Show extract of a lett letter or from bro nathan kathan tanner i ho HONOLULU OAHU sept ath 1852 dear pro bro campbell Oam Oara between the mor mans mons and the small pox there has beau a great overturn here since we arrived each t came into ahli port about the same time on finding it was going to be a slow job to learn the language for some of us ua at least hii we adopted the policy of ordaining every native that we thought would do any good and instructed them and set se them at work in honolulu liono lulu and surrounding country i j W we e ao 80 soon n hud had a great greata stir tir among the people the natives thought it a great thing to be a missionary and done the best beat they knew how and soon had the streets street s of hn honolulu ol 01 alt f natives arid and foreigners going to see the mormons cormons baptize as they had never seen an any baptized by immersion in this kingdom I 1 hawaii it would have made you look good h humored to h have ave seen seed I 1 us walk at the head beatt of a band of 30 or 40 candidates and from j 1500 to 2000 spectators bringing 0 up the rear of natives and foreigners missionaries and i their sons all following 11 jiing the mormons cormons Mor mons j some of them said this would not be allowed on the sabbath and petitioned the legisla i 1 ture to pass a law to that effect but failed I 1 all doors were closed against preaching to the borei foreign agn population bro thomas I 1 karren and na myself took a young native that could and star started for tha island of hawaii we were 8 days in making I 1 in g the he trip whereas we to have b been e only obly 3 days and we wele vole in a heavy I 1 gale which tore away our sails so that we could not make the place where we intended t h e capt came to us ifor for counsel bat W V told him to io run ran before the wind to the best port that would please us he did so and in a few hours we were safe in port not where we chose to go but where the be lord I 1 chose to have us on this trip we erred much karren said he be did not suffer half as much on his whole tr trip 1 p in the battalion bati alion as he did in t those hose 9 days we only eat one meal during the trip when we landed we i could scarcely stand and no chance to get any thing to eat for some time 1 iwas was go going to chy say something about citing eating but it is too inhuman it would only be jeopardizing my w word ord to say anything about our fare f are and I 1 could not do the subject f I 1 bould lil mr how ever we did not think of stopping only till 1 I 1 the he wind changed but we went to preach prea hc ing ng and the ne next it morning before breakfast we baptized 25 and before we got ready to leave baye we had so large a branch we could not lease them we ve were organizing a branch of 60 mom members b arii when thu the schooner got ready I 1 to leave when the capt heard what we were 1 doing he be said that was the reason he c could not get to helo he had three bonase on I 1 board and that they had to be landed here un on his return he and his crew called to ae be baptized but we were not there the missionary in that district learning ahl chaft ift we were doing called hia his flock toger together and told them h he e was afraid they were all abing to leave him and go tp the mormons cormons Mor mons jut but if they would not he would reduce his tax as on theta them two thirds those that paid him 75 might kiy pay 25 and those that 34 30 might pay 10 ac so are all through h I 1 the he churco church that is a great reformation f for or lim him sure we landed on this island on the ath of of june and left on the of august we baptized saints last month our spokesman after if ter baptized about died but we ordained several more in his place we were eight ti times mes arraigned before the judge and finding finding fin dinc our new elders eldera and Pries Priests fes could earl carry fon on the wor kwe left and 1 came to this place to seek redress in the law from the higher authorities we do not at know what we c can in do nor do we care much if they will not favor us the lord will I 1 I 1 ars lewis and farrar have been knocked down and beaten severely while in the act ace of administering to the sick and when complaint was made to the sheriff he said they had done no more than he told them to do and was disposed to pay nu no attention to it but br B F johnson took up the case with so much energy that he could not be denied the mob was lined 12 only the number of saints have increased about 1500 since we arrived here and we think we can roll it ife now if inthe the lord works with us ua wad and I 1 think he will we have been preaching that the hour hoar of gods judgments were were at hand and the small smal 1 pox has borne a f faithful aitho ul tes testimony to the fact I 1 it is supposed that one half of the population of this city have died since we came here and is only abated for the want of subjects it is spreading all over the islands and its number has thrilled our hearts there hawe have died in this city from 50 to 60 in a day they have been forced to make a law to oblige iier men to bur berythe the dedd dead with without otil remuneration many have started ii in tb the agony of death aur and I 1 died in the streets and ang have haive been eaten by the hogs and dogs some of our native sai saint shave di died ed and some of our foreign elders have had a slight gaslight g attack but they tha y have not been alarmed b by y it continuing to administer |