevona nd B dressed the congregation. fHHf After the alternoon servicer, tho HJHJI natlvea of the district gave a HtHJ "Taalolo," (the bringing of food to HHfj visitors,) In honor of our visit. The HJHJf high chiefs and "talklng.men" ltd out HjHj lu the first procession, eaoh carrylnga HJHJI basket of food, which wta laid on the HHj ground before us. Following altar HH them csme young men and maidens HJHJfW from cither side of tho village, some HJHJfV throwing aud twirling sticks aud HJHJT knives, others singing and dancing, HH aud keeping tlmo to the beating of a B natlvudrum. The whole ceremony B was perfoimed In a very dextoroua H manuer. H After the noire had abated, three of H theptluolpal ulklug.men" stood be- B foro ui, and held a brief consultation, B Isanlug upon their stalls, aaleouilom. H ary with them when addressing au B audience. At trie close ot their coil. BJBJB venation two of them retired andithu BjHH remaining one stepped forward aud BBHJ made an appropriate sjxech. When HH he concluded, Klder Qeo. K. Hrowulog HHJ respondoJ, and in a few well choseu HHJ Words thanked them tor the kind HHJ ntss aud rtspict shewn ui. HHJ Home ot the "lulatales," or HHJ talking min, then came forward and HHHJi presented each article of food, with the HHHJK name of the donor. While Ihey note HHHJiH ' thus engaged a uumbsr of Ihe young M women preionl begau tbe "slva," or BHBJI native dance, which was very Inter. HHJ tellng. Hovsral of the brethren pres. HHJ ent pronouusdtho "Taalolo" the btst HjHB i they had bad tbe privilege of wltutu. HJHJfT Ing. HH In tbe evening the Klders nnd HJH natlvo Balnts, with a bw of their HHJ Mends, assembled In the meeting HHf house and whlled nway an hour or HHj twollilenlng tomutloand singing by HHf acme of those present. Hrothor It. M, B Blevens's school chlldreu from Hluum H went through aomo exerclssa In H Bemoan and ilngllsh In u most credit- H able niannor. All of tho school child. H . ten received presents In the shape of H I little calico Jaikete or coats, which had H Imumadoby lheelterratrgalll, H OuBuuday, AirllOlh, the mnrnltig H mittlng was tailed to order at 8.15, and H after singing aud prayer, tho mines H of the Church authorities, general and B local, weio presented and uuanlmously H tuitalned, Thu uamot of thu ml,. B slonariei on Bsiuoa wero also placed B Ulotu tUu conference and sustained. H the statistical report for six monlbt B eujlcg April Olh waa also read, show. ffHMat Ing au ououuraglcg Incressi. It,.. BjB S,,i,1i'!iw",t "".", mull,' by K1Jor T. BJBJBH i 11, Hilton, Juo W. Heik, aud C. 11 BMBMHJ Bummeiheyi. BBBBas l I mm,?,dlEl'7 ,ft" lu morning BfHJHJ 1 1 nenlmeet ng, at which Klder Ueowo HBBxB 1 fr """"" Flu on the BacrsmeM HBBBaUBBkv i1.,"," f'otcd thu nsmes of Nal.l HaHliiEiaMi ordlmllon to the cfllce of Utaconi, wblohmrttheapprovalcf all present. Themeetlo; was then given Into tho hands of those present to spelt as the Spirit of the Lord should dictate. The following brethren and sliters respond edt Flame, Iforo, Taumal, Nalnl, Fatlogp, Tasaloa, HI el, Killna aud Tevlseu. ThaHacramenl was admin Utercd by Hldere Btevona and lie Cunr. A good aflrlt prevailed throughout through-out the asrvlces. The afiarnoon aeiilon waa adJrenod by lllilera Hrownlnf, Ueorge McCuuu and U. J. Hummerhays. In thueveuln, alter appealing Iko cravlegs of Ihe Inner man by parlak Ing of some of the fruits uf the Taslclo," wo held a Trlesthoed meeting. In addition to the missionaries mis-sionaries present, weru the fallowing natives boUIng the 1'rlesthooJ: Ifopu, lame, I'ailogo and laumil, 2i'nlnl nudTagaloa. Uldsr Hrowulng gavo some very gooJ luitruollous regarulng thedutlei nnd responsibilities of the l'rleithood and was followed by Kldrrs tilevens, lt,cUune and Humraerhoys upon the ntni euljoot. Utah native present also spoke a few words beating teillmenler. Uu Monday the 10th, we lelt Bin pna at V a. m. upon our Journey homeward. Klders Hrowuliu and Mclutio deoldeJ to walk as far us Haleaatimua, nud there Join Hldera Morgan anu lllllon, who accompanied Ihe Lalovl Bilnts In their boil. Borne little difficulty waa experienced In pnislng Ihruugli one of thu ojeulngs In Ihe reef, ou account of our Salute not being acquainted with the pu,oe, The boat got a little to one side and was sttuck by a Urge wave and thrown against the lotf, ataioit ca ailing It. The natives aeslng Ibedin gerwowere In, sprang from the boat, aud with a powerful effort, pulled It from the reel Into tbe proper I asiage. There It escaped being dashed to plied by a large breaker that rolled In a for aeconda later. The Uldore who were In tbe boat rtallitU that au nllwlse l'rnvldoncu had watched over thera. The bott nrrlvod at Bileoaumua nbout 11 a. m. KUers Hrownlug Hiid McUune reichlog that point at the amollme. We waited I hero about an hour, whllo Ihe natlvea made some "ave" and procured some "nlus" (young cocoanuts), alter which we returned our Journey, reaching Balua-fatu Balua-fatu about 8 p.m., where we were com. iielledtottoponaccouut of low tide, ilder Drowning was very desirous of continuing towards I'sialU, but the natives cotarlalned of being tired, so Wo remained there over night. Wo loft early tho following morning (Tuesday) and reached Kagalll at 10 a.m. We found all well. Tne sea was quite smooth and we enjoyed our trip home very much, having salltd the I'nater part of the way. T. II. lln.TO, Cierk. |
