Show I jensons Travels LITTER NO XIX with Together lh ssth JulY nuy C nibble spent 1 the lay tlder Edla rnulog i role 1oaol01u library P ube 1I aod other perlo < llcols 01 < l al lIonolulu 01 bleb Retie pubhbe successful In roOlI day I was Ia arty tents or historical Imror Inn several twit mllonu1 coanctw II Ith our tens the hlaad particularly havers upon data In regard to the arrival and e correct of Elder blchhavo ennal erollureol noted In the nelllparerslhoUKh iy I ba From the lime the mrl cot siw5Ys left 10 oSS8 and tel the Ar Elder coo Ella r IIIIIon and rival Lareolo or Apostles Snow and other hued I In 1M I 111 Ibe prozre I1t Is I known title kgee I but ok on the 01 missionary lUlU J Islands hence I nude n lIoaollaa 1 UI effort to find lithe papers can special salted effort nog bout the Mormon during that period Dy this meana I Caned that Captain Walter St Gibson attuned II 1onolulu June 30lh I8S1 daughter and In ompane by his daughter Commercial Advertiser ol 1 Tie r cifc Ocioeri 171h IMI a weekly Palter rubbed rub-bed ailloeoulu Hound I Cite follow its i editorial which rider UAble I copied I b she interest or history KKVIVAI OF MORMONISH modern knight errant In the fields While slopping hoe a day or Iwo last neck it HiVints East Maul tumor racked as to a growl Cllbuilcrlng I Icbm I pdtateeriar r I ur some other I mysterious chime was 00 foot at Walluku I w lcn I IIUIO lull liew Ulll ujj no g u Ui e tiller lame Illteell mllu dlltant soon other reports came In that n stew turnAil ass III S there that meetings stun ten IItiliI Illing I WIr closed i doom or rather thai the building In which the BHtints l were held was guarded against Interloper Un persons were being enluied for lecrct lervicr etc bear opera wete bardlv credible jet hear J r ihera reiterated I so hastened over is I na luku to learn their truth or tautly Ktachin Kalulutue found they were JICrrUy belld and ue were assured ty E parsons oho had seen II that a strange eal supposed lobe ulccei swn pat had peen uplyed al Watt uku Tuna fag part ol the story rather stirred I j our loyal blood l and McClellana lUiiicri I never longed lor n shot at site rebel more than did veforaillnipie u the I sip od secession bunting In umaj aith J 0 1 IlaveLnil LSI the tcriny tax collector of Waluku we rtmourltJ our horses and spurred them up in double quicklime On arriving tatiii villije we found that a Mormon mettles stein lemon snit Hut no less I cnptruct I personage than Water M Gibson u prcilamg over IITha UiUin Gibson ham molt of our Honolulu readers will remember In npioy situ Mr Charles Gray of lloooiuici on Inmediatcly proceeded la the Moimoa meeting house which Is located s dew hundred arts south ol nt Prutettact t church As soon scour irroadi 1 was observed there was a boar stir among the nat vet lounging aduut and a general stampede lor the nuance but sits the salutation aloha pushed our way through the door I tin had become filled with natives Ituuib l < we m1 with no resistance from ttr incur entry Hililnf up to the table I which was y Ihc tatter end of the 1 building we band Laptaln 1 Gibson and Mr I lnfl il ray sated behind It whom we accost id ud took ascot beside them This 1Ii1dr holds perhaps ajo persons and UBeoattlf alter our entry the natives todtJ In till It was deniely filled cufy with men there being but three ec Lu women present On exprcsmng en surprise or Captain Gibson at find nag bun here he replied that he was quilt surprised with htv present posh < fern two We then asked II there was any loiiuliiwn lor the report that we had tllldthal he vr l a MArnmn Ullh C alr answering the question asked h waard Clothe had come here as the t hind or a pour and despised class cf our population that IIII sympathies were w lih them that this was a Mor moo gathering and that the audience = II 11 nII II CjwUied of delegates I Irons doe Mormon churches throughout the gtoup some wwii come Irum each ul lieu Island Gut Oihu Molokal Laval Maul and liasstl I and aa snap here say that duo taiireildenceol twelve years ontheie bI Mi an have never met In any WKniWijre 10 many InielllRent natives towipjcaranco and I ices bespoke > IIprrlorlt over the mosses Ue were SL soon there were I hundred Mar buns on the group were sugtrhed CRpLtl1l Gibson that 110 lue lurpllsed that he did not during MHaoft two months In Honolulu Geuge the tact that hfl lroVhfCt came hero AS n > uS soul not sawn hod supposed W as a traveler on hU way to China aautehaul Indies as ho Ir laVlln con tAfnn Oust Ulldeutalld Ho rpbed that he had not purposely made lIConcotmenllhlllhtru were gentle tint In lIulIUIUIU Situ knew the tact SI bit llIU Mr < Ijlnou 1 aid Mr IIIU u Sllue Sat 10 said that we did 1 nol bUlve hwn tl t enhr lie ul Ihn went tan lo noon pine U elao I < Gapler the in hits hllory how In crowing coobaent hu arrlvell In Salt lake nJ sos Iho takn lerloully III that dwloC ha sicknesskllrighinm Vuutig OUII nl but uJr mhl received tine mulct his louse nulsel I him and paid halm the khadest i in sttrauon doting I inns slay of tin months I Utab I The 1 lesutt oh hs sojourn there was a change or views regarding the Iormon and their tom of religion al a sys edit 1 101llY on which tatter Point us Icad much to sal bb bhtl uY and ulrell Ihlt Ito Miner 10 Ylt11 was well adapted 10 the lIawAllalll In catomon 15 thus other 1otyaesan races ersation tray here odd that uuring our colt I Mr neither Captain Unison nor Cathy sulmilted that they onw were toent rnlllbtn we b sinceebeenrinionned hopy and iatTnl nJt Ind II tr That UDiteul Slates I Consul at 1 taM 10 Liddy dstlncll deilled to him foal they were Slormons On eW tllol a miuBiJflu1 was a considerable leiSS re Irem II the nominee 1 wassohtolned > k > selllnJT I t na vesws obtained unoruana lily o aehiltg lay on to the lhem tnhle none and bl la nk svlatch which we were prhld at the Govern nM Itess ol in I loteolulu Thsess Ittanks lie filled 11 iltuT n oLDer oCicara out to constitute mdn or lion church or lIImb1I or the Mar Oa Issuing the IIprUIt church Captain Gibson a u we wish 10 lee UI again and were n it to ho Ilonolulu return in tine morning by JIll bl is dwhlolt wo promis to etdid I 1 hi III the evnlno hlch t ° Arriving I I at the with house J D Havekost wa found the principal room flled willt natives men and women the latter seated loll one lU and singing a Mormon song lo a lively tune uliicli ended with a chorus These women of whom there were a dozen or so were from Latiil and sung very well I Indcrd we have seldom I heard better native lnglitg Around the ctnim tail was seated Captain Gibson Mix Gibion and Mr Eddy who acted m secretory by all whom we were welcomed The sing IjK f being ended we stated to Captain Gibson that we had I come lo make In 1IIIrIes And wished lo otIC a iiuestlon which he might pert m 1 comider Im tierlinent vlai whether ho was ami orlteJ hy Urlghim Young or the church I Id Jal Ulali lo come here I and reortanne the Mormon lie rtrUedthit he thought we had DO rlfht to mk Hut quesuonand did nut ansner 11 We then asked l1 ho had taililied the natives that he had I such authority lie ithl tint If he had not done so they Mould not hate its scmbled I A long discussion then ensued en-sued 1 lezardlng the merits ol Mormon I Ism and the plans ol 1n 1 the lenders ul f that church Ihi principal plan which Caplalu Gibson warmly ad > ocatci Is the remoMl of r the Mormons to the l5 1 land ol Yap a or New Guinea which 1 lies loot north of Australia separated from Ihat continent by the trails of I urren Papua contain an area of about 30000 square miles and from one to two hundred l thousand Inhabl ant of litni very lllla I li known Captain Gibson stated that ho had vMled liuil and though he Thought the mllilonarlcs who hall selected tint Island had made a mltlalg In such ttcction yet they Inundcd to retain and occupy II and he thought could sustain A population of at least j ooj lersoni but as he hoped the etch fluid A 1 1 u u u u u 7 011I this nt least 100 o persons some largvr I Island be occupied Molokal or I Slaw l to would Ihought perhips Hat Wnllukii alforded l an admirablei site for such a Ihruiiii and liiduiirious population popula-tion as the Muimons had ever proved themtelves and if we Mould pay a visit lu the place In four f months Horn lids HO should fe find a new church IU erected outdo fine ruldencc lor hlmiclf whore he would be able to entertain hit vuilors In btconilng style So long ai the Mormons Mor-mons were lelt alone and Interfered with all would be quiet but should the Catholics Protestants or nny party at tempt lo Interfere with them they wculd await tnelr rr rights We here expre ed a wish to maLe some inquiries which he might deem 7 olfcnilve I but hoped he would pardon our lniulilllvcncsi as rumors were album the truth ol which must be either admitted or contradicted At lint wo I desired l to know whether he had come 10 the lilandl with any secession ur prUaleerlng scheme In view or had sought to ellllt any peHonsfjrprltaicer ing This report he dmlnctly and lirmly denied and said that from whatever source It had arisen there was no truth unit We assured him that it woe be lIeved by some of the moil Intelligent persons In Honolulu and alislua I and if untrue ihould be coniiad cle I We then enquired whether a secession flag had not been raised and durlajcd at the meeting In the valley held on the Silt of Olober To this Captain Gibson his dauttter and Mr Eddy all answered together that thi re wai no the shadow of KI truth in I that report 311 Me ulihcd 10 lee the 1111 snuck was railed there they would lend for It which was done It was a while flag about five b > three feet In slie with double circle In the centre eight stars repicientlng the eight Islands ot the croup surrounding she o1 afI word oiaSavalhonand the circle l rcll dDN the Inillall I signifying the J Cnurch of Jesus Christ of Uticrday I Slall I lIaw han Island We then asked nhetlier there I was any foundation for r ir report th it el they had surveyed the harbor Kahulul haibors on Molokal and harbors on liuil 1 Ibis Captain Gibson also denied and nlJ that she only harbor that they had taken soundings In Will tne on ltual lor the purpose of seeing whether a small ship wmen but fount ens r were It loo ummmg shallow cmmt fur that enter puc Iq pose We remarked that tine survey ol fl eila ren al Ou n iJ the harbor mi taual woo lulliclentto give rise lo Ihe report leferrcdto I On Hie other hind we are Informed by person residing at Kahulul that soundings sound-Ings have betn taken at Mr ddyn I In stoner In the harbor and un the reef at Kahulul Uut this as slated belutels denied Wo next uked whether an calla of secrecy or nlleglencu had not been exacted ex-acted from those natives who entered the secret meetings held l In Ibis evening This report was ulio denied in toio On the other hand we were assured by n nstlve whoe brother was udmhled at the merlin g that he Will only admitted after liking an oath of secrecy which oath was exacted Irom every one Mho entered the lodge and tor loot icason ha related to state what trantplnd at It Among Use natives It was ret oiled that the 1 subject l ul discussion was a dcfnltu lion In lie T funds of the Mormon church while others report Hut Ilia civil Mar In America was talked since lint there li no good around fur crediting report re-port Ihe I haute may hm been guarded guard-ed against lat tine admitiion uf outsiders as the natives say was the case Captain Gibson tinted that he had no nnlmoilly against the IVoleilint religion or missionaries but agaluit the spread of the Catholic lallh or rather against thespreadol the rcnclilnlluenceatlhe I Islands he was opposed He lulleved that the French Mould subjugate this race he opposed 11 they them could and Although on that his account mother 1 was Catholic and J he was early taught IA lo venerate Hut church I he hlmsell I be lieved In no creed or sect whaieter We look the occasion tuailc whether his admiration of llrljham Young and l the Mormon religion arose from the faon sloun to him while In Gosh or from an examination 01 the doctrines of Motmonlsm lIe replied that he had not studied Ihelr doctrines or books but had become convinced tint the s stem ol social IIJ po lly practiced I by them was the bell tuba rotund on the globe We concluded there was some truth In the remark midn by Mr Havekosi to Captain Clbion You ala no more a Mormon than I am 11 1 tan doctrine of polygamy coming up I nec ftnlra ft ne enquired concerning Its woiklngs So urns he had observed II worked well Then M e suppose you I will teach It to the natives Oh rOI no he replied I we hall teach nothing contrary to the hw Hut where the Mormon church Is supremo as In Utih they preach and practice It Well then when all our lilanilcn are ctnnected and become Mormons and they control Ihe govern mtnt and Irglilature Wu mal expect polygamy here Perhaps so I We Hiked whether ho held out to the natives Ihe hope generally enteita nrd by Mormons Of emigrating to some I I particular locality or COIIIII He said no though the Mormons Generally brace that as a port of them belltf He ssurcil us most IJOIItI ely HIM ho in tended nothing fcalnut the exltiln government but Hint they were loyal end obcdltnt lo the laws We cnfiuired the number of native Mormons now on the Islands and learned that Advices from II e churches renofle I that they were as follower relJIK laI Jt l 1 Unkaual about tw on Oahu Puts all Mulokal Mini set lauil 1 140 on llawiillroo making A Cobol of 115 They formeilv numbered floors but thin Is the number who now class themselves them-selves at Mormons At the meeting on Ihe 8th here were several baptised and Captain Gibson thinks thai at the end of IIIU l tears Ihtre will not be less than ioi > oo Mormons In the group Our Interview having lasted over 10 hours MO retired after lit telling lo tine ilnglnK dl a hymn In Hawaiian which appeared lute lion words henlcan I lead my title c car tie mug lo a re sisal l l melody which was very well per horned While rdtrlJibble I Mas copying the lorctolng I d made an ellort to secure the ey M F C A hill I for el the purpose ol delivering A historical anil religious lecture on Utah Goal the Mormoni hut Ihe Rev In charge a Melhodiil minis lor after having consulted Midi others In 1 relation to the propriety of granting rnl rIelrnftF such a request Informed me thai they had decided llIol to lei me have It The reason assigned for this was Ihe great prejudice enlillng In the minds the people against she Mormon on which account he thought scare Jy a carporal guard would l attend On aiklngastu the came cl this extraordinary pre jce he slid The career 01 Waller M Gibson on these litinds It sufficient riaiin A long consersatlon ensued bUll I did not get the habit I however succeeded In seeming the Salvation army quirlers lor Die delivery ol my proposed lecture In the evening we vllIed 1 tome native Silnli ANIWKW IKNUON HUNOIVLU Oahu llawalui Island July 18tli 1895 |