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FRIEND
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HONOLULU,
1864.
Put down the Rebellion
Loss ot the Schooner Emms Rooke
The Polynesian Language
Missionary Voyage to Marquesas
Funeral of the Late King Kamehanieka IV
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THE FRIEND.
FEBRUARY
5, 1804.
Put Down the Rebellion.
There is a little island among the thousand islands of Micronesia, called Ponape or
Ascension. It is as far to the westward of
the Sandwich Islands, as the Sandwich Islands are westward of California. There
is one, and only one missionary upon it, and
he has been there about twelve years, living
very much isolated and alone. In more points
than one, his situation resembles Alexander
Selkirk, on the Island of Juan Fernandez:
I think of my native land" When
In a moment I seem to be there."
Although he is as far as possible for him
his heart of loyalty
beats strong in the hour of her peril. We
copy the following paragraphs from a letter
recently received from him. Although it is
dated nearly a year ago, yet it has just been
received, so uncertain and indirect are our
means of communication. This came via
Shanghae, China.
"From the few war papers I get, I think
it must be dark on the other side, (». c. in
America.) How can this mission or any
other be kept going long, if that awful rebellion at home continues ? Much as I love
Micronesia and the missionary work, my
voice is to carry on the war, put down the
rebellion, if to do so every missionary must
be recalled, and if every cent of money must
go to feed and clothe the soldiers ! I believe
in peace and good will to all men, but believing as I do, that neither will come to America, or to this world, till that rebellion and
with it slavery is put down, I must confess to
a good deal of interest in the war news. It
is not alone as an American, that I feel this
interest and anxiety, it is that I am a citizen
ot the higher kingdom, put into the greatest
danger by the madness of Christ's enemies.
to go from America, yet
M.21.
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CONTENTS
February,
.(DttSmts,
FEBRUARY 5, 1864.
I have long felt that slavery and American
The Polynesian Language:
slave-holders were much more in the way of
Its Origin and Connections.
this world's conversion, than heathenism and
[Con.olu.decl.)
the heathens. Once get the former out of the
way, and missionaries everywhere will work Gnueein'a Work on the Polyaeslao Langamsre.
with lighter hearts."
We cannot pass over the masterly treatise
Key. A. A. Sturges, of Ascension.
of M. Gaussin, of the French navy, on the
"
dialect of Tahiti and the Marquesas, and
Card.—The seamen lately belonging to the Polynesian language in general," pubthe Asterion, wrecked upon Baker's Island, lished in Paris in 1853, a work to which
wish to testify in a public manner, their ap- was awarded the linguistic prize founded by
preciation of the kindness extended towards Volney. Although he added but few tacts
them, by Mr. John Colcord, now residing to those collected by Hale, he has thrown
much light on the philosophy of the lanon that island.
guage, nnd seems to have penetrated more
Los of theSchooner Emma Rooke.
deeply than almost any other writer into
modes of thinking and expresPolynesian
The long absetioe of this schooner on her last trip to
sion. His chief object seems to have been
Hilo, began to excite fears for her safetj some ten
days ago. On Saturday the JVeltie Merrill brought to prove Irom internal evidence the great
an empty sugar keg supposed to have come from antiquity and the primitive character of the
the E. R. and a block known as bavfng belonged to Polynesian language. He shows that most
her, which bad been picked up on Lanai, having of its words
express sensations or images,
floated ashore. These evidences inoreased the conviction that some mishap had befallen her. On while abstract terms are generally wanting.
Wednesday, the Manuokawai arrived from Hawaii, He demonstrates the primitive character of
bringing intelligence that the Emma Kooke went the grammar, in which, as Humboldt had
ashore at Kohala Point, on Tuesday, January 19, observed, it approaches nearest to the Chiand was a total loss. She left Hilo on tbe 18th, in
charge of Capt. Wm. Berrill, with a cargo con- nese in simplicity, and proves that some of
sisting mainly of 680 kegs of sugar and 80 barrels the formative particles have scarcely yet lost
of molasses belonging to the Kaiwiki plantation, and their character of independent words.
He
a large number of natives. She anohored at Kohala, has
thus done good service in combating
and was getting under way for Kawaihae and Honois but the
lulu, when she ran ashore, her bow striking fast, Bopp's theory that the Polynesian
and in a short time the vessel became a complete degraded remains of a once highly organized
wreck. The passengers were all safely landed with language like the Snnscrit. On the contratheir baggage and a considerable amount of specie ry, having been early cut off from the rest
belonging to the government. Among the foreign of the human family, without metals or
passengers were Capt. J. Worth and Mrs. Johnstone.
The Emma Rooke cost $12,000, and was owned, beasts of burden, and deprived of nearly all
one-half by Mr. J. C. King, tberemainder by Messrs. the materials and incentives which develop
W. h. Qreen and Capt. Molteno. Mr. King's inter- civilization, they have remained nearly staest is insured for $6,000. The oargo was valued tionary and their language is still in its
at about $6,000, tbe loss of whiob will fall mostly
on the Kaiwiki plantation, as only five kegs of sugar childhood as regards its degree of develope-
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and thirty barrels of molasses were saved. Although meni.
the loss of property is heavy, yet it is a matter for Other Diailnguishrd Writer* oat I'olyarasasm
laaagsmCM),
congratulation that no lives were lost. Tbe Emma
Rooke was a very superior vessel, built for Capt.
Few,
are doing as much to throw
if
any,
New
about
five
London,
years
Chad wick by Miller of
on this subject as the acute and indeago, and by him brought out around Cape Horn. light
fatigable J. K. Logan, of Singapore, editor
our
trade,
ooasting
She was built expressly for
for which she was admirably adapted, and was the of the Journal of the East Indian Archibest schooner we have ever had here. She cost orig- pelago," whose knowledge of this family of
inally $16,000 and her less at this time will be seri- languages is
probably more extensive and
ously felt.—P. C. Advertiser.
"
than that of any other person living.
I shall give some of his views hereafter.
M. Dulaurier, professor of living Oriental
languages at Paris, has devoted much study
to the acquisition of a profound knowledge
of Polynesian idioms. His articles have appeared in the journal Asiatiaur. The same
accurate
Information Wanted!
Respecting Albert Stout rTatkine, beloofiaf to Schuyler
Co., N. V., supposed to be attached to some vessel Iq the Paclfle. He left home In 1867. This Information Is sought by
Charles McCllntlc, U.S. Hospital, Honolulu,and Morgan Stout,
Please communicate with the Kdltor of
sohuyler Co., N. Y.
the Friend.
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forms.: Caroline, Pelew, and Ladrone or Marian IsThe Hawaiians, Marquesans, and Tahitians lands. This region has until lately been alform a closely related group by themselves, i most a terra incognita to the ethnologist.
For exarbple, the Marquesan converts are Here, us is in many other parts of the world,
using Hawaiian books, and the people of the j the pioneers of this science have been mishis
distinguished
by
ofmodernphilologists,
sionaries, to whom, as a class, Prof. Dc Vere
researches in the Mantchoo and kindred lan- Austral islands read the Tahitian Bible.
a
scientific
of
view
the
in
point
attention
for
many
Although,
devoted
his
! says, the science of language " is more largeguages, has
at-' ly indebted than to any other body of men."
years to this group of languages, and has Hawaiian may seem to be one of the mostf;tinBut the materials which they have collected in
published works on the Dyak and the Papu- tenuated and degenerate dialects of this
ily, we believe it to be practically one of the j the shape of translationsand unpublished dican dialects.
Thus we have seen that these despised most copious and expressive, as well as tionaries, and which would be highly prized by
dialects have been made the subject of pro- the richest in native traditional history and scientific men in Europe, have not yet been
found study by some of the greatest minds poetry. To judge merely by the different analyzed and the results given to the world.
Still the brief notices which they have pubof this century, and that they will help to translations of the Bible, it is far more copi-1
(he lished, and the slight examination which the
throw light on the most important problems ous than the South Sea dialects. Thus
of the science of language. As the philo- New Zealand Testament contains morethau ! writer has been able to make, show unmissophic botanist considers the lowly moss and twice as many " manufactured words"as the takably that the Micronesians belong to the
homely lichen as important as the rose-bud Hawaiian, and the same is true of the Ta-1 the same division of the human family with
and the oak, so to the mind of a true schol- hitian translation. For example, the latter the Malays and Polynesians. In respect to
ar, the humblest dialects, the most child-like uses for kingdom the Greek word basileia, for their grammar, these dialects are much
traditions, are yet the product of man's di- which the Hawaiian has aupuni; for wilder- nearer to the East Indian languages than the
vinely organized mind and bear the impress ness it has the Hebrew medebara, the Ha- Polynesian. They agree with the Malay
waiian waonuhele; for idol the English idolo, and other western languages and differ from
of their birth-place in every feature.
the
Hawaiian kii, for which the Tahitian cer- Polynesian in placing the subject before the
I will now attempt to give a very brief
has the word tit,' to say nothing of verb, and in the use of suffix pronouns. I
tainly
results
thus
of
the
most
important
summary
such
words as paieti for piety, have noticed in them several Malay and
extraordinary
first
review
the
far obtained, in which I will
Madagascar words which are wanting in Poand
for
Z.
repent.
ripeneta
N.
principal branches of the Oceanic stock, and The
and Tongan languages have lynesian, such as the Ebon and Bona be munSamoan
relations
to
probable
then touch upon their
probably been modified, by a later importa- ga, to eat, Javanese mangan; tano, used in
the continent of Asia.
tion from the East Indies. They contain the Kingsmill and Ladrone Islands for earth,
The languages of the Oceanic region may several
Malay words which are wanting in Malagasy tany, Malay tana; ran, the Kingsbe divided into six groups, Ist the Polyne- the eastern
dialects. The Tongan in partic- mill word for water, Malagasy rano: lojit.
sian, 2d the Micronesian, 3d the Melanesian ular has several Feejee traits not found else- Ebon for sea, Malay laiit, Javanese lot, &c.
or Papuan, 4th Australian, sth Malaysian, where in Polynesia.
Again, of the pronouns, the two plurals of the
and 6th Malagasy.
The
or Viti seems to form the transi- first person in Malay are kita and kami, in
Feejee
in Bonnbe kita and Litma. It must not howI. Polynralo.
tion between Polynesian and Papuan, where ever
be inferred that they contain more Malay
above,
has
been
seen
is,
as
The Polynesian
the two streams ofcolonization met and minan extremely ancient and primitive member gled. The principles of its grnmmar and one words than the Polynesian, for the contrary is
of the great Malay family. It has already fifth of its words are Polynesian. Among the the fact. The Micronesian nga, I, and the
been observed that the introduction of San- remaining four-fifths are several pure Malay plural sign raseem to be Papuan or Australian.
scrit words into the Javanese and Malay words, such as vula, the moon, lako, to go, The language of the Ladrone Islands resemmust have been centuries before the Chris- masima, salt, &c., while many of its peculiar bles both the Malay and Polynesian far more
tian era, and that the separation between the words are also found in the Kingsmill group, closely*than do those of the Caroline or Mardifferent branches of the Malay family must and some, c. g. dra, blood, kana, to eat, tina, shall Islands, yet out of a list of fifty words
have taken place at a still earlier period. It mother, can even be traced into Micronesia. common to Ebon and Bonabe, which Mr.
has also been seen that the internal structure The Kingsmill group, as far as its language Doane gave in his valuable article, published
of the Polynesian language indicates its high is concerned, has a closer connection with in the Friend, February, 1860, eleven words
antiquity. It was the belief of Wm. Hum- Polynesia than Micronesia, though consider- are evidently Polynesian. Mr. Logan, whose
boldt that the Polynesians exhibit the origin- ably modified by mixture with the latter as materials were very scanty, said that the
al state of civilization of the Malay race, well as with the black race. Together with the Micronesian " vocabularies are very archaic,
when they first settled in the Indian Archi- Feejee and Rotuman it retains some charac- and retain not only Indonesian but also
pelago, and before they had been changed by teristics of Eastern Malaysia, particularly of many Continental words, which are wanting
foreign influence. The unity of the Poly- Aru-Sambawa, and even some traces of Aus- in other Oceanic languages."
With great unity in their grammatical
nesian dialects is still an astonishing fact. tralian. The native traditions show that
Tribes like the Hawaiians and New Zea- they are a mixed race sprung from Samoan structure and phonology, they differ widely
in their vocabulary, especially in the numerlanders, separated from each other by one and Micronesian colonists.
als. We cannot speak of the Micronesian
fourth of the circumference of the globe in
the
Polynesia
At the S. E. extremity of
language as we can of the Polynesian. The
space, and thousands of years in time, speak
presents dialect of Strong's Island,
dialects of one language, and have the same Pa'umotu or DangeroustheArchipelago,
particular, is
philologist. While very peculiar and has but fewin words
customs and mythology. The laws of eu- a curious problem,for
in comgrammar and most of the vocabulary is mon with the neighboring languages.
phony in the several dialects, which regulate the
large
a
number
Tahitian,
the
numerals
and
the changes of consonants are so fixed and
The inference which some have drawn from
words are utterly unlike the
uniform, that a New Zealand or Samoan of the most common
personal appearance of the Marshall Islanguage with which landers,
word being given, we can generally tell with every other Oceanic although
that they are connected with the Jafinds
Logan
panese, is not sustained by the evidence of
certainty what its form will be in each of the we are acquainted,
as Indonesian
language, however plausible it may be
other dialects. The conclusion that the many of them " recognizable
canoes and some on
course of migration in the Pacific was from or Indian words." Their
other grounds. The Japanese is an agof
the
Micronesian
west to east might be deduced from an ex- of their manufactures are
polysyllabic language, and is englutinative,
nothing in their lan- tirely different in its structure both from Chiamination of the comparative grammar and pattern, though I findthat direction.
nese and Micronesian. The latest and best
vocabularies of the different dialects. We guage that points in
11. Mioroneialn.
find in those of the western groups many
authorities regard the Japanese, Corean.Kuforms which are entirely wanting in the eastThe term Micronesia is applied to that rile and Kodiak languages, as forming a class
ern dialects, while others which are complete long range of littlo groups or strips of coral by themselves, intermediate between the Ugin the former are found in the latter defective rock, which are scattered over the Pacific, rian and North American language*. Conor perverted from what was evidently their north of the Equator and east of the Philip- trary to our expectation the Micronesian diaoriginal meaning.
pines, including the Radack and Ralick lects show no affinity to those of the Phirh» New Zealand dialect, on the whole, chains, the Kingsmill or Gilbert Islands, tbe lippines, and are most closely allied with
its he most primitive and entire in its
may be said of Mr. Norris, Secretary of the
Royal Astatic Society of Great Britain, so
highly distinguished as an ethnologi*.. Yon
der Crsbelentz, wh9 stands in the front rank
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vanese are best known; East Malaysian, represented by the Bughis and Liefi; and the
Nprth Malaysian, including the Philtppinr
and Formosan languages, of which the Tagala
is the most important. While the other Mayet to be determined.
languages are more corrupted by forlaysian
Melanesia.
111.
this last has developed its peThis name was first given by French writ- eign influence,
and
culiar
original
genius independently and
a
by
inhabited
ica,
to
of
Ocean
ers that part
It
not
hair,
consistently.
only has close relations
or
frizzled
darkskinned race with woolly
called Papuans or Pelagian Negroes, and in- to the other Malaysian languages, but possescludes New Guinea and the small islands ad- ses several remarkahle Polynesian truits,
jacent to it on the west, and New Britain, which arc not fouud in the rest. On the
New Ireland, the Solomon Islands, New whole, however, itis the East Malaysian lanHebrides and Loyalty group on the east, be- guages, those ot the Moluccas, that approach
to the Polynesian.
These islands
sides Tasmania or "Van Diemen s Land. nearest
then
be
considered
the
probable
starting
may
the
morally
Papuans
Both physically and
are very different from the Polynesians, and point of the ancient Polynesian emigrants.
VI. MndaAvaNCisr.
at first sight their languages appear to be toOn the language of Madagascar I shall
tally distinct. They are in a wretched state
of barbarism, split up into numerous petty add but a few words. No one can look at
tribes, which speak different dialects and are the portraits of the Hovah chiefs, in Ellis'
constantly at war with each other. On an book, without being struck by their Polyneaverage one dialect is intelligible to not more sian expression. Some of them would almost
than 5000 persons. Hence the Rev. John pass for Hawaiians. The Malagasy in its
Inglis proposed to call this region Polyglottia grammatical structure approaches nearest to
Yon Gabelentz, the Tagala, but it contains several Polynesian
or the Polyglot Islands.
who has recently published a work on the words, which are wanting in the intervening
subject, after careful investigation has comn Malay languages. A comparison of the
to the conclusion that these languages Malagasy with tho South African languages,
• though disintegrated and apparently sepa- shows that it belongs to an entirely distinct
rated from each other by reason of the bar- class, with few if any points of contact.
barism and isolation of the tribes, do yet be- How or when the Hovahs emigrated to Madlong to one stock." He is also of opinion agascar is still a profound mystery. Taking
that both in roots and in many grammatical then a general view of this great family ol lanpeculiarities there are remarkable resemblan- guages, it has been seen that the Polynesian
ces between the Polynesian and Melanesian, is the most primitive and least developed
so that the hypothesis of their common origin member of the family, and nearest to the
is a highly probable one. It is very doubt simplicity of Chinese, while the Tagala of
ful, however, whether they ought to be ad- Luzon is the most highly developed and committed into the same class, and 1 think we plex in structure.
They formed, no
those of the Moluccas.
doubt, a much later migration than the Polynesians, and have been more or less modified
by Papuan influence, but to what extent is
may safely say that they have not branched
off from the Malayo-Polynesian stock since
its entrance into the Archipelago.
If, as is generally supposed, the black race
were the first settlers in the Pacific, the wave
of immigration which peopled Polynesia must
have swept around them to the north, and at
a later period the Micronesians may have
moved in and closed up the rear.
IV.
Australia.
The Australian race unite to the dusky hue
and features of the African, the fine straight
hair of the European. Their languages are
highly complex and agglutinative, and more
like those of the North American Indians
than any others with which we are acquainted. All the particles of time, mood, direction and other relations are postfixed to the
verb. These languages have great facility
in composition. No other Oceanic language
can show compounds like bumalalimambUngariawagorri. They are undoubtedly radically distinct from the Malayo-Polynesian
languages, but have left some traces of former
contact on the dialects of the small islands
near New Guinea on the west. Strange as
it may appear they present some striking analogies, especially in the pronouns, to the
Tamulian dialects of Southern India, as
has been shown by Mr. Norris.
T. Malarsla.
The Malay Archipelago in its diversity of
languages presents a striking contrast to the
uniformity of Polynesia. Yet these idioms
can be classified in three great groups, the
West Malayan, of which the Malay and Ja-
Asiatic Origin of she I'oli nraiim Rsscr.
We now come to a still more difficult subject, viz., the connection of this race and language with the continent of Asia. Here all
history and tradition fail us, and remote
analogies of language are our only guide
through the profound darkness, which conceals the early history of mankind. No man
can pretend to speak with confidence on this
question, still we can briefly indicate the direction in which the foremost explorers of
ethnology are leading us.
First, it is necessary to observe that the
languages of Asia and Europe are naturally
divided by their grammatical structure into
three classes, which probably are at the same
time so many successive stages of grammatThe first is called the
monosyllabic or tonic class, in which there is
nothing like what we call grammar, including the Chinese, " that great monument of
inorganic structure," and the languages of
Cochin China und Farther India. The second class are called agglutinative or Turanian languages, and are distinguished by the
merely mechanical union of their particles,
which are, as it were, glued to the root, instead of growing out of it, and are still felt
by the speaker as distinct elements. This
includes all the American, Siberian, and
Tartaric languages besides those of Thibet
and Southern India. In the third and most
advanced class, called inflected languages,
the root and formative particles have been
fused into a living, organic unity, as in the
Indo-European and Semitic families, of
ical
which the Greek is the moat perfect
11
type.
Now the Malay family occupies an hurrible
position in the second class, though they still
form a decided contrast with their nearest
neighbors, the monosyllabic languages of
Farther India. Secondly, let us again observe
that even from historical records it is certain
that the present occupants of Farther India
are not the original settlers, but have for centuries been moving southward from China,
absorbing or driving out the aborigines.
A somewhat similar change took place in
the peninsula of Hindostan, into which the
Arians or Sanscrit-speaking race descended
from the northwest between 2000 and 1500
B. C, and subdued the original Turanian
inhabitants, on whom they imposed their religion, their system of caste, and to some extent their language.
The original inhabitants of India are divided into'the Tamil
race in the south, and the Bhotiya race in
the north, who are allied to the Thibetans.
These last still preserve their original language and customs in the valleys of the
Ganges and Brahmaputra, and under the
shadows of the Himmaleh Mountains. They
are represented in Burmah by numerous aboriginal tribes, of whom the best known are
the Karens, who have attracted so much interest by the simple and faithful spirit in
which they have received Christianity.
Mr. Hodgson, the highest living authority
on the spoken languages of India, and J. K.
Logan of Singapore, have discovered remarkable, and, as they think, conclusive analogies
between the languages and customs of the
Bhotiya race and those of Southeastern
Malaysia and Polynesia.
According to their view, the primeval history of Southeastern Asia was somewhat as
follows: In the first period, say 2000 B. C,
we should have found Southern Hindostan
together with the lower peninsula of Farther
India, and the Archipelago occupied by black
races, while Thibeto-Indian tribes occupied
the basin of the Ganges, and spread through
Burmah and along the coast of Farther India.
The advance first of the Arian race into Hindostan, and subsequently of the Chinese
population into Farther India, caused a general southeastern movement of that part oi the
Turanian nice into the Archipelogo. The
black aborigines were driven into the interior
of some of the islands and peninsulas, and
entirely expelled from others. The fact that
they retained New Guinea and the neighboring islands may be ascribed to their deadly
climate. Probably a still more ancient race
by had preceded these, and was driven
them from the genial islands of the West
Pacific to the boundless and dreary wilds of
Australia, where it sunk to the lowest stage
of barbarism.
The above hypothesis is rendered still
more plausible by tbe evidence of customs,
systems of relationship, and religious ideas,
on which I do not propose to dwell at pressent.
Thus all the lines of philological research seem to converge, and point to the
highlands of Southwestern Asia,as the cradle
of the human race.
When we remember that the science of
language is still in its infancy, and when we
consider the splendid triumphs which it has
already achieved, have we not reason to hope
that it may yet solve the great problem of
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FRIENDT,HBUARY 1864.
12
more all discords will melt into higher har- following tables is the one generally adopted
The consomonies, till at the last but one majestic tri- by missionaries in Polynesia.
chord or unison is heard as at the end of a nants are sounded as in English, and the
vowels as in Italian, except that u has been
sacred symphony."
D Auaii m
used in a few words to express the obscure
The system of orthography adopted in the sound of u in but."
the student of
tbe unity of mankind ? theBy
beautiful thought ,
language in a future age
of Msx Miiller iriay yet be realized, so ,that
to him the thousand languages of the earth
will b» like a chorus of innumerable voices
"
to which the more intensely he listens, the
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XHE FRIEND, FEBRUARY, 1861.
are more indus- sionary is located is seven hundred and
Marquesas tion, Kaukauin says:
" Theyhave
trious than other places,
built better eighty-five, and including the adjacent ral-
Islands; or Report
By
Rev. B. W. PARKER, Dolegme of the
HawaiianMissionary Society.
[Con.tinued.l
Taking the missionaries on board we sailed for the Island of
Illvaoa.
We were three days making the passage,
a distance of seventy miles, but the usual
southeast trade winds are almost directly
ahead. On this Island are four stations of
the Mission, three on the north and easterly
side, and one on the south side of the Island.
We first went to Hanamenu for Laioha.
This is not his station, but he had been stopping here with his family the last three
months. Here we found the Marquesan Honiae, who came to the Hawaiian Islands with
Mr. Bicknell, spent some time here, and
returned to the Marquesas Islands on the
Morning Star last year.
In the evening we had an examination of
the school here. There were eighteen scholars present. Three read in the Hawaiian
New Testament. After the examination we
had a meeting with those who assembled, to
the number of thirty.
I may here say, Honiae, the Marquesan,
is really the missionary, teaching and leading his countrymen in theright way. Kaukau, located ten miles from him, speaks of
him in high terms, of his character, and of
his labors. Under his example and influence,
some of the people in the Bay are turning
from their tabus, some are cultivating the
soil, after his example, so that want is unknown in the valley. Kaukau also says,
his life is blameless, free from the immoralities of the heathen around him, and thatall
who see him admire. Surely it is the Grace
of Christ that can so change a heathen.
houses, furnished themselves with more cloth-
ing and other articles of civilized life* They
fence their lands and cultivate the soil. I
have furnished them with seeds—we have
no famine in this valley."
The station of
Ilananhi
Is on Hiwaoa, and is occupied by Laioha
who went out in the Morning Star last year.
We did not touch at this station, having
found t\jfi missionary tit another place. He
reports twenty-two scholars in the school,
and about the same number attend meeting
on the Sabbath. There is one church member, a Chief, at the station. Laioha has been
but one year in the field.
Pusnaa.
At this station I spent part of a day on
shore, and attended an examination of the
school. There are twenty-eight scholars,
eight are readers, eight in spelling, twelve
in the alphabet and in words of two, three,
and four letters. From thirty to forty, and
sometimes more, attend meeting on the Sab-
bath.
In his report, Kekela says: " Sabbath services have been continued thelast
year without interruption. At the close of the fore-
noon service we have a Sabbath school, in
which we use the catechism, and the portions
of the Bible translated into the Marquesan
language. Two of our church members
have gone to the valley of Hooumi, on the
Island of Nukuhiva. They are teaching
the natives of that valley, and cultivating a
piece of land which the Chief gave for the
use of the mission, should one be established
there. I have visited them twice, and found
them doing well. The natives of the valley
are friendly and a few attend on their instruction.
"I have spent considerable time the last
year in visiting the other islands of the group.
" What hath God wrought ?
We next went to
1 have been twice to Fatuhiva, and met
witb the people of Oomoa and Hanawawe ;
Haaaiaaa.
This station is occupied by Kaukau. and have been twice to the Island of TahuaHere I staid but half an hour on shore. Of ta and met with the natives of Vaitahu, the
his station and of his work, the missionary station formerly occupied by Kaiwi. They
to I hem.
says, in his annual report, " There are many ask for another teacher to be sent
men,
and children. They have 1 have been three times to Uapou and Nukusouls that have been bought with a price. hiva in a whale-boat, made the tour of UaFor them the Son of God gave his life. My pou with Knuwealoha, meeting with the
work the past four years and a half, that I Chiefs and the common people on the differhave lived among them, has been to teach ent lands.
them to read and write, to instruct them in
" When at home I have usually spent a
the things of God, and to teach them the portion of each day jn manual labor cultivating the soil. I have done this in part to
way of life through Jesus Christ.
my family, and in part to induce the
to
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Owing
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natives
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cultivate their lands, that they
friendly
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has been a falling off in the attendance at may have food when the bread-fruit
school and meetings, the past year. For a and also supply some articles of produce to
time my only scholars were those whom ships. Some are induced to cultivate their
I employed to work. During the year 1862, lands, and say, it is better to work than to
my mission work has been the religious be idle."
Having taken Kekela on board, we left Putraining of those in my employ. Public
amau and sailed for
worship and instruction every Sabbath.
Araess,
"A part of my time has been spent in getThis station is occupied by Hapuku and
ting out and hewing timber for my dwellinghouse, in cultivating the soil, raising various wife, and is on the south side of the island.
productions of the earth. I have done this Here I spent nearly a whole day on shore,
to provide a dwelling for my family, and traveled up the valley, called at the houses,
provisions suitable, especially for my chil- and all seemed friendly, though this is called
dren, who could not live on food furnished the Taipii Valley of Hivaoa. The number
by the natives." Of the natives at the sta- of inhabitants in the valley where the mis-
lies, which he often visits, the population is
one thousand three hundred and fifty-nine.
I thought it to be one of the best and most
promising fields in the islands. In the afternoon tbe school came together for examination. Twenty-six scholars were pit sent.
Hapuku said he had forty attending school.
They read, wrote on slates, answered questions on the map—Hawaiian globe map—
also questions in Arithmetic. One of the
scholars wrote on the slate in a very fair
hand the following sentence, " Kaoha outou,
c na manihii mama honua c mai,"—** Our
kind regards to you, strangers from other
lands." After the examination I addressed
the assembly through Hapuku as interpreter.
About one hundred were present. Kekela
also addressed them, and the exercises closed
with prayer.
The missionary of this station says, in his
nnnual report: " Public worship has been
kept up twice on the Sabbath the last year,
with no interruptions.
Also a Sabbath
school, in which have been taught portions
of Scripture and the Catechism. I have
visited among the people, have been often to
the adjacent vallies to teach the inhabitants
and instruct them into a knowledge of the
True God, and of salvation by Jesus Christ.
"To meet my wants and provide for my
family I have spent a part of my time in cultivating the soil,"
The following are his statistics :
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Whole number of natives in Atuona and
1359
adjacent vallies,
40
Scholars who lutve attended school,
37
Number of deaths in 1862,
11
do.,
Births
Having taken on board all the missionaries on the Island of Hivaoa, on Saturday
morning Oct. 17th, we sailed for
Olellli
The place designated for the meeting of
the mission, on the Island of Fatuhiva, distant from Hivaoa forty-five miles. We anchored at Oomoa, Sabbath morning. We
went on shore, and soon assembled at the
mission house. Here we met for prayer.
We called to remembrance our landing at
this same place just ten years and two
months ago, the first company of Hawaiian
missionaries to the Marquesas Isles. We
spoke of the goodness of God, our Heavenly
Father, to us, as individuals, and to the mission the past ten years. We read together
with fervent hopes, the ninety-first Psalm,
united our prayers, mingled our tears, and
offered our praises and thanksgiving to Him
for His great goodness to us. It was a blessed season, and one long to be remembered
by us all. At this social hour, the Savior
was with us, and we fed on living bread and
drank water from the Rock that followed us,
and " that Rock was Christ."
The morning service with the natives was
finished before we went on shore. In the afternoon we attended the native meeting, and
I preached to the native congregation with
Kekela for interpreter. There were fifty or
more at this meeting, orderly and attentive,
decently dressed, the females generally in
white native cloth. After public service,
there was a catechetical exercise conducted
by the native church members. In the evening of the Sabbath we met for conference
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1 11 X FRIEND, FEBRUARY, 1864.
and Marts' at the mission bouse. This was
attended by several natives living near to tho
mission.
The contrast between this Sabbath at Oomoa, iss congregation, it* worship, its employments, sod the first Sabbath after the
mission landed here in 1853, was great.
Than ire collected together under the shade
of a large tree, a noisy, naked company of
natives. Some were talking, some laughing,
and coming and going as Best suited them.
Some at work, others smoked their pipes and
otherwise employed or amused themselves.
Now, we met in a convenient house for worship, the congregation was attentive, mid not
an individual left the house during the inertwhich was protracted to an hour and
t,
noticed in tho congregation n Chief that
memembcred to have seen nt our first
•ting on this island in 1853. Then he
savage, brought with him his
i a naked
his chisel, and a whale's tooth, and
worked during the survico carving out some
ornament for native attire. Now, ho was
well dressed in foreign clothing, had a Hawaiian Bible and Hymn Book with him, and
an attentive listener, joined in the singing, and he is believed to be n true worshippar of tho living (tod. At the close of the
service this saino Chief opened his Bible,
and turning to the chapter and verse of the
text, commenced n cntecheiicul service. This
Chief is Kiiekai, who has been for some
years, a humble, consistent professing Christian. Much the same might be said of
era whom 1 sew in this assembly of wor-
I
ppert.
there are eight church memliers at die
lion of Oomoa. Two have died tho Inst
One of them I'uu, a Hawaiian, who
T.
no with the Chief Matuuui to Hawaii in
hi, and returned to the Marquesas Islands
ih the first company of missionaries. I'uu
joined the little mission church nt Oomoa
years sgo. Kuiwi the Pustor says,"l
ten visited and prayed with him in his last
ckneii at his request."
While we were at Oomoa the scholars of
aiwi't school came together for examinaBn, thirty-six were present, twenty-two read,
ineteen read in the Hawaiian New Testalent, thirteen wrote on slates, some answer-1 questions in geography am! arithmetic,
•ne read a composition—subject, Hawaiian
ewspaper Kuokoa.
I noticed marks of industry ■bout the Val>y of Oomoa. There is considerable cultiation in some parts of tliu valley, these cutivated spots are surrounded by a fenco.
!"his I was told, is owing to the influence of
iawaiian missionaries, and is chiefly the
rork of those natives who are instructed by
Ime
Visiting tho stations, attending their Sabbath meetings, the examination of their
schools, noticing the change that had taken
place since the commencement of the mission in 1853, was to me convincing' proof
that a favorable impression had been made
on tho natives of that group. The missionaries in the Marquesas have dona a good
In 1863, four families commenced tho
work tt one station, now they occupy six
different stations on three of these islands.
Thep, there was no Sabbtth, no worshipping
assembly, no school, no books, and no Marquesan nod believed and embraced the Gospel. Now, there is nt the six stations, n
Sabbath congregation, Snbbnlh school and
day schools. They have about five, hundred
scholars furnished with books, many of whom
can read, und some can write. Some have
been baptized and united with the church.
Some have died in hope of tho immortality
of the Gospel, and others ere living witnesses of the power of the Gospel to save from
sin and sorrow, and are so tunny Lights amid
suTroiitiding Darkness.
In their station reports, the missionaries
speak of devoting a part ol their timo to
manual labor. From their dwelling-houses,
their enclosures, and the cultivation around
them I should judge their is no exaggeration
in this item of the reports. Tlteir houses,
particularly those of the oldrr missionaries,
are well built, permanent dwelling!., und in
They
every case the work of their hands.
have generally enclosures in which they
grow taro, potutnoN, bananas, sugar-cane and
These things should L» reother articles.
garded ns commendatory nilher than Otherwise. They certainly ID this particular imitate the (.rent Apostle to the heathen,
who " labored working with his hands," and
called on those that attended on his ministry ns witnesses that " these hnntls have
ministered unto my necessities."
lint the Mari|iiesaii Islands are a hard and
trying field of labor for our missionaries.
There are many hindrances to the spread ol
the Gospel here. I have not attended to that
feature of their reports, but in nearly every
report the missionaries qmk of the difficulties and obstacles they constantly meet with
in the prosecution of their work.
The tabu system holds a great portion of
the population as with an iron gntsp. It is
inwrought in their social, domestic and religious system. It operate! strongly against
their schools, ngninst the Sabbath, against
Christian worship nnd against the morality
of the Gospel. Their tabu is their religion,
their worship, and (heir God. This system
is the stronghold of the •• Prince of Darkness" in these islands.
The influence ol the. prientri is another
chain of bondage. This class of persons is
numerous in all the islands.
They are believed to have tho power of lift! and death,
over good and evil, to avert the one and procure the other. When they give their commands, or utter their prophecies, few date go
contrary to ihein. The priest* ire opposed
to the missionaries, to their schools, their instructions, their preaching, lest these should
turn the people Irom them, and endanger
their craft.
The distilling of rum from the cocoanut
is becoming a serious evil in all the islands.
Distilling was introduced some years ago by
an Irishman, and rum from the cocoanut is
now made and drank in most of the vallies.
The brethren speak of drunkenness as prevalent in their fields. It breaks up ihcir
schools and is a source of evil uinong the
natires.
It is painful to add to the list of hin-
drances to tho success of missionary work
in the Marquesan Islands, the licentiousness
allowed and encouraged on vessels which
every year touch at these islands.
Who
can number the miseries that follow in quick
succession the introduction of foreign rices
into a community already filled with its own
But with these vices and miseries the missionary at tin! Marquesas must contend, reproving the one, and healing tho other by the
Gospel of the Son of God.
The missionaries speak of kindnesses
shown them by Captains of whaleships, and
are grateful for favors. Kekela was, on one
of his trips to Nukuhiva, so long detained by
the winds, that his family feared he was lost,
and Mother limit was sent with Liiiuha the
missionary, to Nukuhiva, and Kekela was
found there weather-bound. The whaleship
Dromo, Capt. (Jen. W. Kae, was then lying
in the Bay ol Tuiohae, Nukuhiva. The
captain kindly took the two missionaries with
their two boats and crew on board and carried them to I'mtmnti on Hivaoa, Kekela's
station.
At another time dipt. Kne was at Punmaii for supplies, and Kekela applied to him
for certain articles winch the captain could
not furnish, hut offered to take him to Nukuhiva where he could procure them. These
and riimilar favors the missionaries desire to
acknowledge, and their obligations nnd their
gratitude tiny wish to express tn their bene-
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On our arrival at the islands, it was matter of surprise to tis that none of tho natives
came ofr to the schooner. Wo ran along
near shore, and so near to Unpou us to set:
the natives, and near the shore of Nahuga,
but no natives came out to us as they arc accustomed to do. This was uftcrwards explained to UI, they feared "the kidnappers."
Within the past year, there have been five
vessels from the coast of Peru, among the
Mar(|iiesan Islands, (heir object lieing to steal
natives and transport them to Peru us laborers.
They succeeded In taking nineteen
from Uapou, and six from Pnamati on the
Island of Hivaoa.
Kauwealolm says " On thu SJiM of December, lfc)6'J, a vessel called the Empress
came to the Island of Uapou, the natives
were decoyed on board, conducted below,
where an abundance of food had been provided for them. There they were enticed to
drink to intoxication, when the ship's hatches were fastened down over them.
Eight
men and eleven women wen; tnken ftom
here."
The missionary nt Attiona, Hiuaoa, guys:
the 26ih tf October, 1862, two vessels
On
"
from the South American coast, anchored al
their station, n brig and a ship, their object
being to kidnap natives. Some of the men
from the vessels cumo on shore, nml the nutives took possession of one of their host*,
und thi! vessel left without getting any men.
Hence they went to Oomoa, on the Island of
Fatuhiva. We have heard these two vessels! were taken by the French and carried
to Tahiti. In the month of February last, a
French ship-of-wnr anchored in this Bay,
(Atuona). She was looking for kidnappers.
She stopped one day and then sailed in pursuit of Peruvian vessels."
The kidnapping of natives, has been the
occasion of the murder oft foreigner by tho
natives on the Island of Uapou. He was
from the South American coast, and been
long a resident at Uapou, but was suspected,
by the natives, of being combined witn these
s
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THE FRIE N 1. 1 1 II It lAI I. IS« 4.
Peruvian vessels, and was reported ns havhelped them.
In the month of August, a part of the na-
ing
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hack hy n French thip-nf-wnr. Some had
died on the passage. Tins saint; ship car- Commission & Shipping Merchants,
ried the sniull-pnx to Nukuhivn, and when
Honolulu. Oahu. 11. I.
in i hi ro—
wo left it wns prevailing in two vullies on
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Now York.
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that island. We even (old by foreigners,
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Bosloii.
that it wns lata] to natives, und that many
OBASbal ItHSWMII, Kai|.,>
)
Psiacs,
11. A.
Ke].,
had died of it. Also on the Island of Uaaau^^Bxa,
Mm..s. Mi Itfsa X M.s.n.t.. I
.
Ilan
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05... Woloott Baooa., Ksq.,}
"•" ''an""
pou, there had been eighteen or twenty deaths
M.ssas. Wm. PnsTin At Co.,
Ilonskonf.
in a part of the island remote from the misMasses, Prki.b, lltasu.i k On
Manila.
MS Iv
sion station.
J. 11. ATIISKTON.
AMUH. < '!<�.«
I regretted that we could not touch nt Nu- US'L. H. I'.itt.X.
< AHTI.K A COOKS.
kuhiva on our return passage, as wus intendsiiil Wholesale seal It-tail dealers In tleneral Mered. It was reported hy foreigners living on Import',,
rli.nill.r, in tho Fireproof Htore. In King street, opposite tin
another island, that the French authorities
oeamrn's t'tiapi'l.
Kir \ IS FOR
were adopting measures to protect the inMi .l.vnrs Medicines,
habitants of the group from the ravages of
Wheeler A Wllsno's Sewing Machine.,
84
the small-pox, also that they hnd sent to TaTh> Nsw Knslnml Mutual Llr. In.uraooe Company, oa.h Officers' table, with lodging, per week,.
Stamens' do. do.
do.
do.
6
assets t:,:io0,0oo.
hiti for medical help. A French naval vesKaynolils, Dsvno a Pratt -~lmpoi t-rs and Manu'acturers of
shower Baths on tlie Premises.
Psmte. Oil aoil Varnish, ami Crystal Coal Oil,
sel from the coast, with two physicians on
C. Van Horn. At Co.'a Csrrlait". and ('urringe Malerlala.
CAPTAIN AND MRS. OAT,
board, passing Oomoa on their way to NuJSSIy
Honolulu, Maroh 1, 1861.
Managers.
kuhiva, two nays bnforo we sailed. It is to
be hoped they had remedies and preventA LI.KN A 111 Itltll I
lives on bonrd.
KAWAIIIAK. HAWAII.
Afißim I oic
1 desired pnrticulnr information in rrfttrj
Will SSawWal Us. flonrral Merchandise and Shlpplßß busies.
at theehovo port, whore thrj ar. prepared to furul.b tbe
to the small-pox, And also information on
Justly oelohratod Kuwathao Potato... ami .uob other re
rniit. as aro required hy whels ships at th- shortest notto.,
some other subjects connected with the mis373*1y
ami on tin' must reasonable terns.
sion, unattainable, except «t Niikiihivn,
FIRE WOOD ON HAND.
therefore, the more regretted ns we could not
po in to the Buy. But owing to the prevaM
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lence of the. smnll-pox there, it wns not f|llllN
mid, In i.ililitlfii in fonncr premiums, WU
1 ImiMov'iuriili,
(Jh highest prtf a'H.vr> all Kitrnpran mnrl Amrrl.'un
thought best to expose tho vessel by poing nwmilni
H.'winu MMbIOM ttl tho World's Kxhihitinn til I'AKIR In IMI,
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COOKE,
Wheeler & Wilson's
SEWING MACHINES!
and m
[To be oooolutlcd In our neat Issue, j
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AT7OTZOIVIDinn,
a. r.
bis law room.. Queen Street.
(anoußfiNosTn
At
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ATJOTIONUJim.
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QUBRN BTRKET, HONOLULU.
Will onnllnu. Im.iiies. at the new stand.
J7l-l>
Ambrotype and Photographic
Next door to tho Post Office—up stairs—
over the " Commercinl Advertiser"
i>u. J. MUTT SMITH,
etc.,
So.,
nnehl. prloes.
AliO ON HAND—A fowl assortment of FANCY CASKS,
UU New York City Dispensary Physician, m.mbsr of th.
17-if)
FRAMES, trc
H. L. OHASa
Colics,
Chlrurgloal
and of the I'alholo.lcal Society
Medico
of N.w Vort.
OSJe. et Dr. Judrt's Druf Store, on Port Street. Residence. In
BOOKS AND INSTRUMENTS FOR THE
Nuaanu Valley, oppo.lt. that of K. O. Hall, Isq. sU-ly
MARINER.
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HILO, HAWAII, S. I.
N. B.—Medicine Cheats oarefully repl.nlshsd at tbe
1111.0 DRUfi STORK.
W. N. LADD,
Importer and Dealer In Habdwabb, i:oti..«v,
Mbobabiob'
Tools aiat Aubiuulvvsal larLsaaitTß, Port street, Honolulu.
Ifs-ly
JOHN THOS. WATERHOUtK,
Importer and Dealer In Oenerel Merobaadtse. Ilonolulu. H. I
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Kstablishroant, in Kaahumanu stratt, will his
works
i found the following
Almsnaoks for 1802.
Shipmaster'sand Meohanio's Assistant.
1 Msrabant's,
Laws of the Sea.
The Art of Sailmaking..
—Atao—
Ship's Compasses and Dividers.
—
—atao
Mast-head 0 lasses and Marine Telescopes.
—atao—
Chronometers and Chronometer Watchee.
-Atao—
—
English Charts of North and Sooth PeelAe.
A free!
Mariner.
ALSO—
to eaooute
no*
Hooka,
Pamphlets,
Mnstc.
Newspapers,
Old
Books, dec, eVe.
Orders from the other Islands should be aconmpenM with
partirular directions as to Ui. styl., and If the work la xo
match volumes previously bound, a .ample volute, should be
Job.
All orders left at 11.
prompt attention.
D.
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Bookstore will receive
401 *a
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l.
(oiiimissioii
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Merchants
AUCTIONEERS,
ant and HOO C-ullfrvt-niaa Htreset.
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also,:ao«ni» or tbb
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Particular eMentlnn (Iven to the sals end porches, of ew
ohendlss, ship.' bullosa., supplrlei whaleohlpe, negotieUas
oarbaßfo. tie.
Pr All freight arriving at Saa rreooleeo, by or to the Banolela Un. of Packete, will be forwarJed ran or ooaaissto.
3 t Exohange on Honoluluboufht and sold. XI
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variety of other articles useful to the A MONTHLY JOURNAL, DEVOTED
Many ornamental artiolee, inoludlng Breast Pins,
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HAVING
Mission lllnd.ry, Is
binding
fnr
Printing Office.
OTJIy
11.
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BOOK-BINDER!
sent with td-
CJIIAHI^H
AND COMMISSION MERCHANT,
Offloe corner of Sort end Hotel Streets.
On- Kthlhttlon In Vowkm It) lHrt'2.
rii«' rviili'iHT of the sii|>rrtorliy or Hum MiohlntU found In th«
reonrd of IU »n\vw. In 1881
'I'ln' Orovrr Ac Hhlct ('onipnnj, Hotst-in,
Tin' Klnrrncr OMfMfj MMMUshuartU,
The IVkIT Ci,in|.aii>, ( intnrll.ul,
J. M. HhiKfr »V Co., Npw York,
s-'liiklf K. 1.,v0n,
'* want,
OtHtf. W. llhwlhikl, Drift
M. (IrfXvnwnrNl Co., lnclnuMl, 0.,
1,0.
Norwalk.O.,
IVrklni,
N.
wiiM-iii ii. hmith, OaaMoUML
wild IM.MUi, whilst tin- Whtvler k Wilson f'rnnpany, of Rrtel((«-l»"rt, mtvli' stid sold 1»,720 during tbo in-ine p«rlod.
11 "_
0 r rims* Call and Emmlm.
REMOVAL
GEO. W. VOLLUM,
SAMUEL C. DAMON.
�I II L
16
Funeral ofthe Late King.
From tbe Commercial Advertiser of Thursday,
4th iust., wo condense tho following account of
tho ceranionios on this occasion
Tho Tuneful obsequies" of Kammiahkha IV.
wore performed on A\ edncttditv lust, agreeably to
publio notice given.
For several dsys and evenings previous to the
funeral, tho palace yards wero fillod with nutives
(with now and then a few foreigners as spectators) engaged in reciting or singing metes or
lamentations composed for tbe deceased King.
oan be judged from
The oharaeter of tneso
what have appeared in the native paper, as some
of iliem have been published. They are mostly
,u praise of the deceased, uccoiapuuied with
songs referring to other deceased Chiefs, and
events in Hawaiian history.
On Tuesday night, (that preceding the funeral,) there wits a crowd of five or six thousand
natives and foreigners collected around the
palace, and tho scene Is ropreaunted as quito exciting. At 12 o'clock, midnight, Itishop Stalcy
read the Litany over the corpnc in the throne
room. There were only n few BVsßtstt, perliupe
twelve or fifteen foieigners.
Wednesday, the day of the funeral, was warm
but pleasant, and the copious showers of the previous night had laid the dust, so that the condition of the streets was unusually favorablo for
parade. At six o'clock, A. M., the battery on
Punch-bowl, commonoed firing guns ovory five
minutos, which wus continued till tho corpse
was deposited in the tomb.
At half-past 111 A. M., the line of procession
commenced to move from tho front of tho palaco,
through King street, the artillery corps leading,
The hearse, bearing tho remains of his late
Majesty, was preceded by his favorite horse,
ana Prince W illiuin, hearing his sword and
bat. Four white horses, dressed in black,
drew the hearse, the cavalry forming a guard
on each sido. Numerous kahilis were Dome
sround the hearse as it moved along. Some of
them wero vory rich and lofty. They arc emblems of royalty, and were loft at tho tomb,
some deposited inside und others outside of the
building.
The coffin, which was made by Mr. Fischer,
was a most elaborate piece of workmanship, of
koa sod kou woods. A heavy silver plate surrounded with scroll work, and surmounted with
a crown, bears the following Inscription
ALEXANDER, KALANI-KUA-LIHOLIHO.
:
:
IOLArU-MAKA-O-10l
1.1, KI'NI.'IAKr.A, KI'KAII.IMOKI'.
I3eP<Bs3eP(lJs£
!».,
I IM I. N
D.V E B I I AR V
..
.
15 6 4.
the burial norv ice the Lpitcopul Church performed, after which Culuncl Domini* read (he
masonic burial service, accompanied with tho
usual cercmonio*. Tho concluding prayer was
raid by Bishop Stalky. Throe volleys of musketry from the .Household (jiuurds, us the lost
farewell, announced the Hcono as clotted, and tho
profession formed und returned to town.
Everything went off well, and so far as wo
havo beard, without accident. The following is
the programme on tho occasion
:
Artillery.
Undertaker 10 the late Kins'.
r aculij, and Ptudrnti of Oahu College
Royal School
Kahehuna School
U B Os ln>;rah»ai> School
Mint la>erweather'*t .School PaWn School,
Ma nt.* School, Pauoa School, Walahto School,
leom. Hchool, Palama.School, Wtsllupe school,
Mo.-iii.lua Ifchool ; Select
Hawaiian Sobool,
Utua School, Kaumakapili **choo|-, Kahhl School;
MMfQiae m*l 00l ; Miikiki Sclnxl
gaaartHlll nnltmil
Honolulu Pin- O'parLinent.
,M>:chanicii' Item-lit I'liion
OM Fellow*.
Pri'c Hatoma.
Mirattan of Ur- Medical Fac-ultj.
\|n-tht'cnry and Attending
Physician* of tin- lata King.
Ih** Kouohlkla of the Crown Lamtv
The K'»imh.klt of the late King.. Private Land*
Coimnlarioiier•! the Crown l-aida
The General Commanding and htalt
HonululuKftleH.
Ilouaehoid Trotsvpa.
Honolulu Yeomanry
The Queen* Servant*.
Tlie lute X iti(f**r I'urveyor.
The laic King'a ScrvantM.
Mlniatern of Religion of the Several Itenominaiioni.
The Clergy of the Kmimn Catholic Chtnch.
■11l Lorriahlp I/mi*, the Right Key. Hit-hop of Arathea
and Vicar
of the Hawaiian
lalunda.
Choir of the Hawaiian Cathedral.
,
,
Officiating Clergy.
Ilia leordihlp the Right Reverend Hiahop of Honolulu.
The late King's Home.
Tbe lite Kmg'a Alda.
11. K. 11. Prince William, faring theSword and Hat
cf the late King.
The Hon. Colonel P. Y. Kaeo, bearing theCrown
of the late King.
1/arge Kahilis.
-:
4 £
A :? '(p" in a|
i» Aii
saß
A II
?
5
i 11 ■ s 6 m
%
■
ill
Urge Kahilis.
Carriage Hearing
HER MAJRBTY O.IKK.N KMNA
Carriage Bearing
T1
will be one of the finest ornament <
and can be seen from any part of tbe
city. Tho Legislature will probably be called
on to provide Mr its completion.
During tho evening, tho coffin, containing tho
remains of the Prinoe of Hawaii, was taken
up and deposited with those of tho lute King.
The coffin has till now been kept in a temporary
building or tomb in tho pulaco yard. Tho
removal was mado under a military torchlight
escort. Tho Artillery corns, without their guns,
led the procession with raised torches, and after
them came the Household troops and Zouaves,
tln-n the hearse bearing the Prince's coffin, and
lastly carriages containing the Queen and other
muurners. The Cavalry Guard rode as an escort
on each side of the hearse.
The procession
moved at a quickstep march, and as it passed
thus hurriedly through the town and up Nunanu
avenue, nothing could have been more striking
or imposing, the flickering light of the torches
casting a glare over the whole procession, which
moved along bo rapidly that those only who
wero on the watch hud an opportunity to witness it.
finished it
we have,
PORT OF HONOLULU, S. I.
ARRIVALS,
Jan. 7—Am bark A. A. Kldridge, Bennett. J*-! dys from I, Fran.
R—Kuss. Am. Co.'s ship Ccsarewllch, 31 nays I'm .Stka.
ft—Am bark Comet, Smith, 16 days from £ait Francisco.
u—Kng ship Dolphin, Clark, 100 days from Pumauibuco.
v—Am bark lllluipre, 24 days from Victoria.
11—Am brig Haltie Jarknou, Hempstead, from S. Krun'co.
16—Kng ship All S'-rene, Ml iluyalrom Victoria.
20—Hawschr Marilda, Kngllah, I*2days from Farming's Is.
24 Am. bark Young Hector, Chadwiek. 10 day*, fnan S.F.
ta i km. clipper ship Piscatau.ua, 22 days from Acapulc.fi.
IW —Am. clip sh George IVahody, Peine, Id days fm B. Fr.
Feb. 2—Am clip ah Derby, Allen, 17 days from ban Frsuciaoo.
2—Atn bark N. 8. Perkins, 25 days from Piißct Bound.
2—Am schr Kcltpse. 42 days fnim Victoria, withlumber.
(»—Am Hark Yankee, I'.tty, from San Francisco.
—
MARRIED.
thin city, Jnn. '2ft, at Fort Htreet
Church, by the Rev. K. Corwln, Hsm'l T. Alexander, professor
In Lshalnaluna Beniinnry, tn Mils Martha )u. Cooke, daughter
of Anion L Ossjfcsj, fc|*i ,,f this city.
itWIlT OlWt U
DIED.
Pun-In
this city, YYi-dueeday Itssjajf,
Jan. 27, Susan W.t
youngest daughter uf W, 0, awl A. H. l'arkc,aged 6 monthsand
10 dayi.
Datlky—In Ban Francisco, Cal.. Dec. lOtb, 1863, Mrs. Martha
Ann Day ley. (formerly Mrs. William 1'uty, of Honolulu,) age.il
■W yean. The deceased was a natlro of Plymouth, Mat*. In
her early married life the came to Honolulu,and was wellkuowu and highly esteemed by the foreign residents of that
ptriod.
She
had lived fti Honolulu fourteen yean,and four In
California, hut wherever her lot wai caat ahe woo the loreand
esteem of the circle of acquaintance among which ihe moved.
Tinhooi, alias Kami—-Died at Queen's Hospital, January
16,1804, William Kanui, aged about 06 years. The early lira
IMIINCKrW.
of the deceased was so intimately connected with the effort to
Carriage Hearing
establish Christianity upon Ihe Sandwich Islands, that It merThe Queen Dnwairer Hakalelepnni.
its more than a panning notice. He was born on the Island
11IH MAJWiTV TIIK KINU.
orrss
of Oahu, about the close of the last century. His father belongSupported hy 11. It 11. the Kuhlua Nul, and attended
ISLANDS,
HAWAIIAN
ing to the party of a defeated chief, fled with his son to Wilby the Hon. Col. C. Kapeakea.
Born Ftbruary 9, 1884 ; Succeeded to the Throne
ms*, Kauai, while there, an American merchant Teasel, comThe xvliik'h Chancellor.
mended by Capt, Brlntnel, touched for suppliea. The vessel
December 16,1864 ; Died Movember 80, 1868.
Otasaa Ministers.
had previously touched at Kealak'kua, and while there, too
Ills Kx. R C. Wyllie, Minister of Foreign Relations
The hearse wss followed by the state carmaster took on board two young men, whose subsequent history
and Hecrelary at War and of the Navy.
was remarkable. They were Obooklah and Thomas Hopu. Al
riages, bearing tbe mourners. Queen Emma and
Ills Ex. (J. M. RolwrUon, Minister of Interior.
Walroca they were joined by William Kauul. Tbeeo three
His Kx. 0. dc Varigny, Minister of finance.
her mother occupying the first, the Princess
youths CspL Drlntnel took to America. Soon after their
111. Ex. C. 0. Hopkins, Acting Minister of Finance.
Victosia and Queen Dowager in thoso following.
arrival, they attracted the attention of the friendsof foreign
The Hon. 0. 0. Harris, Altorney-deneeal.
missions, and when the ml**looschool was opened at Cornwall,
His Maiesty the King walked by the side ot
Ills Kx. the Minister Resilient ..f the Dnited states,
Coon., they were received as pupils, with another Hawaiian,
Jas. Mi'llmle
his venerable father the Governor of Oahu, who
Synsc
Ueorge Kumaulil, son of the King or (Governor ofKauai. ObooH. B. Ms. Coaimlsaioner, W. W. rolleti
is now also the Premier or Vice Regent. His
klah died iu America, but tin- three others came out In the brig
U I. Ms. Coiiiiuissiiiiiit, Mona. Desuoytrs.
TkaddftiM with the first company of missionaries.
Ladles of theCourt.
Majesty, in thus setting aside personal conveKanui, or Tcnnooe, as his name was orlgiually written, early
Members of the Privy Council of But«.
nience, showed that he was ready to share tho
fell
under the censure of the Church, hut was subsequently re
Members of the House of Nobles.
stored.
In IMS, when the gold excitement arose, he went to
heat and burden of the day, with the most
Judgesof Supreme Court.
California, wherehe remained until about four months ago. He
Consular Corp..
humble of thefollowers in this last testimonial
was successful in gold digging, but lost all, or about $0,000, by
Judgee.
Circuit
to tbe late Sovereign.
the failure of Page, Bacon & Co., of Ban Francisco. During
Clerks of Government Departments.
the last few years, he haa labored In Ban Francisco, and was
On reaching the Episcopal Ohapol, which bad
The Membersof the Bar.
connected with the Bethel Church of that city, under the charge
House of Representatives.
been trimmed in mourning for the occasion, the
of
the Rev. M. Rowvll. Much more might be written respiting
Custom
Houee
and
Officers
Oeneial,
Officers,
Collector
his career, but for the present wo would merely add, that Inprocession halted while the oorpso was taken inof the Custom..
departed
this life leaving the most substantial and gratifying
Sheriffs
the
different
Islands.
of
side, and the servioe of the Episcopal Church, of
Tbe Marshal and
evidence that be was prepared to die. Ills views were remarkTbe King's Household Servants.
which the late King was a member, performed
ami satisfactory. Christ was his only hope, and
Yeomanry.
ably
clear
The Klog's
Heaven the only desireof his heart. It was peculiarly gratifyin tbe Hawaiian language. Th e few admitted
Foreign Residents.
beside
his bedside and hear him recount the " wonderto
ing
sit
Abahui Aloha o Lahalna.
into the chapel, entered by tickets, the main
ful ways" in which Uod had led him. He cherlsheu a most
Hawaiian Population Generally.
gratitude
of the procession remaining in the street
towards all those kind friends In Amlively
sense
of
Polio. Force.
who provided for his education when a poor beat bru
during the servioe.
The tomb (so far as comiileted) is a ohsate erica,
stranger in a foreign land. The names of Cornelius, Mills,
A little before 2 o'clock the procession formed edifioe of coral stone, in the pointed Gothic UmcIhi, Daggett. Prentice, Griffinand others ware frequently
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HONOLULU,
{m Merits, M2l.
JANUARY 1, 1864.
The Polynesian Language:
liquors, and the practice of all other
Christian virtues and graces, knowing that
Its Origin and Connections.
P*OB.
future
are
Key.
their
and
well-being
present
S.
Volume XXI
C. Damon :
1
Notice of Rev. W. MM*
-.-1 therewith connected. In the truest and
Dear Sir—At your kind invitation I have
The Polyiu'siau Language
*—•* most henrty style, we wish our Donors, ventured to occupy your columns with a
tiuiTOa'f Table—l'aria in America, Sumner'* S|wnhes,
statement of the principal facts bearing upon
Madagascar
Subscril>ers, Headers and all others, a
6
MUsionfiry Voyage to Maruuesnti
this difficult question. It is not my object
Happy New Yeak.
&
Jama I[untie well, J»u.
to bring forward any original discoveries,
fl
Ninth Report of HonoluluSailor's Home Society
nor do I expect to state much that will be
8
Almanac
•
a
8
New Rockx
Key. Wim.iam F. Snow.—lt affords us new to any one who has made ethnology
study. As far as the limits of a
special
8
Marine Journal
great pleasure to welcome this gentleman, newspaper article permit, I will endeavor to
who left Honolulu several years ago to pur- give some idea of what European scholars
sue his studies in the United States. He have done and are doing for these languages,
at Harvard University, Cam- as well as some of the latest results of their
graduated
JANUARY 1, 1864.
labors.
bridge, Mass., in 1861. He then entered
There is perhaps no race which in proporthe Theological Seminary at Andover, tion to its numbers has been the subject of
Volume XXI.
where he remained over one year, but hear- so much interest and of such minute investiThe Friend starts upon the first year of ing his country's call for soldiers, to main- gation as the Polynesian. This is owing
only to the interesting and amiable charits majority strong and vigorous.
The tain the cause of liberty and right, he bid not
acter of the race, and the readiness with
practice of twenty years in the habit of strict adieu for a season to his much loved studies which they have embraced Christianity, but
sobriety and temperance, has given it a and enlisted as a private, in one of the also to the extraordinary uniformity which
It becoming prevails in their languages from Madagashealthy constitution, which, it is to be Massachusetts Regiments.
that he car to Hawaii, and from New Zealand to
his
arms
companions in
hoped, will enable it to resist the ordinary ef- known to
Formosa, extending thus, in spite of the inministry,
climate,
which
have
was
a
candidate
for
the
Christian
fects of disease and
tervening ocean, two-thirds around the
proved ruinous to so many. The Friend, in they unanimously elected him as their globe.
1843, laid down this principle, that all in- Chaplain, which opened the way for his or- Earl? Writers an Ike Polrn<-»inn Language
This resemblance is so striking that it did
toxicating liquors were injurious to the hu- dination. He officiated as Chaplain during
man constitution and the morals of the com- nine months, in the campaign under General not escape the notice of the early discoverers
in this ocean. Dr. Reinhold Forster, the
munity. Through evil and good report, and Foster, in North Carolina. At the close of celebrated naturalist of Capt. Cook's second
among all classes in society, this principle the period of his enlistment, he returned voyage, drew up a tablecontaining 47 words
has been fearlessly advocated. We believe North, and after preaching for a few Sab- taken from 11 Oceanic dialects, and the
it is the only safe, correct and scriptural baths in Massachusetts, lelt with his wife for corresponding terms in Malay, Mexican,
this table he
principle. Thousands now lying in the Honolulu. He arrived safely, and has al- Peruvian and Chilian. From languages
afinferred
that
the
Polynesian
with
to
acceptableness
now
been
ready
preached
great
have
grave of the drunkard, might
many analogies with the Malay, while
ford
living useful and happy lives, if they had the Bethel and Fort Street congregations. they present no point of contact with the
practiced this simple principle. Additional During his stay at the Islands, he will visit American languages. After him Mr. Anthousands are hurrying forward to a similar various parts of the group, and we are con- derson, in a comparative table, which was
doom, because they will not adopt this prin- fident will receive a cordial welcome from published at the end of Cook's third voyage,
drew attention to the striking resemblance
ciple. No drunkard shall inherit the king- all the mission families and others.
of the Polynesian numerals to those of
dom of Heaven. We do not maintain that
the Malay archipelago and Madagascar.
According to Max Muller, it was the
temperance is the only Christian virtue, but
We have received a copy of “The
we do hold that its practice secures its pos- Wesleyan Missionary Notices" of the work Abbe Lorenzo Hervas who first made what
sessor from an untold amount of sorrow and of Missions in the Friendly or Tonga Isl- he calls one of the most brilliant discoveries in the history of the science of language,
woe! Upon young and old, landsmen and ands. The crowded state of our columns the establishment of the Malay and Polyseamen, rich and poor, the Friend in the future, prevents us from publishing the new code of nesian family of speech, extending from the
as during twenty years past, will continue to laws for the Tonga Islands, but we shall do Island of Madagascar over 208 degrees of
losgitude to Easter Island," &c. From
urge total abstinence from all intoxicating so in some future number of the Friend.
For
CONTENTS
January, 1 864.
*
THE FRIEND,
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.
1864.
what has been Mid, however, I think it evi- words common to the Malagasy (as I fol- Tahitian and Hawaiian, analyzing the
dent that the credit of this discovery is real- low Ellis in calling the language of Mada- structure of their roots, and investigating
ly due to Forster and Anderson. Hervas gascar) and the Polynesian are wanting in the laws of derivation and euphony, in acwas a Spanish Jesuit, who spent several the Malay; which confirmed, as he justly cordance with which the common stock of
years as a missionary in South America, thought, Forster's opinion that " all these words is modified in each dialect. He next
languages were derived from one very an- proceeds to make a most careful and elabowhere his attention was drawn to the
cient tongue, now lost," which held towards rate analysis of the grammatical structure,
parative study of languages. After his
turn to Europe, he lieed chiefly at Rome, j them all the relation of a common parent. the particles and formatives of each lanwhere his correspondence with Jesuit mis- M. d'UrvilJe goes on to advance an ingeni-, guage, after which he makes a comparison
sionaries in all parts of the world gave him ous hypothesis, which, however, will not of the numerals, and of 131 primitive words
great assistance in his philological research- stand the test of examination, that a conti- in all the nine languages mentioned above.
In his " Catalogue of Languages," nent like Australia, or at least an archipela- The result of this extensive and laborious
es.
published in the year 1800, he clearly stated go, once occupied part of Polynesia, inhabi- analysis is to prove that there is not only a
this relationship, which it was reserved for | ted by a people of whom the Polynesian fundamental and close affinity betwten these
a Hnmboldt to demonstrate.
tribes are but the remnnnt that have sur- languages in respect to their vocabulary, but
A few years later William Marsdcn, who vived some great convulsion of the globe. that their construction is so similar that they
was the first to investigate with accuracy In that case the Malays would have been may be considered as belonging to one and
the history of the East Indian archipelago, but colonists from the supposed Polynesian the same grammatical system, and pervaded
arrived independently at the same conclu- continent, who had followed the general by the same modes of thought. Humboldt
also showed that the Tagala, the leading
sions. He considered all the insular nations course of the trade winds.
I'ul
r
■■
language of the Phillippine Islands, is by
View
of
Ibe
Nation.
as colonies from the Malays, whose original
I.iiiiv'm
The Rev. Dunmore Lang, principal of the far the richest and most perfect of these
home was the Island of Sumatra, and their
common speech he termed the Great Poly- Australian College, at Sydney, in 1834, languages, and that it may even be considnesian.
published his " View of the Origin and Mi- ered as the type of the family. "It possesCrawford's Theory.
grations of the Polynesian Nation," of which ses," he said, "all the forms collectively of
John Crawford, in his great work on the an able review appeared in the Hawaiian which particular ones are found singly in
East Indian Archipelago, published in 1820, Spectator. The object of the author ap- other dialects; and it has preserved them all
in which he gave a valuable comparative pears to have been, first, to prove the Asiatic with very trifling exceptions unbroken, and
vocabulary, advanced a very different theory, origin of the Polynesian Islanders, which in entire harmony and symmetry. * *
which has occasioned a great deal of discus- he does satisfactorily, and secondly, to show It was necessary, in order to display the
sion, and is not without its advocates even that South America was peopled by way of highest perfection of which the organism of
at the present day. He supposed that the the South Sea Islands, so that the American this stock of languages is capable, to exhibit
basis of each barbarous language was origi- Indians are but the descendants of a Poly- the system of verbs in the Tagala."
The Sanscrit Klrinnu in the Malay.
nally distinct, each tribe being a distinct nesian colony. His arguments for this latrace,"and properly indigenous. The com- ter conclusion are more ingenious than solid
Humboldt observes that nearly all the
mon words in each dialect he supposed to or convincing. He also draws an interest- Sanscrit words exisitng in the Malay lanhave been derived from a foreign language, ing comparison between these languages and guages are found only in the Malay proper,
which he calls the Great Polynesian, and the Chinese.
the Javanese and Bughis, but are wanting
which was spread, as <he imagined, by a Chauiisso and Hnmboldt on the Polynesian in the other languages of this stock. Hence
Language.
more civilized people, by means of conquest
it is evident that such words must have been
The earliest really scientific analysis of introduced after the separation of the Madaand commercial intercourse, over the whole
Archipelago. On this subject we briefly re- the structure of a Polynesian language, with gascar and Polynesian families from the
mark that his theory affords no explanation which we are acquainted, is the work on the Malay stock. Yet this period must have
of the dispersion of the Polynesian race over Hawaiian language published at Berlin in been very remote, since these Sanscrit words
the islands of the Pacific Ocean. Besides 1837, by Adelbert yon Chamisso, the poet, are pure and genuine, and free from the
we have good reason to believe that what- who had been the naturalist of the Russian corruptions which the modern Indian lanever superiority in civilization is enjoyed by Exploring Expedition, under Kotzebue, in guages display. But Sanscrit was a dead
the East Indian islanders, was derived by the years 1815—1818. It is a work of rare language 300 B. C. The Javanese myththem from Continental India, long after the ability, considering the meagre materials ology and literature also prove the great andispersion of the insular races from their com- which the author had at his command. In tiquity of the Indian civilization of Java.
mon centre, and not from his imaginary the year 1838, appeared a work by Baron For instance, both theirreligious books, and
Great Polynesian, Again, the words which William yon Humboldt, the distinguished the style and decorations of the temples
are common to all these languages are such statesman and scholar, which marked a new show that the kind of religion which was
as are least likely to have been borrowed by era in the history of the science of language, introduced into the island was Buddhism in
one race from another, as the pronouns, the and which first fixed on an impregnable its original spirituality, and very different
numerals, the names of family relations, of basis the relationship of the Malayo-Poly- from the degraded form of it now prevailing
parts of the body, of the great objects of na- nesian languages. This great work On in the neighboring countries.
ture, and all the simplest ideas of every-day the Kawi Language in the Island of Java,"
During this early period the Javanese
life. The Saxons, for example, learned to which was edited after the author's death princes were lords of the Eastern seas, and
use many Norman-French words, but most by his friend and assistant, M. Buschmann, spread the language and culture of the Hinof their household words remained Saxon. has ever since been regarded as a model and doos to other islands of the archipelago.
So did their numerals, so did their pronouns masterpiece of philological research. In the The magnificent remains of temples and
and so in the highest degree did their gram- words of Prof. Dc Vere, " the Kawi served palaces, still existing in Java, are undeniamar.
him as a canvas on which to weave those ble proofs of their ancient power and refineDamaat dlrTitle's Report.
truths and that wisdom, which have placed ment. It was long after the Indian period
Dumont d'Urville's report on the Philolo- his name in universal comparative philology of Javanese ascendancy, and as late as 1300
gy of the French Exploring Expedition, du- by the side of that of Leibnitz."
or 1400 A. D., that Mohammedanism was
ring the years 1825—1829, published in
In this work, which occupies three quarto introduced into the archipelago, when a large
1833, reflects great credit on its author. volumes, he first lays down the fundamental number of Arabic words, together with the
Besides other valuable materials, it contains principles which govern the development of Arabic alphabet were adopted by the Malays.
a comparative vocabulary of seven Oceanic language, and shows the influence of the Since then the Malays have been the prelanguages, comprising over eight hundred structure of language on the intellectual dominant race, and their language the genwords in the Madagascar, New Zealand, development of races. He then institutes a eral medium of commercial intercourse
Tongan, Tahitian, Hawaiian and Malay most minute and searching examination of throughout the Archipelago.
the nine principal languages of the Malay Bopp's Thrort of the Sanscrit Origin ol
languages.
Polynesian.
In the able essay which accompanied it, stock, viz: the Malagasy, Malay, Javanese,
Besides the comparatively late infusion
ha drew attention to the fart that a class of Bughis, Tagala, New Zealand, Tongan,
com-,
re-'
ii..h,
•
"
�of Sanscrit words mentioned above, Wm.
Humboldt held that there was a second class
of Sanscrit words extending to remote dialects, such as the Tagala and Polynesian.
The wide diffusion of these words he attributes to an older form of the Sanscrit or
"pre-Sanscrit" language. This idea was taken
up by Prof. Bopp, so justly celebrated as a
profound philologist, whose comparative
grammar of the Indo-European languages,
will forever form, as Max Muller says, the
safe and solid foundation of comparative
philology.
In 1841 he published an elaborate treatise
on the relation between the iWalayo-Polynesian and the Indo-European languages. As
the modern languages of the South of Europe grew up out of the ruins of the Latin
language, whose grammatical structure had
crumbled to pieces, so Prof. Bopp thought
that the Malayo-Polynesian had arisen out
of the wreck of the Sanscrit. But the dissolution of the grammatical structure of the
Sanscrit in the Oceanic languages had been
much more thorough than that of the Latin
in ift daughters, which preserve much of
the old system of" conjugation and have
wholly abandoned it only in their treatment
of the nouns. The Malayo-Polynesian
idioms, on the contrary, he says, " have entirely forsaken the path in which their Sanscrit mother moved; they have taken off the
old garment and put on a new one, or appear, as in the islands of the Pacific, in complete nudity." The result is that the only
certain and reliable proofs of derivation will
be wanting, since grammatical affinity is out
of the question, and we can only depend on
isolated verbal comparison, which throws
open the door to the wildest conjectures.
In view of the important bearing of the
question on the early history of mankind,
and of the fact that a somewhat similar theory has been recently advanced by Dr. Rae,
of Hana, I may be pardoned for dwelling
on it at some length. In justice to Dr. Rae,
I most add that he reverses the relationship,
making Sanscrit the child and Polynesian
the parent language.
Few scholars, I think, in the present
state of the science of language, would endorse Bopp's theory, that the Polynesian is
merely a descendant of the Sanscrit in the
last stages of decay, and I doubt whether
that illustrious scholar would now adhere to
the views which he expressed 22 Years ago.
Everything about this language smiws that
it is in a primitive stage of developement,
in its childhood, so to speak, and that, instead of having lost its inflections, it has
never had any to lose.
While most of Bopp's comparisons appear
far-fetched and fanciful, he has pointed
out some striking coincidences, especially in
the pronouns and numerals, which I will
insert here. He compares the Polynesian
•
an languages, as in me." The Hawaiian
na, rain, the Malay ujan, Malagasy urana,
he refers to the Sanscrit varshana; the
Hawaiian wahine, Tongan fafine, and Malagasy rat»a»e,tothe Sanscrit oadhtl, vadhuku;
the Polynesian po, night, to the Sanscrit
ksapo; wa'a or vaka, a canoe, to the Sanscrit pluvaka; and la'au or rakau, a tree, to
the Sanscrit vrks'a, Pracrit, rukk'a, and
•' It may be accidental," he
Gipsey ruk.
says, " that the Polynesian ra for sun
agrees with the Sanscrit rati, or wetu, a
star, with ketu, a comet, or wai, water, with
wdri, or awi, a river, with Apa, water, or
pakau, a wing, with paksa, or reo, speech,
with rava, voice, oxaire, to go, (a mistake for
haere,) with ardmi. I go, or tore, way, with
tarami. I go over. But that accident should
"
have played her game with all these words
is not to be believed." After making all
necessary deductions I am inclined to believe, with Pritchard, that there will remain
a few cases which cannot be attributed to
accidental coincidence, but by no means
such as to indicate a family relationship.
Such words may be relics of the primeval
unity of human speech, and as old as language itself. A manifest analogy has also
been found in the pronouns and numerals of
the Arabic, Egyptian and Mongolian languages with those of the Indo-European
class. There is much greater resemblance
both in words and structure between the
Malay and Indo-Chinese languages than between either of them and the Sanscrit.
Quite a list could be given, if necessary, of
Chinese and Polynesian words that have
some resemblance. For instance, compare
the Chinese ngo, 1, with the Micronesian
nga, the Chinese yu or ua, rain, and Polynesian ua, Chinese ngau, to bite, and Polynesian ngau or nau. to chew, Chinese Kotsau, blood, and Polynesian koko, Chinese
Thai, the sea, and Polynesian tai. Sec.
Many of these analogies would no doubt disappear on closer investigation.
I'rol. Buschmann on Bopp's Theory.
Prof. Buschmann, in a work published in
1843, on the Tahitian and Marquesan languages, rejects entirely the theory of Bopp.
He says that the three great families of languages, the Indo-European, the Semitic or
Arabian, and the Malay. " have no other affinity to each other than is common to the
human race in general." Again he says,
to sacrifice half the facts than
"toIt is better
supply them with vague inventions, which
bring suspicion even on those whose correctness is proved. But in declaring this opinion, I find myself opposed to some modern
lndologues, who think that they can solve
all etymological problems with their Sanscrit.
When we have to found etymologies on
such varied permutations of letters, or upon
essential changes in the form of words, we
have arrived upon ground where all certainlua, two, with the Sanscrit dwa, and the ty ceases, and arbitrary, multiform hypotheLatin duo; the Polynesian torn, three, with ses come into play. How can we hope to
the Sanscrit tri; the Malagasy effatra, four, find safe anchorage upon the deep sea ?"
with the Sanscrit c/iatwaras, Latin, quadra; The True Method of Inrclifc-atiufc- the
Subject.
and lima with the Celtic lamh, a hand. The
Here we would remark, that, in order to
Sanscrit pronoun of the first person, aham,
he compares with the Malagasy zaho, New draw safe conclusions from the comparison
Zealand ahau, and Hawaiian au; and ma in of languages, it is necessary to conform to
the dual and plural of the first person as in the following well-established maxims: 1.
maua, makou, he identifies with the m of We are not authorized to compare any given
the oblique cases in the singular in Europe. language with one entirely disconnected
3
THE FRIEND, JANUARY, 1864.
with it, without having first compared it
with the intermediate links. As Bunsen
remarks, Chinese and German may be of
the same stock, but it would be madness to
compare German words with Chinese. 2.
In comparing languages of different families we must compare tb* most ancient form
of the one with the most ancient of the
other. In comparing Polynesian with Malay or Malagasy, for instance, we must view
thelanguage as a whole and not base any conclusions upon Hawaiian or Tahitian forms
which may have lost or softened down some
of the original consonants. No one can
doubt that ika and not fa is the original
form of the word for fish. So kite is the
original of ike, "to know," kupenga of upena,
"net," and kese of the forms kehe, 'ese, ke, and
'c, "other" or " strange." That form is to be
considered original which accounts for "all
the rest. Thus saka is the original of sa'a,
faka,fa'a, and ha'a, to dance.
But when we would rise a step higher,
and include the whole Malayo-Polynesian
family of languages in a still higher classification, it is necessary to take a wider range,
and to select the primitive form of a word
from a comparison of all the Malayo-Polynesian languages. Thus, undoubtedly, the
Malay and Javanese ujan, " rain," is older
than the Polynesian ua; the Malay tatik,
than the Polynesian forms tasi, tahi
" sea,"
tai; the Bughis and Samoan stmt, than
and
the Tongan huhu, Hawaiian v, " breast."
Again, takut, the Malay for fear, is the original of the Polynesian mataku, mata'u and
maka'u; and sakit, Malay for sick, of masaki,
mahadi and ma'i. Some apparent analogies
disappear on a closer examination of the
original meaning of words. Thus many
persons have observed the resemblance between the Hawaiian mele, and the Greek
melos, a song. But the latter originally
meant a " limb," "indmber," and afterwards,
or strain." It
in a tropical sense,
"
is necessary in such inquiries to seek
primitive and material meaning of a Vord,
and carefully distinguish it from the later
spiritual or figurative signification.
Hale's Report of C. S. Kxploring F.xpedltion.
Horatio Hale's Report of the United
States Exploring Expedition, on Ethnology,
published in 1846, marks an era in our
knowledge, of Polynesia, and leaves very
little to be done in regard to the comparison
of the Polynesian dialects with each other.
The chapter which treats of the Polynesian
migrations is far superior to everything else
that has been written on the subject. He
shows that Hawaii is the key word which
unlocks the mystery of the Polynesian migrations, and that the Samoan group, and
the Island of Savaii in particular, may be
regarded as the centre from which Polynesia
was colonised. He gives us a comparative
grammar of Polynesian, which is generally
accurate, besides a vocabulary of about
1100 radical words in their original Polynesian form, l. c., that form which will account
for all the rest. Under each radical are
given the various forms which it takes in
the different dialects and a list of its derivatives and compounds. This great work,
which contains grammars and vocabularies
of several languages previously unknown,
will be a lasting memorial of its author and
an honor to his country.
To
eo»tia««i.
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THK FRI K.\l>, JANUARY, 1 S« 4
Madagascar.
Senator
THE FRIEND.
JANUARY
Sumner’s Speeches.
We would most respectfully acknowledge,
as a special favor from the Hon. Senator
Sumner, a copy of his speech on " Our
Foreign Relations," a copy of his oration on
"The Rebellion; its Origin and Mainspring," and a copy of a document entitled
" Our Domestic Relations." If any of our
American readers are troubled with a spinal
affection or weakness in their joints when
contemplating the prospects of their beloved
country, we would earnestly recommend to
them u thorough perusal of these and other
speeches of Senator Sumner. One of our
clerical brethren says that he has read aloud
to his wife, Mr. Sumner's speech on " Our
Foreign Relations." He speaks of it as
most admirable. This speech appears to
have attracted special attention in England.
It is unquestionably one of his very ablest
speeches. We have read this as we have
read his other speeches, with profound respect for Mr. Sumner's abilities as a statesman, an orator, a jurist and most worthy
representative of the political principles of
the good old Bay State—Massachusetts.
The race of giants is not dead ! The career
of Senator Sumner is one of the most interesting, remarkable and instructive. It seems
but as yesterday since he was struck down
by the dastardly blow of a chivalric son of
South Carolina. The grave has closed over
his mortal remains, Senator Sumner, however, walks the Senate Chamber, and wields
a most potent influence over the destinies of
the great Republic. His views and opinions
as unfolded in those great speeches, " Freedom National; Slavery Sectional," " The
Landmark of Freedom," " The Crime
against Kansas," and " Barbarism of Slavery," are now giving shape to the policy of
the American people in regard to the
African race.
By late papers we regret to notice the
announcement of the death of Mr. Sumner's
brother George, whose talents and fame
were so honorable to himself and country.
.
1, 1864.
Editor’s Table.
Pitis in Amkkica—By Edward Labnulagr.
Translated l>y Mary L. Booth. New York
C. Soribncr. IHG3.
:
The writer of this book is one of the ino*t
distinguished of the present generation of
the literary men of Frnnce. He has published
many works of a legal, historical and political nature. Some of his writings have related to the United States and their history.
In 1858, he published a work entitled
"History of the Political Institutions in the
United States, from 1620 to 1753." He
has recently published some " essays " or
struggle now ra" papers," relating to the
ging in America, and he shows by unmistakeable proofs that his sympathies are with
the North. Read the following paragraph
France, gives
" America, so badly judged indemocracy
that
the spectacle of a fruitful
holds fast to the gospel, and makes Christianity the essential condition of liberty. A
people risking its tortunes upon the exorcism
of slavery, is the grandest sight that this
nineteenth century has seen. Here is an
example which ought not to be lost, and
which I signalize for all pious souls, for all
generous hearts, that do not despair of God,
or of the future."
It is refreshing and animating to read the
utterances of a mind like Laboulage, or of
Gasparin. Rest assured their names will
not be forgotten whefssPiis fearful war has
an end. Senator Sumner, in his
great speech on the 10th of September, in
New York, remarks, in regard to the noble
writers of England who have defended
America, " for the honor of England, let
it be known, that there are Englishmen
who have stood firm and unshaken amidst
the painful recreancy. Their names cannot
be forgotten." Such are the names of
Cairnes, Cobden, Bright, Mill, Newman and
others.
We would call the attention of our
But we have wandered from our " text," readers to the essay of Prof. Alexander, of
which was Laboulage's " Paris in America."
Oahu College, upon the " Polynesian LanThis is a most interesting, racy, spicy, live- guage," &c. His remarks will be concluded
ly and entertaining book. Although the in our next issue.
writer never visited America, yet he understands the American people and appreciates
Before our next number is issued, we
their characrer. He fancies himself spendhope to visit the island of Kauai, for a few
ing a few days in Boston, and while there
days, and we rejoice that we can leave our
visits schools, attends political meetings, pulpit so ably supplied—the Rev. Mr. Snow
goes to church, visits among the people, and having consented to officiate during our abthereby is afforded an opportunity of de- sence.
scribing the salient points ofthe character of
a Bostonian and of Yankees in general.
Letters have been received by the
We can recommend the book to our readers Chaplain for E. H. Child, of Haddam, Ct.,
as worthy of perusal.
and Richard Peters, of Brooklyn, N. Y.
:
This large and populous island appears
destined to play a more conspicuous part in
the commercial, political and religious affairs of the nations of the earth, than it hitherto has done. We regret that our limits
do not allow us to present our readers with
a full and thorough resume of all that is at
present known in regard to that island. We
can only refer our readers to Ellis's "Three
Visits to Madagascar," in 1853, 1854, 1856,
and also to a most interesting article in the
American Eclectic Magazine, for November,
copied from Fraser's Magazine. This latter article brings down the history of the
island to the very latest dates. Our readers will remember the letter of Mr. Ellis
published in the November number of the
Friend.
The history of the island during the last
quarter of a century shows that French
brandy, Catholic priests, Puritan missionaries, intriguing traders, ambitious adventurers, and last of all, the celebrated Madame
PfeifTer, have played no unimportant part in
the checkered scenes of that island. So terribly has the country suffered from the intemperance of the rulers, in times past, that
one of the first articles of the new Constitution contains this clause :
Her Majesty shall not drink intoxicating
"
liquors."
The new Sovereign ascends the throne
under the name of Rabodo I. She was the
wife of the late King, who was put to death
by his chiefs.
We can only allude to one most singular
and remarkable incident in the history of
Madagascar. In 1845, one English and
two
French men-of-war attacked Tamatavc,
but were repulsed by the native soldiers.
In the engagement certain English and
French soldiers and sailors were killed, and
in defiance their skulls were placed upon
poles, where they remained for eight years !
The Queen of Madagascar haughtily sent
word to
English authorities of Mauritius,
" Each of all the kings of the earth has had
his land apportioned to him by God, and
each rules his own land in his own way.
Our Queen attempts not to rule your Queen
and your Queen must not attempt to rule
ours." She refused to hold intercourse with
foreign nations, and intercourse wus cut off
from 1845 to 1853, when it was renewed by
Mr. Ellis, who collected among the merchants of Mauritius t15,000, the indemnitymoney demanded by the Queen of Madagascar. The religious history of the island
abounds with incidents of most thrilling
interest.
The Russian Admiral Lessofisky pays Admiral Farragut
the high compliment of calling him "the m»l
remarkable and successful dstsl leader of the age.
''
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THE FRIEND, JANUARY, 186 1.
Voyage to Marquesas
Islands; or Report
Missionary
W. PARKER, Delegate of the
llnwniinu Miniomir; Society.
By Rev. B.
to
The schooner,.. Matwokawai, chartered th(*
RiinnliAo
in
* *
take
supplies to the missionaries in tne
-
il,.
miccinnaripfi
Marquesan Islands, sailed from Honolulu
on the 24th of August. By appointment of
the Board of the Hawaiian Evangelical Association I went as their delegate to attend
the annual meeting of the missionaries, and
confer with them on subjects relating to the
interests of the missionary work and the
propagation of the Gospel of Christ in that
group of Islands.
Our passage was a long one. For the
first three days after leaving the harbor of
Honolulu, we had light winds and calms,
till off the most Southern part of Hawaii.
Here we took the usual trade winds. With
them we ran for one week to Lat. 11, N.,
where the trades left us, and for eighteen
days we had calms, light winds and head
winds.
During these eighteen days we
made scarcely more than two degrees of
latitude, though by a strong easterly current, and an occasional light south wind, we
made easting, and were at one time about
five degrees to the eastward of the Marquesan Islands. We crossed the line in
Long. 13, 49, thirty-seven days after leaving Honolulu. On the 6th of October, forty-three davs out, we made the Island of
Uuhuga, one of the most northerly of the
the mission was limited to fourteen days.
In this time, the supplies were to be taken
to the six different stations on three islands
—the mission families to be taken from
their respective stations to the place of general meeting—the busines of the meeting
transacted, and at its close the several families to be returned to their stations. Considerable time was required to get from one
station to the other—and more to get from
one island to another island.
We made the passage from station to station and from island to island, often by beating, with the wind almost directly ahead.
It was easy to see, if the work was to be
done in the days assigned for it, we must
work with our might. As our arrival at the
island was so unexpected by the mission
families, and our time for doing the work so
short, none of the wives of the missionaries
left their stations to attend the meeting.
My time at the stations was necessarily
very short, usually no longer than was required to land the supplies, and take the
missionaries on board.
When the wants of the vessel occasioned
a longer delay, I improved the time to visit
the schools, travel up the valleys, call at the
villages, attend a meeting when one was to
be held at the station, converse with natives
as oppoatunity offered.
In giving some account of the mission
work in the islands for the last year, I depend partly on the annual report presented
by each missionary at the general meeting,
group. We ran along in near the shore, and this account may as well be given as we
hoping to find the Bay at which reside the pass along in our voyage from station to
Messrs. Lawsons and other foreigners, in- station, to collect the missionaries, beginning
tending to touch there, as the vessel was in with the Island of
I'apou.
need of supplies. Our firewood had been
mission
station
is on the North West
we
The
weeks
before
made
exhausted nearly two
Its location is unmistakeland. But not knowing the exact position side of the island. four
long spurs of the
of the Bay, and no one coming off to the ably marked by
schooner, we bore away for the Island of mountains, running up far above the other
Uapou, lying about 35 miles to the south of parts of the range, immediately back of the
Uahuga. We ran along the north and mission station, and about three miles diswest parts of the Island, and went some tant from it. This station was first taken
during the last voyage of the Morning Star
distance past the mission station, not knowing its location. No one from the shore to the islands. Kauwealoha was then locacoming off, the boat was got out and sent ted here, at the request of the highest chief
ashore and it was found we had passed the on that Island, and by the consent of the
mission station some miles. Here we took natives at the Bay where he lives. Populaon board a Marquesan, who knew the loca- tion of the island is 971. In his annual retion of the Mission, and stood back for the port the missionary says:
Bay.
" I have now been here seventeen months
When we were again opposite the station —have had religious services with the nathe missionary, Kauwealoha, saw us, came tives every Sabbath day, at the station or in
off and piloted us in to the good, safe har- some other part of the island. At the close
bor of Hakaekau, at the Island of Uapou— of the morning service have had a Sabbathour first place of anchorage after leaving school. I have preached the word of life
at the station, and in other parts of the islHonolulu, and forty-live days out.
Frem Kauwealoha we learned that the and, but have not yet seen the inhabitants
missionaries and their families were well, turning to the Lord. I have hope that He
at his latest dates from them, and engaged will awaken them, and cause His truth to
in their work at the different stations. They take root in their hearts. 1 have commenced
had relinquished all expectation of a vessel a course of visiting from house to house,
visiting them from Oahu this year, as it was and intend to continue it. In these visits I
so much later than any of our previous an- am always kindly received. Some portion
nual visits had been. But they were most of my time is spent in manual labor—cultihappy at our arrival, greeted us joyfully, vating the soil. In this way I partly supply
family."
and gave us a most cordial welcome. The my wants, and procure food for my
One man at the station, it is thought,
families had not seriously suffered from the
want of food or clothing, and yet our arrival gives evidence of true discipleship to Christ
was opportune, and the supplies we took —but had not yet been baptized. There is,
much needed by them, tit is well the at this station, a school of eighteen scholars.
Board delayed no longer in sending the ves- I spent an hour in hearing them read and
answer questions; seven were readers, six in
sel.)
the
work.ol
spelling, five in the alphabet and words of
lor
domj;
The time allowed
. ,
letters. One read in the Hawaiian
bible—and as well as a Hawaiian himself
would read it. From questions put and
answers given, it seemed to be read intelligently, and from different portions of the bible as they were given out to be read.
On the return passage I spent a Sabbath
at this station, and preached to those who
assembled, with Kauwealoha to interpret.
two
|T" I* continued ]
James Hunnewell, Esq.
We are highly gratified to notice in a late
copy of the New York Observer, that this
gentleman has donated $6000 to the funds
of Oahu College. We hope other well disposed friends of education will "go and do
likewise," so that Institution may be placed
upon a permanent foundation.
It has been our privilege, during years
past, to receive frequent communications
from Mr. Hunnewell. In a letter, dated
Boston, June 24th, 1863, we £nd some remarks relating to the landing of the missionaries on these islands, in 1820, which
are worthy of publication. After reading
Steen Bifle, the Danish commander's, remarks, as published in the Friend, he remarks :
" I have never seen the true cause given
for the delay in granting permission for the
first missionaries, by the brig Thaddeus, to
land on the islands, in 1820—which was the
objection of old Mr. John Young, whose influence was considerable at that time. You
may remember I was on the spot at the
time and had a little knowledge of the language, and was personally acquainted with
Mr. Young and with many of the principal
chiefs. [Mr. Hunnewell was first officer of
the brig.] Mr. Young to me, at his own
house, professed to be very glad that the
missionaries had come among them to preach
and to teach. He
got down his old
and I saw him
bible, brushed the
reading it on my visit to his house, while
awaiting the action of the Council of Chiefs,
then assembled at Kailua. All the chiefs
that I conversed with were alike rejoiced
that the missionaries had come to teach
them the Palapala. Impatient at the delay
in giving them permission to land, I demanded of them (that is, the chiefs) the
reason why they delayed the permission to
land, when all professed to be glad that they
had come to teach them. The reply of the
chiefs was that Olohana (John Young) in
their councils objected, saying that King
George would be huhu (or displeased) if they
allowed them to land, and was disposed to
delay their landing until they could obtain
the permission of King Keorgie. This delay
was compromised by granting permission
to land for one year, (which is well known.)
I distinctly remember Naihe as one of the
prominent chiefs who gave the information
and explanation at the time. I was most
acquainted with him and his wife Kapaolani,
having lived neighbors and friends at Honolulu in 1817, 1818.
" I have received the consignment of two
bales of cotton, near 600 pounds, from Mr.
Whitney, now on its way home in tbe Arctic, this being the first consignment of the
kind. It gives me great pleasure to receive
it, and it shall have my best efforts to obtain
satisfactory sales."
�THE FRIEND, JANUARY, IS6 4.
6
RTeNhptoAineruSociety.
HSfaolnimurse’
.
Jmt nine yean have passed away sinoe the
enterprise wa* undertaken of building a Sailor's
Home m Honolulu. It has.fallen to my lot as
Chairman of the Executive Committee, to prepare
the Annual Reports, which have been read and
publiibed. 1 could wish this duty might dovolvo
upon aome other member of the Board of Truetew batfrom my position as Chaplain, it has
been argued that I should not decline this duty.
So far as familiar acquaintance with the internal
and external management of the " Home," was
concerned, I cannot plead ignorance, for scarcely
a day has passed since the Homo was built, that
I have not visited the building and hocame more
or led acquainted with the inmates, and, furthermore, acquainted with the unwearied efforts
ofMrs. Thrum and Mrs. Oat, to do all in their
power for the oorafort and welfare of the boarders. Mo one who has not become thus intimately acquainted with the daily management of tho
Home, can have but a fuint idea of the difficulties attending the carrying forward such a boarding establishment. Some of those difficulties
were foreseen, and others havo been made apparent from year to year. With the best of management the loss upon the bills has been 10 per
cent. Thus Mrs. Thrum and Mrs. Out have
really been the most generous contributors to
support tho Home. They have contributed, although sometimes reluctantly, and by compulsion, hundred* of dollars where others have donated their tent. Still in thisrespect the loss upon
the bills of the boarders has not been greater
than at the large Homos of London and New
York. In some respects we have been even more
successful than have tho managers of those establishments.
It was never expected tho Home would bo a
money-making establishment, and it has only
been by the strictest economy that the institution
has been carried along. I am happy to report
that as usual the home has been kept open another year, and it has to-day from twenty to
thirty hoarders sitting at its tables. When a
visitor witnessos the quiet and ordet which pervades the establishment, as much so its that of
the best boarding house here or elsewhere, I
think he must acknowttge that the sailor is far
better off who becomBK inmate of the Home,
while on shore, than those who go elsewhere.
The question arises, with all our experience,
with a knowledge of the difficulties in the way,
and obstacles to be overcome, " Shall the Home
be carried forward or shall it be given up?"
This is an important question. If given up,
then we have only to disband and surrender our
Charter back to the Government: we have merely
to announce, that all things considered we have
abandoned the enterprise, and hereafter no efforts will be made for the improvement of seamen during their temporary sojourn amongst us.
This would be the easiest method. This is what
many doubtless desire. It will save money to
the friends of the cause.
Rest assured that 1 am far, very far, from
recommending any such course. I never felt
more inclined to urge forward a liberal support
of the institution. I have witnessed the good
whioh has been accomplished, and whioh is now
being done by the establishment. To abandon
the enterprise would be a lasting disgraco to the
good people of Honolulu and of the islands generally. Oar motto should be "onward!" and
under all the difficulties and perplexities attending the enterprise, endeavor to do tho best that
oar limited meant will allow, and If more funds
are needed, to call upon the community and the
friends of Seamen elsewhere to oome forward
with their means.
I am most happy to report, that the home
this evening is not only oat of debt, but has
more than one hundred dollars in the handa of
oar treasurer. During the past year no repairs
haw bean made upon the building, but the time
has oome when something ought to be done.
The main building is suffering for the want of a
new coat of paint, and somo slight ropairs. The
bedding, too, needs to be renewed in part, and
some other outlays ought to be made, tho whole
amounting, as near as I can now estimato. to
between four and five hundred dollars. Ono
fourth fart of that amount wo have on band,
and it is to bo hoped the balanco may bo forthcoming from the friends of the institution. Perhaps somo of our liberal-minded merchants may
be inclined to give oil, paints and such other
articles as aro needed, while it is to be hoped
others muy bo found who will send a contribution of sheets, pillow-cases and bed-spreads,
which arc now much needed to koep our supply
gcod.
It must be borne in mind, that at the first
starting of this enterprise it was fully understood
that to seamen-boarders the lodging was to be
furnished gratis. The price charged for board
it was never supposed would be sufficient to sustain the establishment. There was a margin
left, to bo supplied by tho benevolent in the community. This is the method pursued by the
friends of seamen in England and America. Experience bus shown that wo must pursue the
same plan if wo would see tlie Homo prosperous
and useful.
Under theso circumstances I trust the Trustees
will adopt such measures as, in their wisdoni,
they deem wisest and best.
S. 0. Damon,
Chairman of Eimt/nr Committee,
ReofptTorheasueSociety.
HSornilmu’es
Honolulu, Nov. 23, 18C3.
To the Honolulu Sailor's Home Society :
At the date of the last annual Report of your
Treasurer, (Nov. 20th, 1862,) there was cash in
his hands amounting to eight dollars and seventy
cents, and there were unpaid bills outstanding
against the Society amounting to $124 07; all
of which were paid during the month of November, so that at the end of November the Society
was free from debt, and has remained so evor
—
British Civil Wars.— War Debts.
There are no less than thirty-seven rebellions recorded in English history, between
the time of William the Conqueror, A. D.
1069, and the Irish outbreak in 1803.
Several others have since occurred. The
British foreign wars have been incessant,
and their expenses have been enormous.
That of the American revolution was six
hundred and thirty millions of dallars, and
the contest with the first Napoleon cost five
thousand seven liundercd and ninety-five
millions.
A Fable.—Perhaps some of you have
read the modem fable—as good as anything
in ./Esop, 1 think, although it is new—the
sparrow and the eagle. One day the sparrow went to the eagle, nnil said to him,
your royalty, I see that you
" May it plcnse kids
and lambs, that never
fly away with
did any harm to anybody. There is no
creature in the world so malignant as the
cat. She prowls around our nests, cats up
our young, and bites off our own heads.
She feeds so daintily she must be good eating herself. She is lighter to enrry than a
kid, and then you would get a famous grip
in her loose fur! Why don't you feed on
cat ?" " Oh," replied the eagle, " 1 had a
worm here this morning, who asked me,
' Why don't you feed on sparrow V Is that
a piece of worm's skin that I see on your
beak, child ?"
The sparrow cleaned her
head on her feathers, and said, •'1 should
like to see the worm that asked you that
question." " Stand forth, worm," said the
eagle; the worm appeared ; the sparrow
snapped him up, and then went on with his
argument against cats. Rev. W. R. Alger.
—
since.
Good Humor.—Keep in good humor. It
Tho receipts and disbursements havo been as is not great calamities that embitter exis-
follows:
tence; it is the petty vexations, the small
Chas. R. Bishop, Treasurer, in Account Current jealousies, the little disappointments, the
with the Honolulu Sailor's HomeSociety:
minor miseries, that make the heart heavy
and the temper sour. Don't let them. AnNov. 20—To Cash on hand
$ 8 70 ger is a pure waste of vitality; it is always
from 14 Trusteed 36 00 foolish,
and always disgraceful, except in
" Am'trec'd
5 mos. rent of cellar 50 00 some very rare cases, when it is kindled by
" " for
U. Lewere 19 89
"•' " dona. Tin C.
C. Skiers
f> 08 seeing wrong done to another; and even
"m " "•• G.
s.
Damon 3 40 that noble rage seldom mends the matter.
C.
"
"
Keep in good humor.
1863
No man does his best except when he is
Nov. 20—From Honschlaegor & Stapenhorst for 1 year's rent of cellar to
cheerful. A light heart makes nimble
$120 00 hands, and keeps the mind free and alert.
date
No misfortune is so great as one that sours
07 the temper. Until cheerfulness is lost,
1862
nothing is lost! Keep in good humor !
Nov.—By paid 0. II. lowers" account $29 89
The company of a good humored man is
Q. C. Sidcrs' account
"
—"
a
perpetual feast; he is welcomed every46 08
lead pipe, fto.
40 60 where—eyes glisten at his approach, and
—By paid S. 0. Damon, sundries
difficulties vanish in his presence. Frank—"
" A. Bivius, glazing. Ac. 7 50 lin's
indomitable good humor did as much
1863
for his country in the old Congress a;.
Nov. 23—Bal. on hand, carried to now
120 00 Adams' fire or JcfTerson's wisdom; he clothaccount
ed wisdom with smiles, and softened conten$244 07 tious minds into acquiescence.
Keep in
Respectfully submitted: Chas. R. Bisuop.
good humor!
A good conscience, a sound stomach, a
clean skin, are the elements of good humor.
In battle or business, whatever the game,
In law or in love, it it ever the tame;
Get them, and keep them, and—be sure to
In the struggle for power, or the scramble for keep in good humor.
Let this be your motto—Rely on yourself!
“He always wins who sideswith God,
For whether the prise be a ribbon or throne,
To him no chance ia lost."
The viotor is he who can go it alone!"
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APVBRTIBBMBITTI.
ADVBRTISEMBjsTTS.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
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MARINER.
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ArroTioNDisn.
AND COMMISSION MERCHANT,
,
A T D. N. F MINER'S Watoh and Jewelry
[
Establishment, in Kaahumanu street, will be
V
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Almanacks for 1862.
Qt KKN KTKKKT, HONOLULU.
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Mcrotiiint's, Shipmaster's ami Mechanic's Assistant.
Will continue business at DM new stand.
j.
11.
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(SUCCKSSOK TO 1. r. IVIRKTT.)
At his l»t« rooms, Queen Street.
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The Art of Suilmaking.
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Many ornamental articles, iuoluding Breast Pins,
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Particular atleutiun given to repairing and rating
Officers' tabic, with lodging, per week,.
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IMIYKICIAN fc SURGEON,
Honolulu, March 1, 1861.
Managm.
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Tools and Ausici'LTURAL Ispl«sk»ts, Fori
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THE FRIEND:
A MONTHLY JOURNAL, DEVOTED TO TEMPERANCE, SEAMEN, MARINE AND
GENERAL INTELLIGENCE,
PUBLISHED AND EDITED BY
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MARINE JOURNAL.
New Rocks —In the track of teasels bound from
this port lo Sau r'runciaoo, lie, what are called M
some ohartH, " Heed's Hocks," on others, " l-'ulmouth Shoals," having been discovered by the U. 8.
PORT OF HONOLULU, S. I.
sloop-of-war Falmouth, Capt. Rood, in 1850. These
rocks lie, according to the statement of the discoverer,
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ARRIVALS.
in N. Lat. 37 '24', and West Long! 187° 27', and
But
about five days' sail from San Francisco.
30—Am wh ship Gov Troup, Ashley, from OchoUk, via
Hilo. Ofl and < itthough lying thus directly in the track of vessels
wh ship Mount Wallaston, Willis, frm OchoUk
bound to that port, it is somewhat remarkable that Dec. I—Am via
Hilo. Off and on.
they have never been seen by others. In 1868, Capt.
7—Am wh ship MassachusctU, Greene, from Lahaina,
Baker, of the bark Whatcheer, steered directly for
Before reported.
11—Am hark Trieste, Snwall, 18 days from San Franclsclt,
the locality named, and run very close to the spot, if
en route for Melbourne. Anchored outside. Sa
not exactly over it, without finding any sign of land
ed next day.
or shoal water. Last August, the bark Yankee (on
13—Eng steel sch Domitila, Griffith, 23 daya from Victoria, with mdse to Janion, Ureeu & Co.
which at the time we were) also ran within two or
13—OldV »hip Julian, Lubbers, 160 daya from Bremen
three miles of (be spot, without observing any indiwith indue to Melchera «y Co.
cations of b»o..I». In October, Capt. Red field (whom
18—Am ahip Princess, Crowell, 22 days from Ban Franour readers well know as formerly master of the
cisco, en route for Baker's Island. Anchored outHide.
Olivia) reports having observed the rocks about
18—Am
wh ship Gen Williams, Benjamin, from Ochotsk,
locality
but
their
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miles
farther
mid-day,
gives
via San Francisco 26 days.
ii"!ih, and three miles farther west. Now if, as he
21—Am ship Iliberaia2d, Whitfield, 67 days from Shangstates, there are only ten feel of water on them, they
linr. i'u route for Mowlam!'a Island. Anchored
outside.
are very dangerous, and ought to be surveyed by
30—Haw
hark line Hawaii, Kldri.lge* ISS daya frm New
some government vessel at once and the ex.ict posiBedford, wlthmdae to Wilcox, Kichurds «V Co.
tion laid down, to prevent shipwrecks. In the Bulletin we find ('apt. Redfield's report referring to these
DKI'AKII KKS.
rocks, which is important to Captains
DANORsova Rocks PtOsS —iii SPF ISM California Ooss*. Nov. 20—Am wh ship Isaac Howland,Sissun.for Now Bedford.
irhslTlhlr Auxin Ahiijuil, we
30—11 I F M's corvette Ist Cordeliere, for Sau Francisco.
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Iroiu lliis port, light in the track of vessels
the Sandwich Islands. rU'. I'uptaill Itedlleld -ailed from tins
|K.rl on the '.lulli May, and on the Wh of June, at liiue at afternoon observation, saw the rocks, the wind betas light and tinsea very smooth at the time. Their linsilion, us taken by him.
was in lalilude 37 dcg. :ii> mill. N., longitude 107 dsf. ::u lulu
W. Hehad Just tsken liis afternoon observation and had had
an excellent noon sight. On seeing the rocks he repeated his
observation and found the result of the two agree. As Ills
chronometer proved correct m all of his land-falls afterward, lie
feels certain Unit the position or the rocks as aliove stated, is
perfectly correct. The rocks were passed by Captain Itcdtield
within the length of his vessel. The largest one he judges to
lie about fifty feet broad and one hundred and fifty feet long;
8. 8. K. of which, by compass, alwut a quarter of a mile, he
saw a discoloration of the water, it having the appearance m
there being another and a smaller rock. On passing the larger
rock, all of his boats being on deck repairing at the time, Captain Kedfield did not stop to sound ; but from the color of the
rock and long ribbon kelp growing on It up to the water's edge,
he judged it to have probably ten feet water, and in a heavy
sea to break badly. Reed's Hocks, as laid down on the charts,
have never been found by vessels arriving st this port, many of
whom have reported sailing over the locution. The rocks seen
by Captain Redtield are in the same longitude, but eight miles
lurther south. He believes that they are most dangerous to
shipping, both on account of their not being seen until close ou
them,anil from the general disbeliefof sea captains in thuexistence of Reed's Rocks.
While speaking of shoals, we may suggest an expedition to determine wbether'the shoal laid down ou
the Admiralty charts in North Lat. 27" 40' W. Long.
140° 49' really exists, or is only a myth. It lies in
the track of vessels bound from San Francisco to
this port, and it may have been on this or some
other unknown shoal that the U. S. Sloop ol war
Levant was lost three years ago.
Information Wanted!
Respecting Alttn McDonald, who lett theUnited States In
18&0. lie has been engaged in the North Pacific whaling busiAny intormatiou will be gladly received by the Chapness.
$509 50
lain, or by his mother, Mrs. Anna McDonald,No. 82, WashingPresent debt, $39 50 ton Street, Newport, R. I.
who left ship Barnstsble," and
P. S.—Our unpaid subscriptions, we hope, Respecting O/itier Tripp,
remained some months st Y. 8. Hospital. Information will be
will meet the small debt due.
gladly received by Rev. Samuel Fox, Seamen's Chaplain, New
Bedford, or the Editor of the Friend.
Respecting Ocfavias BfsfA, who. on the 23d of January,
Incidental Expenses at Bethel.
1847, at Tahiti, shipped on bosrd Hie French whaleahip
at Honolulu, the 13th of
Debt Jan. 1, 1863
"Ferdinand" and was discharged
$ 77 00
of same year. Hia fsmily have not since heard
December,
4rc.,
Ex. for Repairs,
117 72
from him. Hit father, D- O. Blyth, resides in Colchester,
Information will lie gladly received by
$194 97 Essex, England. C.Any
Wyllle, Esq.
the editor, or R.
Maine, who
Respecting Atmto John Appleton, of Kitlery,
Receipts during the year:
has been reported st Honolulu, on board whaloship " Phoenix."
by the Editor, or Mr.
$146 37 Any information will gladly be received
Donations,
Edwin 8. Appleton,Kittery, Navy Yard Village, Maine, U. 8.
having knowledge
Ayshford.
Any
person
Respecting Henry
Present debt
$ 48 60 of this Individual,(s native of London, England,) who arrived
Charles Carroll,"
ship
the
184»,
in
at New London July 80,
by communicating
from Desolstion Island, will lie remunerated
Fire Afloat.—On the 28th ult., about 1 o’clock, ,he
London,
New
Haven,
Conn., sf to
information to Henry l\
P. M., an alarm of fire was given, ouuaed by dense the Editor of the Friend.
smoke issuing, from the hold of tbe whaleship Jirth
The tie companies were promptly at the
DIED.
Swift.
•barf, and soon at work in checking the flames,
whioh did not take long. No damage was done to
Qroci,—ln Honolulu, Deo. 29, A. Victor flroul, a Catholic
the vessel, as the Ire only ooniumed tbe fuel Meat, belonging to the Catholicmission. He hsd been stationed
for some years st Halava, Oahu. This Is the fifth of the
4Mea to Ignite it, and had not reached the timbers. A
died on the Sandwich Islands.
colored tailor waa arrested the tarn* day as a deserter Catholic mission who bare
Honolulu,Dec 8, of congestion of the brain, Mr
Dxrbt—ln
has
to
setting the ship on tre on Senwho
oosfeeasd
Salem, Mass., cut for
Samu el Derby, sged about 40, s natire of
lay Bight.— Adv.
manyy earns resident of this town.
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26—Am wh
In
i-
bark Lagmlu, Kantwood, lor New Brdiord.
28—Am bark Young Hector, Chadwick, fur San Francisco
28—Am wh nark Florence, Bpenetr, lor Hilo.
l—Am ship Syren, Sears, for Baker's Island.
2—Aui wh ship George Howlttnd, June*, tor Coast ,<'aln.
J- -Haw wh hark Harvest, ls>>iv,;ii.d, far Line fr Arctic.
3—Am wh ship John Coggerdmll, Demi, for cruise and
home.
3—Old'g wh brig Kohola, Cogan, for Line and Arctic.
4—Am hrig Advance, Barlow, for .Manila.
4—Haw wh hark Kamchauieha V, (late Zoc,) Long, fo
Coast California.
6— Hush brig ShelckolV, ITinWon, for N«w Archangel.
s—Am bark N S Perkins, Robinson, for Victoria.
7—Am wh ship Kuropa, .Milion, Cor Line and An;tic.
7—Am wh ship Gov. Troupe, Ashley, for Court Cal.
7—Am wh ship llerenles, Dexter, for Coast California.
B—Old'g wh hrig Comet, Wilhchni, for C»>a»t Cal.
B—Am harkentine Constitution, pommy, for Teek ale t.
9—Am wh ship Adeline, Barber, for Coast California.
14—Am bark Yanttee, l'aty, for San Francisco.
l;i—Am wh bark Henry Kneeland, boule, for Line.
lA—Am wh ship Milton, Halsey, for Coast Cat.
21—Am wh bark Cicero, Stivers, for Westward.
21—Eng ship Anne Mary, Tesseyoian, for New London.
22—Am wh hark Martha 2d, Daily, for Line.
22—Am wh hark Pacific, Rose, for Line.
2"—Am ship Princess, Crowell. for Baki-r's Island.
29—Am ship Hihcmia, 2d, Whitfield, for Howh-nd's
Island.
30—Sch. Helen, Bush, for Phoenix Inland.
MEMORANDA.
Baker’s Island Marine Report.
ARRIVsn:
May 'it—Am wh ship Elisabeth, Winslow, 42 mos out, 800 sp.
July 9—Am wh bsrk Triton, Packard,32 mos out, 22* sp.
Aug 10—Am wh ship Hay Head, Lawrence, 34 mos out, 1150
sVsrsaj
Nov 18—Amship Herald of ths Morning, Williams, 12 days
from Honolulu.
28—Sch Helen, McGregor, 22 dys from Honolulu. Sailed
next day for Howland's Island. Returned on the
28th, took ship's company, and sailed for llono.
LSoshipfAsterion.
Sept 24, at 3 o'clock, A M, the Al clipper ship Aslerios, of
New York, 1126 tons, 11. D. Hurd, Master, with a cargo of
guano, from Howland's Island, struck on the reef st the N E
part of Baker's Island, and became a total loss. The crew
were all saved, as well as some of the stores, «c. Nov. 19,
Mr George Ulrick,first officer or the Asterion, with six ases—
Jss Wilson, Frank Robinson, W Pike, W Donley, C Hotchklss,
snd 8 0 Holies—left Maker's Island in a whaleboat, for Howland's Island, to induce the schooner Helen to oome to Baker's
Island snd take the shipwrecked crew, since which time nothing has been heard of them.
PASSENGERS.
From Sax Frajicisoo—per Trieste, Dec 11—Mr Coggeshall
snd wife.
From Victoria—per Domltila, Dec 13—A Ilutchlnson, Ja
Hall, Wm Temple, C M Stlllwell, E Kershaw, T Pale, Wm
Uraham, R Whewell, (1 Lynch, C Irving, J Allen.
For Sax Frascmoo—per Yankee, December 14—H X Rawson, A Bourgoine, 0 X Clark, A W Pelroe, C J Robertson, F
Sllva, J Thaxter, M Cooper, W A ALlrich, Mrs f U Waitesides
Frost Sas Frascwco—per Princess, Deo 18—Rev W F
Snow snd wife, Mr W L Green.
From Baksr'b snd Howlanok'b Islands—per Hblrn, Dee.
26 Capt Hurd and 17 men of ship Asterion, J Fletcher, Was
Klnney. A P Henry, W II Johnson, snd IT kanaka laserors.
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