| Show written for this paper TRAVELS LETTER NO tuesday july ath we arose early and at eider matthew noall wile wife and child a native sister and myself left laie lor honolulu where we arrived at 2 p m 1 1 I ahree hours later sister noall and baby the native sister and m myself self boarded the steamer mikahala and sailed for the island of kauai at this is a vessel belonging to the luter ocean steam navigation company 1 tried to obtain reduced rates ou the ground of being a minister of the gospel but no mormon need apply for favors favors from that company with the ex expectation ec tation ol of r receiving ceia ng them wednesday ednes day june loth after a p pleasant amant voyage of eleven hours we arrived at on the east coast ol of hawaii 98 miles from honolulu at 4 in the morning after landing we met elmerjohn Elde Eide rjohn R jolley of franklin idaho and charles L rooks of salt lake city utah who are laboring as missionaries on the island of kauai the resent term they brought two extra g and a cart for our use and we were soon on our way traveling in a northerly direction after passing through the villages of lihue Hamam and kapaa kapac we arrived at dealta kealia about eleven miles from nawi livili where we were made welcome in the house ol of elder james W bush a half caste who has performed a number of missions on the islands there is a small branch of the church at kealia bealia and a number of the saints were hurriedly cabied together with whom we held a meeting in their little meeting house sister noall spoke and also acted as interpreter for me it was alter after dark when we returned to brother bushs buchs house where we slept com comforte forta bly during the night thursday june nth elder rooks started early in the morning for kaloo about twenty two miles away to give out another appointment for the evening while sister noall elder jolley and I 1 11 spent the forenoon at kealia bealia and held a meeting with the relief society Y leaving our native sister companion to 10 labor among the sa ants for a day or two afterwards to join us again elder jolley sister noall and myself took leave of brother bush and wife elder john smith half caste who lives with brother bush and a number of other native saints and traveled to koloa coloa where we arrived at p m and were kindly received by elder ekeda the president or of the koloa coloa branch who did all in his power to make us comfortable we held a goud good meeting in the evening it was wall attended by both saints and strangers sister noall did very well as interpreter for me and then addressed the meeting herself in an interesting manner the singing which was partly dc dine ne by lion bon members was good after the meeting a glee club commenced to sing in our honor as we were informed and then than led the way to brother house where they continued their singing until a late hour the propriety of some of the songs might well be de questioned but we were assured they were all intended f for good so we thanked them for the honor they showed us and retired for the night friday lune june lath leaving sister noall and elder rooks to hold a relief society meeting at koloa coloa and obtain historical information about the branch elder jolley and I 1 started out to visit some branches further on traveling in in the cart adeer passing through the villages of wahiawa awa hanapepe Han apepe and waimea waitea we arrived at the house of james B kobli president ot the makaweli branch sixteen miles from koloa coloa and two miles up the river from waimea waitea here we spent several hours getting historical hit orical information and then returned the way we came stopping an hour at the house of palama president of the wahiawa branch who together with a young couple who also awaited our arrival at his house were very pleased to see us and appeared to be lull luli hearted saints it was zi li at night when we returned to koloa coloa having traveled thirty two miles during the day on our arrival our good and faithful ekeda sat up waiting for us with a good supper which we reli relished blied alter after our long and dusty ride on our road to waimea waitea today to day we obtained a good view of the he island of lying west of kauai and also the two small adjacent islands kaula and lehua thus I 1 have seen every island of the hawaiian group dud and have been on the four principal ones at waimea waitea which is one of the largest and most important towns in kauai I 1 met a number of norwegians Norwegia ns with whom I 1 had interesting conversations this place is also distinguished in the ancient traditions of kauai and is lamous as the place where captain cook the discoverer of the hawaiian islands first ancho anchored ted in 1778 and made the acquaintance of the natives who called his is ship a moku i island Jand at the mouth of the river are the ruins of a stone fort built for king I 1 in 1815 by the russians the final battle that established the rule of the kamecha on kauai was fought over the walls of this fort in 1824 waimea waitea is situated in a deep and narrow valloy abounding with tropical trees and winding in and out through the trees runs the silvery river which is very broad at its mouth and is spanned by a fine bridge the valley extends many miles inland it was also at waimea waitea where president george Q cannon spent several months when re vi ing his translation of the book of mormon I 1 lue ne kauai conference embraces all the saints residing on the island of kauai K fuai and and consists of seventeen branches with a total membership of or sous when the children under tinder eight art arc added of the members 49 are eiders 18 priests 20 20 teachers 13 deacons anci ana lay members t alts ales and females in five of the branches mere are meeting houses sunday schools and relief societies and in two mutual improvement associations citations ciati ons ous elder john R jolley presides over the conie conference rence with elder charles L rooks as his bis assistant the island ol of kauai is the most northerly and westerly inland of the hawaiian group its area is square miles bength 25 miles breaum 32 22 m miles 1 lation the ahe central p part ar t is mccu pied by the large mountain mass of the lower parts of which slope gently towards the sea affording fine rolling uplands and table lands the island is well wooded though much of the lower lorest forest has been destroyed by cattle and fire kauai is well watered the streams ot of ganald Ha wailua kailua and aai N ai mea being among the largest on the hawaiian islands the northwestern part of the island called na pali is is very precipitous and forms a line of lofty cliffs seven miles in length which can only be reached on foot by a narrow path over the mountains or when the weather is favorable by sea the soil of kauai is very fertile and the luxuriant vegetation has obtained for it the name of the garden island lies southwest of kauai the area of this island is 97 square miles length 20 20 miles breadth 7 miles two thirds ot of consists ot of a low plain composed of an uplifted coral reef and matters washed down from the mountains the hilly portion is destitute of cones craters peaks and ridges the prin principal industry on is the raising of sheep of which there are about the island is celebrated for its small white shells which are strung together for necklaces the mats manufactured on there are of extremely fine textures there is only one foreign family resident on the manners ot of the natives on this island and their style of life hie are said to be more primitive than on any other island of the group the names of the seventeen branches of the church which constitute the kauai conference are as follows kekaha with a membership of 39 including children waimea waitea uka ii makaweli uka 16 makaweli 73 I hanapepe uka 36 awa 49 koisa 87 hblair 47 lahue elhue 13 79 kealia bealia 78 73 paapaa 14 Kadhim ai 62 hawalt uka 20 33 Wain samiha wainiha iha 15 haena 16 the kekaha branch consists of the saints residing at the sugar plantation of that name also a lew few families living at matia mana about eight miles further to the northwest and eight members on the island of kekaha is situated on the main road and near the coast about four miles northwest of the town of waimea waitea mona is celebrated lor for a curious phenomenon known as the barking sands A long long line of low sand hills is thrown up along the beach and as the travelers walk over the mounds or strike the sand a growling barking sound is produced this sound seems to be a P property I 1 of the peculiar sand itself for it can be heard in a sample taken to a foreign country provided the sand is kept perfectly dry when the grains are examined by the microscope they ire are found to contain cavities and it is supposed that the minute hollows are the cause of the resonance for when the sand is wet the sound is never heard headd the waimea waitea uka branch consists of the he saints residing along the waimea waitea river about four miles inland from the town of waimea waitea it is presided over by kabica the makaweli branch embraces the saints residing at and near a native village of that name situated on the makaweli river immediately above the junction unction ot of that stream and the river and about two miles inland from the town ot of waimea waitea the branch has a lumber meeting house xa feet which xa stands at the foot of a hill in the lull full embrace of a genuine cactus grove with rice fields on the lower side the branch has also a sunday school relief society and a mutual improvement association makaweli uka comprises the saints residing on the makaweli river about two miles above makaweli proper kauhane is the president hanapepe Han apepe uka or upper Hana pape is a branch of the church comprising the saints residing on the Hana pape river about turee miles mies inland from the me south coast of kauai in the district of koloa coloa the wahiawa branch formerly known as hanapepe Han apepe consists of the saints residing in the villages of wahiawa and hanapepe Han apepe and the sugar plantation of eleele the vil age ot of wahiawa the place where the president ot of the branch palama resides and where the meetings are held is situated on the main road leading from koloa coloa to waimea waitea being about six miles west of koloa coloa the koloa coloa branch one of the largest branches in the kauai conference conle rence consists ot of the saints residing in the town ot of koloa coloa which is situated about two miles inland from the south coast of kauai about eleven miles southwest ot of lihue in the membership ot of this branch is included a number of natives imported from the gilbert islands to work on the koloa coloa sugar plantation they were baptized by president eneica a few years ago and they are undoubtedly the first natives who have embraced the if ulness of the gospel from that group the koloa coloa branch has a good lumber meeting house a sunday school a relief society and a mutual Improver association the eulaia branch consists of saints living along a small stream and at the foot of that mountain chain which separates the district of koloa coloa from lihue eulaia is about three miles inland and southwest from nawiliwili bay and about the same distance from lihue the branch has a neat little lumber jumber mee ing house feet built in january and february 1894 and nd dedicated february 25 1894 there is also a sunday schol and a relief society presides over the branch the lehue branch consists of the ithe saints residing in lehue which is the principal town and place ol of business on the island of kauai this branch is an outgrowth of the neighboring branch of kapaia kahaia and was organized march fth ISO 2804 by elders albert J davis ana george H fisher with miliama kamahiai as president the branch has also a relief society kapaia kahaia branch another of the principal branches on kauai consists of the saints residing in the town ot of that name which is situated in a deep and narrow valley nearly midway between the two large sugar mills of lihue and han about two miles inland irom from the east coast 0 kauai the branch which at present has for president has a meeting house and sunday school near this place are the noted wailua kailua falls there are two of them the lower I 1 fi falls lis are miles from th a mouth of t the te river kailua wailua Wai lua they are about so 80 feet high and when the river is full ot of water they present a magnificent sight the upper falls on another branch of the river and tour four and a half miles inland are not so high but are very picturesque I 1 the kealia bealia branch comprises the L i saints residing in a scattered settlement of that name situated in the district of kawaihau Kawai bau and about two miles inland from the landing place kapaa kapac on the east coast of kauai the branch is presided over by joseph W keliinui Kelii mui whose hospitable house is one of the best homes the elders have at present on the island A meeting house sunday school relief society and mutual improvement association also exist paapaa branch embraces the few saints residing in an obscure locality about two miles inland from the anahola anatola bay on the northeast coast of kauai in the district of kawaihau the kalihiwai Kalihi wai also called Han apai branch consists ot of the saints residing in the native villages of kalihiwai Kalihi wai and Kalihi kai situated on the northeast coast of kauai and some five or six miles east of hanalei hanales bay in the district ot of hanalei hanales Han alei the meetings are held at a place called situated about midway between the two villages named apela is president hanalei hanales uka is a small branch of the church consisting of samis saints residing along the hanalei hanales river about three miles inland irom from hanalei hanales bay on the north coast of kauai in the district of hanalei hanales Han alei or waipa is a branch consisting of the saints living in in a scattered con near the mouth of the hanalei hanales river on the north coast of kauai and in the district of hanalei hanales Han alei about five miles east of the haena point Kahele pu pr presides freides eides ides Wa inalia branch consists of the saints living in a somewhat scattered village of that thai name situated in a little valley on the north coast ot of kauai in the district of hanalei hanales Han alei the rhe village is ii i s about four miles southeast ot of haena point haena branch consists of a lew few saints residing on the northan north rn extremity of the island of kauai K fuai and about nine miles west of the hanalei hanales valley auka hokana presides the cliffs near haene haena are very high and connlain con lain iain a number of interesting caves three of which are much noted and visited by many tourists ANDREW JENSON KOLOA kauai H 1 I july 1895 |
