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■site owy / - CHEROKEE F, PHflENlX. ..a»ca^ VOL. I. j(EW ECHOTA, WEDNESDAY CTOBER 15, 182S. NO. 33. iDITED BY ELIAS BOUDINOTT. PRINTED WEEKLY BY ISAAC H. HARRIS? ‘ for THE CHEROKEE NATION. At 02 50 if paid in advance, $3 in six aonths, or $S 50 if paid at the en^ of the r €&r. To subscjdbers who can read only The IHerokee language the price will be 02,00 n advance, or 02,50 to be paid within the year. Every subscription will be considered as ■■ontinued unless subscribers give notice to the contrary before the commencement ot a tiqw year. Any person procuring six.subscribers, and becoming responsible for the payment, shall receive a seventh gratis. Advertisements will be inserted at se\ en« tv-five cents per square for the first inser tion, and thirty-seven and a half cents lor each Continuance; longer ones m propor- Itfon. Jc y»All letters addressed to the Editor, post paid, will receive due attention. ^ w y J J J J 0» Jj Jl D I» S 1 J E C. 6 J. 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The Herald for the present month gives the particulars of a third outrage committed by men from a civilized and Christian country, on the Native Authorities of the Sandwich Islands •and the members of the Mission.— Some notice of these transactions ap peared three or four weeks ago, ip ex tracts of a private letter. We are glad to see the whole affair, in all its turpitude, held up, as it is in the Her ald, to the detestation of the civilized world. We think the missionaries and their friends in this country have been too forbearing; and we hope that hereafter no wretch can be guilty of such conduct as that related below,' Without being publicly and by name handed over to the infamy he de serves. We should be glad to lay before ,our readers the whole article in tfce Her ald, but must content ourselves for the present with the following tracts.— Ver. Chron. In the month of October last, a third httack was make upon the place, which was, in some respects, more Aggravated thau any preceding one. The assailants were the officers and Drew ofthe John Palmer, an Englifh whale-ship. The assault was made under the direction, or with the sanc tion of the captain, who is said to be a Dative of Massachusetts. The history of this affair is well written by Hoapiri, the governor of JWam, (of which island Lahaina is the port,) in an official despatch address- to Kaahumanu, the regent of the Sand wich Islands. Before the reader en ters upon the perusal of this document, let him recoUect, that four years pre vious to the date which it bears, the man who wrote it was au uninstructed pagan, not able to read or write. Let fee official report be considered—its ex order, explicitness, freedom from ex traneous matter, and from every thing like swelling and bombast, and its man ly assumption of responsibility; and let it be 6aid, whether such men are to receive abuse and iDsult, and their towns to be tired upon, not only with out provocation, but when the rulers are discharging a great public duty, which they owe to themselves and to their persecutors? and whether the civilized world is to look calmly on, and see the peace and the territory ol the unoffending natives barbarously violated, merely because riotous sail ors will not brook the restraints of civilization and Christianity ? The letter is as follows: Lahaina, Oct. 24, 1824. Love to you Elisabeth Kaahumanu. This is the word which I have to declare to you. We have recently been in difficulty:• we here of Maui. No one else is involved, I alone. It was my own personal resolution. This is the ground of difficulty which you are to consider—a strict regard to God: because you and we had said, the women must ntft go on board the ships for the purpose of prostitution. I have strictly observed this word of ours. There have recently gone off se cretly several women for purposes of lewdness, Nakoko and Mikabako and others,' whose names I do not know. When I heard by the people, that the ships had got possession of the women, then I requested the commander of the ship, Captain Clark, tp return to me the women. He would not con sent :—lie ridiculed what I said. That day passed; next morning I urged him again; three times I insist ed on it He said to me: Your efforts are vain. It is not right. It is not thus in Gi’eat Britain. It is not right for you to withhold women from English men. Do not keep back the women, that go in the bad way; otherwise a man of war will come and destroy you all. Then I replied; I do not at all re gard what you have 6aid. There is but one thing that is right in my view —that you send me back the women; —but understand, if you do not return them; 1 shall detain you here on shore till we get the women. Then you may go to the ship. My requirement was not at all com plied with. Then I sent me^ to take the boat. The boat was detained by me; and the foreigner was detained by me, here on shore. He said to me: this place will be full of ships; and Maui shall be free from tabu, or entirely burnt, so that not a cluster of houses shall be left. My ship is ready to fire upon you this night. I replied; if the guns of your ship fire, I will take care of you. You and I and mv chief will go together to an other place. If your men fire from the ship, we the people of the island will remain quiet; but if the people of the ship land here on shore to fight us, then my people will fight them. You and I will sit si ill, and let your people and mine do the fighting. I will take care of you. If you do not give me back the women, you and I will dwell here on shore', and you shall not returh to your vessel. I have but ono desire, and that is, the return hith er of the women. I ended. We continued together from the early to tjie latter part of the evening, when the cannon of the ship were fir ed. Mr. Richards had come to me, say in perhaps, it is nearly wrong perhaps. He said to me, I shall sail to Oahu. Boki and the consul XVill come and fight us. Where are you? Look out well for Nakoko and those with her, and if you can get them, send tkern back here to Maui; and if the vessel does not an swer, then give direction to Balekaiu- hi. It is ended. Lave to you all, Roapihi-kane. love to them.” Mr. Richards inquir ed of me, “What is your design?” I replied my only design is, thAt the women he returned. We were per suaded to resign by Mr. Richards. I therefore sent hack the foreigner; but did not obtain the women. These are my thoughts concerning the recent doing in this place beloug- ingjtoyour kifigr & it* nearly right iig, “I have come to promote recon- liliation, out of love to you and out of Explanation of the foregoing letter. All the .readers of these pages may not have been informed, that Kaahu manu has' been a person of great au thority at the islands for the last twen ty-five years; that she was one ofthe wives of old Tamehameha; that in her former state, she was like other pagan rulers, except that she exhibit ed uncommon talents and extraordina ry haughtiness; that, three or four years ago, she first gave evidence, which has since been continued, of strict religious principle; that she was admitted to the church in December 1825; that she was previously associ ated with Karaimoku in the govern ment, as joint regent with him, till the young king should be of sufficient age and capacity to administer the public concerns, that, since the deathjjif Ka raimoku, this trust devolves upos her alone; that her influence and authori ty with the natives are paramount and undisputed; that though foreigners have tried to render her odious with the natives, they do not appear to have succeeded ahtall; and that she uses her power discreetly, and to the satis faction of the chiefs and people,. Her brother Kuakini, commonly called John Adams, is governor of Hawaii, the largest island. When Kaahuma nu was baptized, she took the name of Elizabeth. By saying, JVo one else is involved— I alohe—Hoapiri means, that he takes the sole responsibility of what was done by himself and his men. The boat referred to was the cap tain’s, in which ho went to and from his ship. By saying that he should take care of captain Clark, Hoapiri meant that Capt. Clark should be put in a place of safet)*, and not, as our readers might understand him, that’instant, deserved, and condign punishment should be in flicted for so gross and wanton an out rage. By my chi&f is intended Nahienaena, the young princess; and by your king, Kauikeouli, the young king, then in the fourteenth or fifteenth year. The sentence—it is nearly right per haps, it is nearly wrong perhaps-h idio matic, and probably means—perhaps I was right—perhaps / was wrong: of this it belongs to you, as my superior, to judge. The letter is signed Hoapiri-kane, which is, Hoapiri the man, to dis tinguish the governor from his wife, who signs her name Hoapiri-wihane, that is, Hoapiri the woman. This chief was, at the last intelligence, describ ed as a firm and consistent friend of religion and morality, and as a deter mined supporter of the laws. The phrase translated love to you, is the common salutation, and means, ac cording to circumstances, affection for you, or respect, sympathy, or general good mil. Further particulars. Other documents received at the Missionary Rooms, corroborated by a person of veracity, who left the islands last December, authorize the state ment of the following particulars. Mr. Bingham and his family were at the house of Mr. Richards, having some time before gone to Maui on a visit for relaxation and the recovery of health. Toward evening, on the 23d of October, captain Clark w;ith two other foreigners, followed by a great concourse of natives, came to the gate of the mission house. It ap peared that the boat had been seized, and captain Clark was highly incens ed at the conduct of the governor.— He declared, that within an hoar from the time the news should reach the ship, the toVim would be destroyed. A messenger soon arrived from Ho apiri, requesting captain Clark to come to his house. On going to the house of Hoapiri, Mr. Richards found captain Clark there, with most of the chiefs. He inquired as to the- cause of the diffi culty, and the measures which the go vernor had taken to obtain redress; and at last suggested to Hoapiri, whether it would not be wise, on the meek and forbearing principles of Christianity, to permit captain Clark to go on board his ship, particularly as he had agreed to have the business settled by 9 o’clock the next morning. After conversing half an hour, the governor gave his assent, find restored the boat. By the time the boat was ready, the light was hoisted, and the firing of a nine pounder commenced. The next morning, the places where the balls struck were found, and there could be no doubt that the mission house was particularly aimed at. One of the balls passed over it, as could be seen by the direction of the ship, and probably at a distance of not more than four feet from the roof. Hoapiri sent his account of the af fair by a special messenger, in a ca noe, on the 24th. The John Palmer sailed for Oahu the same day, but without any settlement of the difficul ty. Thus the captain totally diregard- ed his engagement made the evening before, in the presence of Mr. Rich ards. From Hawes* Lectures to the Young Men of Hartford and Ncw-Haven. ADVICE TO YOUNG MEN. cultivation of the mind. Another requisite for meeting the claims of society is intelligence, or a careful cultivation of your minds. In despotic governments, where the sub ject is a mere vassal, and has no part either in making or executing the laws, ignorance is, no doubt, as the advocates of legitimacy claim, an es sential qualification of a good citizen The less he knows of his rights, the more contented he is to be deprived of them; and the less he understands of duty, the more pliable he is as ; mere instrument of ambition and pow er. Not so in this country. Here every man is a public man. lie has an interest in the community, and ex erts An important influence over the interest of others. He is a freeman; and this ought always tq mean the same thing as ati intelligent man. He possesses the right of suffrage; and in the exercise of that right, he is often called to aid in the election'of rulers; to deliberate and act respecting the public welfare; to fill offices of influ ence and trust, and to perform innu merable duties in the course of life, which can be well performed, only in the possession of an intelligent and well furnished mind. And certainly, whatever be a man’s circumstances, he cannot but be a happier and more useful, man, by possessing such a mind. It is not an extended, critical ac quaintance with the sciences on which I here insist; this must of necessity be confined to a few; but such a measure of knowledge as may be acquired by men of business, by all men who will but make a proper use of their facul ties and time. Franklin was a man of business, he was anapprentice boy in a printing office; but by a careful improvement of that time, which by many young men is thrown away, he became one of the wisest statesmen and most distinguished philosophers of his day. Sherman, too, of our own State, was a man of business; he was a shoe-maker; but by self-impulse, by patient, untiring effort, he rose from the bench of the shoe-maker, seated himself in the halls of congress, and there took his place with the first. A small portion of that leisure time which you all possess, and which, by too many, is given to dissipation and idleness, would enable any young man to acquire a very general knowledge of meu and things. A judicious econ omy of that time, for one year, would afford you opportunity to read a great many useful volumes, and to treasure up much useful knowledge. The means of intellectual improvement were never more abundant or accessi ble to all classes of persons, than at the present day; and I may add, never were there stronger inducements for young men to avail themselves of those means, and to aim at high attainments in knowledge. Society is rapidly ad vancing in general improvement; the field of enterprise is fast widening, and useful talents of every kind find ample scope for employment. And permit me to remind you, my friends, that in respect to mental improve ment, the present is the most impor tant period of your life. It is, indeed, the only period in which $’ou can en ter upon such a course of improve ment with any hope of success. If from the age of fifteen to twenty-five a young man neglects the cultivation of his mind, he will probably neglect it till the end of life. If during that * period be does not form a habit of reading, of observation and reflection, he will never form such a habit; but go through the world as the dull ass goes to market, none the wiser for all the wonders that are spread around him. I am the more anxious to impress this subject upon your minds, because 1 consider your usefulness, your pres ent and future happiness, as most in timately connected with it. A young man who has a fondness for books, or a taste for the works of nature and art, js not only preparing to‘appear witTi honor and usefulness as a member of society, but is secured from a thou sand temptations and evils to which lie would otherwise be exposed. He knows what to do with his leisure time. It does not hang heavily cn his hands. He has no inducement to re sort to bad company, or the haunts of dissipation and vice; be has higher and nobler sources of enjoyment in himself. At pleasure, be can call n- rouud him the best of company, the wisest and greatest men of every age and country—and feast bis mind with the rich stores of knowledge which they spread before him. A lover of good books can never be in want of good society, nor in much dangar of seeking enjoyment in the low pleasures, of sensuality and vices. From the Missionary Hcraltf. CHICKASAWS. Jlfonroe.—It was mentioned in the number of this work for February, and for April, that the Mission among the Chickasaw Indians, formerly un der the care of the Synodical Mission ary Society of Georgia and South Carolina, had been transferred to the Board. Mention was also made of a pleasing attention to religious instruc tion, which had been for some time witnessed at Monroe, one of the sta tions in the Chickasaw nation. The Church at that station was or ganized in June, 1823; and then con sisted of members of the Mission fami ly, and one colored woman, who was the first fruits of missionary labors there. From that time, till the com mencement of the present revival, the Lord had blessed the preaching of the Gospel in an encouraging manner. & 18 had been added to the church.—Since March, 1827,42 more have been add ed so that the church now consists of 58, exclusive of the mission family. The school at Monroe has been suspended nearly a year, because no suitable person could be obtained to teach it. The schools at two- of the other stations are seriously embarras sed for the want of regular and devo ted teachers. The station is in the most populous part of the nation there being, according to the best estimate, more than 800 souls within 10 miles of the mission family. Five-eights of therft are Chickasaws, and the remain der Colored people of African descent, with a -civ white men having Chicka saw families. , The annexed account of the revival