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Show j jenson's Travels. lTTK NO. XXXII. Ml. .u.l K. d.ooner and lMi,Un.lol k ,y olthe S ' f ,VOf j h.ch he h " A, si wa one of J wnrto"""0"; v(llin pro,r.mme, KIJBk ' , uplr,ul,y, i iirl' 'J, ,clt ..K.ll. U In -h ""'T? "nil" -t ,I- , ihe""1;"1 , often during ,h.l .!' ', chjnge j a,b my '' of ten i ni ilie acatity u.'P'r""" T t ,.n M. I.y. 'M h"ve uncle or" ' h nl0M,iK when J rrt,n;ln..lor.oU..nding toU,,Tt ,o ." out in. Whyil.d'nt r;";"ni.1..ooccu,,rW MX 1 t .uuicd me in ll.e morning ,h hehadilcpl w chj(viuul hit ma,nirl I ,rfC0..l".lh""c,"j!'0- 7 .amy introduction to a Samoan Ik.1. T Z .h. native, ilrep on K",vel ! ftloo,.r.n....d(.um. ' - sr.,4ii- t"'T - i-hmne. a fine little cr.lt ol ,K;n.';n ,.r "',i,hr;i'-'Lk..':;,?.; ak,.& " Mo,"'" t'Vw" m d i"d u.ttd out o,t the ri.,t L-iuaim K''V "c n""' "J''1 , u k ca t ol I"' Apia ' "arbor; ,,., in.. e found uuraelve. "ind. ir,rrel .n.l er..bletotleer tniiM for Sav.ii. the niounlainolH Mi'tiof which rre a. en in the t. fj ...me time our .roiie very lo ovunr niac.lni.liiini.er "lummy i ami . .alive la.l Iwd hi.tleil repeatedly tor wind i.lcuMnt lireeie .rose Ironi the cut whicii 1 once tilled the Mil. and rat ut luaaid cur point of iieMiiialiuii .1 . food tp.cd. While l.lder Herk med I n hand nt the rudder, Capial l K.n.tui and ml "II talked Inble.reliicion nd huiory uuiil the sooil cjpl.in lull I,h tKkuniiit and l!ve lommy the lufword ol command, alllth leillll-t,lin leillll-t,lin ruiin.nit the Khoouer aground on tlx kcu ju.t ai e had uleiy croiird the dininoui reel at lundown to the ah .alcr innde. Anil there ahe lav till llieude arme and lifted her oil toil mulniuhl. Uut in the nieantim. f. iti Ucrk rowrj hiniulf and me on ihore in Hi" lilt boat carried by III. I ichooner. The Uulance waa about a I mill, and e Ian. ed at Mr. K'nuon'i j pier it Silehivalu, near which one ol our I mtttWK huu.ft alio itand. Seeing tint the twu Khleri atatiuned hero were j al borne I cunctived ol the ulra of play j in .....a by I- .vine l-.lder Heck helillld i iwi imriKiudiig mtielftotlie brethren I ji iiirnucr. Hull either played my j part clumnly or my auumeu look, and j action! could not hide my true charac- i.ra. a Murmon l .lder, tor at oon as 1 3 'PPirrd in the dour, l.lder Lewi. 11. ' hurnham, though h. had nut seen me More, grertrtl me quite naturally witli, I "Come in, hrothrr Jenion.' So 1 went u, and Biolher lleck lollowed; anil we i tpent a pleaiaut evenuiK Willi ine breth rm, after Ir.itmg with them on bread (run ind hih. It a the lint time in my life that partook ol bread fruit. 1 il hungry and ate It with auch relnh that I called f. r bread Unit ngain at the am meal, l.lder l.ewii II. Ilurnham prnidci ovor ihe mimionary work on the nland of Savaii, and alio hit. charge ol the nation at Silrlavalu, aamted by hit counn, l.lder Oeurge S. Ilurnham. Our Khouner vovane curing the day reprtiented a disunc. ol about thirty live mile.. Sunday, September ij," . Ueeting held in the meeiim houae at Hale-Uvi Hale-Uvi u, commenciiig al 8 a. m. Cung to the Itormy v. cillier Ilie raiu delren J-in J-in in lurrtnn-,,y al,ul a duien people peo-ple attended, l.lder Heclt and 1 were iL,,k"- An" ,he meeting w. lked over to the reiidtnce of llrolher freu Kem,o,i, Ihe only w,i,e IIlen,uer vl U.e Uurch at Salelavalu, and partook ?l I plendid meal prepared by Brother Ken . on i native wife. At 1:4, n. m lour tide,, bearded i m, boai "anned by Fred Kenison and hi. ".er brother George, and am id Z,'!"6" ""''-in.northeri; j recuon to the rendenc. of Brother w the water but Hie boat aped on at a rate, the w,d blowing Iron, t ,e Ced J?t ' "Ur"ng we "'Mhrr Kiin.n V clcon' hy .:;2";;:f-"e:,s! !tk':r.kA'''-"v:,Kh:,n . " tZuZl "Vic '"I""' "llhhon,,1(,u.eCv I f'""d,"K '"the meeim, i hii ,uf u lo hold ' r" thiel' 1 " " evcning. Vlllt KogaiMia tu" Umt nd the " com," ed wit,?' .cu"'"h r.,,ue,t ;'wi du;;", ,,en. powmui f '" feo,de p,es'mk,:" ?' by Ihe h,hicUTh"S i rf Hoi and Album viewo which I broitfttil lontft nd kit at a lite hour to obt un a food niflit'(i rest in the house uf Un thrr Kfimon.. MHiiltv. hrptembrr i6tli. I'bler Vr k and I were Uund (or anothtT rimMm, arv tiation, about twti.tylive ttnlt awaVi and in order to khmtcn our walk It wo ilerided that we le taken a li-w mile by bunt, a our courts lay a! or g the coatt. Coiicquently we aailcd Inxn Tuamve itoint at h a. m , intriidirttt to j.o j by boat nbuut evn ail!r; bm Hltcr r;i.u I inttalitile mure than hilt that dutantr our boJt ran aground, the fde bem out. io we were furred Inland nt ti.e vdlutce ol La no, where rider llcik arn. mvscll net out on our lont tump, il c t oinrr brethren returning ui.h ilic bn.ii. Kch ol ih parked a Imlfl attclil con (Minnie a lew book and a few indipcn sih'e ariitrlet id 1 i k til clmhinn. Alter wiilkniK nlHHit tliree inili-a Ihrmn'.li a number ol villain, we reached the edpe of the ' btitli," thinii;:!i winch tin instance ins-tance i atxmt twelve milen, and there are no hum in hetbitation ol any dernp tion. Just aa wa entered that Icncly tract, a r.iin atorm opened its tury upnii us, and l;h!er Heck an k gelded that we strip ell all uniitcess.it y clothing in orucr to keep it orv, Httd put it on again tificr lite storm I he auttKilion.ihiiin'h a queer one lor a man who had hecii ued to put on an extra cu.it ur two in outer to kerp dryinarnin stoim, w. actrl upon; and I am mire our tnentU in I'lah would have paid somcthin.; lo hve seen us in our ir.ivehuii ca-tume And then we were richly attired compared com-pared to the tuttve pcfleitiaiii whun wo met on the m.id. I hey were atrso lutrly nude. w. liking wilh their niy article ol clothinr. "vale valr.' ht their hand, but on m- cUiir us, they huinedly wripped the article mentioned ;truund them only to take it oil uam as soon as they had passed. I pitied their lure lect; but they appeared to be toucher than my ah ties, wnuh g ave out on me through their Muh inane on the hard and sharped Red volcanic rock lhat abound all the way through the bush. In Uct, the whole tract of country is nothing but an old btva bed or a tuvti tijw, commencing in the mountains lar inland, where some terrible eruptions took place in past aires, and extending clear to Ihe ar. Subsequently, nee and ill rubs took root in theciakiol the coo ed 1vj, and hence ine present bush. The path leading through it is mi r row ami w inding, Itorst; h a a tr.ivei is impossitile, and a footman h.s enough to do In places to scram Mr uver the tnc rocks and lallcn limber. Notwlthstantb ing Ihe rain, it was not miry. One could always lind a ruck top ace his loot up in; and 1 btiteve lh.d in walking the twelve mdes we never took a sirp without cither putting a loot upon a r.ick or up- on roots, or fallen tree-. Jl.ere is no i soil here cither lo make mire or dust. On the long, dreary walk we only enitred from Ihe bush om e, and lhat was to an opening on the rock bound i seacoast where the wavei beat hein selves lo foam and spray against the perpendicular walla constituting tne ' toist. No sandy beach at this point to blend tea and land gently together. Well, we got through ut lust, and then we louud ourselves in a Catholic village, where we entered a native hou-e mi l sat down to rcii, which is the custom ol the country. An old woman placed lood and water before us, ol which we partook, while eating the one halt of a loaf ol bread which we had carried with us that far. l or the other half we in duced a boy to climb a tree and get us tome young cuens-nuts, which we then optncU and drank the nink. As we were very thirsty this tasted very good indeed. 1 am sure the veterans ol Salt l.nke City don't drink lemonade on Old 1-oik's day with greater re.nh than we drank our cocoa -nut nulk in the village of lealatele. Alter renting a little, we tackled the last an miles ol our journey. It led through a number ol villages; nt length we reached our dra.inatiuii, and surphied Hiders Christian Jensen, Jr., and J auics C Knudsen at S.ileaula by suddenly appealing in their midst as they were earnestly engaged in teaching clasa ot boya and giria some ol the rudiments of an hughsh educa'iuu in the meeting house. The meeting was a happy one, and our brethren va.eusa hearty welcome, as also the native faints who dropped in one by one, and a lew at the lime, to see us and grert us wilh their tnyul talota. Klder Deck and 1 had olrAidy walked twenty-one miles over Ihe roughest road imaginable dur ing ill day; but in order to convince ourselves and our friends that we were not tired we walked one and a hall miles further to a small river where we took a refreshing batti. Wuen we had retraced our slepa to the meeting bouse: had to admit that 1 was tired, very tired, and needed rest. J had waited lor Brother Beck to lay that lirst; but he would'nt or did'nt. j hated to give tip lirst. The uuuves now brought us some splendid food which waa spread lor us on the floor; and we ate till we were tilled and enjoyed the meal immensely. The next on the program waa an evening even-ing meetu.g. Nearly all the people ol the village gathered, about 150 in tiuin 1 her. '1 he little house was hlitd to over Mowing and n any were unable to gam admittance. My sermon w as ably trans lated by Kldcr Heck; and we had a splendid time. Alter the meeting nit native girls entertained us with an exhibition ex-hibition of their peculiar "siv.t" dance and some singing, followed by the tame number ol buys. To me, who saw and beard this for the lirst time, it was very interesting, and many ol ttitir move merits were truly giateful. Salcuula it one of the principal missionary stations in the Samo.ui mission. Among the members of the Church heie, there are a number ot leading and luflueutiul duels; the meet-, mgs and Sumi.iy schools aio Weil nt tended, ten-ded, and also the day school. Stn nous ' ctlorts are being made by the l'.lders laboring here lo teach the young the Gospel and keep them in the pa tin. ol virtue. In order to guard and protect them, about a doxen lull-growii bovs sleep with the brethren in the meeting house. Alter conversing till a late hour we retired to forget our long w.ilk and to dream ol our loved ones 111 .ion. Tuesday, September 17th. This tiny was picabuntly spent at Saleaulu. We wrote and cubed lualory, conversed wi ll natives, sang KukIisIi, S imouu 11ml lmsli hjmiis, talked ol things psst, present and the good limes to come, ate native food and weru happy. It whs a rather struugo coincidence that four direct descendants of the old Scamii navian "Vikings" should by accident he brought together on one ol tin South Sea Islands, so lar away from the land of their lorefathers. Hut so it was, and while visiting a very hileresring cave or underground passage over half a mile long, situated m the bush imim-didtely back of the village, we raised our voices and caused the lucks to echo aural tempt at singing "Unrlerlige Aftenlofte'' etc., or "O. hienchleeger Hjemve' for the firit time, at Irast at that particular place in the bowels ol the earth. In Die evening we held another good and well attrnoed meeting at the meeting house, Klder Heck l.eing the piincipal speaker. Wttilni'sdav, September iHth. At 7:0 a. in , KWU-r Beck and I gave ih- parting hand to Klders Jensen and Knudv 11 and lelt Saleaula on utir return trip. We stopped lo t?at brad-fnut and drink coLMi. and milk in LcaUiete, entered the bush a 9a. m.. g it u.iouiih a try p. tn., met Kldcr ! wis It liurunani at I'uapua the hist naiiv village reached alier g turg through Ihe bush, and then walked wi h him tircc miles farther t a point where tne boat sc it to meet ut u anchored f in re;, wc also ni'.t Klder G-orgeS. I'.ti nhain nu'J o.ir young Iriehd Ocoigv Kvinsun, wno were .n c 1 nirge ot the lo.tl. Alter rebelling ourselves by ririnkmg otiu' r.:oi nut niilk, we ho4rdei t ie ht h- trait, and rowrd about tour mth s lo I n 1 ivc i-ont. whrte we again partno , ol tne ho pi-l.ility pi-l.ility of Hroiher Divid K -. is .11. h and wiie, and at 5 p. in., we ciiin t l our liavcl by boat, going ur mu' to S.ilelivaiu, where the na tv- Sain:-, under un-der the direction of brother Kiel K ni son, pieparcl a least lor us. Thitly hvo prnple s.it down upon the meeting house Moor to eat, wnh the KKb-r at tin head ol the table. Neatly every vatic) of native lood wns provided, mo't o' which waa very good and palatable Ahr the fcst we held a meeting according ac-cording (o prevrms Appointment, at which T s,iuUe hist and was followed by t.ldrr llcck. 1 hursdav, Seotentlier. t'h. The dy was stormy, ami at limrs the runs ties-cended ties-cended as u only can in the tropics. Al 4 P ni., KMer llctk and your corn-up n-oent, n-oent, accompann d by the twu K der Ilurnham and llrolher 1-red K- nisiui. hoanh-d a boat belonging to Mr Divnl k-ui'oii, and pi.llc.l nut (or U. lu. I he wind being contrary, we h.ul to r ' all the w.iv, and that too win." ti e r.nn was niiersiiy tiourmg uown u;uu our levotd heads, in order to shorn 11 li.i distance we ventured throa.-.h a 1 a r ,. and somewhat dang'-rous pisig' tv t the reel into the open o-an, W: t!i ti pulled straight f-'t tne little rui-'y is aul. Apohma, intruding In land there urnl spend liie night; but on neaiuia- the is-laiitl is-laiitl the breakers weir seen lo loll vriy high at or 11 '-a r tin i.nly I mditig pla- e, and the daikne-sof thcni.-ht Hio h,iv tug settled down upon u-, ll ottier K - i sou coiwd red it iiusale to attempt 1.1 land. CoiHrpjenil, we changed nU1 course and p i le I for the island o : Manono, lmg a-. out two miles lurlin; to lite ead. Having icich the wct coast of that island, we wt-rn told lhat ihe village in wtucn we oiuht lo spthd the night was sitiiHUd on the opp side. ilencj the rowers, tiled as they were, con i-ncd their lahnn, paddlm the Uo. t itr-u t ) the norm side ol thu isiand. Al btutn. t rd a-.d hungry, w: landed at the village ol Stlealaua, r.im aied al the extn-me soutneastern poi it ol Ihe Island We had come n distance of about twelve mile.. Ai ir ftectirtiu: our boat, wc entered a native hou r, wnere a family belonging lo the Cnurru hed li re we ate our own food f r supp-r, alter which we were sent lo a neighbor's house to sleep. There we struched ourselves on the mats pr vi I-ed I-ed for u, ami used our shoes ami satchel tor pillows. The master of the brail being told atmut my special mission allowed me andiiioi-al attention by throwing me a while sheet lo cjver myself with. The other brethren slept without covering. I- rtday, September 33th. We arose at daylight praved and took a morning promenade around the Isiand. Hy walking walk-ing at an ordinary gait It look us one hour and twenty-live minutes. There are nine small vdlagvs on the island, and we passed through all of them. We were oilered uo breakfast by the natives though we had divub-d with litem Ih - evening before. At H a. 111 , we continued our voyage by rowing two miles over lo I.aluvi.ouc ol our mis-ion ary stations situated on the west end of I polu. Here we met Elders Joseph A. kashand and William A, Moody, who hold the missionary lort at ibis point, and I started to work at once to obtain the needed historical information and to give the usual instructions in regard to record seeping. Hy and by the natives brought us splendid meal consisting of bread fruit, shark, ci kt n, devil fish, and anuther kind of hsh railed 'matu" by ihe Samoans. At 2 p. m.. the two Elders Ilurnham and 1-red Kent-sun Kent-sun started by boat on their return trip to S.ivan. and we who tern lined held a food little meeting with the Saints at .alovl. brother Heck and 1 were the speakers. Towards evening Klder Heck ami Moody started on loot tur .-'again, leaving me to follow alone on horschack the next day. Saturday, September 30th. Elder Kasband and myself arose at daylight and walked to the neighbor who had promised us the use of his horse. Alter some diilicnlly the animal waa found, caught, saddled up and mounted; but the hrute insisted in oit)g backward in stead of forward, and cut up quite a number ol capers, when be louud that wo wanted him lo leave his muster's premises, li was not u.l Kider Kasband had belabored him sum -what roughly with a "traction ol a lull tree thai he could be induced to start lor Apia. The ride proved mure tiresome to me than the walk would luvu bt-ou, but 1 got thcru at hist. C milling the numerous villages that 1 passed through, gelling oil and on the horsu lo climb letices, holding on to my heavy satchel which 1 had failed to tauten to the saddle, and endeavoring tu show the animal that carried nit, white man's manners, kept me busy us I pursued my lonely ride along the narrow winding path bailing alternately through village and bush, i also stopped in a native bouse to get lunch and obtained a cocoa-nut to drink from a native boy who could tuls a little Knglish. At a:o p m., 1 arrived at Apia, about thirty mile from Kulovi, and alter partaking of refreshments ut Mr. Hellesoe, I continued to 1 again, whete I toil 11 d that Klders lleck and Moody had preceedt d me a lew hours. Alter thistiip to Savan, embracing as it did quite a variety ol experiences, 1 cotiHiiler mscll properly niiiiuUd into Samo.in miHsionary hie, and am perhaps betlt-r prepared to write the hi. lory ol the minion than 1 was b-lor ANDkhW Jknson. AuNt u, S.11110.1. September, 2H, 1S05. |