| Show I Jensens Travels csac = LETTER NO Ayr June und 189S 1 penl Saturday Honolulu library dy althe of the rrt l file I aof old ppn A monthly Mrulnr porn nal entitled The Friend marine devoted and eamen < < temperance IG enc and commtncd early forties ptoved 10 hoc oC I In the sul benefit to mon looking lot cr I hlch I neded lor hlslory on dtes Damber of that paper lasuedat 1I000olula I I dated July III ISI6 the devotes consdeublo space 10 on IIOr on the Mormons occasioned by article Ifflrll al lIonolulu nl the tidy the winch OJ the reader will pr lrooUyn remember tolled Irom Nw York hI 4h 1546 with 035 Saint on tart lebran 1 bound for California way oC The company was well Horn tlrplloJ cJf with Implernenll of husbandry l tool for establishing a utelJary aid cc Kiibmrnt They also brought tee and material ih item a priming press used In publish wh terwardj were usn hot newspaper issued in Call to Ir the famU The Friend I announces the of the American ml It Honolulu n Brooklyn Captain Klcliirdson on Jane rothtt h36 days from Nw York 11 Mmo paper contain a lifculiinin tonal on the history and doctrine ol tie latter 1aY Saint the HOOK of Mor TOO etc > n which the cllllor aim to be lair and Impartial having obtained bl i Information from one ol the pan i rol the nrookljn lie winds up by t inj Before closing our remark as feel ourselves In duty bound to give I Ikiiy lo the teitlmony ol Captain K bsrdion miller of the Ilrooklyn In nard lo the general character of the emljranu as II ha been developed during a long voyage round Cape thorn I f 01 their teneralbehuior and character bespeaks In the most favorable inner fey have lived In peace together and u lomly appeared lo be quiet I and I amdeeir Th < ru are going with the lull determination of making a settlement aJ t Lane I brought plows crt critic aid ill kind ol nuibandry Implement tid tool for hip and house building Unr ol line emigrant coming from w England and the middle states are li t lined to tramplanl aome ol the List IL Lis-t tttotunslrolstheirsanative egg t plain Richardson Inlorms UI that d pug must of the passage they have roimulncd orderly and well conducted cly rtllglou eicrclie which nlll continue while lying In port During the passage ol the IIrooklYII there have c furred ten death four adults and alt children and two births A male child torn before doubling the cape wa called call-ed Atlantic and a female child born this I lets I called Pacific This numerous company Cn emigrant I are won to leave oTr their new home nay It prove more peaceful than lire one they have ltd bj lit as their mind may date been led lo embrace error Mr It be renounced Dial v > e dllltr pen many essential point of doctrine and practice If duly manifest yet our txtlwislir and prabrea go with them 1y the loitering smile of a kind and It mirunt providence rest upon them They in lo lay the foundation society lr IU ind nil lotion I toclal and rcllgloui l 0 may they be such that commit genera lion bill rise up and call them bleu el Then follou a Hit of death onboard on-board the ship Ilrooklyn and 1 a Hit of i her puicnccri 1 he death Hit read as lotion lebmiry I4lh 1846 the I Infant 1 ol joicph 1 Nichols died with the diarrhea alttr about two weeks illness aged i years and 18 day and wa burled the unit Jiyat tl u ociock a in In I latitude jn longitude 50 w Friday February Joth 6pm Mr lily Lmign died alter on linen of about three week aged yg yearn and j months Ilia Lody was consigned tu the deep the nest day at 11 oclock a mIn m-In latitude in 30 n loniillude I 26 w t GI Saturday J February i JSth the on of John It Kobblns died at 10 oclock p I m Him the scarlet fever alter an Illnet ol three days aged 5 year and 18 days He was burred In latitude f 16 a Ian nude aj w Maica tw the on of John Fowler did with Ihe diarrhea aged i year 7 months and aS day Much 7ih 6 oclock a m bliss I lln I oiijo died ol the consumption aged lo tears I 8 month and 1700 alru had been confined lo her lied about two reeks previous to her death latitude a onglluue a7 w Saturday March 14th I too m the non ol John K Robbins died I tori the consumption con-sumption aged I year 3 niontln and 16 da > L Latitude 15 jo I lunjlluue Ji w Tuesday hlsrcn 57th to oclock p m the son of Charles C tiurr ucId ul 1 diarrhea aged I year and J monlli hkhy M uch a6lli Edward Mile one of the ships crew died with crump In tie stomach alter eight Buys tlckncs Saturday Match I jih > oclock a m the ilju hler uf George K Winner diet a w the cankered tore throat aged 6 months and 7 day SIcIJR April isl a oclock p m 1 rl JIu Scyk Silai AUrlch I died of dropsy in the I lion h aed 43 years 8 month and 90 dais Ir < us cuntlgneil to the deep nt tacit I rt n m the licit day In latitude 41 In I I ude i i ngiiude 47 w Wtdneiday May fill Mn Laura UiHUin wire 01 Staac 00jw0i died reed a years u months I and jj d lys llcr death I ai occasioned by n it which i she ten hd i soon alter the hp lell flew York She lell seven children Ihr rtmilni were burled on the Island 0 Juan lernandex lie llrDokljn lOlled from Honolulu Jun 1 h bound for California 11101 Iw I Mowing Is I nn + ndohenna I writicn 10 The rlend 1 Irom Callorutn under data ol February 1 fill rhr lon f Yrb lluena situated l in lit hay ol San ranclsco 1 In all pro II hen illly wll I be Iho principal eatol j cf r itu I t mercanlile California gcmlemen nl Ihe majority on the era inane located tlieii clve nt that rh T Doling III the I number Y I 1110 I who have lolely c mo Into ha burnt copse have 10cII 1 obliged uny eh li HIM were formerly hen i Uv lor the Cihloinlil The I major Ity n IIf Ml residents are Mortioiu who I tnl I luppy lo nyrein > 10 ben mol In Our b ms IC people The Calilornlan D 1 > 1iiau on the apposite ardent Inn I bay t nn their lanchc but frequently I elbilluenabrlnglnEnoiiitoc I I III I uiter and chit oiher articles II lb 1 I ve for trade 1 1 1 1 if f the bail Is j generally known that the Mormon at ono time commuted commut-ed 1 tho majority ol the whole population on that particular part l of Ilia continent where the Irtlt cltv of S n Francisco nowatands The Mormons referred to In the letter were those who hid arrived In California hi the ship llrooL Oyu buniliy tune jj Vc attended Sun day tcliool 11 me Honolulu meeting house from 8 30 n m to lo a n then central meeting from 10 n m In moor nest Mutual nprovemenl 1 association meeting and n ipecUt meeting from 41JO 10 G p m Tho lat meeting was tolled on account ol my presence I poke In nil the meetings through llrother Noatl ni Interpreter Trie nv Jttnlrfrct itJdo rfrct lives seemed la l be Ill hip plssed with I talent was add < iecinly In the last meeting where we give them some Interesting In-teresting Item of Church hutor DurIng Dur-Ing the trlo we also obtained Home W valuable lilitorlcal l Information I from several old native members b it they are ai t rule unable lu I tlve correct dale daleMondti Monday June a After attending I to tome limlni In connection writ I President Presi-dent Noall ueinrother Noall wife nnd child I and I micll t left Honolulu 1 nt 130 f Ialc 11 p m for lilc where we arrlvcil it lo jo ii m We were nil much plhaasd l to pet back lo our missionary home aril enjoy as nlendld night rest I lucsday June 33 Jli 1 resumed my historical his-torical tabors I at tale and continued them diligently during Ihe remainder ol the week aIle1 I by President Noah mdcr I George II itlcr I Sister NVill John mown and others On Ihe Tuesday we celebrated I rt tho tenth mini 1 erurv of the wedding of Ilrnlher and Sister Noill they were married In the Iogan Temple JUlie 95 iSSj 1 A illn I ner wn given nt Unlhuli In their honor unmoor was presented them nc cording lo ancient custom amt appropriate appro-priate written congraluUllont presented I them The best ol feelings were IIInl festeil sort the occasion twos enjjiol by all On the I Srday the 3li nearly it IM1 all the male population ol Lin hull took a iwlm In the ocean Thl WAS my flirt bath in the Pacific Ily wading on ns far as possible and then watch for a big wave a person could cast himself on Its top or Immediate before It and be carried almost onto the dry bead sand bumlay Juno a6 i attended Sunday J school anil general meeting at lair l peaking In b her through Ilrolhrr II Noon l as Interpreter I also attended the alternoon meeting at which lour nitrite nit-rite 11In bore testimony In tine evening I the usual mliilonary meeting was held at ltnlhull at which Ilden George It Fisher I icorge Ile Ilirdno ril A alllt Walter Scholei Maliheur I Noall anl I myself were the speakers spent 1 the week culling notes fur history assisted by Elder 1 George 11 Fisher 1 and other On Wcdnetday J July dL 1 attended the closing exercuen ol tine tale I day school conducted by Urother MelvIn M liar man and Sitter Iaura I Fisher Avery A-very large number ol recitation were given interspersed wllli a feu songs Nearly all the scholars aid lomelhmg In their broken English peaking 1 from a platform made of two able which were placed Iront 01 the pulpit Alter the exercises a native least prepared for the occasion was partaken of In frontal the school home or old million house We all I participated the white lining I on the I porch and the I natives err toots I spread on the ground below and under a temporary bowery built the tame day Alter the fast Elder Noall and myeif f Interviewed several ol tho native for historical Information The clorlout fourth wblcts Ins holiday here as well as In America WAS observed at Lale by tome of the Saints going to KDhuk to witness the horse racing Toward evening tome of the missionary brethren and sisters myself Included took a ride to tho west coast ol lie Island beyond KahuLu eight miles die lanlvliltlnt I several point Interest on the way Among tines I mljht men I tlon several caves In tho earth filled with water allis which old legend and fancy tale are connected One of these Is the ramous water hole situated about a mile north of the mils 1011 house I In which I a certain l woman fleeing from the warrior I of Katnehameha IIIf said 10 hate dived and disappeared Tho I soldiers watched In vain fur her reappearance re-appearance on Ibo surface and thinking her drowned they bathed at Ihclr leis ore and while doing su talked freely of Ihelr I plan I The woman meanuhll I hidden agate the ntrallea oC which I was blow the surface 01 lira Water listened to their talk and after they had I left canui out of her hiding place and making her way lo rt the moun alns here her blends the braves 01 Oahu were cuncealydrevealed to thenl the plans and Isnrposes of the enemy Just Cel c oa W J Igl belare we atarled out ou our Itltle I loll day rldo Elder Melvin Ill Ifarnnun loft tror Lain on a iliort mlilon lo Mrl Island j of 1Iall On Saturday the Cili J at tended hB anniversary meeting of the Kcllcl Society a number of visitor yiro luOfaJsl were present from Honolulu and Ki mama Good little speeches were made and warm grecllnj I were exchanged i I also poke a hew minutes lildcr Noall Interpreting I After lima service which I were held In the meeting house wo all I marched across the green to the Relies Society hall where another native feast was prepared lor ill Tho whites and alive iillor ate on the upper floor and the other on the lower story A beef had been killed for the occasion tint and some pig and the never falling lob I and some huh constituted the principal prin-cipal bill ot fare besides tome watermelon water-melon and cake made by ihe white siren Sunday July 7 1 attended the usual number ol meeting I at late speaking In tho era general meeting a aloud time J Bidet Noall interpreting I I also blessed a male child which was named Wlllama I 1ml Naanao and by special request I blessed three of tho Honolulu ulsurs Monday July 8 1 finished my historical histori-cal labor at tale Inleiidini to Irate oniono During the day I aciom tainted some of tins brethren to Ccat Island I shoaled a short distance out loom the Ialu cot A number ol the native were also there Including tho Honolulu visitors who were busy JlheriiiR I fl i which II tome of them ate raw In severni 1 Instances 1 saw one of tho sister eat a little fish while It was let alive at least nat alive and Url Jig alter she had put It h I her mouth to eat it At noon I found mjidf and mi slonary aisodalei parial ing ol n pedal dinner which had been jircpaied In honor of the I historian who Kpcctcd lo leave 1 rl Inlo I fur count tho next JaIC Appropriate Ap-propriate lenience and good whines were presented him In writing by each ot tho missionaries present In tho evenin after pracr 1 delivered my pitting oddness to my riUtlonary com panliin at Unliull to whom 1 had become be-come much attached during my short but pleasant lolourn umonr them I have jet n vis lo make la the thud I ol Kanai and tome liistornnl won 10 do I In Honolulu alter which I urn bound for Slnl01 ANjRn IrtooN LAIR OiliU III I July 9 stay |
