| Show AMONG THE MAORIS funeral of a chief queer native east coast sew new zealand 1887 editor deseret news I 1 left my lovely mountain home on june i in company wita 8 sanders an and d J W we spent the fourth of july at san sail fraucisco we ot in ia company with thousands to the golden gate gare park saw the unveiling oi 01 garfielda Garf Gar lelda fields statue and masy other things of much interest sailing from on OB july oth we landed at auckland on the we wore were assigned to tuia district where I 1 have been laboring ever ever since the work here is ia in a progressive COE guiod though there Is not so much baptizing being done now as there was six month or a beirao ye ir irao ago the people behag very much chief ridden ril den is one reason tor for this yet we find a convert couvert once in a while TUB THE DISTRICT numbers about souls who are di bided vided into tive ranches raB Ches there are three Zion elders one of whom is is teaching a day school ot of about 40 children I 1 in good condition i we have also three separate priesthood meetings monthly which are generally well attended more e empt e bially our sabbath meetings the 1 ie gospel generally is a great moral improvement upon tats atals native dative people toe swats sa ants are arc living kivior their religion rell gion as well as c auld auld be expected notwithstanding the many false prophets p bets who RO go about claiming to heal the sick etc who draw away a sheep cheep now and then from the true told fold iq ia search of health but it if is as elder M S marriott wrote in his conference report six months ago they found it not I 1 will give a brief description lon of A FUNERAL rUNK KAL this chief was a patient of the principal prophet and sorcerer of ef this part who positively stated that the man 1 would live through his operation the prophet has also with big words worda declared it would not be lorig before he would break up the cormons mormons Mor moil mons hons tor for leave the church they must to receive a blessing at bis hand foche for be neither would nor could heal them as lon long as they were mormons cormons Mor mons by thi this means he tea beguiled a few who loved life avre han ban god our saints in the case of their chief predicted his death when it occurred the prophet took fatt fl att for the father of deceased sought his life he be may make it warm for him yet the prophet claims claim to be a chosen seventy of god and is i working to the end ead of selecting sixty nine ot outliers liers to go forth as they of old did to heal the sick cleanse the lepers etc BY THEIR FRUITS ye shall know them and he is getting pretty well knoon kno for nearly all hp patients of late have failed on him buethe but the I 1 lu the chief diel died 25 miles brorn his tribe and birthplace birth place valley A mes euger brings word at wa cuica acu icu gu gun a reports echo from pah to pah up this and down he other side ol of ibe river all know what is up for foras as soon as a person dies the guns are fired to scare off t the k fiill gli ghost ost leading men from here go over to bring the corpse that his own tribe might bear his funeral expenses on friday the everything is drop consideration ot of this death young men rally around butcher a lot of beeves and hogs while the women get potatoes the bedding etc ready then they come according to small tribes with their carts heaped drawn by from three to five yoke of cattle to the spot where the funeral will take place teamsters return retura tor for wood while others busy busi themselves by b y way f making preparations TOW toward ard evening wort word is brought MO bat all the people from that quarter are coming with the corpse but wont be here until tomorrow at which most outsiders return for the night as this is a mormon pah and they dont want to come to our kadakia church all the people of a pah meet at one place for prayers morning and evening on saturday WE WERE b the ringing ot bells and firing of att on oa getting up and aad seeing the he r 7 white and blue waving over head we are reminded of pur our nations birtha birthday SY at 9 a in people are swarming like bees upon the little green of about 10 cres acres ahei eon at about the centre stands a covered building peo t pie le keep coming bringing ingine br cart can loads of kai al food pop pop op go the long whips as the enraged drivers grivers yell at the top of their voices likewise the liv live a pigs at the rough treatment they receive presently we hear gun reports from the party bringing the corpse at which a cannon and a succession of about 50 guns gans are fired one after the other tea minutes later they come in sight which excited our party then there was more shooting A messenger gent tr now from the president ot their branch and chief of the place for folder elder davis and myself to please keep out of sight of the bitter enemies lest their seeing us ns would hinder from enjoying their heir tangi crying we took a seat at a distance where we could yet see ALL THE as we wished to taki take notes As the coming crowd came near a COW consent shooting continued contina d from both parties not poverty they will spend the last cent or all kluj the last las beast the tribe has but M what t they wi will 11 have a glorious time upon 44 occasion of this kind when they go got wit tin the sound of voices our party shouted as aa they waved their Hael ITa elamai anzai Ifa Ha elemai eleina Ea hademan Hade elemai MaU guns continued to be fired A As they marched past where we were attention our was drawn to the order in which they did it the bier andi and footmen coumbe cambering cumbering cum bering rang about under felga in toe th trout front being fol lowed by about the same number of horsemen list last of all ail w was one in uniform gang g ing through various a apparently to express sorrow I 1 wish my lay pen could describe the peculiar motions sorrl bonje of the women went abro through I 1 iab expressing grief rhey used ased to to torture arture themselves by cutting their fleshin olden times this tangi crying lasted about an hour aftel which the women pt the first drat party went to preparing kai food for the second party the ohp president before mentioned caroe came tau and s said we could coal d now mo w go fio at large the tangi ld k being over 0 r he clan it think taral 1 would bt be sail said thus we went and shook hands bands w with ith I 1 and aad looked agthe at the corpse which was waa surrounded botoe near relatives who were mourning bitterly now the second party it nan gone into the house strangers alwa s take the house while the people of the place remain outside until they have made their short speeches of wel 1 0 corn con and these hese are afe acknowledged by th the second party la in the same way then the people of tie place go in a and aad shake hands all around the tae making of short speeches is commenced in dead earnest earnes TAZ exic ON SPEAKING takes a war club clab in hand band which he swings treely freely as he runis rum toward tb party a ty spoken to speaking as aa he ve he walks back and takes another rut bounding like a bull doy dog thus con until he be teas has delivered bis speech occasionally one sings a iori in which AU all haq tak much joy jov now just as speech speechmaking making was w 9 9 in good headway bans bang goes an another othet V volley I 1 of guns and we bear loud ci lesof Rae Haere mat 1 here maty y which we understand a tangi haya band of mourners are cowing now a as they come around the fostof hills the second party come comb av otta t ot the be house and form a group in front of oabe coffil coffaa the people generally form a I 1 bee line on eacle h ide bide out aron rom the cof fin As ag the coining party came near this group jr gaye vi e a hafiz aaa war daB Cir which lasted about ut abr three tul minutes bv this time all hat had gathie gat hwe the dancers dancer then retired and ancher abo tang ensued we not ced more particularly A BROTHER of THE d essed in who took a position in the centre centre with a drawn sword cutting sorrowful capeis as he wept sj sa that the water from a ees es ado nosy and mouth ran from eyes tot td wait lie was but a talc fair example at of the principal mourners this also signifies a good coniner and one of much sorrow at 2 pm p m this time of was wan mostly over and the new comets comers had adint kat kai we are compelled to lause eap especially as one of the cames out in such a fierce way lm mat t t ane le many dogs who defte over the feast are determined to balk baik him off t the he ground I 1 presently out comes the mata minister KOM tuset I 1 he is a very bitter enemy of the saints who hau has boije all ia R his bis power to binder the work of god G 0 but the th more he tried the wort borje e bis s sheep bee P scattered and many have eeb en PI picked ck t no uby by the true shepherd r ae a did n not 0 t say much ch till til his bis subject leu 1 e him m to filder ider davis and myself we were at a distance of about three rods on a bench in a zither rather conspicuous 1 place with note books in hand band he said it pained his bis heart bean to careus hare us sitting there noting his bis wo words rl gud and drawing bis picture shaking Sha kint hi head with rap rage he remarked 11 F wonder rhy way tn they cant stay tay way and abil give s JIM little time to transact my business 11 now otar not feeling disposed to wave daib at onte once as we were in tam bu 11 ness will bendo by an all w when D it Is understood that the h 01 I 1 I 1 le aad set all belonged to the faints but as tie be grew ew worse some of his party called a fr for 0 r 0 our ur president dent ito to take awa away tits preacher sto preserve pe peace i abe W we rt retired ired yet pur our natural Ae heartis sits ached to yield ald to satan tan on our own ground we had again to th 0 arve tram from a qi siance the ma next t 1 change was a saik frol rom th b 11 caf 41 1 of the english school 0 renaer HIT english following was an tangi ev avesing ng being nev near people k utter scatter to molook look arter after horses etc for the bight while cooks again busy themselves to get supper ready I 1 i 1 we ni must not not forget the youth who sort arp now cheerfully engaged in their maori garnes games rendering the scene much like that ofa afi jubilee not b being I 1 P abbe to count the th peoble we e estimate gt a e e i them at about and tho the doks dogs who enjoy a funeral aai as isch as any one at bout about SO 00 new aw as the alt lor THIS CROWD consists of saw potatoes Aota toes k and pork one would pati naturally orally asi ask how ow they cook especially when ahey tave 1 e from three to six meals a oay n answering I 1 will first state to the ay the meat Is handled in unloading tue the beef divided into quarters kers 4 it Is ia d da i ed dg onto the I 1 ground grou any ome dept almea s dragged in order to get k lo 10 a 1 w it dabe abo 11 port t a aro r pil piled ed in a heap exposed t to 0 air dast and in d sun to say not nothing dirig ot ol tiie the ex eseed aeed angly busy blow fly I 1 have stem atea it alive with maggu marguls lS yet all 11 one to them they cut cat tae me meat off la in chunks atrid dd bull it buik buika a are baat st to 10 the dogs hence their auy above mentioned or for the poi Awod toe the people dig boles in the ground in which they may light a fire heaving heaping the same with wood upon elica stones are piled when tue toe wood ia is burned tae bitout o are and all in the tae hole upon a mix flax ring nok is 1 placed heaped poL potatoes aloes moistened with a bucket of water to cause steam tuen they are covered with cloth aud and dirt to mold the by they are cooked io in a time la in their dav they can cook bushels busti els at a cooking cooki uy if necessary it W i shameful the quantity ot food tbell was a but to return to our subject THE EVENING is as baoy avy as possible gathered into the houge gaid spent the time merrily singing bougs s making short speeches eto effi so 80 we are informed int Ormed by our arienda tri ends enda we did lot go for lorl itar tear of trouble ble on sunday the funeral sports were laid aside aide and all turned to worship 0 piny now I 1 it is a well weir known fact among among ministers sud aud chiefs that the cormons mormons Mor mona mons have the best beat singing and most meetings mee inee tinga tings now to keep their people peole from attending our meet nig irig the anti send for the schoolmaster er bobring to bring h hs s piano and have cave the children do we tae singing which i to 80 dy are thing thin in maori drip they chey all the L saints attend their service arvice church of england but now at 14 10 am am when the betl rang our room I 1 holding about WAS tilled to overflowing fi and we had bad a good meeting the otherl party being fai more numerous we lek them our largi larg batise botseas bou seas as the saints were the caebe ot of ahe fu leral being held here this being the most moat convenient pac around cooks are again busy at ai their work sod and strangers scattered are abroad ou on the green fetn mot most of them participating in alty we again assemble iu church and have a good lime shortly after church fires are again seen heating up the rocks for foe cooking supper one oae would by this almost titue the it 1 did the dead the themo most ht honor a glod out iut it is ho however wever the one wh aru the greatest quantity th baurch nave another meeting iu u we lne evening but elder davis aad 11 I 1 do bot attend ilow now some may think ibis c cowardice but ku knowing iveing the crazy of the nI minister inister we stay IL awa me DC should b order the would take up hence a row low which we would not like while the corpse is yet et on oa thle ground copany shortly after prayers 1 pd bieler ider davis beina bein gobe to take coa charge ge of tile the school I 1 notice from my liAle but a ter terrible rushing lushing ot of tile the people to where the corpse lay friends inform me that the father ot of t the rhe dlud beine insane did not want bla bis you sou buried mormon 1 accord UK eo t 0 agreement apie ement hence ge ae wa was 8 buying to run off with tile the corpse and wuen stopped threatened to co split the corpse lu in two that he be and ana we the each have a piece 1 e ce while this talk was coing on pa I 1 albrit b n com comb B another tangi hanga at which ici aae ine tune d and ake usual proceedings dings were carried out after tuia is over and speech making ts li ended the tae people gme generally rally engage en in fea various games toe burial 1 a ha t been een put ut off till dlhy bigot unite upon the place before beford evening TROUBLE comes cames up i two young men the brother of jol the deceased and a relative had bad gone to a place near by tor lor a drink no doubt to drown sorrow I 1 thy they got a little too much A quarrel ensued over a sword which one of them had they bame to blows aud and the 0 one U a with the sword struck the other othera a blow across tha neck causing the blood to flow aw freely however tap wound is not thought t dangerous gaug erous thus thero there ca cagne verj near being another to cry over ever after dark this evening ir IB looking around upon tr the ie fiata flat 1 behold many great fires and upon inquiry am iq informed that bread 1 is being cooked lor for i he hd special meal tomorrow tuesday ath the same proceed wap lwft pretty much were carried on till about when it was agreed do harv ary the co we clero A giace place wasi was paced aa and 2 the grave due tig the fre I 1 no graveyard but b banry ury an say any hill at ther pleasure at this time another faai andi 11 nd of mourners came camb from rom star atar allou all on horseback I 1 bu acup p pase the additional party alto altogether gett numbers about fa I 1 at about apa p in THE FUNERAL SERVICES took 0 k place N pw w the preaching having 3 9 MI all been done thuy boa marched at once t to 0 the grave after the priest bad |
