It1797-
thé; hüfinefsv ended * /Porngrre^Otooi and- the-other.ehièfs,j.i£haking
hands with “the captain fendebretKfen. 'Thus.-aldoor;feeMs*'opgaing*
fsr the golpel at Ulietëa, whither fbffib o fjjh è bretferèri^purpbfe to'tgo1
as foon as they have thêïangdage.’ .
i^th.c Wind» eaftêrly,,’with moderato and._plealan>t veeatfewCSetf.
up our'rigging,''and 'rafted -alon^deififteen^butta-jof^watei,1.iwhiqh'
coiEyleted sojttr.^Efeek^ïaiïd^ts we 'pbepbfed to: • failsin'd day. dr
feveraTartides were fent;Qm¥hore to ënablerthe brethrén to go on with"
their’ work, with® quarititylof'nails, fó^cb.for 't^ e . -d f i^ g our ab*-f
fence j 'alfotèa3ofeefe'^ra^i,what.èlfe:^vé coïïid fpare ó f that nature.
None o f ‘thfi chiéfsrtame;near^:to-day;fand^utfèwüeanpe^; The
young k in g and Pomatrerpaid g. vifit.at the houfe^wïrétfMr, Jefferfoh'
took occafioct, to fjieak to him cphcerning the edncatiorfcaf :his3diili>
dren * reprefcnting it as a patter .of the.greateJf importance hdfto to1
them and thfe ^.people, ó f Otaheite • and that he'KWQulji h^-^iaghly*
hbrnfcatdéftoj. jfegfeEf jftp&gpyytog^r'. which | their '«^n^ujgi Afforded;'
The .c h ie f scmind deemedJmprelfed with the truth'of ■ whatW^srifed^’
and he immediately fpoké fo Otoo, who returned very uni\v«mrable'
anfwdrr: ' “ He did not want to learn Enghfh,n I have a very had
“ Opinion .of, Otoo, ” fays Mr.-Jefferfon. And certawdynappearauces'
-are- much ^gainft him ; howëver, we may reafonably jhopejfthat the'
example o f our people, and the exhibition o f arts which muft appear',
wonderful in their eyes? may in tirhepexcite in his mind a third after
knowledge»;; They expreffed high delight on the’ garden engine!
playing, and calling waiter oh the thatch o f the houfe. Thermo-
meter 765°. 7
’ ■ rS th .;; Wind from'-N.E; to E ,S .m o d e r a t e 'a n d pleafant wea-f
ther ^ erhployed clearihg-the Ihipifor fea. In the, afternoon Pomarre'
and Iddeah ’came' on; board,' accompanied ■ by Manne Marine, and
Péter to interpret. A prefenf of* cloth was,made the captain, and
b y a large cheft which they had brought with them in the canoe, we.
could fee what they expected but feigning. not- to underftand, as
they handed it up the fide, the captain inquired o f the chief what
^ “'?&ehied, greatly perplexed' how to aftfwer
£jl], a^j M^ ^ ^ faid , that he only Ranted tgglock re-
J ^ W is on. fiad^foithf c $
, ^if *} L^ mjHcr t^ap^bcfoj Cj, ^and Rung nopthci way
?'tfPo h'lmidt,^ ?4 n l^ ith that lt.w a l^M & ^ to.hoId
fthe present < wl?nhjffit caji^ 11 n,npght IgL pleafedTto mfk? fo-bim and
h - \if i y S iuit* 11156 th e^ fjkO to 'p r e -
W m \\'henJaudTbdbw!,
f t^ ^ s 'a lk e d w h it he would like to fme /but Waning it ,j£ l/h /h a t
ad5le,’ phi iPJlp&t wjtofc^'w ^ aregfways, ready.yTd^dyhirn
Qty allowroo, that iu/wioe^en, jo® ten*for
& Jhlf- i f ^ k g n ^ o w l d(k ah q £ huif&r'c u li fiv*o Ihirts, / w k ipokink.
.gU $ | s '.fit' p a ir |o 'f^ a^ s^ l i x l u j j t J , '-and five combs •
were added’ to his -part, one cSff-11 qn-pot, one i:\zgrl
jiad l b lm ^ r r>j‘ Tbt v v m w is put S ^ / ' b y
■ -w.Iik.h yas^yei:yigQQcf.< He ackhqwiedg^'^jmfalf
after^a^s^betiyiid'p^ks'/Where the brethren
had k\ ciah mg^Jfiole, h e \ r& t^ fo ^ ^ ^ [ 1 1 1 1 / 'o f all jhat
- h e ^ ^ j^ p f^ N h c y , .k'ne^ 'h o w ^ ^ ^ ^ M . r f^ e d j ’"tbe.cabTiU
.^ y '^ i f i t d d n m with^ery^J’ittle, , I h w / b e e n ^ u ^
Saufeithe inc'identS’p f this,da.y da^.in ame^ure, ^apa^eriz&theid^ie^.
T hSbretTrenarUei k ed;f ^ f l i& F 4 en k y Ifles^',copfide|rfng t ^ n o s e
werejttya^Gknp.any them, knclfidro^ their
nunsher Mr.^ Seth Kelfo fb- be their ^^^or?. arK^„urgeciftp thofe op
/?Sre," fhc propriety’, b£_ordaining^ him and Jahh^Hargis; ptevious to
their dep^ture; ^ This they very rk d ily Qonfented to,, and ^the. nexj:
day-, beih^ und^y-, was,a^6mt||Tor that-:purp;ofe.. jT ^ e rmo i p e ^ r ,
ftme, order^ being i f ih e d m % d ^ fa b b ^ k . '| ,l\t, two
or three c|noes Were _off in the ^Jiay atnd jqeiijg \that we tpok np
notice ofdhem, they foon ^eturne^ to the To-day, at the.
miflionary houfe, were/)jdamed’§eth E dfo and T^n'Harris^mjnife--
ters. to the places of their refpecStive.deftination,.