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Reports of Waimea, Kauai
Since there was just one station on Kauai - that
at Waimea - until 1834, the reports through 1834
cover the entire island and Niihau
�K A U A I
A N S W E R S
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BOSTON, M ASS., MARCH 15,1633.
Sent by B . B . Wisner, B.An derson and David Greene, Secretaries,
to the missionaries of the American Board of Com
missioners for Foreign Missions.
1.
How large a territory and how many people is it possible
for your present number of missionaries to supply with
preaching and pastoral care ?
3.
What is the extent of country, and the number of people,
remaining unprovided with preachers of the gospel?
4.
What part of this unoccupied field is now in a state to
receive direct missionary labor ?
And how many mission
aries is it advisable to send to it ?
The Isl- of Kauai has a sea coast of eighty-two miles,
& a population of 10,947.
There are no large inland settle
ments.
Of this number of inhabitants, the present mission
aries are able to supply only 4,297 - with preaching & pastoral
care - & not even this number without great effort, as part of
them are twenty miles one way,
six the other.
There are
then 6,650 inhabitants destitute of preaching & pastoral care,
scattered over a country of 56 miles in extent.
Should the
Isl- be divided into four missry stations, the natural divis
ions would be in the following order.
The first at Waimea
which is now occupied, on the south-west part of the Islincludes a country 26 miles in extent mostly dry & barren &
the western extreme an almost inaccessible precipice.
It extends from Nuololo on the West to
Wahiawa on the East,
including a population of 4,297.
Of this number 3,883 are
within six miles of the station.
The second division is at
Koloa the southern part of the Isl- & 14 miles East of Waimea.
It extends from Wahiawa on the West to Kalapaki on the East, in
cluding a fertile country of 15 miles in extent & a population
of 2,166.
Koloa is the center & the two extremes could be
easily visited on horseback.
Vessels frequently anchor here,
& communication with Waimea by water is easy. --The
third division is at Kapaa on the East part of the lsl.- including a beautiful & fertile country of 17 miles of sea coast,
extending from Hanamaulu on the south-west & Pilaa on the northeast.
It has a population of 2,385 - all of whom can be visited
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[Kauai Answers to Questions
1,3 & 4; Boston, March 15,1833]
in a short time by a missry at Kapaa the center of the station
distant by nearest route 30 miles from Waimea.
There is a
harbor here into which small vessels sometimes enter, but
which is not always accessible on account of the surf which
occasionally breaks across the mouth of the harbour. ---The fourth division is at Hanalei on the north part of the
Isi. extending from Papaa on the north-east to Wawapuhi on
the North-west, includes a sea-coast of 24 miles, & 2,099 inhabitants, 1,825 of whom, a r e within six miles of Hanalei.
This is the most fertile, part of the Isl.- though considerably
broken up by deep ravines.
The western extreme is nearly in
accessible, either by land or water.
At Hanalei there is a
deep bay & g ood anchorage.
It is frequently visited by ves
sels.
The land communication between Waimea & Hanalei to
the West is broken by an iron-bound coast
steep precipices,
to the East, it is 50 miles.
The natives sometimes cross
through the center of the Isl. in one day, but the road is ex
ceedingly bad & can never be made much better on account of
the high mountains.
In point of health, fertility of soil &
pleasantness of local situation the three unoccupied stations
are equal, if not superior to Waimea; & should Missionaries be
stationed there, a part of the inhabitants now at Waimea,
would naturally withdraw, so as to make the population of the
four stations about equal.
A t each of these stations, the
people are exceedingly desirous that a missry should come
among them, & a man of the right stamp would be recd with open
arms, & hailed as a friend & a father.
One missry in health
at each of these 4 stations, would be able with the aid of a
Physician & schoolmaster on the Isl. to attend to all the
labour of preaching, pastoral care, &c.
The expense of liv
ing, so far as native produce is concerned, would be a mere
trifle - other supplies could be sent, with but little expense.
Niihau:
- This small Isl. lies 20 miles west of Kauai.
The want of good water, occasional famines when the people are
obliged to leave & the sparce population, seem to exclude the
hope that a foreign Missry will be comfortably & usefully settled among them.
There are on that Isl. 1,079 inhabitants,
scattered over a sea coast of 40: miles of dry & barren country.
Waimea is rather nearer than any of the other stations, though
Hanalei is almost equally accessible & the Isl. could be occasionally visited by a M issry from these stations.
The wants therefore of the unsupplied population of Kauai
& Niihau, & the facilities for planting new stations on the
former, are such that we earnestly recommend to the Board to
furnish a Missry for Koloa, & one for Kapaa, & one for Hanalei,
together with a Physician & a well qualified schoolmaster for
the whole Isl.
The Committee recommend that there be
4 ordained Missionaries at KAUAI - i.e. 2 in addition to
the present number;
1 Physician;
1 School Master.
[Voted accordingly]
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Kauai Island Reports
(Until 1834 there was only one station on Kauai - that at Waimea.
Hence, the reports thru 1834 include the whole island and Niihau. )
Hawaiian. Expressions
List of Articles Sent to the Station at Atooi
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Report for Tauwai
Receipts from depository, presents from
various persons, expenses, etc.
1822
1823
Receipts & Expenditures of Tauwai Station
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1824
Tauwai Quarterly Report
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1824
Quarterly Account Tauai
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Tauwai Quarterly Bill & letter
to Levi Chamberlain
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Tauai Account
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Expenditures for the Quarter
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1827
S. Whitney -
1828
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Kauai Account
Unsigned
Letter to "Brother C."
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Expenditures of the Kauai Station
1829
Report
1830 )
1831 )?
1836 )
Expenditures of Kauai Station
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Expenditures for Mr. G 's [Gulick] house
Report of Kauai Station
1832
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S. Whitney
1832
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1832
Supplement to Report of Kauai Station
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1832
Part of the Report of Kauai Station - Gulick
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1833
Report of Kauai
S. Whitney
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1833
Report of the Station at Kauai
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1834
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Waimea Reports
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�Kauai Reports (S. Whitney)
Hawaiian Expressions
August 1 - 1825
Page 3
Paragraph 1
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August 1 - 1826
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�List of articles sent to the Station at Atooi,
May 3, 1822
A lot of fish hooks -
5
50
2
50
14 Handkerchiefs .......................................14
00
45 yds Minehew at 30 cts per yard is
13
50
4
00
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00
37 yds Grass cloth at 30 cts .................... 11
10
2 pr Shoes
2
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40
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Do
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fish lines
2 piecs white Nankeen
4
do. Blue
do
20 pieces Blue Nankeen
30 Yds Blue cloth at 150 per y. ................ 45
2 Saddles ......................................
2 bridles ......................................
10 Coffe cups & saucers
1 Coffee pot
4 White bowls ...
2 White Pitchers
2 Looking glasses
1 iron pot
1
do kettle
1 lamp filler
1 tunnel
1 nusselamp
(?)
1 dipper
1 tin sugar bowl
1 do bake pan
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�List of articles sent to the Station at Atooi,
May 3, 1822
7 yds cotton cloth
12 yds sear sucker
1 file
4 yds black silk
1 piece crape
1 bedstead
6 bottles Brandy
6
do
(Jin
1 brass kettle
1 bbl Beef
1 do Molasses
1 do
vinegar
[cont'd]
�Report for Tauwai
Recd., from the depository at Oahu
Octr. 20, 1823, the following articles, viz.
3
Doz. fish hooks
5
ys. Dungaree,
2
Doz. Jaok knives, 3, 60
2
ys . India Calico, 1 , 80
1
Carving knife
1 1/2 Galls. Rum
1
2
Do Wine
12 1/2
37 1/2
3, 60
............. ....
18
00
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7
20
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3
60
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1, 50
2
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25
3, 00
qts. Brandy
Small quantity of dried Apple
1
Pr Shoes ............ .............. .
1
2
Pr Shoes ........ $2.
4 , 00
1
Water pot
2
Padlocks
2
Small locks
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20
2 , 00
......3
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1, 00
67
Articles for Geo. Sandwich
4, 00
2
Shirts ................ $ 2
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1
Pr Nankin Pantaloons
1, 75
1
Pr Sattinett
2 , 00
1
Vest
do.
1, 75,
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1 Pr Shoes.
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3......................... 1/2 yards gingham
10
yards Duck for a haramoc,
1 , 20
5
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7 , 50
63, 26 1/2
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Report for Tauwai
Recd, from the Depository
52 lbs Rice
.....
10cts
32 qts. Beans .....
8
add
...
25 pr Ct.
7 -
40
12 qts. Indian Me
a
l...........
lb Domestic Coffee,
11/2 lb. ginger
Small quantity of Hops,
1
lb. Tea ............87cts
1
Gallipot of preserves
1,
Nov. 3, 1823
21/2 lbs. Sugar Candy
1
...... 25cts .
Small Butter keg of Potashes,
Tin cup
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31cts
10, lb Codfish
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30
1, bbl bread ......
Various articles of clothing in a bundle,
valued at . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2,
Nutmegs
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2,
Pr Yellow Nankin,
1,
bbl. Molasses,
17cts
$
17; 00
1, bbl. Pork $ 25,00, add pr.
1, Crape Coat
1, White Jacket.
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Report for Tauwai
Articles delivered Mr. Whitney at sundry times between
N o v . 29th
1, Short jacket (on hand)
1, Handkerchief
&
Dec. 26th
1823
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(do)
1,
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1, Pr yellow Nankein pantaloons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
50
1,
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1 , Quire refuse paper
40
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2 . Remnants Dungaree
1, Maro
33
24
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To the following bot at Auction
4,
00
4,
25
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2,
26
shirt .........................................
1,
40
Crow, Draw Shave &c
2,
05
4,
Shirts
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1,
Lot of Jackets & V ests
1,
pr Raisors
1,
$ 1.
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1
bag of flints - . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............ ........
1
Dressing Case
Add 20 Pr. Ct.
55
7,
50
22,
00
4
40
26, 40
For remainder, look at page 6..
�Report for Tauwai
Presented by Capt. Whippy of the Ship Francis, Oct. 21, [1823]
2
pr. Shoes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$1 , ...............
2, 00
1
gall. Sperm Oil .......................................
1, 00
3
Doz. Sperm Candles
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A small quantity of dried apples
Presented by Capt. Macy of the.Ship Maro, Nov. 5, [1823]
7 or 8 Galls. Sperm Oil
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1, bag of bread
1,
bag of dried apples, ........
1,
straw hat,
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1, punch bowl
A few pounds of sugar & Coffee
From. Capt. Coffin of the Ship Franklin & Bunker of the Ship Paragon,
N o w 8,
18 or 20 galls of Sperm Oil.
Donations from the natives.
Oct. 24,
Six small fish from the chiefess.
Nov.
4 small fish, & three watermelons from the chiefess.
8,
Nov. 14,
24 fish from the chiefess.
A barrel of oranges to send to Oahu, from the chiefess.
A few small fish & some oranges from the chiefess.
Dec. 12,
2 fish from the governess.
1 pr. Shoes, & 11/2Doz. Sperm Candles to Mr Ruggles.
�Report for Tauwai
Articles delivered M r . Whitney at sundry times between
N ov. 29th
&
Dec. 26th
1823
Received from our fishing man
Oct. 27,
A few small fish
28,
8 small fish
Nov. 10,
4 small fish
2 fish
Dec. 22,
3 fish
Dec. 27
fish
30
3 fish
Jan.
57 fish
Received from our land in labor .......................
Do
Do
in vegetables
$ 10 - 00
20 - 00
�Report for Tauwai - 1823
Expended for labor and provisions
For labor
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For labor
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4 Pau's
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2.88
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3.16
For Oranges to send to Oahu
2 Pau'
s......
For labor . . . . . . . . .
1 maro
For mats
3 Jack-knives
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1. 44
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24
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1.8
For labor
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1 maro
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24
For lord
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1
do
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24
For labor
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1
do
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34
For oranges
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1
do
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24
For labor
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For potatoes
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1 maro.
For oranges
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1 jack-knife ....
36
For lord
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1 maro . . . . . . . . .
24
1 j.-knife, i maro
1.32
2 pau'
s. . . . .
1.44
For labor
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For canoe paddles
1
P a u ,
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.24
For potatoes
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1 looking glass, 4 flints
For eggs
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1 looking glass
To George Sandwich
For labor
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5
3 Jack-knives
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1.08
For cord
1 maro
do
. . . . .
4 flints
For
1 looking glass
For labor .........
1 pau, 2 maro's
To George Sandwich ........
To our
f i s h i n g
For labor
m a n
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72
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For a few sticks of wood ...
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5
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2
do
10
1 do
For family use ...............
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2.46
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24
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4
5
1 jack—knife ..
1.56
1 Jack-knife .......
36
,
10 fish-hooks, 1 file, 2 maro's
1 maro
22
�Report for Tauw ai
Articles delivered. Mr . Whitney at sundry times between
N o v.
29th
&
Dec. 26th
1823
(continued) - 2
1,
Shirt
(on hand)
4
Handkerchiefs
1
File .......
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......... ......... .
25cts
50cts...........
2, 00
2,
00
Add pr Ct.
To the following bot of Mr Dana
2
Shirts.... 2,50
1
Hat
6
lb. of nails
6
do
3
Ps. Black Nankin
6
lb. Coffee
34
lb Sugar
11
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$2;
$5,
1 Trunk
3 V ests 2,50
7, 50
$
10,
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14,
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3,
60
$2, .........................
6,
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... 55 ...........................
3,
30
36,
3,
90
07
1,
43
$12
30
do
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$12 pr picul
do ... 13 pr lb...............................
Add pr Ct ..........
41,4
0
8,2
8
79, 68
4
1/2 lb. Sugar
1
Bucket .........
21c
s
t
add. 20 pr Ct.
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1
pint o f paint Oil..................................
0
11
25
00, 45
Small quantity of White led .......................................00, 40
. . . . . . . . 85
�Report for Tauwai
Articles delivered Mr. Whitney
Nov. 29th
(continued) -
2
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1823
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Small buttons
"arger
L
11/2
Dec. 26th
3
Thimbles..
3
2oDz.
/
1
&
at sundry times between
20cts
do.
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Fine Gilt do. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
25"
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75
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8
Doz. Fi sh hooks....................................... 12
/2
1
2
Hundred
1
Hundred rusty do. .................................
4
pr. Scissors
1
Doz. Files — 1 5 /
10
Glasses — 40cts
1
Blanket
4
Grass Buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
5
ps. Dungaree
2
39
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70
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9cts
36,
8 Gimblets
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67,
add 20 pr Ct.
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20pr Ct .
4 8 cts
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Calico
yds. Buffill .........................
A remnant of Dungaree
3, 60
1, 50
1,
00
1,
00
1
00
1
03
3,
00
..
80
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c
87
1,
ts .........
12
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18, 00
.1, 40 . . . . . . .
2, 80
70cts . . . .
27, 3O
Sewing Silk bot of W. G. Dana
33
. . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . .
48,
10
$ 149,
03
1,
20
Whatever mistakes or defic ences you may find in the account please to
notice them in your next.
V ery &c,
S. W.
�Receipts & Expenditures of the Tauwai Station
Commencing Jan. 20 and ending May 1st, 1824
Receipts from the Depository
1/2
bbl Flour ............................................... $
March 31
50
7
66 lb of Bread .....................................
4 - 62
8 qts dried apples ..........................................
- 32
0
$ 12 - 44
Donations from Ships
From Capt. Arthur Ship Swift
Sundries ..................................................... $
0 - 30
Capt Week Ship Enterprize
Sundries ............................................
$
1 - 50
1 - 80
Expended
For sawing boards
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$ 14 -
9
Do Blacksmiths & Joiner work ........................
9 - 21
Do Occasional labor .................................
4
Do Wood
2 - 91
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59
Do Sundries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4
Do 1 Calf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3 - 50
Do Hogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
11 - 11
92
S3
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Receipts & Expenditures of the Tauwai station
Commencing Jan. 20 and ending May 1st, 1824
Of provisions used in the family
1/3
bbl Beef ........................................ $
2 - 83
4
/
1
Do pork .........................................
6 - 25
1/4
Do bread
1
/
4
Do flour ...................................
3 - 75
4
gall molasses ....... . . . ............. .......
2 - 00
20
lbs Sugar ...................................
2 - 40
10
Do Coffee..........................................
3 - 00
1
qt Rum. .........................................
0
36
1
Do Wine .
0
75
1
pt Brandy...................................
0
37
5
lbs Rice ......................................
0
50
2
goats from our flock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4
00
3
pigs
6 - 00
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$
0 - 75
32 - 96
Received from our land
V egetable &c .................................
$
15 — 00
Labor ........................................ 5-00
Fish from our fisherman
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3 -
Do from the Chiefess ......................................
0 — 25
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�Tauwai Quarterly Report from May to Aug. 1824
Tauai
Aug 4
- 1824
Dear Brother C
I thank you much for your parental care of u s in sending such
things as w e need for
our
comfort.
I have thought I would take the beef and
fish that came down in the Range, but I believe we can do well enough without
it.
I send you our last quarterly account and a list of some articles which we
need...............................................
Expenditures
May
3
1 flint Steel for fruit .............................
4
1 Do
8
5
0 , 101/2
0,1
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Do for work
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3 Jack Knives, 2 looking glasses
2 Scissors
$
3 Steels
0,571/2
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0 , 38
0, 50
10
5 Scissors for sundries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
0 , 35
15
6 Jack Knives & 3 maro's for work . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1,75
18
1 dery (?) looking glasses for work . . . . . . . . . . . . .
0 ,60
20
1 Jack Knife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
28
2 files for Sundries
1 Do for wood
June
4
2 files for work
0, 13
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0, 25
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carried over
0, 50
5, 741/2
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Tauwai Quarterly Report from May to Aug. 1824
June
Brought over
6
1
1
11
$
5 , 74
0, 75
file for wood .............................
0,2
5 25
11/2 fathens Duffile for work ...................
40
1
0, 42
1
0, 8
15
flints Do ........................................
0, 18
1
Steel
0, 10
Do .........................................
4
0, 20
13
1
0, 25
18
1
0,
8
19
1
0
8
July
1
2
files 2 Steels 8 fishhooks lo flints 1 maro
for fish
. .....
1, 15
3
1
5
4
18
11/2
19
1
Chisel for work..............................
0, 42
10
flints Do
0,
1
axe and one file for a canoe........................
29
0, 25
chisels
Do
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1, 68
2 , 10
...................................
10
'
2, 25
$
17, 29/
2
1
Presents from the Ship Partridge Capt.
M
10
a
y
5, 00
4 bottles wine 4 Do ban (?) ........................
1 phial spirits hartshem (?) .......................
0. 50
$
5, 50
�page 3
Tauwai Quarterly Report from May to Aug. 1824
Presents from the natives
May
8
one fish from a Chief
..................$
13
1
Do
Do
........................................................
July
8
2
Do
Do
10
4
Do ... .........................................
15
10 Do
16
20
Do
........................................
0, 30
26
16
Do
...............................................
0, 20
0, 10
10
...................................................0,
8
0,
6
.............................................. 0 , 20
$
Assistance from our land in vegetables labor &c...........................
Amount
1, 04
$ 30, 00
$ 53, 831/2
Family Stores during the quarter
Molasses 3 1/2 gall.
Pork 1/4 bbl
Sugar 30 lb.
Soap 5 bars
Bread 70 lbs.
Coffee 12 lb.
Two hams
Dried Apples 8 qts.
Flour 5/8 bbl
Cod fish 10 lb
Rice 15 lb.
Tea 3 lb,
Brandy 1 qt, Rum 2 qts, wine 5 bottles, beer 4 bottles.
W e have on hand a comfortable supply af all these articles, common Tea
we have, plenty.
We are in need of Black pepper, Pearl-ash, Salt as you can buy that article
much cheaper than we can
or two
Mat nails, Dungaree, Fishhooks, Shingle nails a pound
Two Lamps, Salts.
The amount of what we have received this quarter from the depository is $76,64
From friends at home $5 -
The clothing for a heathen child probably $30
Yours in haste,
S Whitney
�quarterly Account Tauai, Feb. 1825 (S. W . )
Tauai
Feb 1
-
1825
Dear Brother C
I improve the present (?)
quarterly account
opportunity for sending you our
Expended of waimai received from the Depository
For work .................................................
$
For fish nets .............................................
7 — 78
10 — 40
For Sundries ..............................................
8 - 00
Expd
of presents received from foreigners ................
2 - 00
of
from natives ......................................
3 - 00
From our land ..........................................
25 - 00
Do
of Food from the depy
Flour Bread Fish & c & c ................17 - 00
Goats pigs &c from our flock .............................. 12 - 00
$ 73,
We have received from foreigners
$
From natives ........................................
7-00
4
$ 11
Feb 19
P.S.
S
The duffile you sent I have expended
any more at present
00
Whitney
I am not particularly in need of
We have a good supply of trade on hand
Yours &c
L. C.
18
S. W-
�Tauwai Quarterly Bill to April 30, 1825
With Letter from S. Whitney to Levi Chamberlain
Expenditures in Waim ai
For labor ....................................................... $
6 - 24
for food & sundries .................................................3 - 5 0
To George Sandwich for shirts &c ..................................
5-
55
$ 15 - 29
I expend of flour , rice, Sugar, tea &c . . . . . . . . . . . .
Presents from the Chiefs, our land &c
. . .
$ 15 - 00
. . . . . . . . . . $ 50 $ 89 - 29
Presents from Tapule now on hand,
one old canoe, & a Set of China tea cups & saucers &c * * * *
Of Waimai on hand
$ 16 - 00
33/4 pieces dungaree
30 files 1/2 Doz Chisels
28 jacknives
2 doz glasses
1 blanket, 5 axes, one hammer (?) 1/4 flour 1/3 Do pork
2 yds Duffil
a good supply of
rice, sugar, tea, Coffee, &c. &c.
Tauai
April 30
-
1825
My Bear Brother C,
I hope you will not think I mean to overstock you with letters, as I
have already w r
itten you two, to be sent by the
lcos (?).
I supposed when
she left Waimea that she would have been at Oahu before this but being still
detained at Toloa, I improve the opportunity to send you our quarterly account.
Owing to a multitude of cares, I must still plead for excuse, for want of
particularity in that part of the account, which refers to presents from the
Chiefs & people.
They are sent in many times when I am from home, at others
�page 2
Tauwai Quarterly Bill to April 30, 1825
With Letter from S. Whitney to Levi Chamberlain
when I am engaged, so as to render it difficult to know the value of the
articles received
.
As my letter is called for I must omit something which I intend
to say.
Mrs. W .— is not so well for when I -wrote you last our little boy
too is quite ill.
I have time to say no more.
Y ours &c
S
W hitney
�page 1
Tauai Account - August 1, 1825
Tauai
August 1 - 1825
My Dear Brother C
The following is our quarterly bill ending July 31 - 1825
Expended for labor, provisions &c
To G Sandwich in clothing &c
Traded with Capt Roggers ......
..........................
Expended of presents from the natives
..........................\
50
$ 15
-
2 5
labor from our lands
4
20
50
Flour Molasses - Tea &c &c............................
- 25
-
00
o
&
-
0
Vegetables , fish,
10
15 - 00
$
105,
00
Articles on hand presents from foreigners natives &c
From Ship Swift Capt Arthur
1
bbl flour ....................................
6 - 00
1/3
Do
beef & pork ...............................
3 - 00
1
2
/
Do
molasses ..................................
4 - 80
11/2
Do
Bread
6 - 00
.......................................
one bag of domestic coffee ....................
5
lbs coffee ...................................
2 - 50
10
Do Sugar.......................................
1 - 25
Hops., Bucket, wash tub, nails, medecine................ ...
$
4 - 00
27,
55
�Tauai Account - August 1, 1825
Presents from the natives on hand
Cloth for Pantaloons gowns &c
...
$
3 - 00
Articles from the depository on hand
5 axes ............................................ $
20 files, 18 jacknives, 28 looking glasses-—
5 Chisels
1 blanket
3/4 bbl flour 1/4 Do pork.
1 qt Rum.
2 Do wine
21/2 pieces dungaree
5 Gall molasses
Sugar.
Rice
Tea.
Coffee
a comfortable supply -—
There was a mistake in the last quarterly bill
we have not so much
Flour & Molasses on hand as I mentioned.
August 18
Since the above was written I have received yours of the 12th
with an abundance of supplies. What I bought of Capt A- I shall send
you next week in the young Thaddeus if she sails.—
All the articles I purchased were recommended as the finest quality.
They
are all in barrels which I have not opened
The money will probably be
collected on the return of the
above mentioned.
Perhaps
I shall need a few dollars but the most of it I shall send you as soon
as possible.
The clock pendulum you gave to Capt E - did not come
All the articles you sent us are valuable none that I received with more
pleasure than Scots Bible
the same edition
last correcting
I regret to see however that it is not all of
The sixth vol is the Stereotyped with the authors
This is much more valuable to me because it has the
�Tauai Account - August 1 , 1825
references which I very much need.
If you can send me down the five first
vol- of this edition I will return the others with many hearty thanks for
the exchange. The black pantaloons were very acceptable as I am getting
quite destitute of that kind of clothing
With respect to articles of
trade you w ill see from the above that we have a good supply.
I have some
plans for building however which may require some after a while
At
present I have neither courage, strength, nor time to think about such
things. My old house is tumbling down over our heads, a fit emblem of
its occupants
I sometimes think we shall never want to enter another.—
If you please you may send us a proportion of the flat irons, fish, boards
& plank. We make but little butter at present
Do not think my dear Sir that
we have any apprehensions of you "neglecting our wants"
Your are surrounded with such a shield of integrity, fidelity and loko
maitai that is is impossible for us to uluhua ia oe. - - Do you want any of the domestic coffee which Capt A- gave us
than a bushel of it
Yours affectionately
S. Whitney
There is more
�Expenditures for the Quarter commencing Aug, 1 - 1826
Aug
3
$3 cash to George Sand... ......................................
4
1 Maro ............... ............................
0 - 15
$
3 - 00
8
2
DO ..................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 30
9
1
Jackni
- 50
f
e
21
Shirting of Capt Meek ...
8
31
1 Piece blue cotton .....
2 - 00
00
Sep
5
2
DO
18
1
axe
20
1
file
Oct
1
3
Do ......................................
8
3
Jacknives
1 - 50
12
2
Gal wine et cetera of Capt Moore (?)
8
00
27
12
Fish-hooks .........................................................
0
20
31,
65
4 — 00
2 - 00
(Amounts for axe and ...
file are covered with
sealing wax)
$
Presents from foreigners
Aug
2
From Capt Meek
Oct
13
From Capt Moore
....
1 crape shall 1 ..........................
4 — 00
(?) 8 pounds Coffee .........................................._____ 4 - 0 0
$
Presents from Chiefs .....................
8 - 00
$ 22
-00
Assistance from land, aole ike, nui loa no. We have an hand a good
supply of trade, except some flints.
a little.
If you have d u f f i l
e on hand, you may send
We have a tolerable supply of Sugar, Tea, Coffee, Rice Bread & Pork
Mrs W- sends love to Mr. C. and says, tell him a little butter and cheese will
be acceptable
(S.W.)
�Kauai Account - April 30th, 1827
Articles from the Depository brought with us from Kauai
45 1/2
72 3/4
lbs. rice @ 4
........................
Sugar
.....................
20 " more at Kauai
1.82
12.00
22
Coffee ..................................
18
5
Tea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3.80
1/4
bbl. Pork .............................
1/2
4.00
Do
2.10
Bread . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
21.00
2
Ps.- Calico ........................
7
do Hankin
5
do Blue Cotton ..........................
7.50
2
gl Wine .................................
3.00
2
qts Rum .......................................
75
1
" Brandy .....................................
2.50
Dried apples
1
$21
............... 10.50
......75cts
Doz. Oes ......................................
"
75
3.00
axes ................................... 12.00
2
pr. Scissors ...............................
2
do. plane irons ..............................
Flints ....................................
Duffil .............................
.50
33
2.25
7.00
1/2 Keg butter ........................2.70
101.68
Presents from the natives
Kaikioewa & Keaweamahi
1 - 50
55 - 50 forty four dollars fifty cents of which
----- —
we have now on hand
$ 5 7 - 00
$
�Kauai Account - April 30th, 1827
From the land............................
$ 30.00
For Molasses & wood sent to Honolulu
as income of land, .......................
110.00
From land, in labor &c to Decr. ..........
3 0 .0 0
101.68
44.50
$
170.00
�page 1
Kauai
June 9
- 1828
My Dear Brother C.
By the hand of Mr. Gulick, I received yours of the 3d
The
supplies you sent were seasonable. We are in want of flour being quite out.
With regard to purchasing at $16 per barrel, I should not think it best to
get much at that price, though 1 should be sorry to have any menber entirely
out.
If you hare no choice in the reference Bibles, I think you had better
keep the one you have, as the other has been somewhat damaged in my service.
You say I had better secure the carpenter here.
I have done it, at $25 per
month, half cash— but it is with the prospect of having Mr. Hart to set out
the work for him, as I shall not trust him to do it alone.
house carpenter,
He is not a
You know the man, who spoiled (?) your top-sail yard.
With Mr Hart’s help for a season however, I think he will do.
I will engage
to discharge Mr H in two months, perhaps short of that. Will Mr Thurston
or any one, think this unreasonable?
Cannot his frame be housed?
if it should not be, will it be damaged in m
onths so much as the walls
of mine by standing through a wet season, without a roof?
materials for a house, sent to his hands.
And even
He has the
I have to get mine as I can.
The house that I now live in is falling down, and probably will not stand a
shower of two hours continuance, and the one that I am going into, is far
inferior to the one which Mr Thurston now lives in.
I trust you will consider
these reasons enough, if not I have others, why Mr H- should be sent here first
As nothing is said about the masons, I suppose they will be here by
the first of Aug. My sugar mill is broken or I should have sent you a barrel
of Molasses. It will soon be in order and you may send as many barrels as
you please, and I will fill them.
A . for a good mill.
I now suggest the propriety of sending to
I here send you a list of presents, up to the first of
�page 2
Kauai
June 9 - 1828
May— likewise of expenses to the same time.
200 fowls and upwards, most of them given away again to whale captains
and others, price unknown.
12 Pigs $25-
4 ducks $1, one cloak $18, Three gal wine $6
mats $10- gown pattern $10
Help from land $20
Expended $12
-
bombazett $4
pork, fish and mutton $10
$ 104
12
As Mr G- has a list of our wants, I shall not set them down.
I am dear Brother
Yours sincerely
S. Whitney
P.S. I wish you to send the shingles and lathes by the first opportunity
and some clapboards if you can spare them
Mr H's bureau
I said nothing to my man about
The money you have of mine I wish you to expend for
timber suitable for window sashes if you cannot spare me any you may have
on hand.
Pigs .............................25.00
Ducks ........................... 1.00
Cloak ...........................18.00
Wine ............................ 6.00
Mats ...........................10.00
Gown pattern ............... 10.00
Bombazett ....................... 4.00
Pork, fish & mutton..............10
84
Help from land
20
104.00
Income of land
1 Bbll. of Molasses ......................
12.00
Present to Mr. W . while at Honolulu
included in Mr. W.'s acct. and
transferred to the Station at Kauai.
73,00
189.00
�To Levi Chamberlain
Kauai
June 6
-
1829
My Dear Brother,
Enclosed I send you a l o n g list of expenses.
I have been particular to
set down everything relative to the house because you request it. But it is for
your own eye.
I am unwilling that all this should go in to the yearly account
unless you do the same by others.
Every one knows that Mr Richards house must
have cost more than one hundred dollars.
The house I have built has cost the
Board as you will see five hundred dollars seventy four cents. There will be
some forty or fifty dollars to come into the next years account. I have now
about done with your carpenter
He will go up probably next week.
As you say
nothing about it, I fear you think I conceded to much in making the bargain for
another year, but I could get him on no other terms. What you mention about
the Catholicity is distressing but no more than we had reason to expect.
I do
not see as we can do anything, but pray God to rebuke them. We sympathize with
Mrs. Green in her affliction and hope the Child may yet live. We rejoice to
hear Doct
I is recovering. I shall answer Mr Richards nex week.
love to all I am dear Brother Yours &c
S W h itney
With much
�page 1
Expenditures of the Kauai Station.
Commencing May 1 - 1828 and Ending April 30 - 1829
General expenditures
From the depository
$
Native books ......................................
300. 00
50
00
300
00
Income of Land
Molasses to Mr Chamberlain
Unknown bbls
72
00
4 for workmen
60
00
2 Pigs to Mr Chamberlain.......................................
10
00
15 Goats to family use —
12 for workmen .......................
30
00
15 Do to Capt Meek for timber ................................
30
00
5
00
Do to family use
2 Pigs
5 bbl —
Do
Do
. . ..........................................................................................
40 Goats to Capt Ebbets ......................................8000
9 Pigs and 3 Turkies to Do ................................... 35 0 0
1 Bull & 24 fowls to
Do ...................................... 56
1 bbl & 5 Gall Molasses
.......................................
00
17
50
1 Do to Isaac Hart ...........................................15
00
1 Pig and 8 Goats to Capt Reves .............................
21
00
1 Do to Capt Richards .........................................5
00
20 Goats to Wm. French .......................................
40
00
Kalo from Land .............................................50
00
Native help .................................................
20
00
Domestic help
50
..............................thrown out . . . . . . . .
8 Goats to Capt Allen cock & fowls............................
62 bbl Yams.
Sold case ........................................
19
00
124
00
739
50
�page 2
Expenditures of the Kauai Station
Commencing May 1 - 1828 and Ending April 30, 1829
Cost of a new House
Lumber from Depos - 3498 ..................................
50 Bundles Laths
14150 Shingles
174
203 feet Plank ..............
Plank of the Honolulu Station 75 feet
Boards 15 oz feet Plank 70 Joist
$
90
143
.........................3
78 divided to Mr R ............................. 82
75
5 5
Glassy, Nails locks &c from Depos ......................... . 8797
Articles of Trade from Depos
..................................105
22
597
Stones, Lime & Sand ..........................................
85
00
Two Masons 161 days work .....................................
161
00
Six months wages to George Moon 25 per month ..................150
Three months & twenty four days wages toI
c
a
s
Hart ...........
130
00
92
Native timber ..................................................15
00
Boards of Wm
00
French ............................................
70
Timber of Capt Meek ........................................... 35
Timber of J. Hunnewell .....................................
Paints, oil &c of Capt Ebbets ..................................
Boards of Kaikioewa
685 feet ...................................
Paint o f Capt Richards ..................................
6 00
70
68
00
44
50
5
00
Native help ...................................................15
00
Do
Book........................................................20
00
1429
97
Articles of trade from Depos included in Masons &
carpenters wages to be deducted .............................
105
1324
22
75
74
�page 3
Expenditures of the Kauai Station
Commencing May 1 - 1828 and Ending April 30 - 1829
Resources for the payment of the above
From the Depos
597
74
Income of Land ........................................
467
50
Presents of Boards from Kaikioewa & Kapa from Mr Ruggles ...
78
00
Cash from Mr Chamberlain ...............................
7
50
Profits on articles of trade from Depos... . . . . . . . . . .
139
00
Native Books and help .................................
35
00
$ 1324
75
To French John the Mason............................... $
70
00
To George Lawrence ....................................
38
50
To George Moon, Carpenter .............................
39
00
To Isaac S .Hart
Do ...................................
92
92
To J. Hunnewell .......................................
6
00
15
00
$
259
42
From Mr Chamberlain ................................... $
7
50
$
Cash Paid and included in the above
To
French ..........................................
m
W
Resources for the above cash
Yams sold ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
124
Kapa by Mr Ruggles & Sold .............................
10
00
Goats and fowls Sold .................................
19
00
Goods from depos Sold ................................
98
92
259
42
$
�page 4
Expenditures of the Kauai Station
Commencing May 1 - 1828 and Ending April 30 - 1829
Profits on hand
Cash .................................................
11
31
Articles of Trade ......................................
139
48
Beef, Pork Flour Sugar &c ..............................
87
21
Sundries ...............................................
60
99
120
00
30
00
$
448
99
$
44
00
10
00
6
00
60
00
Building o f Mr G houses and work shop
50
00
Pork, fish, vegetables ..................................
44
67
685 feet of Boards
68
50
5 1/2 pcs Broadcloth ...................................
21
00
Goats the avails
$
of Books 60 .........................
Kapa & Kukui Do .........................................
...................
Presents
From Ameri
c
a
...............
From Mr Ruggles in Kapa ................................
From Mr Knight in Wine
..................................
From Natives
�C O P Y
[REPORT -
1830 )
1831 --(?)
1836 )
The attention to religion has been greater than
at any former
year.
Twenty-four members received
to the Church.
The whole number of Church members - 39 (?)
There are 200 Schools, connected with which there
are 9000 learners - 3500 (?)
of them can read.
There have been 200 Marriages the year past.
( U N S IG NE D )
(Undated and unsigned.
of Mr. Whitney.)
The handwriting apparently is that
[On the reverse side of M S . is inscribed "KAUAI, 1830)
1831 ) -(?)
1836 )
�page 1
Expenditures of Kauai Station from
May 1st 1831 to April 30th
1832
Income of Land
Molasses for the Stations
bbs 15
$
180, 00
Goats, Hogs & poultry for the families ...............
20, 00
Kalo, Poi, Fruit etc. --------------------------------60, 00
Yams .................................................15, 00
Domestic help 50 Native Do 15 ........................
65, 00
340, 00
Donations from A. friends ........................
From
French 1 box tea .................
Donations from Natives
58, 93
8
1
00
..........................
20, 00
96, 93
$
Avails of Native books
Timber for Sugar Mill & its carpenters work
$
Making Molasses .................................
30, 00
5, 00
Brought over
35, 00
Timber for depository ...........................
5
00
Fuel .............................................
20
00
Fish ..............................................
12, 00
Fowls, vegetables, poi, & fruit
40, 00
Sundries .......................................
30, 00
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15, 00
Native Buildings ..................................
21, 00
Toward supporting G. Sandwich ....................
15, 00
Fencing & Manuring ...............................
50
$
243, 00
1
�page 2
Expenditures of Kauai Station from
May 1 st 1831 to April 30th
Slates
$9—
Native Books $11—
for lime
and timber for Mr W 's house
Articles on hand
Tea
10 lbs
Coffee
Sugar
55 lbs
Flour
80 lbs
2 bbls
Cotton Cloth $43.
Cash on hand $ 13
Native Books on hand
35 Luka
194 Galatia
380 Pia ba K 40 Roma
140 Himeni
200 Common Do
900 last tract
1832
+
$
20
00
�page 3
Expenditures of Kauai Station from
May 1st 1831 to April 30th 1832
Sundries Dr to AV. of Books
Kauai,
Kauai,
Buildings & building materials,
Mr Gulicks house ...................
Timber of sugar mill
and carpenter work, .........
217.28
30.00
247.28 + 11
Cash on hand at the station
provisions
Fish ...............................
Fowls, vegetables
poi & fruit .......................
258.28
13.00
12.00
40 .00
52.00
Fuel ...................................
20.00
Native buildings .......................
21.00
Labor making molasses .................
5.00
Arts of Sup - for m a
ts ........ ........... 15.00
Fences - Fencing & manuring ....
Miscellanies
Sundries ...........................30.00
Towards the support of
Geo. Sandwich ................. 15.00
Pr Dep for lumber sent by Mr Whitney
for prep boards ...............................
50.00
45.00
208
455.28
479.28
5.00
460.28
�Expenditures of Kauai Station from
May 1st to April
3 0 th
Native Books on hand
35 Luka
380 Pia ba K
40 Roma
194 Galatia
140 Himens
200 Common Do
900 last tract
1832
�page 1
Expenditures for Mr. G ' s house
(Mr. Gulick?
1832?)
Avails of land paid for lumber & shingles
Stock & vegetables ....................$
273
Do ---- for work
24.12
297.12
$
297.12
Avails of books
Books paid for lumber............................$
Do
144.42
to workmen ......................
72.86
217.28
Goods from Depository
Slates
20.50
Cotton cloth .................
28.85
cost
$ 3.36
14.24
49,35
$
563.75
Cash paid to workmen, the same having
been acknowledged in last year’s account $96.75
46 weeks' board.
Of the above mentioned sum ($563.75) $40,were paid on account of board.
Avails of books
Cash on hand
Kauai
$13
this sum put down as avails of books year 1831 & 1832
D to Inc. of Land,
1 barrel for the Station .............. $ 12:00
Hogs, goats & poultry.....................20:00
Kalo. poi, fruits ........................60:00
Yams ....................................
15:00
Domestic help & native ...................65:00
14 Bls. Molasses
credited for the Dep.
$
Mr. Gulick 's house as within
Acct entd bef.
Donations,-rec.d of Mr French
from natives
1 box tea
18:00
20:00
172.00
168.00
3 40.00
297.12
63 7 .
12
168.00
469.12
38:00
�S. Whitney
Report of Kauai Station - 1832
Owing to the ill health of our Gove. and other causes connected with govern
ment our examinations have not been so well attended this year as they were last.
The number of readers at the last examination being only 2700.
A want of
interest in the teachers to qualify and bring forward their scholars has been
felt, and special exertions made to arouse their attention but our efforts have
failed except in a few cases where the teachers were more directly under us in
meeting and influence.
This we fear will continue to be the case until the
teachers themselves can be taught and made to feel a deeper interest in the
work.
There are 150 schools on the Island with which the above 2700 readers
are connected together with some thousands who are unable to read.
The number
of marriages during the year is 159. The attention to religion— though not
so great as some former years has been encouraging and a number we trust have
been made the subjects of renewing grace.
These only have been admitted to
our church. There are five new propounded.
being forty-four.
The whole number of church members
We have had two cases of church discipline one of the
offenders has been relented
and the other gives some evidence of repentance.
�Supplement to the Report of Kauai Station 1832
Labors on the Sabbath
Two sermons are regularly preached at Waimea. The church members
constitute a class, which recite from a Scripture catechism,
(viz. Ninauhocke,) which is committed to memory the week pre
ceding; and accompanied with occasional remarks.
A Sabbath school formerly conducted by native teachers has been
reorganized., according to the plan for limited lessons. All
the scholars are now required to commit the same lesson, 10 verses;
which are recited to native teachers. The pupils are then questioned
by the superintendents; & when unable to give satisfactory answers,
explanation is offered, (It is contemplated to introduce the verse
a day system.)
During the year a considerable number of sermons have been preached
on Sabbath days at Hanapepei & at Mana.
Labors on week days
Beside, a lectere regularly, on Wednsday afternoon there is a
meeting on thursday evening, for catechetical instruction, designed
for the benefit of those who are professedly seeking after salvation.
Within a few months, two schools of considerable interest
have been commenced. The former, for native teachers, the latter
for children. The missionaries attend these schools an hour, or two,
in the morning.
The school for children is large, & furnishes employment for a
considerable number of native females as assistants.
�C O P
Y
PART OF THE REPORT OF KAUAI STATION
(1833)
In July & Aug. Mrs. Gulick had a School of about 40
young women, 5 mornings in a week.
They read in the N .T.
& were afterwards interrogated on the lesson.
They attended
also to geography & writing.
In the latter they were in
structed by the Dr. & Mrs. Chapin.
During the same period
in the afternoons, Mrs.G. met
from 50 to 60 children, with their 6 female teachers; & endea
vored to give the children some idea of geography by exhibiting
the maps, explaining the elements of the study & questioning
them on the parts thus explained.
She also heard
recita
tions in elementary books; & endeavored to instruct their
teachers how to interest & govern their pupils.
From Sept. to May She had a class of
to
2
5 30 Middle
aged females whom she met twice a week (times of sickness ex
cepted).
They read the Scriptures, chiefly with the view to
ascertain the meaning; & attended somewhat to the study
of geography.
A deep interest was manifested by these females,
in the Study of the Scriptures; and much tenderness of conscience
a considerable number of them, having become hopefully pious
within the year,
One of them, a member of our own house
hold, has finished her course; & as we believe entered into rest.
With regard to the Spiritual concerns of our Station,
the last year has been peculiarly distinguished by the great
H ead of the Church.
During the summer & autumn while we were
alone at the Station, we were permitted to witness an effusion
of the Spirit, in power and extent, far surpassing anything
that we have
seen in any other period of the 5
years that we have been on Missionary ground.
The work com
menced during the last gen'l meeting, when there was no mis
sionary on our island.
And altho owing to the absence of one
pastor (on the deputation to the Society & Marquesas islands)
& the delicate health of the only remaining one, comparatively
little missionary labor was performed, yet by the divine bless
ing upon what was done, together with the prayers & conversation
of pious natives, the work continued to progress with slight
variations of interest,
more than five months.
And it is
confidently believed, that many souls who had hitherto been
"aliens from the commonwealth of Israel were then brought nigh by
the blood of the everlasting covenant; and are now become fellow
citizens
with the Saints and of the household of faith.”
The means of grace
enjoyed at our Station were, on
the Sabbath the same as formerly, as far as circumstances permit
ted.
But instead of the meetings that had
hitherto
been held during the week, a daily public meeting at about 5
P.M. was appointed for singing, reading the Scriptures, exhorta
tion & prayer.
�REPORT from Kauai - 1833
Continued.
Much time was also spent in private conversation
with those who appeared to he awakened.
Most of the church
members appeared to be revived; & a few of them were apparent
ly extensively useful, particularly in conversing wi t h individ
uals.
450 persona in our congregation, early in the year
commenced with the verse a day system.
Some of t h e s e however,
fell off before the close of the y e a r .
The 7 verses committed
the week preceding, were recited, explained, & questions rela
tive to their meaning were proposed to those by whom they were
recited, in the public meeting, Thursday evening.
16 Sermons have been preached at Hanapepei;
considerable
time has also been spent there, in conversing with individuals. And we have cheering evidence that those labors have not
been in vain in the lord.
(Signed)
P . J . GUL ICK
Our congregations on Sabbath mornings, would probably
average 2000, throughout the year past, afternoons 1400 to
1600.
Assemblies at the daily meeting, more than two weeks
in' succession, averaged, we presume, 2000; & during the year
not less than 800.
(Report from KAUAI - - - 1833)
�C OPT
The Schools of Kauai are on the whole flourishing
though for want of competent instructors they are far from
what we could wish to see them.
At the examination in May there were 2,977 readers.
Some two or three hundred were absent having removed to Oahu
within a year or two past.
Since my return from the Sentr.
S I have had a School of ninety Teachers but have been
obliged to discontinue it for some weeks past on account of
ill health
Mrs W- has a school of a hundred and twenty
children and another of twenty female teachers.
Mrs G has another School
Six members have been admitted to our Church the
past year, and three have been removed by death.
Two who
where under censure at our last Gen. Meeting have since been
restored.
The whole number of Communicants
is 47.
There has been more than usual attention to religion
the past year at the Station but as I was not present at the
most interesting period
it will be expected Mr G will give some account of it.
(UNSIGNED)
♦
The reverse side of original manuscript bears the follow-)
ing inscription;
"M r .Whitney's report of Kauai,1833." )
�REPORT
OF
THE
[1834 -
STATION A
T
KAUAI
See end of Report.]
The Station has suffered considerably on the score of
health.
One of the labourers has been necessarily absent
the year past, except two months, on account of his own and
the illness of his family. The other has been ill a part of
the time but
through the blessing of God ana the assist
ance of Mr.Clark who has spent four weeks with us, the ordinary
duties of the Station have
been suspended, only two weeks.
The State of religion with us has not been so interest
ing as it was the year before.
Some who then gave evidence
of piety have since manifested little or no interest on the
subject of religion others have grievously departed and fal
len into gross livg.
But to the praise of redeeming grace
be it said there are others who were subjects of religious im
pressions at that time Still give encouragement to hope that
they have passed from death unto life.
Fourteen have been
added to our Church during the year making the whole number we
have received 61 of these four have died.
No one has been
excommunicated and for the year past none have been under
censure.
The attention to preaching has been encouraging.
Our house which was supposed to hold from fifteen hundred to
two thousand has usually been pretty well filled on Sabbath
morn; but the number is considerably
diminished in the
afternoon & on Wednesday.
It is however a lamentable truth
that many of the people had rather spend the day in idleness
and play than in the house of God.
The remark will apply more
particularly to children and youths.
With the exception of
two Sabbaths there has been two Sermons preached at the Station
every Lord's day a lecture every Wednesday and a bible class
every Friday on the verse a day system. The monthly concert
A lecture has been preached on
has been regularly attended.
Thursday at Hanapepe through most of the year.
This is an
out Station six miles from Waimea.
In the course of the year
the tour of the Island has been made three times and at each
time almost all the inhabitants of Island have been addressed
on the subject of religion.
There are 1,145
or about one third of the reading population who attend to the
verse a day system.
The number of
marriages is 135. - - The Schools of Kauai were never in a more flourishing
state than at present.
Since our last meeting there has
been an increase of 528 making the whole number of readers
3,505.
The increase of numbers is not more gratifying than
the profession they have made and the desire to obtain books.
The greater part of the above number can read with a fluency
that would not disgrace a New England School.
Many of them on
�REPORT
OF
THE
STATION
AT
KAUAI
- Cont'd.
the arrival of a new book will not rest satisfied till they
have obtained, and read it.
It is a feeling not uncommon in
our Schools that to be examined the second time in the same
book is undesirable, and bordering on disgrace.
The call
for books especially those which are new has been so great as
to render it impossible to meet the demand from the portion
assigned us,
The cause of this attention to books, so far
as human agency is concerned, may be accounted for from the
following facts.
It has been a principle with us never to
admit to examinations
persons who could not read in
any verse to which the examiner should choose to point them
in a book the size of one of the Gospels.
In order to be pre
pared for this ordeal in many cases they have been so diligent
as to acquire that knowledge of books as to make them pleasant
and profitable companions.
Another cause is the teachers
have felt more interest the year past from the fact that two
have been appointed to each school who have the charge of it
alternately four months at a time
While one is teaching the
other is at the Station School.
By this arrangement they be
come better prepared and less
a
nd go on with more Spirit
and life than formerly
Another cause is a few faithful men
members of our church have been Stationed at Six different
places around the Island whose duty it is to visit the
Schools frequently, each in his given district to encourage
the teachers and learners.
See who are prepared for examina
tions and bring them forward.
These men have each a Sabbath
School and a School for those who commit the verse a day
They read the Scriptures to the people on the Sabbath and make
addresses on moral and religious subjects but are not trusted
to comment on Scripture.
They report to the missionary once
a quarter the nature of their labours and the situation of the
people.
They are decidedly pious and thus far they have been
valued helpers; their influence so far as it is known is favor
able to morals and religion among the people.
It is however
but an experiment and remains to be proved whether native love
of prominence or love to the cause and the souls of
men
shall get the ascendency in their hearts
It is believed that
Should their conduct be improper it will soon be discovered, and
the influence of their patron sufficient to remove them immediate
ly from their Station
On the island of Kauai there are eighty four Schools of
readers and ten on Niihau.
In almost all these there is a
School for the recital of Scripture on the verse a day system
and a Sabbath school for those who commit the chatechism.
There
is another class of schools called the pi a pa Schools for those
who cannot read.
Of these not much account is made though the
fact of being
attached to a School is thought to have
a good effect on the morals of the people.
Children and others
�C O P Y
REPORT
OF
THE
STATION
AT
KAUAI
- Cont'd.
are taken from them as soon as they are capable and placed
among the readers an elevation which by many is thought to be
a great privilege as they are then permitted to come forward
to examinations
Considerable effort has been made to in
duce children to attend to learning but as yet is has not been
attended with much success multitudes of children are growing
up ignorant of books and neither they nor the parents have any
desire that they should be instructed.
The Station School
has been kept up five days in a week through the year consist
ing of 92 men most of them teachers.
They have been taught
reading, geography and arithmetic,
Early in the year they
began to build a doby school house 27 feet by 61 which is
nearly finished and a valuable building
Mrs W - has a
School of 90 children taught three days in a week and another
of 20 adults two days in a week.
She has likewise a Sabbath
School of 20 adult schollers.
In view of the events of the year past there is much
to encourage and much to distress.
There never was a year
when the line of seperation between those who love the truth
and those who hate it was so distinct and characteristic.
Whether there exists any union or combination of men in direct
opposition to the cause is not known but there are instances
of the outbreakings of that heart which is enmity against Sod
and which will always shew itself in proportion as its defor
mity is exposed by the light and purity of the Gospel
Dur
ing the past year a development of purity has brought to light
a Species of iniquity which has threatned
the peace and
happiness of the people and the advancement of our cause.
Shocking as it may seem Schools have been taught for two years
past for the purpose of acquiring the art of murder.
The in
strument of death is a small rope with a noose and the art of
using it consists in being able to catch the unwary traveller
Strangle him and break his bones in an instant
Two of these
ropes have been in my possession within the last six months
The owner of one of them confessed that fifteen men had been
murdered with his and the other eight.
They did not confess
that they had killed anyone of late but as several men have
been missing within two years it is more than probable that they
have been murdered
The name of art is "He lua"
Its influ
ence on the people exceedingly unfavorable to religion as con
nected with it is to be found every scheme(?) of wickedness which
native ingenuity can invent.
It Is always practised in secret
As several examples have been made in the punishment of the of
fenders it is to be hoped that it is now suppressed.
The law
forbiding murder has just been executed on four criminals. Two
of whom were a woman and her paramour who killed her husband.
The other two were the murderers of Geraud a Frenchman who
was wantonly killed for the sake of plunder
The perpetrators
were immediately taken and while in prison one of them engaged
�REPORT
OF
THE
STATION
AT
KAUAI -
Con t'd.
a brother to burn our Church in order to divert his guard
and effect his escape.
The plan succeeded but h ew
a
s
soon
retaken and confessed his guilt and his accomplice who burned
the Church.
Since that the only remaining Church on the
Island has been burned.
It stood at Hanalei and it is sup
posed was set on fire by the friends of the first mentioned
murderers who live in the vicinity. - -
(U N S IG N E D )
(Unaddressed and undated;but the handwriting on the original)
MSS is undoubtedly that of Samuel Whitney.)
NOTATION:
By Miss H. Forbes
Sam’l Whitney's undated Station report we dated 1834,
because of its reference to the burning of HANALEI CHURCH.
Upon referring to M iss Damon's book "KOAMALU" Vol. 1,
page 283, we find said burning of Hanalei Church took place in
the year 1834. (See paragraph 2.) In this connection Mr.
Whitney wrote (See paragraph 4.) as follows:
"About the first of May last, our commodious "
"meeting house was burned by the hand of an i n c e n - "
"diary.
It does not appear to have been done
"
"through any malicious feelings, - but to divert "
"the guard from their attention to a native, a mur-"
"derer who had been put in custody in the fort. ..."
"The plan succeeded, but the murderer was soon re-"
"taken and executed.
We are now building a stone"
"church, which will be a valuable acquisition."..."
�REPORT OF WAIMEA STATION
1835.
On presenting reports to this meeting on former o ccasions it has been usual to mention but one Station, including the whole of Kauai and Niihau.
As two new Stations
have been taken the year past this report includes only the
Station of Waimea.
through the good providence of God the family which
have occupied the Station have enjoyed an unusual degree of
health not having lost more than one or two days by sickness
through the year.
Preaching, has been regularly continued twice on the
Sabbath, a lecture on Wednesday afternoon and the monthly
concert.
Less has been done by way of preaching in the neigh
bouring villages than the year previous.
I have attended
a Sabbath school on the ai o ka la system immediately after
the close of the afternoon service at which there are from
200 to 300 learners.
Mrs. W . has another in the eve of the
same day, containing from 20 to 30 scholars.
Since the first
of March, we have had a daily prayer meeting at 5 o ’clock in
the morning.
The number who attend varies from 400 to 700.
There is a good degree of interest felt in this meeting
which seems to be on the increase.
At that time of the day
the people are at liberty to attend and the mind is free to
engage in religious duties and we are not without strong :
hopes that God will be pleased to make it a means of much
good to their Souls. The attention to religion has not been
so good as in former years.
The remark will apply particularly to the attendance at Church on the Sabbath.
Owing
however to the want of a good house in which to meet, the
assembly has been as large as could conveniently hear the
preacher.
But the majority of the people especially the
young do not attend, and there has evidently been a falling
off within the last twelve months.
As we have now a good
house it is hoped the number will increase.
Ten new members have been admitted to our Church the year past and 19
have been removed - twelve to the Church at Koloa, and 5 to
that at Hanalei, and 2 by death.
The whole number admitted
to our church is 74, and its present number in regular stand
ing is 50.
None have been excommunicated, though one is now
suspended, whose case owing to his age and off ice in the government is peculiarly afflicting.
Our new Church, which has just been finished, is 84 by
44 feet.
The walls are 17 feet high, built of stone and mud
and plastered inside and out.
It is arched and plastered
overhead, has 4 large doors, 15 windows a decent pulpit at
one end, and at the other a gallery sufficient for a small
choir of singers.
Beside native work the church has cost
$276.00 - $120. of which was given by the Chiefs and the re
mainder by the people.
I t was dedicated on the 6th of May,
and on the four- days following we held a protracted meeting,
�C O P Y
-
Report of Waimea Station
-
1835.
on which occasion Bros. Gulick & Alexander were present and
assisted.
The meeting was well attended and its effects we
trust will be happy.
Ov er souls converted during the season
we have not been permitted to rejoice as yet such h o w
ever may prove to be the case in the Day of the Lord Jesus.
The interest in schools continues though it is to be
feared is rather on the decline.
At the examination in M ay
there were 387 readers, being a decrease of 168, since the
examination in May 1834.
It is probable however that near
ly or quite this number have since withdrawn to the other
Stations.
On the first of December, I commenced a school of 45
teachers which has been continued with some interruption
through the year.
The studies have been Reading, Geography
and Arithmetic.
Mrs. W has had a school of from 50 to
150 children through most of the year, which she has taught
three days in a week and another school of 20 adult females,
2 days in a we e k .
The Geography which was given me at last
Gen. Meet. has been written & is now in the hands of the
reviewers.
Books have been in no less demand than formerly, our
full share has gone off quick, and I might have sold many more
if I had had them.
Of the Kumu Hawaii, except the first
numbers (which I was unable to obtain & for which I am in debt)
I have sold 200 and might have sold twice or three times that
number if they had been furnished.
It is a fact which ought
to encourage us in regard to that paper that of late the
people on an arrival from Oahu, have flocked around our house
enquiring for the Kumu, apparently with as much interest as
is often witnessed on the arrival of the mail at a post office
in N . England.
The number of marriages during the year is
66
.
A record of births and deaths has been kept for a few
months past in Waimea, and the vicinity by which it appears
that the latter is to the former, as 10 to 1 .
In the year
1831 the whole number of people in the district was 4,297.
On
the first of last month a Census of the same district was taken
and the returns were 2 ,222 , making a decrease of more than onehalf in four years.
These returns, however, are much at
variance with number of scholars, there having been an actual
increase of readers since 1831.
I am disposed to believe
that a mistake has been made in numbering the people in the
late Census, and the whole number has not been given.
It
was too late, however, to correct it previous to our sailing.
[UNSIGNED]
[Handwriting of MSS. is apparently that of Mr. Whitney.]
�C O P Y
REPORT
(1836
FOR
WAIMEA, KAUAI.
- see end of Report.)
Th e year past has been one of unusual affliction to
the Station at Waimea.
Mrs. Whitney has twice been taken
very ill.
At one time she was so low that we had many fears
for her recovery.
She has been confined, to a sick room nearly
six months and so feeble the remainder of the year a s to do
but little of direct missionary work.
Whether she will
ever again be able to engage actively in teaching is, I sup
pose, somewhat doubtful.
All the assistance which we could
reasonable have expected from our physician, in our distress,
was cheerfully given, but we have felt the want of medical
aid to an extent heretofore unknown.
In the presence of Bro.
& Sister Alexander, who have twice kindly left their Station
and come to our relief, we have been comforted and found valu
able help.
My time has been so broken up with the sickness in my
family and the pressing duties of the Station that but little
has been done by way of School teaching during the year.
From
the 1st of N ov, till the 1st of March I had a school of thirty
teachers and from the 1st of Jan. till the 1st of May a S chool
of from 30 to 40 children.
After continuing the two schools
for two or three months, I found that the children improved
so much faster than the adults, that I determined to suspend
the School of teachers, and devote more of my attention to the
children.
The native schools have continued in operation, and
though but badly managed for the want of efficient teachers
they have been rather on the increase in the number of readers.
At our examination the 1st of May, there were 1315 readers,
making an increase of 71 since the examination in 1835.
The
whole system of schools however is in a lamentable situation.
Multitudes of children and youths are entirely ignorant of
letters and unless some more
efficient system can be put
in operation it is to be feared they will continue to be ignorant.
The religious instruction at the Station has continued
with but little interruption.
We have had public preaching
twice on each Sabbath, a Sabbath school on the ai o ka la
system, containing from 200 to three hundred scholars and a
daily morning prayer meeting.
During the year there have been 27 new members added to
the Church.
Six have removed to other churches, and one has
died.
Since the Church was first organized 103 native members
have united with it.
Twenty-three of this number have removed
to other churches, and nine have died, making our present num-
�COPY
-
Report for Waimea, Kauai. (1836 - See end of Report.)
b er in regular standing 70. N o one has yet been excommunica
ted.
The one who w a s
mentioned in the report of last
year as suspended, is in the same situation still.
Something
would have been done more decisive in his case ere this, but
the State of his health has been such that we have been led to
believe that he could not be profited by any act of the Church
In the former part of the year there was more than usual a t
tention to religion and some hopeful conversions.
It was evi
dent that the Spirit of God was working on the hearts of the
Church and not a few of the people.
But for a few months
past there has been a falling off in the number of those who
attend public worship.
Our Church, however, is still crowd
ed on Sabbath morn. though the number at the meetings is
somewhat diminished.
The average number of those who attend
our meetings is from seven to eleven hundred.
We have two out-stations, one at Hanapepe, and the
other at Mana.
At each there has been preaching, though from
various causes, less frequent the year past than formerly.
The number of deaths in our district is 160, and the
births 75,
a fraction more than two deaths to one birth,
On the Island of N iihau, which is included in the district,
there has been an actual increase of population, there being
six more births than deaths.
N o. of marriages 50,
The work on repentance which was given me at the meet
ing last year has been finished and is now in the hands of the
Print. Com.
But owing to the ill health in my family and
other causes I have done nothing to the other works which were
assigned me at that time.
CHURCH
STATISTICS
Received during the Year
Received in All
Died during the Year Died in All
Suspended
Removed to other Churches
Present number in regular standing
Admitted by Letter
Removed to other Churches during the Year
[over]
27
108
1
9
1
28
- - -
70
2
6
�-3COPY
-
Report for Waimea, Kauai. (1836 - See end of Report.)
SCHOOL
&
MARRIAGE
STATISTICS
N umber of Readers
Increase above last Tear
Children at Station School - - Schools in All
Marriages during the Year
Died during the Year
Born during the Year
Population of Kauai
Population of N iihau - -
--
--
1315
71
42
35
50
160
75
- -
2616
993
3,609
(UNSIGNED)
[Undated and unsigned.
Apparently the handwriting o f ]
Mr. Whitney.]
NOTE:
[Table of Statistics agrees with that i n ]
[
Minutes of General Meeting, 1836,
]
[
page 8 .
]
�C O P Y
WAIMEA, KAUAI -
STATION REPORT
1 8 3 7
Through the goodness of God the health of those occu
pying the Station at Waimea, has been better through the pres
ent than the preceding year, though Mrs. W- has still been too
feeble to engage in much direct missionary work.
She has
however, kept a small school of children and another of adults
from the first of January to the first of April.
The Station school has been sustained through the year.
Connected with this school there are 170 children.
They are
not all so regular in their attendance as we could wish, es
pecially in the latter part of the day but considering their
circumstances as punctual as we could reasonably expect.
The
school is taught by two of the Seminary graduates and two or
three assistants who, with my superintending care are doing
well,
The children have made very good improvement in reading, geography, and arithemetic.
The same remark will apply
to the children's schools throughout the district.
More at
tention has been given to the children the year past than on
any one previous
and the encouragement is such as to
warrant the belief that the labour bestowed upon the rising
generation will be followed with most happy results.
Our native schools
of them to good purpose.
were present 1582 readers,
number reported last year,
crease is principally from
have been kept in operation, some
At our examinations in April there
being an increase of 267 above the
or of any previous year.
This in
among the children.
One interesting and encouraging fact relative to our
district is that the number of deaths has been less than the
births, there having been 87 of the former and 95 of the lat
ter, an actual increase of 8 souls to our population.
The attention to religion has not been so great as on
some former years.
Though our church has generally been
crowded on Sabbath morning, especially of late, and the people
seem to listen with pleasure to the Gospel as it has been
preached, which has been three times on each Sabbath and a lee
ture on Wednesday afternoon.
Some souls we hope have been
converted, but the general appearnace of our field, both in
the natural and moral view, is like a parched hearth.
The
heavens over our heads have been brass and the earth beneath
has been iron.
The Spirit of God has not been poured out
upon our people, and the ways of Zion mourn because so few
come to her Solemn feasts.
In the month of September, I was assisted by
brethren Gulick, Tinker & Alexander, in holding a protracted
meeting of five days continuance, but we were not permitted to
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Station Report
1837.
witness those interesting results which some others have ex
perienced on such occasions.
It is, however, to he hoped that
among the multitude who were then assembled some good impres
sions w ere made and that the light of eternity (?) will shew
that this special effort was not made in vain.
In addition
to the above mentioned services we have had two Sabbath schools
taught by Mr. W- and myself and two others taught by the natives
Five new members have been admitted to our Church on examination
and one by letter.
Six have been dismissed to join the Church
at Honolulu.
The one who stood suspended last year has been
restored, having given evidence of repentance and the Salu
tary influence of Church discipline.
For the first time our
Church has been put to the painful d uty of excommunicating
one of its members.
The present number in regular standing
is 70.
The whole n u m b e r that have been admitted to the Church
at Waimea on examination, is 104, and three by letter - of
whom 9 have died and 25 have removed to other churches.
52 children have been baptized.
The number of marriages is 52 .
The works which were given to me, to translate, have
been finished except it may be Gallandets Second Book on The
Soul, a copy of which I have not been able to obtain, and from
the Minutes of the meeting it is not clear that that was in
tended.
Marriages
52
Whole number admitted to the Church on examination 104
Died
- --------- - - ------ ---------------------9
Suspended
3
Excommunicated
1
Now in Good Standing
70
Admitted on examination - The Past Year
- - - 5
Excommunicated
"
"
"
- - 1
Candidates
- - - - - "
"
Suspended
"
"
"
- - - Died
- - - - - - - "
"
"
- - - Children Baptized - - - "
"
"
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Total Children Baptized
52
Removed to other chu r che s
25
Average Congregation Sabbath morning - - - - - - 1000
Baptized Children Died - - - - - - - - - - - - 2
[UNSIGNED]
[The handwriting of Ms. apparently that of Mr. Whitney.]
[Inscribed on reverse side - "WAIMEA, KAUAI,
STATION REPORT 1837
�C O P Y
REPORT
OF
WAIMEA -
1838.
(See end of Report. )
D uring the year past the health of those occupying
the Station at Waimea has been uniformly comfortable except
in the summer months, when M r s . W - was too feeble to engage
in teaching.
Since the 1st of Oct., however, she has been
able to teach a school of about 20 pupils.
My own health has
been such as to enable me to preach three times on each Sab
bath through the year - attend a Sabbath school, and a lec
ture on Wednesday, an d for the last 2-1/2 months a daily me e t
ing with the people, together with the other duties of a pastor.
Our Station School is now divided into three, and
taught by three of the graduates of the High School.
In these
Children, who are
three schools there are about 200
making some proficiency in reading, geography and arithmetic.
It is much to be regretted that there is no one whose
time talents and energy can be exclusively devoted to the
Children’s Schools.
The whole number of children in our
Schools is 697 (?) 690 (?).
By a good law of the G o v ’s they
are now made to attend pretty regularly.
The difficulty of
supplying these children with books, with giving them directly
from the printing department, is found to be great and demands
the serious attention of all who are interested in the prosper
ity of the Schools.
V ery little account has been made of our adult schools.
The number of readers present at the only examination we have
had this year was about the same as reported at our last meet
ing, viz. 1582.
A Census of the district has just been taken and the
result is a population of 4,357 - Viz.
1634 men; 1511 women
& 1212 children.
The proportion of adults to children being
nearly as three to two.
In comparing the present census
with that of 1835, we find an increase of 748.
This is doubtless owing to a mistake in the former census, as our register
of deaths and births exhibits more of the former than of the
latter, and there has been no increase by immigration.
It is
an interesting fact, however, that for the two last years the
number of births has been rather (?) greater than that of the
deaths.
On the subject of religion, it is with devout grati
tude to God, that I can say we have had a Refreshing from on
High.
About the commencement of this year It was apparent
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(See end of Report)
that the minds of some were more than usually solemn and
prayful.
On the last day of Jan., we commenced a p r o . m e e t .
which continued five days, and was blessed to many especially
to the Church, a majority of whom were deeply affected with
a sense of their sins and past neglect of the privileges of
the Gospel.
Seldom, if ever, have I witnessed more deep and
agonizing repentance in the openly profligate, than was then
exhibited by some of the members of our church.
Their old
hopes were given up & new ones sought at the feet of Jesus.
Prayer was a delight and often made with that fervor and
strength of affection that the body has yielded and fallen in
the exercise.
But the good work was not confined to the
Church.
Sinners in every direction were inquiring what shall
we do to be saved, and not a few have given happy evidence of
being born of the Spirit.
The good work continued when I left, and many, it is
to be hoped, are n o w : "Asking the way to Zion, with their
faces thitherward ."
Since the 1st of Jan., 18 have been
admitted and 71 propounded to the Church.
M any more it is
hoped are the subjects of this work, who will be received as
their characters are developed.
As may be supposed it was not without a struggle that
I could leave the people at such a time, but my health was
such that it was the advice of our physician and all our
brethren, that I should have rest for a
season - my
lungs having been considerably affected for several weeks
previous to my departure.
(U N DATED)
(UN SIGNED)
[Handwriting of MS. apparently that of Mr. Whitney.]
[Inscribed (in pencil) on reverse side,WAIMEA, K . ]
NOTE:
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8
3
8
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This year chosen because figures
and text of report agree with the
following:
1.
Letter from Mr. Whitney, July 2 8, :1838, in
Missionary Herald, April 183 9 , p .151.
2.
Revised Minutes of Delegate Meeting,
p. 18
1838 ,
�C O P Y
[Mr. WHITNE Y'S
See end of
REPORT FOR
Report.
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8
3
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STATISTICAL TABLE OF MARRIAGES, SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES FOR THE
YEAR ENDING JUNE
STATION
Waimea, Kauai.
Marriages
Readers
Learners
Admitted to the Church on profession - - - Admitted on Recommendation - - - - - - - - Candidates Whole number admitted from the formation - of the Church Removed
Excommunicated
D ie d
-------------------------- --- ---------- --------------------------
Present number of Church members
Children Baptized
Total Children Baptized
Average Congregation Sabbath Morn.
(Undated)
NOT E :
44
1582
18
1
71
122
10
79
10
62
- - - - -
1200
(UNSIGNED)
1 8 3
8
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This year chosen because such figures
as are quoted on MS. agree with Statis
tical table in Minutes- of General
Meeting - V ol. I., p. 18.
[Handwriting is apparently that of Mr. Whitney.]
�[Waimea Station Report 1839]
The labours of those occupying the Station at Waimea have
been much hindered the year past by ill health. Mrs. W- has
been too feeble to engage in teaching except about three months
the early part of the year besides a weekly Sabbath School and
an occasional meeting with our maternal association. In the
month of August I was taken with a slight inflamation in the
eyes which, though not very troublesome at the time, left them
in a diseased state, so that for eight months, I have been un
able to engage in my usual routine of missionary employment.
In the months of Sept & October I spent a few weeks at Koloa
and subsequently made a voyage to Oahu and Maui In hope of
benefiting my eyes, but to little purpose. During this time
however I was able to preach as usual, but for the three last
months I have been obliged to suspend preaching almost wholly,
a more rigid course having been prescribed for my eyes. At
present the disease seems to be removed, and I have the prospect
of again engaging in the work with my former good health.
Our Station School has been continued though in a very in
efficient manner; owing in part to my own inability to superin
tend it, but more particularly for the want of competent teach
ers. Our Seminary teachers having both been suspended for im
moral conduct, and the third who assisted for at ( !) time left
to engage in more lucrative employment as a carpenter at Hono
lulu. The school at present numbers 100 scholars who are taught
in Spelling, reading, geography and arithmetic. It Is much to
be lamented that we have no one to take the charge of it who
can devote to the children that time, ability and energy that is
necessary to secure their confidence and improvement. There
are other children schools in our district numbering in all
about 600 scholars one half of whom are able to read intelllgably,
( !) Some fluently. The adult schools are prostrate.
We have had no revival of religion the year past, though the
attention to preaching and religious instruction has been very
encouraging. Sixty nine members have been admitted on examina
tion to our Church, and five by certificate. There are also 21
candidates who now stand propounded. In the month of Feb. we
held a protracted meeting of 4 days. It was not attended with
that apparent success that we could wish, on so much evidence
that the Holy Spirit was present with his converting influence
as on a previous occasion, though a precious season to our own
souls and we trust to many of the church. The whole number of
professors of religion now living and in regular standing is 152.
The number admitted since the formation of the church is 191.
There has been but little sickness in the church and but one
death the year past - Our aged Gov. died on the 10th of April.
His Christian course for some months previous to his death was
not such as we could expect in an enlightened professor of re
ligion, and he died without any apparent consolation from the
Gospel. Our Church have contributed $40 to the Seminary at Lahanaluna ( !) the past year and 60 to suport ( !) the teachers
in our own district.
�Waimea Report 1839
30
600
320
69
5
21
191
2
1
152
18
73
1000
Marriages
Children, in School
Children Readers
Admitted to the church
on ex- the year past
Admitted on Certificate
Candidates
Whole number admitted
on ex- Since the form. of the Church
Excommunicated
Died
Present No of church members
in regular standing
Children Baptized
Total
Do
Average congregation
Sabbath morn
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�C O P Y
[S. WHITNEY'S REPORT - 1840
-WAIMEA,KAUAI. ]
In reporting the present year, we have b ut little of
general interest to communicate.
The health of Mrs. W- has
not been so good as on some previous years; but such a s to
allow her to keep a small school, about four months, and her
weekly Sabbath School.
She has likewise been able to attend
occasionally the meetings of the Maternal Association.
Partly for the benefit of her health, and partly for the p u r
pose of trying an experiment with our people In cultivating
the earth, we spent a few weeks of the hot and dry season on
the uplands in the neighborhood of Hanapepe.
The effect on
M r s . W ’s health was eviden tly beneficial, but the time was too
short to perceive any practical results upon the people. Comn o n sense, however, as well a s the experience of all ages, and
nations, together with the injunction of the word of God, teach
es us, that the virtue, happiness and final Salvation of this
people depend much on their submission to the original curse
pronounced on man:
"In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat
bread, till thou return to the ground."
Our duty as Christ
ian teachers, it appears to me, is not only to instruct the
people in the pulpit and from house to house, but also to
lead them on by our own example in forming those habits of in
dustry without which they will be lost, or if saved "yet so as
by fire” .
Nor is there any way we can do it so speedily and
effectually as by devoting a part of cur time to the cultiva
tion of the earth.
I would not intimate that this must take
the place of our preaching the Gospel, or instructing the people
in letters and religion, both must be done, and both will be
best done, to go on together.
Such have been my views in
commencing the experiment the past year, and should my life be
spared and no insuperable objection be made, I shall continue
it in future.
My own health has been good.
In connection
with the usual pastoral duties I have been in the habit of
preaching six times weekly, five times at the Station and once
at an out-station six miles distant.
I have held a meeting,
or rather a School, perhaps, with the members of the Church
once a week, and a Bible class of some three or four hundred
every Sabbath.
Nothing specially interesting of a religious
nature has taken place among us till within a few weeks past,
a much larger number have attended the house of God both on the
Sabbath and week days.
The Church, on Sabbath morning especial
ly, has been crowded to overflowing and some of our meetings
have been unusually solemn and melting.
God the Holy Spirit,
I believe, is silently operating upon the hearts of some of our
people at the present time.
Twenty members have been received
to the Church during the year, and nine now stand propounded.
Four have been excommunicated, four have died, and eight have
been dismissed by letter.
The whole number now in regular
standing is 162.
The whole number who have been admitted to
the Church at Waimea on examination is 211.
Our Schools at the Station, and indeed all our children
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[S.Whitney’s Report - 1840 -
Waimea, Kauai.]
schools, have been kept up with more life this year than the
one previous.
There are in our district (the Island of
N iihau included)
961 children,
564 of whom attend school.
304 of them can read, and 103 can write.
Two Schools at the
Station are supported by the people at the expense of $60. a
year.
This is about the whole amount of their yearly con
tribution to benevolent objects.
The other children schools
are kept up by the K i n g ’s laws, which are so construed as to
release the teachers from all work and taxes.
It is with feelings of deep regret and concern that I often
think of a part of our field (the Island of N iihau) as almost
entirely excluded from my personal labours, and never more so
than just now.
Owing to the fact that one of the Catholic,
converts, a woman of extensive family relations, and influence,
has been at that Island scattering Catholic books, and setting
up a school among her relatives.
I am not aware, that that
mystery of iniquity yet begins to work among our people of
this Island.
In looking over our district it is a melancholy fact that
but very few children are coming forward to take the place of
their parents.
Among a population of ? 819 on this part of
Kauai, there are only 617 children under fourteen years of
age.
N ot quite one child to every four adults !
For the
first three months of this year there were in this population
25 deaths, and 8 births, or a proportion of a little more than
three to one, which has been the ratio for some years p a s t .
Our astonishment is not at the number of deaths (for it has
been quite healthy) but at the lack of children.
During this
same period of three months, I have united sixteen couple in
marriage, which is a pretty fair specimen of the proportion of
adults married to the children born.
By a Census just taken
we have ascertained that the decrease in the whole population
is 453, in two years.
Should they continue to decrease at
this rate the whole of the native inhabitants will be swept
off in less than forty-two years !
STATISTICS
Whole number received to the Church on examination — 211
Whole number on Certificate 1 0
Received the past year on examination
20
Whole number received the past year
26
Whole number dismissed to other Churches
39
Dismissed the year past
8
Whole number deceased
15
Suspended the year past
2
Remain Suspended
1
Whole number Excommunicated
5
[See over]
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C O P Y
[S . Whitney's Report - 1840
-
Waimea, Kauai]
Excommunicated the year past
Remain Excommunicated
Whole number in Regular Standing
Whole number of Children Baptized.
Baptized the year past
Whole number of Baptized deceased
Deceased the year past
Marriages the year past
Average Congregation Sa b . Morn.
4
4
162
95
16
4
1
50
1000
Waimea, Kauai, May 1 6 th, 1840
(Signed)
S. WHITNEY.
REPORT OF SCHOOLS AT [WAIM E A ,KAUAI] May 184 0 .
N o. of children in the whole field
Number of boys
N umber of girls
N umber of Schools
N umber of Teachers
N umber of Children enrolled
Averaged number of attendance
N umber of Readers
N umber of Writers
N umber in Geography
N umber in Mental Arithmetic
No. in Written Arithmetic
N o. of deaths during the year
N.B.-
*
961 *
304
260
25
25
564
414
304
103
—
124
98
71
6
Pastors, who have the charge of schools, are request
ed to fill up this blank for the use of the Hawaiian
Association of Teachers; also state such other par
ticulars as may be interesting to said association.
This N o. includes infants and all under 14 years of age.
The children and schools of N iihau n umbered with those
of this Station.
�[ Station Report 1841 - Waimea, Kauai ]
During the year included in the present report, the family
at Waimea have been more than usually afflicted with ill health.
Mrs. W- has been so ill for a part of the time as to require
medical advice, and for most of the year too feeble to engage
in any direct missionary labors, except a weekly Sabbath School a Small School for children for a few weeks, and an occasional
attendance on the meeting of the maternal association. About
the middle of Dec. I was taken with a severe cold on my lungs
which, with a bad cough, lasted about two months. For a week
or two I was obliged wholly to suspend my labors, though most
of the time permitted to preach two short sermons on the Sabbaths
and a weekly lecture on Wednesday.
When in health my time has been employed in preaching pastoral duties - visiting schools - attending on the sick, &c.
Four sermons I have preached weekly to our adult population at
Waimea, and one designed particularly for the children. One
or two sermons at our out Stations, of which we have five, and
held a School, or a church meeting with the members of the Church
every Saturday afternoon, and also a bible class of some three
or four hundred ever[y] Sabbath eve. Our public services both
at Waimea and at the out Stations, are always well attended.
Of our people generally it may be said, they are "a church going
people" . Many, I rejoice to say appear to love the truth.
Better attendance to preaching can hardly be expected or rarely
found in any Society. There is but little falling off in the
afternoon of the Sab. and that is mostly by those who come from
a distance. The word preached however does not profit in many
cases, not being mixed with faith in those who hear it. It is
distressing to witness, as we often do in some who have sat under
the preaching of [the] Gospel, with apparent delight, for many
years, an. almost utter ignorance of the first principles of
Christianity. An affecting comment on the inspired truth, "With
out me ye can do nothing" . No ingenuity of the preacher can
impress, or application of man can enable him to perceive those
things, which are Spiritually discerned. On the illuminating
Sanctifying influence of the Holy Spirit alone, do we trust,
to produce the capacity for seeing, knowing, and rejoicing in
the Gospel of Jesus Christ. To this blessed influence we and
our people are greatly indebted, and though there is much even
which we often weep and lament, there is not a little, which
calls for unceasing gratitude to Him who hath Said, "Lo I am with
you always even unto the end of the world" .
Only nine members have been received to our Church on exam
ination the year past, and four by certificate. Thirty candi
dates are propounded. For thirteen months we had no case of
dicipline ( !) in the Church; But one member has lately fallen and
is now Suspended. Five members have died since our last report,
and three have joined other Churches. The whole number now
in regular Standing is 166. Since the Church was first organ
ized at Waimea, there have been admitted on examination 220
�Waimea, Kauai, 1841
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members, of whom 20 have died, 30 have joined other churches,
and 4 now Stand excommunicated.
Schools.
In the district there are 15 Schools (N iihau not included)
containing 502 children under 14 years of age, of whom there
are 255 males and 247 females. More than one half of them can
read intelagably ( !), a part of them can write, and likewise
understand something of geography and arithmetic.
Owing to the fact that we have been able to obtain only a
few copies of the King[ ']s laws, the new System has not till
quite lately, gone into operation. School houses are now being
erected, and so far as the experiment has gone it does well,
and though we are sadly deficient in teachers who are competant
( !) for their work, I cannot but hope that it will prove Success
ful. Indeed, I see not, so far as the system is concerned, why
an education adequate to all the ordinary calls of humble life,
may not be obrained by the entire population as well with us, as
any Spot on Earth.
Our Station School contains 112 children. It is conducted
by a graduate of the Seminary, who, though quite deficient in
energy and skill to interest the children, and much more dis
posed to look to his own interest in the work than to their im
provement, is nevertheless useful, and doing good.
Our people have contributed Sixty dollars toward the support
of Schools, and eighty two to the building of the new church at
Waioli.
(?)
The late census, shews a population of 2,779, a decrease of
40 the year past. There have been 78 deaths and 39 births.
The number of children in the district under 14 years of age is
643 (?)x The
proportion of adults being more than
four to each child!
Niihau.
This Island, though included in the Station, is but seldom
visited, and has not received that attention and labour which
the wants of the people demand (.) It is separated from us by
a somewhat dangerous channel of Sixteen miles in width, which is
seldom passed except by natives in canoes. It has a population
of one thousand and upwards, among them are nine Schools in which
are 214 children. The new laws have not yet gone into operation
on that Island. Within the past year, the Catholics have gained
a footing there. They have a native teacher, who is said to be
very zealous, and gaining quite a number of converts to the
Catholic faith. It is with weeping eyes that we often look
toward the rugged Clifts of that Island and ask what can be done
for its wretched inhabitants? With the exception of these on
�Waimea, Kauai, 1841
Niihau, there are no Catholics in the district.
Statistics
220 Whole number received to the church on examination
14 Whole number on certificate
9 Received the year past on ex13 Whole number received the year past
3
Dismissed the year past
30 Whole number dismissed
5 Deceased the year past
1 Suspended the year past
1 Remain Suspended
5 Whole number excommunicated
Excommunicated the year past
4
Remain excommunicated
166
Whole number in regular Standing
102
Whole number of children Baptized
7
Children baptized the past year
4
Decesed ( !) children baptized
38
Marriages the year past
1000 Average number of congregation Sab. Morn.
[Mr. Whitney]
3.
�C O P Y
REPORT
FOR
1842 [Mr . WHITNEY'S]
In presenting the present report, I am constrained to speak
of afflictions as well, as mercies.
The health of Mrs. Wwhich has long been feeble, has been more than usually so, the
year past.
Soon after our last meeting, she was taken quite
ill, and reduced very much in strength.
She recovered in
part from that attack; but has twice since been brought so
low, that for a while we had serious apprehensions of a speedy
close to her earthly labours.
In our affliction, it was a
great comfort to feel that we had an affectionate physician
at hand, and it is due to b r o . Lafon to say that all which
kindness and skill could do, was done by him to relieve us in
our distress.
To his prompt and efficient aid, through the
blessing of our great Physisian, we are apparently indebted
for her recovery.
So far as to be able to be with us at this
anniversary.
My own health has been good for the most part
of the year.
In the latter part of the Summer and Autumn,
my time was a good deal taken up in building a residence for
the accommodation of the sick in the mountainous region some
eight or ten miles distant, and also in making repairs about
our own house at Waimea, neither of which, however, was allow
ed to interfere with my regular services(?) of preaching and
meeting with the people.
The remainder of the year has been
spent principally in pastoral labours.
At Hanapepe, I have
preached pretty regularly once a week, and when able to leave
the sick, at five other out-posts, with more than usual atten
tion on the part of the people.
To our adult congregation
at Waimea, I have preached four sermons weekly, and one to
the children - had a meeting of the Church every sat. Eve, and
a Bible class of some four or five hundreds of the people at
the close of the afternoon service on the Sabbath.
Our public
services both at Waimea and the out-stations are well attended,
& often accompanied with deep & serious attention.
On the second week of January, we held a protracted meet
ing of four days, on which occasion I was assisted by brethren
Alexander and Lafon.
It was an interesting season and I
doubt not a very profitable one to many of the people, though
we were not permitted to see a general awakening from sin to
holiness of heart and life.
In the months of Oct, I spent a
week on the Isl. of N iihau, held a protracted meeting which
was well attended; but the prospects of the people on that
Island are exceedingly dark.
They are ignorant in the extreme
and almost entirely destitute of the means (?) of instruction.
The catholicks are rushing in upon them, and leading them by
scores into the delusions of the Man of Sin.
Some efforts
have been made by the Priest at Koloa to introduce teachers
among our people at Waimea but as yet he has been unsuccessful,
none in our immediate vicinity have turned to the Catholicks,
but in the upper part of the valleys of Hanapepe, where the
�- 2-
COPY -
Report for 1842
[Mr .Whitney ’s]
people are very ignorant, a few have deserted as.
Since our last meeting sixty-eight members
mitted to our Church, on examination, and two
There have been two excommunicated; four have
dismissed to other districts, leaving 222 now
ing.
have been a d
on Certificate.
died, and 10
in regular stand
SCHOOLS
We have 15 schools in our district besides eight or ten
very indifferently kept on the Island of Niihau.
In these
fifteen schools, there are 530 children - 257 b oys and 273 girls.
Three hundred sixty-four can read.
There are in Arithmetic
128, and 95 in Geography.
The demand for books, especially
the Bible, has been greater than in any previous year.
I
have sold the Bible cheap, but considering the poverty of the
people it is very encouraging that they are willing t o give
so much and prize so highly the Word of Life. Four of our
Schools are taught by graduates of the Seminary.
One of them
has a Salary from the people, the other three to be supported
by law (?).
Their prospects, however, are so poor that at
present they have concluded to stop their schools and wait
for more promises or pay.
Our people have contributed sixty
dollars toward the schools, but they are so poor that the
schools cannot be kept up in this way, and must go down unless
some more efficient agency is brought to bear upon them, than
has yet been effected.
STATISTICS
288
16
68
70
10
50
4
4
7
2
6
222
17
119
4
23
1000
Whole number received to the Church on Ex.
Whole number on Certificate
Received the past year on Ex.
Whole number received the past year
Dismissed the past year
Whole number dismissed
Deceased the past year
Suspended the past year
Remain Suspended
Whole number Excommunicated
Do. Past year
Remain excommunicated
Whole number in Regular standing
Baptized the year past
Whole number of Children Baptized
Deceased Baptized children - whole number
Marriages the year past
Average number of Congre. Sab. Morn.
[u n s i g n e d ]
[Inscribed on reverse side
"S. WHITNE Y ’S REPORT, 1842."
]
�[Waimea, Kauai, 1843]
At a station so retired and quiet as this one we occupy [,]
the season for presenting our yearly report comes round with
but few incidents to notice which have not been noticed in
former reports. We are permitted to pursue our work in peace
with none to make us afraid. The year past however has been one
of more than ordinary change in the Government, and the cloud
which now gathers in our political horizon, is ominous to still
greater changes. But with gratitude would we say thus far the
Lord has helped us, and in regard to the future, it is sufficient
to know that we have the promise, "Lo I am with you always” .
At the close of the last Gen. Meet. when we left this place,
we had many fears as to the health of Mrs W- and the thought
that we were going to an Island where there was no physitian( !)
was not a little discouraging. Soon after our return however
her health began to improve, and though it has been too feeble
for her to engage in any direct missionary labour, except a
small Sabbath School a part of the year, it has been much better
than usual. A physitian ( !) too has been kindly sent into our
neighborhood, whose presence both on account of his professional
skill and the ardor with which he has entered on the missionary
life, has greatly encouraged us. My own health has been good,
not having lost a Sabbath through the year. My labours have been
confined principally to pastoral duties, attending to the sick,
Superintending Schools, &c. I have four regular services on the
Sabbath - three for adults & one for children, besides a class
of some 3 or 400 in the "ai o ka la" (,) A lecture on Wednesday
P.M. these together with a meeting of the Church every Sat. P.M.
and the monthly concert, are all the regular services at the
Station. I have a weekly meeting at Hanapepe and there are four
other out stations where I preach occasionally as opportunity
and ability allow. During the year I have held Six protracted
meetings one on the Island of Niihau, one at Puna, one at Napali
and the other, in our own district at the out station. I have
spent several Sabbaths at Koloa - administered the Sacrament to
that Church, and once to the Church at Waioli in the absence of
bro. Alexander. The State of religion has been rather more marked
than usual. On our return from the last Gen. Meet. there was
quite an interesting attention to religion among our people.
Our meetinghouse was crowded on the Sab - and we felt much encour
aged. Soon after, the whaling Ship Jefferson was unfortunately
wrecked at Waimea, which produced a state of feeling very ■un
favorable to religion. The people almost en mass were called
out to labour on the wreck and saving the cargo, high wages were
offered, and the natural cupidity of the natives not a little
awakened. Before this excitement was over, our new vessel (?)
arrived with a train of worse than ship wrecked mariners - a
company of broken down San. Isl. gentlemen and ladies, apparently
intent on nothing but pleasure & the reparation of their fortunes.
Among this company were 27 who came with certificates of regular
church membership; a somewhat larger number were either excom
municated or Suspended, "twice dead plucked up by the roots"
They were from three churches on Hawaii, three on Maui, and four
�Waimea,Kauai 1843 -
2
on Oahu. Of most of those who came with certificates, I had
many fears, nor have these fears abated in the least, after nine
months acquaintance with them. I am unwilling to think that
they are a fair specimen of the fruits of my brethrens labours,
nor do I feel at liberty to reject them, as some do, when coming
with a recommendation from their pastor. I must receive them.
But alas ! It is death. It is worse than death (It is embracing
a corpse of the most pestiferous contagion.) On the arrival of
this company, our population at Waimea was increased about one
third, and our congregation on the Sabbath decreased in about the
same proportion, i.e. there was about one third less who attended
public worship, than before their arrival. This state of things
continued for some months, but thanks to the quickning ( !)
Spirit, there is now and has been for a few months past a much
better attention to religion. Our Church is again crowded on
the Sabbath and though there is not what may be called a revival,
we are refreshed and encouraged.
At our out stations, the counteracting influences above men
tioned have been felt less, and there has been more attention
to religion, than I have known on previous years. I spent a
week on the Island of Niihau, and was delighted with the evidence
I saw of the Spirit of God among the people. Previous to my
visit I had heard that large numbers had followed Walsh the Irish
Priest, and been baptized by him a few weeks before. On strict
inquiry, I learned he had drawn away about 140, including the
children of three schools which he had quite broken up. I
have lately heard that some twenty or thirty of this number
together with one of their teachers have returned. There may be
about one In ten of the inhabitants of Niihau who profess to be
followers of the Pope; but they know little or nothing of the
Romish faith. They are in bad savor with the bulk (?) of the
people on account of their immoralities, and unless they have a
Priest to guide them, there is not much danger that they will
Increase. In the vicinity of Waimea there are no Romanists,
though untiring efforts have been made by the Priests to get a
footing in that region. In the upper part of Hanapepe there are
a few, but the numbers both there and in the region about Koloa,
are diminishing. Walsh's school of children has dwindled down
from 55 to 20 since Jan. last. At Puna and Koolau however, the
Priests have been more successful. It is to be feared that the
weakness and indescresions [Indiscretions? ] of some of our pro
fessors of religion, have contributed not a little to their suc
cess. As this is the fairest and most populous part of Kauai it
is distressing to see it so much given up to the influence of
the Man of Sin.
Fifty four members have been added to our church on examina
tion during the year, and thirty nine by letter- 93 In all.
Seven have deceased. Two have been excommunicated, and two dis
missed to other churches [,] 4 Suspended. Leaving in all 300
in regular standing. Not much has been done by way of charitable
donatings. None tenths of the people being in such poverty
that in a civilized land they would be fit subjects for the poor
house. They have furnished the materials for a church at Niihau
and supported a singing master at the expense of thirty dollars.
�Waimea, Kauai 1843 -
3
Schools.
We have nineteen schools, and a teacher for each of them.
These schools are in a prosperous State, Every child old enough
to attend school is enrolled, & a pretty regular attendant.
Our Lahainaluna Teachers few in number are becoming more rational
and reasonable men, & I have hope that most of them will by & by
make good teachers.
Statistics of Schools
Schools
19
Teachers
19
Scholars
536
Boys
255
Girls
281
Readers
345
Arithmetic
281
108 Geography
Schools of Niihau not included in the above.
Scholars on that Island [.]
There are 148
Statistics of Church, & 342
55
54
93
2
4
4
9
2
7
300
138
19
5
68
100
Whole No received to Church on examination
Whole No on certificate
Received past year on examination
Whole No received past year Dismissed past year
Suspended past year
Remain Suspended
Whole No excommunicated
Do past year
Remain excommunicated
Whole No in regular Standing
Whole No of Children baptized
Baptized the past year
Decesed ( !) baptized children
Marriages past year
Average No of Congregation Sab. Morn.
[Unsigned, but Mr. Whitney's handwriting]
�Report of the Station at Waimea, Kauai, 1844
The occupants of the Station at Waimea have Special cause
for praise and gratitude to Him who has kept them during the
twenty four years of their residence at that post, and again
brought them in health and peace to unite with their fellow
helpers in reviewing the labours which are past, and devising
means of usefulness for the future.
The year which has now closed, has been one of unusual health
and prosperity. Mrs. W- has had less illness than for many
years previous, and though her constitution is too feeble to
engage in much direct missionary work she has been able to keep
a small school a few months, and a Sab. Sch. through the year.
My own health has been good, having been kept from meeting the
people by illness, only one Sab-.
The changes and evils at the commencement of the year under
the Paulet dynasty and at the restoration, did not seem to
affect our people so much as those of most of the other Stations.
It was however apparent enough that confusion and every evil work
would soon have been the order of the day had not a kind provi
dence interposed in behalf of the nation, and the Church, which
has so often been the object of his Special care and protection.
We have had a visit from the King and a few of the Chiefs.
He appeared kind and courteous, & but for his habits of drinking
awa, would have done much good to the poor people, who were ex
ceedingly delighted, to see him again the Chief ruler of the
nation. As it was however, his example and that of our Gover
ness, had a most pernicious effect on many, some few of them in
the Church. A rebuke from the Nonanona however, and a private
remonstrance with the Governess, together with timely discipline
of the Church in cases where it was needed, seems to have given
a check if not a stop, to the drinking of that pernicious drug.
My labors the past year have been mostly of the pastoral kind,
and owing to the extent of the parish, unusually great. I have
uniformly preached three times on the Sab. Spent an hour between
eight & nine in a Sab. Sch. of upwards of 300 children, which has
been increasing in numbers and interest, through the year. This
is a most promising field of usefulness, as well as of pleasure.
At the close of the afternoon Service on the Sab. I have a class
of some 350 adults in the Ai o ka la - a regular lecture on
Wednesday - a meeting of the church on Saturday afternoon, and
the monthly concert. These are stated public services at Waimea.
At the five out stations, I preach occasionally as circumstances
permit. Eight or ten Sab, I have spent at Koloa, and two weeks
in visiting and preaching in the villages of that vicinity. In
the month of Feb. I was assisted by bro. L Smith in a pro. meet.
at Koloa, which was followed with very happy results. It was a
season of refreshing from on high, and I trust the Spirit of the
Lord, who was evidently with us, is still operating on the
hearts of not a few of the people. Beside the pro. meet. at
�Waimea, Kauai, 1844
2
Koloa, I have held five others at the out Stations, and assist.
bro. Rowell in one at Waioli. Not so many have united with the
church at Waimea as on some previous years, but the cause of re
ligion. I believe to have been on the advance. The Saviour has
been with us, and his cause was never more pressing(?) One week
I have Spent on Niihau, and a few days at Puna, on the eastern
part of Kauai. In both places the people are exceedingly ignor
ant, and need a Teacher Stationed among them immediately. They
are both exposed to the Papists who are most unweried in their
efforts in proselyting, and unless help is sent into these
regions, it is to be feared that many of the people will embrace
the errors of the Man of Sin. It is with gratitude that I am
still able to say, we have no Romanists in the vicinity of Waimea,
except an occasional visitor from some other place. At Niihau
and the upper part of the vally ( !) of Hanapepe, they have
formed a nucleus, and made some converts the year past. Whether
they have gained more than they have lost on the Island of
Kauai & Niihau, it is difficult to say, as there are some
changing to and from them, almost every week. It is to be feared
however, that their cause has been gaining during the year.
Most of those who have gone to the papists, have been driven to
them by the wild and wicked doings of our Kahukula and his
agents, in oppressing and robbing the people. The system of
paying in tender is so little understood by those who are to re
ceive the pay, and subject to so many abuses by those who made
the laws and the Kahukula, that it is becoming a question whether
we should not do better to have no School laws than to continue
on in the present management of those which exist. The schools
in our region 19 in number have been kept up the year past,
but not with the life and vigor we could wish. Almost or quite
all of the children of suitable age are enrolled, and attend
daily, but the improvement is slow. The Teachers are discour
aged for want of pay, and the parents in many cases do not care
enough about the education of their children, to provide them
with books. The number of children in our schools is 509. It
has diminished since my last report some thirty or forty.
Death has carried off a good many, it having been an unusually
sickly year among children. Others have left the schools having
arrived to years of maturity, and there are not of the little
children enough to fill their places. This is an alarming fact,
and one which tells us in language not to be mistaken that what
we do for the people must be done quickly.
The work which was given me last year by the mission - A
Bible Dictionary, is in a state of forwardness, though it is too
large a book to be made in one year, together with attending
to my other labors.
[continued]
�Waimea, Kauai, 1844
Statistics of Schools
19
19
509
322
108
81
95
58
. . . . No. of Schools
. . . . No. of Teachers
. . . . No. of Children enrolled
. . . . No. of readers
. . . . No. of writers
. . . . No. of those in Geog.
. . . . No in arith.
. . . . No in written do
Church Statistics
373
57
31
1
32
60
8
40
6
2
1
6
15
11
318
154
16
70
900
- Whole No ad to Ch- on examination
- On certificate
- Past year on examination
- Past year on cirtificate ( !)
- Whole No past year
- Whole No dismissed to other Churches
- Dismiss ( !) the past year
- Whole No decesed ( !)
- Decesed ( !) the past year
- Suspended the past year
- Remain Suspended
- Excommunicated the past year
- Whole No excommunicated
- Remain excommunicated
- Whole No. in regular Standing
- Whole No of Children baptized
- Baptized the past year
- Marriages the past year
- Av. No of Con. Sab Morn.
[Mr. Whitney]
�[Mrs. Whitney’s Report May 1846 - Waimea, Kauai]
The year past has been one of deep affliction & sorrow to
the church and people of Waimea, in the removal of their beloved
Pastor by death. The Lord has come near and laid his hand heavy
upon us, and it becomes us to humble ourselves under his severe
chastisements, & bow with meek submission to his holy will.
The year previous and the forepart of last, we were enabled
to proceed with our labors as usual, in the enjoyment of comforta
ble health with the exception of the influenza, which prevailed
throughout the Islands. During that distressing sickness, Mr W-s’
( !) labors were interrupted for several weeks, and some of the time
his sufferings were intense. He had two attacks - one in April,
the other in June, from both of which he had recovered so as to
enjoy comfortable health again, when he was attacked in Sept. with
Billious colic. After using every remedy in our power to check
the disease, and trying a change of climate at our summer retreat
at Hanapepeluna without any permanent benefit, we sailed for Hono
lulu in Oct. last, with the hope that voyaging and medical aid,
might be a means of restoring his health which was then very feeble.
But as the event proved, his work was done, and his Divine
Master saw fit, soon to call him to lay aside the weapons of his
warfare, and to receive the vi c tor's crown.
In Feb. I returned to our station, alone and desolate, ‘
but
the Lord I trust has been with me. In all my sorrows and trials,
he has been near, to comfort and sustain me, for which I would
forever bless his holy name. [in pencil:] Here read the other leaf.
The first fortnight after I returned home was principally
spent in looking after the schools, distributing books, slates,
pencils, paper, ink, etc. among them. They have been kept up
during the year, but with what success, I am unable to say. I
have visited only one since my return - the station school near us.
Kahookui a graduate at the Sem. at Lahainaluna who is at
present the superintendant of schools for this Isl. has supplied
the pulpit since last Oct. when his duties as school inspector
did not call him. from the station. Meetings are tolerably well
attended, but professors generally, seem to be in a cold, lukewarm
state. Me greatly need the reviving and sanctifying influences
of the Spirit of God poured out upon us, to revive our languish
ing graces, and to quicken us in the path of duty. It is not
necessary here to remind you dear brethren, of our wants. You all
know them. The church and people of Waimea are now like sheep
without a shepherd, and unless there is some one to watch over and
guide them, many will doubtless wander and go astray, from the
paths of rectitude and uprightness. May you have wisdom to guide
you in all your deliberations for the best good of this nation
and the advancement of Christ's Kingdom in our midst, and if
practicable, give us a Pastor who shall go in and out before us,
and break unto us the bread of life.
�Mrs. Whitney’s Report - Waimea, Kauai - 2
Table of Statistics.
The Church.
Whole No. admitted on examination
-Received by Certificate
--Admitted on examination in 1844 & 1845
-On certificate
------ ---- ----------- Whole No. dismissed to other churches
----Dismissed in 1844 & 1845
-■--Whole no. deceased
-------------- Deceased in 1844 & 1845
-------Whole No. Excommunicated
----- - - - --- ---- Excom. in 1844 & 1845
--- ---- ----- --- Remain Excom.
-----------— ------Whole No. suspended
-------- ------------- 13
Suspended In 1844 & 1845 ------------------Remain suspended
--- -— --------- ---- ----Whole no. in regular standing
--------Whole No. baptized children
— -----------Baptized in 1844 & 1845
---- ---- --------------Marriages in 1845
---------------- — -- ------Average No. of congregation------------- -----
3,72 ( !)
65
20
10
57
2
62
21
26
9
20
2
2
2,96 ( !)
1,54 ( !)
9
34
7-00 ( !)
Schools.
Whole No. of Prot. schools from Hanapepe to Nualolo, 19
Catholic
------ ------- 1
Prot. schools on Niihau
— •
--- ----- • ------10
Catholic
---------- *
—
------ 2
No. of scholars in the Prot. schools in this district - 3,32 ( !)
Catholic
-- --------------------- ---------- [omitted]
Scholars in Prot. schools on Niihau
— ---2-12
Catholic
--------------------41
Deaths and Births.
Deaths
Births
Deaths
Births
Deaths
Births
Deaths
Births
in 1844
------------------------ -----------------in 1845
----- •--- -—
— --- -— ----------— ---- --------on Niihau in 1844
--- ------the same year
-- ---------------in 1845 --- :
------------------the same year ------------- ------------
93
23
1,06 (!)
30
11
24
46
18
This statistical report extends only to the 31st of Dec. 1845.
M. P. Whitney
Waimea
April 2 8 - 1846
�M.P. Whitney's Report
[Part of M.P. Whitney’s Report - 1846]
[To b e Inserted after 4th paragraph on first page]
On my return, I came from Koloa on a canoe. Long before we reached
the landing, the natives began to assemble on the beach, & raised
a loud and bitter wailing. I was greeted by them with mingled
emotions of joy & sorrow - joy that I was spared to return to them,
& sorrow that they were to see the face of their beloved pastor
no more. It was such a scene as I have not before witnessed for
many years. As the canoe touched the beach, the natives pressed
around it every one eager to grasp my hand, while their loud lamen
tations almost stunned me. They followed me to my solitary dwell
ing, & for an hour or two the scene there presented, was not
unlike to that which took place at "the threshing floor of Atad"
when Joseph & his brethren conveyed the remains of their beloved
Father Jacob from the land of Egypt to Canaan, for interment.
Their sorrow seems deep & sincere. Some of them appear almost
inconsoleable ( !) in view of their loss, & it is often affecting
to listen to their kanikau or mournful dirges. They will sometimes
sit & repeat over his virtues, or good deeds in a low, melancholy
strain, which is very touching. I fear some of them almost idol
ized him. He was to them not only a pastor who watched for, their
souls & fed them with the bread of life, but he was their counsellor,
their guide, their instructor, their Physician, & indeed a Father
to them all. They feel that they have lost a friend, one that
ever manifested a lively interest in their welfare both spiritual
& temporal, & that they shall never get another teacher who will
love them as he did, & be ready at all times, to sacrifice his own
ease & comfort for their good. Many a time he has been called
up in the dead of the night to administer to the sick & distressed,
& occasionally to go for miles to visit them in the dark & chilly
damp, & sometimes in the storm, & seldom have I known him refuse
to comply, though at the sacrifice of much personal comfort. He
had in this way greatly endeared himself to them, & he will long
live in their affections & in their memories. May his instructions
be treasured up in their hearts & practised in their lives, & be a
means of leading them to walk in his steps & imitating his example,
so far as he imitated Christ.
�[ G.B. Rowell's, Report of chh. Aug. 11, 1847]
[Addressed to Messrs C.C. & Hall, Honolulu, Oahu]
Waimea Aug 2nd 1847
Dear Brethren,
On the enclosed schedule I have
noted down the statistics of Waimea church
for the year ending Ap 1st 1847,
Yours truly
G.B. Rowell
(Written in pencil on printed form, with corrections in the
printed words to correspond with the year he's reporting for.)
Whole number on examination.
On certificate.
Past year on examination.
Past year on certificate.
Whole number past year.
Whole No. dismissed to other churches.
Dismissed last year.
Whole No. deceased.
Died last year.
Suspended last year.
Remain suspended.
Excommunicated last year.
Whole number excommunicated.
Remain excommunicated.
Whole number in regular standing.
Whole number of baptised children.
Baptised last year.
Marriages last year.
Average congregation on the Sabbath.
391
72
00
3
3
72
16
88
19
7
8
4
31
24
275
157
3
36
300
�REPORT OF THE STATION OF WAIMEA
YEARS ENDING AP
1st
KAUAI
FOR THE TWO
1848.
On our removal to Waimea, I found a larger amount of
pastoral & medical labor claiming my time & strength than I
had been accustomed to perform.
Moreover the unfinished &
decaying house in which we were to reside needed finishing,
repairing, & enlarging somewhat, to render it a comfortable
dwelling.
N ot being able to secure a carpenter,
I was obliged to do most of the joiner’s work with my own hands.
My time & strength being thus divided between my pastoral dut
ies
& the labor on the house,
- the former were but
partially performed, while the latter has been protracted to a
great length, & is not even yet finished,
I am thankful however
that the heaviest of this labor is over & that for the past few
months I have been able to give my chief attention to the spiri
tual interests of the people of my charge.
The various outstations I have (paper worn away)
visited frequently, though not with much regularity till with
in the past few months. I have made but one visit as yet to
N iihau, which was in Sept. last, at which time I spent one
week there.
With the death of their veteran, & greatly beloved &
lamented former pastor, the interest of many of the people in
the ministrations of the Gospel died also.
Some seemed to
be seized by a kind of desperation, & rushed again into many
of their ancient vile practices & fooleries, & even some mem
bers of the church
became entangled in them.
When
then, the new pastor arrived, without experience
& skill & with no acquired influence among them, it was not to
be expected that those would return to the house of God, who
had been held there only by their unbounded & well deserved
esteem for their former pastor.
I have therefore preached to
a diminished congregation, though I am happy to believe that
for the last six months, & perhaps for a year
it has been slowly increasing.
The Sabbath school numbers 160 children & youth who
attend regularly, & who have manifested a very pleasing in
terest in its exercises for the last 18 months.
The labors of our associates for the good of the people
in this field are gratefully remembered.
Mrs
Whitney has
sustained two weekly meetings with female members of the church
& congregation. Miss Whitney has latterly instructed a class
in the Sabbath School.
And they have jointly conducted, for
the last few months, a school of girls in needle work & other
useful things.
�-2-
C O
P Y
Report of the Station of Waimea
ending
Kauai
Ap 1st
for the two years
1848. Cont'd.
The meeting house which was built of stone & mud in
1834 has fallen to the ground & its foundations have been
cleared away for the erection of another.
My ambition as
pires so high as to a permanent stone house, with a belfry &
a shingle roof, with a floor & seats.
A number of brethren have advised me not to lower this
standard one inch, till the work is accomplished, trusting in
the Lord for the means.
And surely,
I know no other source
of help at present.
The people will be able to cut out the
stone from its bed beneath the surface of the ground, they will
be able also to go for all the large timbers, into the mount
ains, a distance, It is said, of 15 to 18 miles,
They will be
able to dive into the Sea for the dozen fathoms of limestone,
& bring it by little & little in canoes, 3 to 12 miles from the
places where it is found, & then go 10 miles into the mountains
for as many more fathoms of fuel to burn it with.
But much
more than this they cannot be expected to do.
They h ave no
money, or but very little, - & there are no Chiefs or rich men
among them.
To purchase boards & other materials, & to hire
the carpenters & masons, will require at least 3000$ in money,
probably more.
I venture to hope for 1000$ from the Hawaiian
churches & the Missionary brethren.
But wh ence the other
2000$ will come I cannot foresee.
Can your sympathies, breth
ren, your prayers & consultations open any other source of r e
lief to our poverty ?
What is to be the destiny of the 5000$
given the Mission for
"Schools & churches" ?
Will it all go
to the schools, or will a portion of it b e appropriated to
"churches" ?
If any to churches, will you not consider the
church at Waimea Kauai to be as m u ch in need or more than any
other at the islands ?
The Schools of this
district are prosperous at
present.
The debt to the teachers which has been such a cloy
to the schools in former years, has recently been liquidated or
so nearly so that the schools now go on without embarrassment.
I greatly regret, brethren, that I cannot join your pray
ers & deliberations at this general meeting.
But an uncommon
pressure of duties at the present
time seems to render
it impossible.
The Lord Jesus be with you & direct you to the glory of
his holy name.
Your bro
in Christ
(Signed)
G .B. ROWELL
�C O P Y
-3-
Report of the Station of Waimea
ending
Ap 1st
CHURCH
1848
Kauai
-
for the two years
C o n t 'd
.
STATISTICS
Whole number rec ’d on examination - - - - - - - "
"
"
" certificate - - ...........
Past year on examination
"
"
" dertifioate - - - - ......... Whole number past year
Whole N o. dismissed to other churches - - - - - Dismissed past year - - - - - - - - - - - Whole N o . deceased
Deceased past year - - - - - - - - - - -- Suspended past year
Remain Suspended
Excom'd past year
Whole N o . excorn’d
Remain exco m ’d
- Whole No . in regular stand'g
- - - - - —
Whole number baptized ch i l d ’n - - - - - - - - - Baptized p a st year
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - Whole N o . children deceased
Deceased past year
- - - - - - - - - - - - Marriages past year
Av. N o. of Co n g ’n Sa b . morning
- - - - - - - - -
SCHOOL STATISTICS
N o . of Schools - - - - - - ”
” Teachers - - - - - - N o. of Children - - - Readers
Writers
- - - - - - - Geography - - - - - - - Mental Arithmetic - - - Written
do.
Waimea
13
14
404
26 9
102
127
258
131
396
77
7 (?) 1
9
10
80
8
100
17
4
10
4
33
2 47
172
9
30
31
400
N iihau
5
5
126
65
27
14
41
24
(N O T E :
The following statistics, undated, were found with the
above Report.)
SCHOOLS OF NIIHAU
N o. of Protestant Schools - 6
" "
"
Teac
h er - 6
" "
"
Children - 112
R eaders 70
G eography - 24
Writers - - 30
Mental Arith. - - -)5
0
Written Arithmetic )
(UNSIGNED)
(This sheet is a copy of unsigned, sheet at)
original MSS, of G . B .Rowell’s
)______________________________
�C O P Y
R E P O R T
OF STATION
WAIMEA
KAUAI
-
FOR THE YEAR ENDING AP. 1st 1849.
During the early part of the year public worship was
attended more fully than it had ever been since our removal to
Waimea.
There were also large numbers in various parts of the
field who sought frequent religious conversations with the
pastor.
Sickness in my family compelled my absence from the
Station for two or three months in the Summer.
I had but fair
ly commenced my labor again at the Station, when the epidemic
commenced which broke up our meetings in a great
measure & interrupted our plans & efforts.
The interest in re
ligion & the attendance on public worship have not yet recover
ed from that decline, though the attendance has been increasing
for a month or two.
I was planning a visit to N iihau about the time the
measles broke out, but
was unable to procure well men enough
in Waimea to man the Canoe.
Consequently I have not been
able to visit that island the past year.
There has not been so much known defection in the
Church the past year as in some years previous.
Our contemplated meeting house has progressed but
little during the year.
During my long absence, little or
nothing was done for lack of a mainspring of action.
There are
no Chiefs in the Church at Waimea.
After my return, the epi
demics set in & paralysed all efforts for the remainder of the
year.
A little work however was done at the beginning of the
year, & a little more in the last few weeks.
There are now a
few hundred stone cut out, and two or three of the larger timbers
needed are lying in the mountains wholly or partly hewn.
They
have contributed also about 40$ in money during the year, which
I think is remarkably well for them, being so few, so far f r om
any market & having so few means of raising money.
The Schools of the district have been as flourishing
as usual, with the exception of the interruptions by the sick
ness.
I have been unable to get returns from the Schools of
N iihau.
I hope I may yet receive them before we seperate. I
am not aware that Popery has made any progress in t h e field in
the year past.
The one school at Hanapepe of
about 20 pupils continues as usual.
So do also the two Catholic
Schools of Niihau.
STATISTICS OF SCHOOLS
WAIMEA
N o. of Schools - - - - - N o. or Teachers - - - - - N o. of Scholars - - - - - 3
Readers - - - - Writers - - - - - Arithmetic - - - - Geography - -- - Letters & Spelling -
KAUAI.
11
15
8 7
225
89
235
142
183
�C O P Y
------Off STATION
WAIMEA
REPORT
KAUAI -
FOR THE YEAR ENDING- AP.1st 1849.
Continued.
CHURCH
STATISTICS
WAIMEA
KAUAI
AP. 1st 1848
Whole N o. rec'd on profession - - - "
"
"
by certificate
- - By profession last year
- - - By Certificate "
"
- - - - Whole number last year
- - - - Whole N o. dismiss'd to other churches
Dismissed last year
- - - - - - Whole number deceased
- - - - - - Died last year
- - - - - - Suspended last year
- - - - - - Remain Suspended
- - - - - - Excommunicated last year
- - - - - Whole number excommunicated
- - - - Remain excommunicated
- - - - Whole So. in regular standing - - - Whole N o. Children baptized
- - - Baptised last year
- - - - - Marriages last year
- - - - - —
Average Congregation
- - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - —
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
to
Ap. 1st 1849 .
403
80
7
3
10
82
2
131
32
00
8
2
38
29
233
179
8
58
350
(The original MSS. of this report is unsigned b ut the)
handwriting is, apparently, that of G.B.ROWELL.
�Statistics of Church
Waimea Kauai
for the year ending Mar 31st 1851
Recd past year on examination
48
Whole No recd
"
"
_____________
451
"
"
”
from other churches _________
90
"
" dismissed to "
"
____________ _
88
Deceased past year
_______________________
11
Ch. members excluded, deceased past year
[no figure]
Whole No. deceased in good standing ____________
142
Excluded past year _______________________ _
1
Whole No. remaining excluded ____________
35
Now in regular standing. __________________ ;
____
281
Children baptised past year ____________________
9
Whole No. baptised ____________________________
188
Marriages past year___________________________ 43
Population of the field ________________________
2605
Proportion who attend pub. worship
1/2
Report
For the good & usual measure
past year at this station, - for
God has permitted us to perform,
success & discouragement, of joy
plexity, we record thanks to the
of health we have enjoyed the
the usual amount of labor, which
- & for the usual measure of
& of trial, of cheer & of per
Father of mercies.
The attendance of the people on public worship & their atten
tion to the word preached has been as great as has been in any
year, perhaps, since my residence among them. What real progress
has been made in spiritual knowledge, & what accessions of souls,
if any, have been made to Christs body, is known only to Him who
seeeth ( !) the hearts.
Our progress towards the acquisition of a permanent house of
worship is very slow. Still we are moving onward according to
our ability. During the year, the timber, wh. was 15 miles dis
tant in the mountains, has been drawn half way to the beach. In
two or three months we hope it will be all upon the spot. The
principal part also, of the building stone has been cut out so
that we think there is now nearly enough to complete the house.
But it is still a mile distant from the building site. Some 15
fathoms of fuel, also, for furning the lime have been cut & piled
up in the mountains, 7 or 8 miles distant, which is still to be
brought down stick by stick, probably, on men's shoulders. The
corol ( !) too is yet to be drawn a distance of two or three miles.
How soon the materials will all be gathered to gether ( !), ready
for the building to commence, I do not yet venture to predict.
Our watch word is perseverance till the purpose be accomplished,
if the Lord will.
�1851
- Rowell
- Waimea -
2
if the Lord will.
Besides the labor which the people have performed for our
house of worship, they have also paid in cash for benevolent pur
poses, during the year, to the amount of 714 dollars, 500 of which
were raised with a views, at first, to the support of their
pastor; but as the meeting house suffered a loss of about 500
dollars in the robbery of Dec. 1849, & as no trace of that money
seems likely ever to be discovered it may be thought best by the
people to appropriate this contribution to the meeting house.
It is still at their option to what purpose to bestow it. The
unprecedented contribution of money to benevolent objects which
has been realized the past year at Waimea, is not likely often,
if ever, to be repeated. The high price of produce occasioned
by the California market, & a peculiarly favorable season for the
sweet potatoe crop, conspired to such an influx of money as had
never before been known, & may never again occur.
The progress of popery in this field the past year has not
been perceptible. On Niihau, which has been its strong hold (!),
it has rather waned than otherwise. In my visit to that island
in Oct. last, a larger congregation assembled on the Sabbath to
hear the word than had ever before been known. This was owing
to large numbers of catholics who rushed in & filled the house to
overflowing. No part of my audience appeared more interested &
attentive than they. In travelling, too, about the island, no
part of the population more cordially welcomed me to their houses
& to their hospitalities, than the catholics. At the present time
both of the catholic schools on Niihau are disbanded for want of
competent teachers. The schools generally in the field have
been prosperous, with the exception of the painful fact that the
number of the children in the schools is yearly diminishing. May
the arm of the Lord yet interpose to make of the children & youth
of this nation a people to his praise & to the glory of his word.
G-. B. Rowell
�Statistics of the Church at Waimea Kauai
for the year ending April 1st 1852
Whole No on Prof'n of faith
539
By Certificate
Rd past year by Proffession
________
"
"
"
" Certificate
3
Dismissed past year
2
Whole No Deceased
155
Decd past year
7
Suspended past year
0
Remain Suspended
[crossed out]
Excommunicated past year
4
Whole No. excommunicated
[no figure]
Remain excomd
36
Whole No. in regular standing
364
"
"
Children Baptised
227
Baptised past year
35
Marriages past year
62
Av’ge Congregation on Sab.
[no figure]
Population _______________ _________ ["
" ]
93
88
�Waimea
Station Report
Kauai April 1853
God's compassion has been very great towards us during the
past year. Mrs, Rowell lay by the brink of the grave for several
months of the last summer, but a kind Father has given her back
in health again to, I trust, a grateful family. Praise be to Him
for the many prayers of the brethren & sisters of the Mission
on her behalf & for His gracious answers to them.
Sickness & the pressure of building, has compelled me to
omit the most of my labors at the out stations, during the year.
This omission has been partly supplied by native helpers, &
brother Johnson was so kind as to supply my lack of service on
Niihau.
There has been no extraordinary interest in the things of the
Spirit, among the people, during the past year, & no known de
fection on the part of professing Christians. No cases of church
discipline have occurred [.]
After years of hard struggling to get together materials for
a house of worship, we are at last permitted to see the walls
up, the roof on, & the carpenter & masons now commencing the work
in the inside of the house. I am glad also to report that we
have incurred no debt as yet, & the house is still in funds to
the amount of about 100 dollars. But this will soon be exhasted ( !)
& we look to the Lord to provide us help for the future as he has
for the past. Will the brethren be so kind as to remember us
among these people. To finish the house without floor & slips,
will probably require 5 or 6 hundred dollars more, & to furnish
it with floor & slips will cost probably not less than 2000 dol
lars. We hope to proceed to the completion of the house as fast
& as far as Providence shall furnish the means.
The people of this district have contributed $330. cash the
past year for their house of worship.
The Prudential Committee require each missionary to state
what he may expect to receive from his people towards his sup
port for the year approaching. For myself & people I reply,
Nothing. When the great enterprise of erecting a house of worship
shall be off their hands, I have no doubt they will contribute
cheerfully for the support of their pastor, but, at present, I
must look to the Board for a full support.
I should like $200 . to repair the roof & verandahs of our house
if the mission is able to grant it.
G. B. Rowell
Pastor
�Church Statistics
Waimea Kauai April 1855.
Whole No.
"
"
Past year
"
"
Whole No.
"
"
Rd on Proffession
___________
663
" " Certificate
94
by Examination
____________
124
" Certificate
1
Past year
___________ __
125
Dismissed to other Churches
92
" Past year
2
Whole No Deceased
157
"
Past year
2
Suspended
"
"
0
Remain Suspended
[no figure]
Excom.d past year
0
Whole No Excom'd
[no figure]
Remain Excom,d
[no figure]
Whole No in regluar ( !) stand'g
485
"
" Children Baptised
254
Baptised Past year
___
27
Marriages "
"
42
�Report of Waimea Station Kauai,
for the year ending March 31st 1854
The pastor desires to record with gratitude the almost unin
terrupted health of himself & family during the year past. He
has been enabled to perform the usual amount of labor at the
Station, both on Sabbath & week days; though he regrets to be
obliged to report still as in previous years, the necessity of
omitting, to a great extent his labors at the outposts, in conse
quence of the requisitions made on his time & strength by the
house of worship in process of erection.
But, blessed be God for the hope that this cause of the in
terruption of pastoral labors will no longer exist, at least,
not to the extent it has existed for the few years past.
Our eyes have at last seen the desire of our hearts in the
erection of a neat &, we hope, substantial church edifice, in
which we have been worshiping for the last few weeks with much
comfort, &, we trust, not without grateful remembrance of the
powers & love that have carried us thus far through the struggle
of so many years.
The house is, however, not yet finished - floor & seats are
still wanting. It is provided with mats & settees so as to be
comfortable for a time, while we proceed to make efforts for its
completion. We also have the satisfaction to know that it is
paid for as far as it is finished & that we have over three hun
dred dollars still in hand towards finishing the remaining de
sideratum of a floor & permanent seats. This is a small part,
indeed, of what will be required, yet we have reason to believe
that He who has thus far furnished us aid beyond our most san
guine expectations, will still provide.
The religious state of the church & people is much as it has
been in former years & needs no detailed report. The attendance
on public worship & the Sabbath school has somewhat increased
of late [ .]
Mormonism made considerable stir among the people in the
early part of the year, but as it loses the prestige of novelty,
its influence wanes, & many of its followers have left their
ranks.
G. B. Rowell
�Statistics of Church
Waimea
Kauai
Whole number on profession
"
"
by certificate
Past year on profession
"
" by certificate
Whole number past year
Whole no. dismissed to other churches
Dismissed past year
Whole no. deceased
Died past year
Suspended past year
Remain Suspended
Excommunicated past year
Whole no. excom.
Remain
"
Whole no in regular standing
"
" children baptized
Baptized past year
Marriages
"
"
Ap 1st 1854
G. B. Rowell
663
97
00
3
3
96
5
160
3
000
[
No figure]
000
44
[
N
o figure]
485
263
3
42
�Report of Station, Waimea Kauai Ap. 1855.
Owing to his relief from the care & labors of church building,
the pastor has been able to spend more of his time at the outstations during the year past, than for several previous years.
He has been twice to Niihau, spending a week at each time, & his
weekly alternate trips to the Eastern & Western portions of the
field have been continued through the year with but few failures.
No very uncommon events of good or evil have occurred in the
field during the year. The state of morality & attendance on re
ligious ordinances has been as in former years.
I am not aware that Romanism & Mormonism have made any advance
in the year past. The latter certainly has made a rapid stride
backwards. Indeed it wd seem almost extinct, but for an occasional
communion service, when some of its former followers rally for a
taste of the bread & the wine. The priests from Salt Lake,
having no disciples at Waimea of sufficient means or good will
to give them comfortable board & lodging, seldom make their ap
pearance there.
The contributions of the people of the whole district includ
ing Niihau, for benevolent purposes during the year was $462.55.
Geo. B. Rowell
�Statistics of church in Waimea Kauai, for the year
ending Mar 51st 1 8 5 5 . _________________
Whole No on Profession of Faith
______ ______ _
"
" by Certificate
Past year by examination
"
"
" certificate
Whole No past year
"
" Dismissed to other churches
"
past year
Whole No Deceased
"
past year
Suspended past year
Excomd
"
"
Whole No. Excomd past year
"
"
in regular standing
"
"
children baptised
"
past year
Marriages
"
"
719
109
56
12
68
97
1
172
6
14
7
58
532
283
26
26
�Statistics of the Church at Waimea Kauai
for the year ending April 1st 1856
Whole No on profession
"
" " certificate
Past year on profession
"
"
" certificate
Whole No past year
"
" dismissd to other chh.
"
past year
Whole No died
past year
Suspended
"
"
Excommunicated "
"
Whole No in reg. standing
"
" children baptised
"
past year
Marriages
"
"
[G. B. Rowell]
754
106
90
5
95
105
7
194
12
2
22
550
305
23
23
�Waimea
Kauai
Pastor’s report for year ending
March 31st 1858.
Pastor’s health has been good & his labors uninterrupted dur
ing the year.
There has been no special revival of religion-, but the attend
ance on public worship has been as good as in previous years.
Mormonism is defunct & Popery remains the same as in previous
years.
We have had a floor laid in our house of worship, & the seats
are in process of building.
The benevolent contributions of the people were as follows.
Aid to Pastor
Monthly Concert
$113.00
71.75
Total
$184.75
The people of Niihau have also raised 40 or 50 dollars for
the purchase of a bell.
[G. B. Rowell]
�Church Statistics
Waimea
Kauai
Whole no by profession
"
"
" certificate
Past year " profession
"
"
" certificate
Total past year
Whole no. dismissed
"
past year
Total deceased
past year
Excluded past year
Now in regular Standing
Total children baptised
"
past year
Marriages
"
"
Cash Contributions of people
[Rev. G. B. Rowell]
[1859]
921
129
25
2
27
108
1
264
21
20
604
364
18
20
$317.
�Report Waimea Station Kauai May 1861
The past year has not been an eventful one of pastoral labor
at Waimea, to outward appearance. My labors have been as unin
terrupted as usual. My congregations have been hardly so large
as in former years. The fever of horse racing & other games has
so raged a large part of the year, as to absorb all the thought
& time of the irreligious & the young & destroy in a great measure
their inclination to attend religious meetings.
If a large number of admissions to a church prove prosperity
& many defections prove disaster, then the church at Waimea has
not been prosperous during the year, but the contrary. The de
fections however do not so much belong to the past year as to
previous years. They consist of those who were received too
hastily to the church in former years & have been proving from
year to year that they "have no root" in them, & have therefore
finally been cut off. So large a number of proved hypocrites has
rendered me fearful of admitting new members, so that the list
of received members is very small. There are numbers of candi
dates in my field who would probably have been received to the
church before this had not my confidence in the sincerity of
their professions been much shaken by the proved falsity of so
many others.
Popery remains stationary as in former years.
Three or four Mormon priests came from Lanai & spent a few
weeks in my feild ( !) during which time they succeeded in in
ducing a half dozen or so to be baptised by them. I think they
submitted to the operation more for amusement than because they
have any interest or belief in Mormonism.
The exegetical assignment given me last year was the same as
that given me three years since, which was duly performed & read
before the Association in 1859
G. B. Rowell
�Church Statistics
(1861)
Whole No on Profession
"
" " Certificate
Year past on Profession
"
"
" Certificate
Total past year
Whole No Dismissed
"
past year
Total Deceased
"
past year
Excluded
"
"
941
133
2
3
5
114
Now in reg Standing
Total Children Baptised
"
Marriages
about
385
Contributions
308
16
about
past year
"
"
about
1
40
450
8
20
175.00
�Report
[Waimea Kauai ]
[1862 ? ]
The pastoral labors of the district have been as little in
terrupted by sickness the past year as in former years. The
large amount of time, however, which I have felt obliged to give
to my revisory labor, has prevented much pastoral labor which
I should have been glad to perform. How much the interests of
religion in my field have suffered in consequence, cannot be
told now, perhaps none; still I have felt the need through the
year, of a good faithful assistant, the church at Waimea being
poorly furnished with members of sufficient piety & intelligence
to qualify them to be guides of the flock.
All the regular stated meetings, however, both at the station
& the out stations, have been kept up through the year. Having
said this my report of pastoral labor closes. I will not venture
to report the results of preaching, lest I be guilty of giving
mere conjecture instead of fact. I will hope, however, that the
final day will disclose some good effected by the blessing of God
on the labors of the year.
One of the causes which has diminished the Sabbath congre
gations is the practice by the lovers of pleasure, of devoting
Saturday to horse racing & other amusements. They gather by
hundreds from the districts of Koloa & Waimea, men women & chil
dren, & spend the whole day in racing, betting, trading & all
sorts of frolicking, Sc return home, many of them late at night,
& wake Sabbath morning weary in body & dissipated in mind, &
wholly indisposed to direct their feet or thoughts towards a place
of worship.
I am not aware that either Romanism or Mormonism has made
any progress in my field during the year. Indeed the latter
has scarcely an existence. A few months since some Mormon em
issaries from Lanai or Maui came & succeeded in getting into the
water two or three excluded church members & three or four
"silly women" & boys "laden with sins", but after they had left,
their new converts were no more Mormons than they had always been
My report on revision can be made in a single sentence, viz:
That I have completed the revision of the Gospels of Mark, Luke
& John, - of the Acts & two or three chapters of Romans, on the
same plan & principles as governed that of Matthew, as stated in
my report of last year.
G. B. Rowell
�Church Statistics
Waimea Kauai Ap 1, 1862.
Whole No on Profession
"
" " Certificate
Past year " Profession
"
"
" Certificate
"
"
Total_____________________ 28
Dismissed, Whole No
"
Past Year
Deceased, Total ____________________
"
Past Year
Excluded
"
"
In Regular Standing
about
Children Baptized, Total
"
"
Past Year
Marriages
"
"
Benevolent Contributions in
Cash during 1861, about
963
139
22
6
116
2
323
15
22
430
391
6
15
$110.
�Report of Waimea Station
Kauai.
[1863]
The past year at Waimea has been one of apparent spiritual
dearth. If grace has distilled it has not manifested itself in
any general rousing of professing Christians from their spiritual
torpor, or of non professors to an anxiety for their eternal well
being. There has been no special outburst of iniquity, either
within the church or out of it; only a general indifference to
religious things, and worldliness in its usual amount and forms.
A result of this general indifference is a diminished attendance
on public worship; and so far as it is an indication of a dimin
ished estimate set by the people on a mere factitious connection
with the church of Christ, it is not to be regretted, as it bears
promise for the future that if God shall again pour out his
Spirit, which in infinite kindness may he speedily do, the result
must be a piety of less fitful cast, more constant and living than
has hitherto characterised the church.
Even now I seem to see in the church the line of demarkation
between the living and the dead becoming more and more distinct
and better defined. Those who give promise of enduring to the
end seem to be settling into a more uniform and steady practice
of Christian precepts, and show less liability to be drawn aside
by any sudden impulse of temptation or of erroneous teaching, while those who have had only a "name that the lived", are becom
ing more and more indifferent even to that, and less solicitous
to retain any standing in the church.
Pastoral labor in my field has been substantially the same
as in previous years, except that my usual Spring visit to Niihau has this year failed, through my inability to procure means
of crossing the channel at the appointed time.
My voice for public discourse gave way entirely in December
last, but brother Bicknell who was on the island, consented to
occupy my desk, and gave my voice rest for about two months, since
which time I have preached as usual, and without serious incon
venience. Still, the chronic character of this weakness compels
me to a serious consideration of the question whether the trial
of a different climate for a few months, or of a sea voyage, may
not prolong my missionary labors for years.
I am not aware that Popery has made any progress in the field
for the year past. For several years there have been none but
protestant schools in the district. The papal adherents of former
years still remain so with no recent accessions that I know of.
Mormonism, which had nearly died out years since, has in the
last two or three months made another spasmodic struggle for
existence. Mormon emissaries from the windward islands have been
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through the field proclaiming speedy destruction to all who do
not join them, have get ( !) them a church built at Hanapepe
the Eastern limit of our field, and by getting up feasts, hulas,
and other fooleries, have succeeded in gathering considerable
companies of people from all parts of the island, mostly young
men and women of the viler sort, and have made quite a show of
returning life. I do not anticipate, however, any permanency
to the movement. Pew have joined them, if any, of those who have
been in the habit of attending on our preaching.
June 1863
G. B. Rowell
Pastor
Statistics of the church at Waimea Kauai
Total Received on Profession
______
”
"
by Certificate
"
past year
Total Dismissed
_______
n Deceased
about
In nominal standing
about
In tolerably good standing
about
Children Baptised
"
"
past year
Marriages
"
"
about
Contributions
about
$100.
963
139
000
59
340
400
200
395
4
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�C O P Y
R E P O R T
OF WAIMEA CHURCH
JUNE 1st, 1866.
Since June last the Church of Waimea has been involved
in a series of law suits.
In the first place we were distur
bed in our meetings.
Certain persons, not having the fear of
God before their eyes, would enter the Church and ring the bell
while we were engaged in worship.
We endured the annoyance
for a while, but at last the Lunas complained of this bell ring
er to the magistrate & he imposed a fine on the offender.
He
appealed to the Circuit Judge, but did not escape a had to
pay a fine and cost of court.
Since this we hav e not been
disturbed in our public worship.
Sometime after this an attempt was made to exclude us
entirely from the Meeting House.
While our Ecclesiastical
Association was holding it annual meeting at Waioli, the party
at Waimea in favor of Mr. Rowell proceed to bar the doors of
the Church; and to make their work sure they stationed a guard
who kept watch night and day. The Trustees then appealed
to the Circuit Judge complaining that they had b een deprived
of their rights in being shut out of the Church On hearing
the case the Judge decided, that no just cause had been shown
for closing the building; and ordered it to be opened.
V ery
reluctantly the doors were opened by those who had closed
them.
The next morning certain Church members went into the
house and quietly held a prayer meeting.
For doing this they
were prosecuted as trespassers and damages claimed to the
amount of $12.00 —
This case was tried before Judge McBryde
at Waimea in D e c. last and decided in our favor; but from this
decision an appeal was taken to the Supreme Court at Honolulu.
It was tried at the April term & before a full bench of Judges
viz. Chief Justice Al len, & Associate Judges Robertson &
Davis.
It was contended by the prosecutors that the Waimea
Church was an Independent Church, that they being the majority
had a right to elect the trustees and to control the property:
That in pursuance of this right they, the prosecutors had been
chosen trustees to the Waimea Church & had a right to its con
trol. -On the other hand the Defendants maintained that the
Waimea Church held their property under a Charter from the
Hawaiian Government, - that by the express terms of said Charter
"the male members of the Church in regular standing" had a right
to elect trustees and to depose them at will, -- & that the
trustees so elected were custodians of the Church property, They maintained that those members who adhered to the former
pastor after he had for his immorality been deposed from the
Ministry, and had engaged with him in irregular & disorderly
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C O P Y
Report of Waimea Church
June 1st, 1866
-
Continued.
practices were hot in regular standing, - that the Church,
at a meeting duly notified, had passed an Act of Censure on
them in due form.
That this act of the Waimea Church was right & in
conformity to the usages of the Churches was shown from the
fact that it had been substantial approved by the Island
Association, and by the H.E. Association at its Annual Meeting
at Honolulu.
The Defendants contended that the party at
Waimea who adhered to Mr. R - were hihia or under censure &
their election of trustees was null & void, - that the
legal trustees were those chosen by the members in good &
regular standing - that is by the party who stand by the Church
as planted by M r . Whitney, and that the defendants themselves
or at least several of them were the trustees according to
the terms of the Charter.
The trial occupied three full days & excited much in
terest amongst the friends of Mission at Honolulu.
The de
cision has not yet been given.
In the meantime both parties at Waimea continue to
hold meetings in the Church but at different hours. —
The Waimea Church has not yet been successful in ob
taining a permanent pastor.
They gave a call to R e v . M .
Kuaea which was not accepted.
They subsequently "called"
Rev. J.P.Pogue which also was declined.
They greatly need a
good & judioous pastor to reside permanently with them, to
counsel & advise & to break unto them the bread of life.
At
the last meeting of the Island Association I was appointed a
Committee to write to the Secretaries of the A.B.C.F.M. at
Boston and to represent to them wants of the Waimea Church and
to urge the importance of send, out a man especially for that
post. —
I have already written D o ct.Anderson, and any ac
tion which may* taken by the Central Association on this case
will doubtless have much weight with the Committee in Boston. I have visit Waimea during the year as often as I could.
The attendance on the meetings is nearly as large as it was a
year ago.
There are usually from 80 to 90 persons present
Sabbath morning, but a less number in the afternoon.
At the
Communion the attendance is much larger.
Many of the members
are decided, earnest prayful Christians - others take a lower
rank - and a few have been perverted to the Rowell party. —
&
S.V. N aumu, a
graduate from the Wailuku
Theological Seminary, and a licentiate of the Ecclesiastical
Association of Kauai, has been laboring for about one year at
Hanapepe.
It is in some respects a hard field.
The people
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C O P Y
Report of Waimea Church
June 1st, 1866
-
Continues.
of that valley have long been noted for their devotion to
the Hula,
to
Awa drinking & such like practices.
N auma seems to have sustained himself well - & to have been
very useful.
He is supported by the Hawaiian Board.
Twice
during the year I have visited Hanapepe & administered the
Communion to about 25 or 30 communicate.
D . S . Kupahu, another young man from the Wailua
Seminary has been laborious at N iihau.
The people there
wish to have him ordained, and our Eccl. Association appoint
ed a Committee some time ago to visit N iihau for that purpose.
But circumstances beyond their control have prevented the Com
mittee from do. so until the present time.
Probably in the
month of July next they will be able to fulfil the duties of
the Appointment. —
(Signed)
J. W. SMITH
Acting
Pastor
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