| Show I Jensens Travels I l I 11 I Iman HO ItV Saturday March 7th 1896 I hoarded little Jlltlnui once more at J e m I and at ijo we sailed from Kotoava Tekarava after taking on board flutes a Maru the native governor ol IAn I-An And his wile snit alter noting out of the lagoon we lood oil direct for Tahiti dhtaiit about ajo miles to the southwest The wind won In our tenor r II and we teed Along nicely I About noon I the Island of NIn win iliitlnrlly seen on our tight This land 1 Is I about seven i bY l five miles In size and Is I ril hl to con lain too inhabitants Ai the Kind fill off later In ttie day our speed slackened correspondingly the island ol Nlan Hat itlll visible toward the north watt I when Ihe lUll went down I Sunday March tilt Wlh only n little wind we made slow progre toward Tahiti 1 pant mint ot the day reading I the bible ao could I not tarlklMle In the animated religious conversation I which wa carried on nearly all day between be-tween the Catholic governor and my Joirphlle friends low 1 I auflered menially I men-ially because my ignorance of the Ian i urge hm leretl me Irani being In It The day uaa enlremely hoi a Monday March 9th Early In lie morning the dim outline of mountainous t Tahiti wen aeen against the south western west-ern horizon but at the wind died completely com-pletely out wo were still ten mile from h the island at comet Tuesday March moth A gentle breeze hating tprung up during the night we found outselte Heating Iulnt Vvnua y when the morning ilawne and about i Cjun m we pawed through the open trig in Ihe reef inlu the rapcele harbor I I where n large letich I lIIallr WAr the American mall hip City ol epeete I suit a number of other large c tIlay at anchor Ve came to ail anchorage fltircI 30II about H oclock 30 1 at once sought our rented mission cottage oft line delL de-lL t where 1 expected to make my hume till the ArrivAl of the steamer Klchmond trout New tnland wllli which I was 10 return to Auckland Having obtained 1 l permission from lldtr Cutler to open his paper mail I hastened to the moat office as the Amir lean mail had lust ntnvcd per Lily of li 1 1 al torte and i 1 was soon Luny I renclliiK the papeta fium liome and thus I received re-ceived my first news ol talis adnils 1 stun Into the Union ts a State on sro 4th of JAnuary Lat I 1 apeetc has I monthly mad connections with Sail Irancitco the three thlvs t I named respectively I City I of 1epeete T YiI t I f Tropic Died and Galilee nuking tegular trips between the two cities the I steamer Klchmond alto keeps up n monthly lIIa1 I connection between Pa I I peete and New Zealand vU Karotongn The distance to iwn I rancuco Is about 4 pou and to Auckland Mew 1 Zealand about 9400 geographical J 1 odes The city of rjptec Is the seat if gov ctnment ol the icnch possessions I of j Oceania anal the duet port It lien on the I northw coast of 1 ahlll at the foot of the highest mountains of Ihe liland I r The ground l here h I level but theta is not much space b twren the coast and the loot of the mountains It Is I covered with the richest and mast beautiful ves tration nnd tar above nil the reel Ihe slater 1 n connnt alms raise their lofty heats Iupeete is n town of I modern construction possessing lath 1 > unter works mil an electric light system and n few fine business 1 hloek lit streets ntc mole regularly laid out limn common coil the booms nettle In the midst of cringe cocoanut anl guava graven 71e aspect In fttieral Is extrrmely pleasant + and picture The liackground is I hiked mi win a numbtr of pinnacled III mountain lulling In n great ailety ol forms Iminedl tiely lack ot Papeete l toaut l the village I of Amelie n tingle I street < if lnlles or collage In the lurupeati sly e built of coral rock and so con struiled us In be capable of being 1 tie fended On the height user the village id the bock house one of sea wliiih irolect I Ihe loan The harbor la I jweto I can accommodate at least thirty loran I vessels the cnltanee til It from the tin through the coral reef it I only 320 feet wide The city ol lueele iuit < Ihe hathor in the shave ol acieacciit with the concave aide to the water making a coast side ul neatly one and i half mile The principal business street la Ihe one toeing tirr harbor Tltu neat atrcet 01 Importance la Rue tie Revolt whkh rura thnnigh the teas lengrliwuw and Its continuation both ways It the macadamized toad whirr encircle the Island The Catholic church which stands mi the street last mentioned Is I the moat imp log structure struc-ture In 1 the city Ha spire an be teen along a-long tllttance yll Front thin church I Ironl all distances to the dlffeient towns < and localities ol the Island are measured meas-ured Th I complete circuit around Ihe inland bY the load It colt geographical miles The population ol Ta wele numbering about 4 raw la I n mixed one consisting of nathes Chinese lench Atnenraiis nngllih I > lierrnuin etc the great I milorltv however being nutivct she Trench constitute the ulhciai furl of the population mid some ol tlie Kovern menl buildings Inc uthng thin military barrack ale good > iaed i structures the KOvemota mansion situated In a lovely gudeti It a typical lollall home lire leading btnlneM 1 houses and all the uholrtale trade ate run by the lng lish Americans and dtinuns while the Chinese have almoil inoiiopolUed Ihe lelall trade And the unlives run ihe maiket consisting ol I li > n < Reds built on n small situate near the butt center Ihere nil IIe natural products of the Island i are turtered prominrnt among feisrhntwnio which are fell bananas oianges cocoa hurt sweet iolsluea limes and bolt 11011I 1 about llu r I clock In the mornIng morn-Ing ate the chief maiktt hours During those lour hours neatly the uholo mar let business I It transacted the iieople being early risers treuchubcislehours 1 J Die Iron k to moo in and a to 41 p I m They dont work neither ten nor eight hours a day as we tlo In the United SiAtus On rlilng In the illuming n very lignt meal It taken by must ut lOI lea pie and then Iho teal breaklai I it eaten at 10 a m wnen litany un Cosiness homes close I their 1 I doors fur two luurs Another moat islet after 4 1 1101 sutures for the d < y Unlem ihele is some ex citement going tin Ihe ye pIe Rncrallv i Itlie early T KOV rnmrnl I rmsa hand Iltcoirrses music i ery We In s day nnd Silurday 1 cxnii K trout the SHM I stand furor the gusernurs man shin I Un the I a occaslo is nearly I the entire imputation gather there It oemg about Ihe only Kinuieimill flu I plice nllotds save a nwrry coround which Ins hem siauonttl at Papreia fur some time that being something new and rovel Id the 1 natuts was well itatron lied at lint Inking It nil together Papeete 1 being a 1 renih town seems to be different in alnirtt every particular to a n Anvrlcan or Hnnlish J t city the nlflclnl languige and influence the eliiuelle rooks wnlks and general appentsncc of every thing except nature being piltetnetl l tot n to-t extent after that of France Until a man learns cither the Inch or the nitlvo language Ills I hard fur him to feel at home or talitfied In lj > eito loran lor-an great length of lime ahrll and surrounding ilnnds are income In-come respects the most lift ortant group In the South Iicilic ocean There is perhapa spot on the globe which has received a more lively nutrition titan Hilt from the gnat uipctiment ol Ihe clvllltatlun cf man by mean ol religious reli-gious influence The Islands Ihtmtelvi I are not to Important to I the rest ul blue world I It is generally btlieved I that Ihe rfo lf I lli qreal Sltaniali expedition under Pedro I ernnntiK do Quito dlicotcred TAhiti In 1606 but like many other hpanlth discoverioi was unknown or nuns tired by II e real of tint world to that when the ship Dolphin under Captain Wallls sent by George lllol EIlKlond Iu make dwerlea III the Sato Seat teichitl Tahiti June Igth 1767 II was tuppoted lo be the primary Discovery audit i f nnd it was named fling George Island Caplaln Mallls reached It on the southeast south-east title and was soon surrounded wllli I n multitude cf canoe filled 1Ih natives na-tives who were friendly but thlevlh this latter I propensity led lo a sl li + iht t II skirmish Wallli wired aloig the oistt soul on the sjrd discovered Mat oval Itsy Ileul 1 utneau landed and look formal pos ei ion In I the mime of George III L71 hunting i n Itrlllh 1 Hag The IliR was soon taken duwn by the natives nod was made by them Into n budge ol naive re gniy for many OArs afterward npril and I7S M de 1 Hunt dnvlllc a renchmsn I arrived at TAhiti In the frigate llontlcusf and lemalncJ ullthe I Mill He called 1 the bland Nouvelle Cyihlre In 1689 Captain fame Cook was tie patched by the llntisn government lo Ihe Iacihc ocean to iroku obseiv4llon ol the transit of tlie planet Venut Ha tailed In the KndniYor with an indent staff of Klentlhc observers and rowed at Malarial limy Tahiti April nth 1769 A small fort was elected near the north enu rivet 1 win xf the Island And Ihe transit observed on June jrd following thin IlOlnl thus became l one ol the then best 11 determined pmilUu In the wrttern eroilatndwasucalled hetnlit hero and wal called feint I Venus Cook tufkoed the chief Island Tahiti and illtcoicred ncvrral of Ihe northwestern north-western group lo which he gave the ap 1 > pelliitlon of Sotlcly Islands Hiving great reason to believe I that the tin Imsb Intended to establish themselves them-selves in the south seas the I SpanUh governnienl ordered 1 an expedition sent tc Tahiti from lima South Aiienci It 1 came In the fiigalu Aiutli In onn stand of Don Domingo lluneeheo and arnved on November lolh l7 > nt t la hill which was named Amu or laglli Ills trputt 1 on returning caused an attempt at-tempt ta cooniie for in 1774 Ilonccheo was again sent with two rdiidscan I mis d i n met nnd other r ni il oaf bheh I a cit 1 11I1 t I 11 ill lIunclleo I mi t do i tni u ei i to I 119 I Land I t ullfo11I Iely clme J IIIUy Jfli I7S ton I was horn lath I e I ot d i amount they h1 nled lo firI tin ding In the ntanOme Coplnn James Cook in toniiiB iv with Catitari f ratmn in the Krtoluilan unit U ele avjr hail aaln entail Tahiti and lunrd ot the Span nrdS sill 1 eleven > tarj nfter LaptaH Cook second visit 1lelll I Hllgh who hid also sailed with Cok at matter arrived m Uhlti in command of the Itouni i which had linen cummltslonet by George III lo triniport broad Irult trees to t le West India lilnnd The H nay nnlvetl ot M I naval 1 October 16 h I I7SS on I her five months I si jour i alboa cal her crew to form connections with the native women This led lo the mutiny on the Bounty by which Capliii 1 neigh and Ihoto who remained I true to him were put oil the ship near the Tonga titan is I while the mutineer returned re-turned In ahlll and tome of them will their fnihtl women iuuteiuently rattled Pitcairn island Ihefrltatu Pnnd in commanded bye 1 Captain lJwards was sent In search ol I the Ilnunly tin her mutineer and arrived In Tahiti Mnrch Jjrd 1791 and ton uway those WI i j h id remained fourteen In number three of whom were nllerwanl exeeiile t at bpliluad Vancouver alas viaitrd Tahiti In i9r The foregoing vojages ortlered by Georgilll excited w ndeiful attention in nglaml imd one result of them wits Ihe formation of the land 1 n Missionary i Society wlHSe Ont eratlon 1 wash outfit of a vessel l the Hull which was tu entry rniniiooarlei sad the III tile Into these newly discovered Islands The Dun sailed from lIe hunts England Auii l huh 1796 and after vltlilng the group to the eastward stove at lahill Sunday Match 5th rl 1797 Afterhbor I In for many esra tome missionaries succeeded In mmiing the natives to orthodox Chrlstunliy It seam that the sery success ol the Tngllsii stonntlea ld to their down fib The exclusive sate Introducod and the harsh And Iniolcrant measures proposed l and efTecteJ cariietl their own lelribmion fir ruccen 01 Dm french 1 mission In tin G nobler islands and ether places Induce1 I the Caiholict to tend two piltsts M II 1M I J Laval Anll 11 I Caret to Tahiti in order tu establish es-tablish their rule of faith In Tahiti and neighboring Islands Thli was fiercely opposed by the Hnitllih misslunarl and Ihe consequence was that the tau Catholic prints nod a third tenon A Vinetriit a carpenter were tangibly de polled rum Tahiti September lath I8j6 This aggression againstI rench suijerlt naturally I drew down the veil genre ol the I govemmen ldI the frigate frig-ate Ij Venus under Admiral 1 Iu I 1ellt I bonus I arrived at Tahiti in 11113 and demanded Jew platter soon IndemnUi for I the violence offered to Trench subjects sub-jects and obliged allowed 116 to sign a Iteaty which allowed llbetlyto M French subjects 1 he following entract from the Col onlal GJielle In paper publihed In London nghnd I 1 of March tyth 1845 1iI rhl lhlJI will show how tome of the flmitii people at huint slewed the action ol Ihe Irotestant mistlontrics at the time action that undoubtedly more thin unthing olse la III cause tit Tahiti and lunoiinding groups ol Islands being 4 French I instead of a Ililthh colony the present time 1 he three frenchmen v ere expelled from Tahiti by lance betember nth IHo36 otter hnl been kept in canine mm IwonlyulI dais Iwuof hem were Catho I < priest I nnd fio thou n i I cirpLMer 1 Sen mbfr jr 111 C uu M h I rpnkllto lceAOnilMl l Hr i lo I run I Iho li itch admiral n h Vcific 1 to i rncure redn s fob the Itj Jury dune w I lime trench cititens Ulan the Trench Imiral arrivet Mr trust card lisa tu E ijsnd on Ins telurn Ie I foi ml me 1 rurn protecturaie established 1 and advised Cum ite to haul down tine lemh I flK Tills tramfjnnet n qui alon i wnl ih had otlglmilly Inter ollc1 only a few scant red Cnthullc de vote in Trance Italy Germany am llriinm tutu a question which eiclleJ tile whole Krencn nadon lire excite mint It i Intense The common people ate Inllamcd by a song from their popular popu-lar 11 poet lUtihclemy entitled Ies Till chHiictes There are shows going about the hales representing the nur risge of 1ritea I aril nnd Iornare Two tle mers baton been ordered to Tahiti moo soldiers hive already tailed and l eleven Trencli ships of war of tiflercn lies arm 11 I or going to the Pacific The whole religious Komin Cathode world has been arouseJ Two bishops have been sent lo Tahiti and blue Gambler inlaid and the young < < piletls In the seminaries are one and nil nniiout for appointments These are the loins of frIT nJIII Ihe itulerant I and outrageous I I conduct ol Mr Ifltchard and the HigHilt mho tlonsrlet Tahlil The e fe paper of f 1r1 jth 1845 eels The French 1 I minister tar tne Marine and fur the Colonies listed on the ijtd of June hula In the Trencli chamber that the present mummer ot trooji at the Matquec and Iahhl woo JJ8S belonging lu the army and roos seamen The debates l In the chamber oil the ajrd ult prove that the difficulties are not let evaporated v h chIme Ib Ime been created by bite missionary 1ritchard having turned politician and driven the Tiencn allient Imam toe Island DlKiisslon and public meetings mil take pUce pamphlets and alstements by I doient but Ihe result It an accession ol French I physic lower Inllhe Tacifie and the nlinoat unltersal sprtadol the Cathode religion Veill > gentlemen ol the Trutesiant Mission hocletle lour political intetference ha come to something some-thing or lo use n vulgar expression you have burned lour linlltllIt is I lout who provoked all this The opinions opreied by the Colo mal Gallo were proten tu be correct by I the events which had atreatty Iran tplred and tvliich followed fatly In January 1144 Calhoun Ilrunt landed I a Klrting once In Tahiti hauled d t t n Queen Iumsret standard and hoittel time Trench flag taking I Iiosaeaiii i ti 1 1 JI in Ihe name of Louis Inhiippc l the king of the French A seven years war between the Trench and the natives lop owed which ultimately ended In victory vic-tory far the rench I After this the is and was nominally under the French I protectorate t until I8 > when King To I Hire V Imnlly renounced In our of Trance all hit rights and authority over the Society Inlands and their dependencies depen-dencies which since then have been I French possessions The Trench possessions ol Oceania at present consists of tlie Tahiti Miortn lie 1 uamolii aitlilpelago the Gambler group Tiibuil Itavavao and Itapa and he Martiueses all these hud a pcpula lion of 31 loo In Iffcji Iletldes these the Trench ho extt tided protectorate oer the iiluids ol Kuiutu I and Unnv far and also over all the Society group known as the Iecnard Island ANDKEH Icvsos lJ AAKlA Uirotonga Cook Islands April 5th I8y6 |
