| Show I i Jensens Travels lOtIOn 110 tux I I Prom the jrd of February 189 the I t day of my arrival I In Iapcclc I Tahiti I from New Zealand till the 5th of the time month I was builly engaged nt I I Papeete gathering historical Inform i lion about the Society Islands million I j assisted pHI of tbe line by Jilder Cutler > Cut-ler Hut 01 tea mission records of any kind till been kept f o larlt was no easy > task to compile history there being nothing to compile from except n lew letters on file from the diflcrenl Wdtra I I I now In the field prlrdpatiy for tIm yeAr 1895 Union ill nilcnl data cm be ob totted from the private Journals kept by the pectlte Hders who hue labored in these Islands the history of this mission will necexarlly bo Incomplete According to the tcporti which have recently been forwarded from the different differ-ent Elders I to the president of the inn stall there were 984 toul Induing I children belonging to the Church In the mission at the close of 189 Of these 57 were on the Island of Anus Open tl halite 59 on akarava 1 14 on Aratlka I J 130 on fakaroi 31 on Kauchl lion I Ktrala 59 on Kaliusl on Malemo all on ilao Son Amanu Jon Tnuere 73 on Marokau US en Illkueru 153 on I Tubualjon Uurutu ion Tahiti and 3 scattered otherwise incmbeit The mission Is divided into three eoafer cores namely the Lower Ttiamotu pre tided over by Elder Call J 1 lIen the Upper Tuamotu with HIder Thomas I Woodbury as president and the Austral t conference over which Eider I rank 1 oiTpicsidct Elders I Eugene I M Cannon Can-non Alonto F Smith and George P I I Despaln labor In connection with Eider 1 Larsen In the Lower Tuamotu ccn feience Hider Arthur Dickenon la I Cider Woodburyi companion In the Upper Tuamotu and Cider Iled I C Kossller helps Eider Gaff In the Austral i conference Elder Cutler him lea has f > had no companion since he succeeded I I J to the presidency of the mission In May J I 1895 From the foregoing It will be J J teen that there are nine deri I from Ij Zion in the Society Island mission all f the present time Of these Elders I Cutler Cut-ler Woodbury Larsen Cannon and Golf have labored In the mission since March list 199 the others arrived January 4th 189 During the year 189 the Elders have done missionary work on the following named Island Anaa Ahe Arillka Apataki Arutua Amtnu laaltc lalaraoa lIon KaucliI Kathi Makeruo Morakau Karaka Takaroa Talilll I I Tubual Toau ralaro and Takume The Society islands mission embraces t three groups 01 islands namely the B Society Islands consisting of the so 11 s called Windward and Leeward Islands Tuamotu Archipelago and the scat < tentS Ausiral lilanon ol which Tubuil I It the principal member The Lo era er-a Tuamotu conference embrace all the I f Islands of the Tutmotu group lying west If I I ol longitude ° 45 wen of Greenwich I joth tJo IIi II I an J the Upper Tuamotu conlcrcnce all J i the Tuamotu Island lying east ol the 7 meridian named llio Austral confer i ence takes In all the Austral Islands though nearly all the Saints reside on the Island 01 fubual As thcie Is only a very lew icatlctcd SaInts on the Society Islands and those I few all on Tahiti these Islands are not Included I In T any conference organization at they are otherwise interesting and may per 1 hapt becoi a future missionary field 111I 1 give a lew particulars concerning their rim Society islands lie between Iatl < tude 161 anil ib mull and longitude 148 and IJJ ° jo west 01 Greenwich and consists of loutteen Islinds exclusive ol Islets They nro divided Into the Windward islands consisting ol Tahiti Mooica Maltea i or Mihelia toll Telua iji roa and the ecHard Islands t consisting ol FubualManu llualnne Uilatca taboo Itoraborn totaltt Mauplll Mopctla llcllngshausen I llli or Lord llo es Island and Stilly Ine Windward Wind-ward Islands were formerly called the i Cieurgian Islands and the name Society IsUnu only applied Ia the Leiuard Is 1 I r1 erd d i loomIs 1 no utter wire Independent l stales until iBSS when they were taken possession 01 by the French 1 The area ur tile whole croup h I estimated at 580 square miles and has n population 01 ubout 1800 at the present time Nearly all the islands except the few coral Is lands and Wets closely resimulu end other In l appearance erh arc II bosh > mountainous In llio Interior with tracts lowlying and exliaordliaty fertile land occupliK the shores oil around from the lute at the niounlalni tu the sot and surrounded by coral reels thin I largest Islands 1 ate abundantly watered by tree ns and enjoy a temperate am agreuble climate consltlering their localin m the tropics Almost every bl J kl rr tropkal jtlablo and Iruit known It Lro here but o rlculturollle lected The nstSc InhafltanU belong to the Iolyneisn race slid resemble the Sandvt islanders very much la elm aclcr vA dupojltlon They are alhble InleQ was and hospitable but oattle and u rvual Tnu women of 1ahlii art represented by many as buiiK the prettt1 met with on any of the 1aclllc Islands The practice of lattoomg hi almost wholly disappeared and many of the natives pattern now alter Iuro peans In their dress > > eipcclall the women who are now generally In full dress ned only show their bare lcd and usually mion ertd head The men wear only a shirt and a breechcloth the In dlspensible 1 mreuon ordinary occasions Coma 1 dried I cocoanuts oranges and lime juice ale the principal articles exported ex-ported The rihlttan oranges arc supposed sup-posed lobe the best In I limo world Cobra liilr II Is 1 the general article I I ol barter lluougli out the Islands for groceries and general merchandise t which are Imported ihlcll from Ainitical I ranee and New Znolarim r but the natives could easily submit without with-out thrse imported wares at the Islam produce eve > lhlng necessary to sustal life including brendliuit bananas lei pUlntaln > ams ut potatoes tare etc llolh French and Chilian money i is use r Taxes and custom house duties are paid In French mone > but Chlhau money I Is used almost exclusively In trade A Chilian dollar Is Iorlh trot Ih all Jail a United Mates dollar it is taken at par alue with two English thlllliiKS and two Jud shall Irancs Jho denomination Ir Shy use cents lieie and are ten ono cent dollar twenty Imiccesat cenli diver The animal Kingdom of time Society islands Is represented by horses tittle cheep go n Jiogs dogs ond r J teerofco i Ir III owl tic Moit oljheia ip nc were orl lnAily Imported by the uiltfn Inhillli l bf latr lila I niost Imponint lUndafiha group It li abouttlntr i wo miles long iroti ncrihwrtt to soul rOil and It I au rlongilcd lane of high and mulch being interinptril In one hurt forms an lillmiui about three miles ild nhicli connects time two pcnlinu Ill From 1 low niiigln of tea coist tie hnd inns 10 n very considerable I eight on both extremities of tbe IslinJ i whop tome ghlyftitlle I valle > s intersect T of 1 he range M different polLs Tile leftist lefti-st mountiln on the nitlhein prninsula sOrohens 7j9 feet Mill the next In point lr I evllclI art lila Jllll 696 heel and Vaunt 6 771 fact This lat ained mountain MSjmelimei i called Hit Iislen l From these hf y peaks ridges itergo to n I pants thecoasl they are ttclpllou aud generally narrow In iltcis a mel edge The Island is neatly surrounded by nn excellent broad road ailed the broom Road which ocr hadonrd with trees affords a delightful leunt visiting the dllferent trillcmcnls distributed around It TIle code ol laws doptcd by the 1omarcs In early days lb ic punishment for getting Intoxicated vas making many led ol this road Outside the low bilt of land at the foot ofihe f mountains a coral reef ecclicles he Island at a distance of from one ouilh mile to three miles and within this are several excellent harbors TahItI I dcliledly a beautiful island owl H I sometimes called the Eden 01 the taupe It Is sullideilly high lo he seen at foity five miles distance at sea Ap g iroaching it from the nostheash nr sony ctl It looks like two Islands ills low onnectlng Isthmus not being seen The utlves distinguish lbs lo peninsulas I ol I W IT OYdo C which Tahiti 11 composed by the names sli I Ofourromi or Tahiti Nul Great Tahiti aol Ilaraboo or Talarapu or TahitiIll Little Tahiti united by the sthmis Capialn Coik la his detcilptlon of Tahili nr Oiahelle ai he called It online on-line occasion of one ol his vlslls aayu > Ierhsps there Is scarcely a spot lathe universe that aliordt a more lunurlinl respect than the southeast part of I rInS Brt fl j ul nS Jttheile Die hills I are high and steep nd l In many places craggy but they are covered l In the Cry lummlll with trees and shrubs In such n manner that the jiectntor can scarcely help I think ng that the very rocks poneis tho proper y of reducing And supporting tunis crdant lcthng The tilt land which boundt those bulbs toward the sea and the Inter icenl vallcjs also teem with tarious reductions that grow with the moil ex beranl vigor and at once fill I the mind I oTihe beholder with the Idea that l no place upon earth can outdo this In llio Itengtli I and beauty I of ejctauoi Na tome non tcci no lisa liberal In dlstribut leg li11IC15r which are found In every valley and as Ihiy approach the sea I ellen divide Into 10 or three branches erlllUIng the flat lands tliroujh uhlch they run The habitations of the natives are callered ulthout order upon these II ats nod mlny of them appearing towards to-wards the shore presented a delightful ieno viewed from our thps cspccia ly lee4w U eIr us the sea within the reel which bounds ho coast It perfectly f stilt and affords it ale navigation at all times t for the ol Inhab Ilanll who are often teen paddling In I heir cancel Indolently along In passing rom place lo place or In going to full g hi On viewing these charming icenei I have often regretted my nubility lo tranlodt to those sliu have had no op lortunlty ol seeing them such n dcscrlp lon as might In some mcclure convey an ImpressIon ilmlhrta what must be loll by every one who his been lortunato nough to bo on the spot I bda lt ltl eIlT tO ol Tanltl lad 1 louj Inhabitants In 1891 of which 4J8S resided in the city of apeell the area 01 the Island Is afo 000 soles Moorta situated about nine miles lorlhwctt 01 Tahiti ranks at one of the ovellest Islands 01 lie Taclfic I and the itiborof rub near Iapeloills one of In but In the w oild the water Is to deep close I to shire that thlps can belied WtI tl shl Wt et t led Ida tree on the UnJ Moortilsa I jeautllul otject as setn from ahlil I and Its beauty is enhanced on n nearer op nioacli its hills and maunialns may without any great ttretcli of Imaglni lion be converted Into baltlementr splies and towers rising one above the oilier their grey sides clothed here and there with verdure whlcli at a dliuncc cscmblcs Ivy of the richest hue Moorca has If pnulble a more broken surface I than luhlll and Is more thrown up Into separata pcdks lit scenery Is wild even In comparison vvith I II that ol Tahiti and particularly l I upon the thorct whcle I the mountilnt rise precipitously from time water 10 the height 01 3500 feet fun reef hlcn surrounds the Island similar tu that of labile and his no soundings Immediately oil sulo of II Illicit ctllu 1st two Abounls and holes ate louml In IK shattered rldjjM Mil JifT It l bl Is therotedonalhtoiighwhnlilhogo10rtn I I > is said to hae thrust hu pear flit Inhabitants In-habitants of Mcortn reside upan Ihl ihorei ond there aro tccral large oil jiges r m tlie loulli tide of lt Ihe Inland lip the census ol 1891 the Inba lUuti numbered I 47 folhc cotton 1011 and all IM other ironlail llsI planu luccccd weil m Moorci rno Island lien In a trnngular shape ol which the north tide I whlci Url neatly dmeast and nest Is about nine mile loan Shin toutlienit coast Is nearly sevens and the fiillmeit tlihtinilMlong I Its area It about ji 710 acres ol whIch 8650 ate li far ItI yahoo Moore was dlicoveved by Captain Wallis July J7ih 1767 and by him named fJuko or YOlk Island Malice or Oiiuhureli Island Ihe easternmost of Ihe Society Islands and lies About misty miles east 01 the east end ol Tahlll or about one hundred miles from Papeete The land li I high round and not more Ilian seven mile In its grestcit extent lit greatest elctalon Is I 1397 feels and it Is I In latitude 17 ° sutith longitude ijSjl welt Its uurih tide Is remarkably sleep Die iculli side where the declivity from the hills Is more gradual Is the chief place of neil tlence ol the nalixei but the north tide front the very summit down to time aoa It so itecp that It can afford roll support to Ihe Inhabitants The eastern part Is very pleasant cocoanul and ether fiuil i abounding 1 beta were n number of SaInts on this island at an early day but none row as far as known i Tcturoa It a small low iiland or rather a group ol small low coral Itlets inclosed In a reel about thirty miles in circuniftr cite lying twentyfour miles north ol i Tahiti They formerly belonged lo I juetn 1omarc of lahlti and were In launcJ by Ihe poorer rccpe who sub shIed I n full anil coconun eTh latter still abound Tahlllan ladies uf rank made this p ace tine of their favorite resorts re-sorts going there as lucy lAid lo Improve Im-prove their I I complexion by reposing beneath the sluilo nets but r moro frequently fre-quently it It supposed to recover from inieiies lirougl about by Ikcntloui habits I Tubual Mum or Malao 111 formerly i also known as Sir Charles Sounders hInd h-Ind li Ihe shape of a foot hence non nt its name as malio Is J fool In this rahltlan tongue and III tittle This Island Is-land Is composed of many little islands whichgradually have been joined together to-gether through the process ol nature to make cue Itlard which It about thirteen miles In clrcumlercnce Its greatest length from east to west Is I about six mile In she center a till absul 160 feet t In gI with a double peak rIse but the grister portion of this lla lerlUr and Hie lower round abounds with Cocoanut Co-coanut trees The hills are wooded lo lie lummiti and ala distance Die Island lut much the appearing of a ihlp under fall Thenaithcastpolritli in latItude 17jS south longitude i5J ° j iuCst it about filiy five miles ItrJl ahltl and II hat about San Inhthitinti Il uta rib coveted by Catiln Wallli July aSih h67 lluahune IVablna woman It I tha easternmost of Ihe group which was called the Society Islands by Cook who discovered it In CI July I 1769 IIfl Is situated about ninety five miles norlhimt of Tahlll Is about Inenly miles in circum fcrcnce and is divided Inio two penintu las called respectively lluahlne Nul or large nnd Iluahlna III or small A strait with shallow water and lest than a mile uide separate the two Islands Iluahlna Ins a very now strip ol fertile fer-tile land near the iliure and tha moan talniwhlcli are not nearso high as ISaac of Tahiti more strongly Indicate 1 volcanic ltlrn II canic action and are In torn pans cultivated On each tide ol the narrow strait separating the two Islandi the rocks In many places rise perpendicular front tIme water Owharo liaibor which was visited by Cook a number 01 times Is situated on the northwest pail of the island It was her that he on his last visit lelt Onial tlie Tahltlan nativewbo had atlractcd so much attention In Keg 1 land lluahlne loimerly belonged to Tanutea Ihe king of Ralatea and was given by him to his daughter king iomaret sister Inlaw Elder Noah lInger one of the first Ittter dav Saint Lulers sent Irom Nau voo Illinois preach tha gospel to lIme Pacific islanders came to luahlne In Ins calling as a missionary In the latter part of 1844 but the people would not receive re-ceive him After being rescued from the hcilly Island on time occasion of the wrecking of the bark Julia Arm In iSjs nlhs bi rlJI Jj Iders 1 John b Idredgo and James Graham returning lo America front minions to Australia spent about n month at lluahlne waiting for the schooner tmma Talker to get ready to take them to the Sandwich Island Undoubtedly Un-doubtedly Ihey did some pleaching at the time Th s was In January 1836 Kalatea or Ullclea lies about twenty five miles lathe westward ol lluablne and I ao milts northwest ol TahllL Ills I about forty miles in circumference of a mountainous character covered with vegetation and but too well watered cascades rIvers and swamps abound ng tf f ndAInrt fS all directions At a distance 01 one or two mites Irom the shore the laud Is encircled by a coral reel that also In closes the adjacent Island ofTahaa Tills reef has several small islet on It Kaiatca has icvin excellent anchor iges on Ihe weather and lee side of tha Islands Is-lands the I best of these is the Uturoa harbor on Ihe northeast coast It Is a reel harbor and has Iwo or three entrances TIme soil of Ihe Island Is exceedingly fertile exotic fruit trees thrive vigorously and particularly Iruit ol Ihe lime Uilalea Is a beaulllul Island Indeed Among Us historic localities I is u valley by the seaside called Jima where she chief temple I and image im-age ol Oro was situated In hIm days ol old To this place I I ed inhabitants of tome of the other Islands Hocked to offer sacrifices to their god Oro They brought with them tIme putrid bodies of persons who had been hunj on trees In their own Islands and loll them to ben be-n In Opoa Near tills I valley Ij a large cave tIme bottom of which has never been found This place was called palm night by the natives and was supposed sup-posed lobe boo place cl departed spirits There Is a legend l onion the I people to the cued fan a cruel kingol Kniatea who was curious to examine this cove ordered his subjects to let him down by aropr they obeyed but when they lound their duel In their power they let go lie rope and lelt I him to ptilili Eider Noah Niger lilted Kalatea asa as-a missionary In 1844 but was rejected by tie people 1luor 1 lolm McCarthy nuuraled to America Irom Australia v tiled Kalatei late in 1855 or early In i8j6 after rung thipvvrciKcd In the 111 wed Julia Ann on mime bully Island lie remained Uo wetl And baptized a hpuniaru by the nama cf Shaw whom ho oidaied onl Idl lot I vvliat l became of that Elder I I have bcm iinblo to lam Tahaa which Is for y 011 Us In circum fircrct It somcilrmi u called tan 1lln Mileriultolaten T It 1 u iniuuiil In ibo same coiil ret the wltr biunu the 1110 biands is moji alia en v Continued on Iajt tu lot JENSONS TRAVELS Cbnsnueei Irom Jalf Ten about two ml es In width and both are surrounded by a greatnumbtr ol anotus which rest upon the coral reef Taua Is I about lull blue are ol Raiatra and Is rot so fertile Cspum Look vliiled this Island In his hauls In t and Lieutenant IlckerRlll was sent around It by him In a licit In 1773 IIOMbora Is ilstinKUi < lieu br n very tolly double peaked mountain uhlcn rises In the midst uf and reaches far above the surrounding hllli It It crowned by n square piece ol rock w hlch appears as II paced there by human hands though no human foot has ever reached the summit Ilorabora Is about eight ml es northwest ol Tahaa to which I It Is Inferior l In extent but the reel 1 I rr 1 with which I It Is surrounded ltl Is nearly full uf Islets much lamer than those which are scattered union i the rocks that In close Kalatea and Talua IloraLora more rude and eruy than the rest ol the Society Island It > eastern side has a barren appearancethe western Is more Irilllt I na afg w border which surrounds Ihe whole together with Ilia Island on the reef aro very productive Its earliest Inhabitants nre said to have been malefactors male-factors banished from the nclihboring I Islands Captain Cook did not land here upon his first or second voyage and In 1777 lie was prevented from anchoring In the harbor by contrary UnIn 1side winds Un its l went side Is Valtaue the port of the Islsnd to which Ihe distance Irom Tahiti Is about one hundred and filly miles Ilorabora as well aslluahlnc Kalatea and Tahai was visited by Elder Noah Rogers in the latter part ol 1144 but the nalivcr Influenced by sectarian minis > Itrs would not receive him as a Latter day Slot missionary 1 believe no attempt at-tempt has been made by any of our Elders lo preach Ilorabora since 1I J According to French clliclal I rt ports the CIln x Island ol Ilorabora has about bar Inhabitants Inhabi-tants at the present time lluahlne has about ijuo and Kalatea and Talian together to-gether about 3 coo Inhabitants Molu hi Is I the northernmost ol the Society Islands proper and consists ol eW sAIrl rwrISi J tome very small low Islets connected by a reel about ten miles north northwest north-west 01 llorabcra to which It belongs It has no permanent Inhabitants turtles abound Mauplle or Manna Is the westernmost r of the Society Islands l proper It Is forty miles northwest of Kalatea and U 1 distinctly visible from ho I lower hills ol that island It Is about 170 mill I n < rilm est of Tahiti TIle island Is 1 connoted ol lulls wooued to their summit sum-mit and occasionally created by cocoanut cocoa-nut trees but presenting ragged and mural culls to the sea coast especially one rocky mass on the soutlmtst tide which rises 700 fret above the sea re leroblln the luls if u gigantic castle The population I of the Island Is small the principal village I Is situated on late southeast south-east side feel Island tssurrouuded bye coral barrier rectal a dlstauce ol about three miles enclosing numerous small sletscovercd with coooanut trees The ibml which Is I seldom visited by foreign vessels Is In latitude 1626 soutnlongitude lea ° la westOn west-On learning 01 the disaster ol the Julia Ann cu the bcilly Island reel In 1835 the king or chief ol Msuoltl tare spumo to a petition by Elder John Me Iarthy and others uispatcheu two Hit e schooucrs to the bcilly Island lor Ihe = purpose ol taking off the casteanay emigrants e but on arriving I there they found i that Captain I fond who had chartered l chart-ered the schooner Lmma Packer at Itushlnc had been there twelve hours before and taken the people away Elder El-der McCarthy then returned with the I schooners to Maupill where he commenced com-menced lo preach the Gospel I llefound l j boor with the King Taper and l bap r lzl r tiled the kingn l interpreter Captain Celsno a Maltese by birth who could speak seven languages Hrother Me tatthy ordained this man an rider nd was enabled through him to preach to the natives who teemed favorably Impressed Im-pressed by his testimony After about three weeks ator on Muplll Elder DlcCarlhYs wiled for the Island ol Ha latex This was In December 1855 Scllly Island consists of n number 01 vety low Islets or mntus lying on a coral rout 1 which measures about nfteen mites In circumference The easternmost motu Is In latitude l6 ° li south longl tude 15410 west or about 185 mile west ol Kaiitca and 300 miles northwest north-west of Tahiti Besides the circular leef composing the island n hidden reel extends in a westerly direction for man miles and the whole reel system const lutes a very dangerous locality lor navl galois It wan on the hidden reef on the west und about twelve miles from the Island reef that the 111 fated bark Julia Ann en route from Australia to America with I a company of Saints was wrecked October jrd this On that sad occasion two wom < n and three children were drowned aril Ihe survivors compelled spend several weeks < most of them jm two months on on the l uninhabited Islam subsisting on turtle and brackish water They were finally taken off by the Immi hacker a schooner which Captain fond bad chartered for the purpose at Ilua blue The Scillv Island was discovered by Wallis In 1761 About fifty miles southeast of Scllly 3 ro tt 1 Island lies Mopetla another coral 1 Island about ten miles lone by lour broad discovered dis-covered by Wallis In 1867 and about forty r miles northeast ol bcilly Island Is-land Is I Ilelllngshausen 1 Island 1 which I Is also a low uninhabited coral island I triangular I In form and richly covered with tropical egetatloa I These three hn lbL last named Islands I do not properly be long to the Society group but as they belong lo no olhergroup geographically orrfeo rrcl IOt fP r and rosy ore now claued ol Trends posscisions and counted by Inch I clli clals as members ot Ihe Society Island I have also described them under that head In this article ANDRUW JKNSON SANAU Kaukura Tuamotu Islands I February loth IS < fi |
