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Edwin Welles Dwight

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Description:This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1830 edition. Excerpt: ... if twuv Obookiah was a native of Owhy1.1 e, ihe most important of the Sandwich islands. He was born about the year 1792. His parents ranked with the common people; but his mother was distantly related to the family of the king. Her name was Kummoolah. The name of his father is unknown. When Obookiah was at the age of ten or twelve, both his parents were slain before his eyes, " in a war," to use his own language, " made after the old king died, to see who should be the greatest among them." The only surviving member of the family, besides himself, was an infant brother two or three months old. This little brother he hoped to save from the fate of his parents, and took him upon his back to flee from the enemy; but was overtaken, and the child cruelly destroyed. The circumstances of this interesting scene are so accurately stated in a "Narrative" already before the public, that that account will be here transcribed. The facts were taken from the relation of Obookiah. " Two parties were contending for the dominion of the island. The warriors met, and a dreadful slaughter ensued. The party to which the father of Obookiah belonged was overpowered. The conquerors having driven their antagonists from the field, next turned their rage upon the villages and families of the vanquished. The alarm was given of their approach. The father, taking his wife and two children, fled to the mountains There he concealed himself for several days with his family in a cave. But, at length, being driven by thirst to leave their retreat, they went in quest of water to a neighbouring spring. Here they were surprised by a party of the enemy while in the act of quenching their thirst. The father, obeying the first impulse of nature, fled, but the cries of his wife...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Memoirs of Henry Obookiah; A Native of Owhyhee, and a Member of the Foreign Mission School. To get started finding Memoirs of Henry Obookiah; A Native of Owhyhee, and a Member of the Foreign Mission School, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1830 edition. Excerpt: ... if twuv Obookiah was a native of Owhy1.1 e, ihe most important of the Sandwich islands. He was born about the year 1792. His parents ranked with the common people; but his mother was distantly related to the family of the king. Her name was Kummoolah. The name of his father is unknown. When Obookiah was at the age of ten or twelve, both his parents were slain before his eyes, " in a war," to use his own language, " made after the old king died, to see who should be the greatest among them." The only surviving member of the family, besides himself, was an infant brother two or three months old. This little brother he hoped to save from the fate of his parents, and took him upon his back to flee from the enemy; but was overtaken, and the child cruelly destroyed. The circumstances of this interesting scene are so accurately stated in a "Narrative" already before the public, that that account will be here transcribed. The facts were taken from the relation of Obookiah. " Two parties were contending for the dominion of the island. The warriors met, and a dreadful slaughter ensued. The party to which the father of Obookiah belonged was overpowered. The conquerors having driven their antagonists from the field, next turned their rage upon the villages and families of the vanquished. The alarm was given of their approach. The father, taking his wife and two children, fled to the mountains There he concealed himself for several days with his family in a cave. But, at length, being driven by thirst to leave their retreat, they went in quest of water to a neighbouring spring. Here they were surprised by a party of the enemy while in the act of quenching their thirst. The father, obeying the first impulse of nature, fled, but the cries of his wife...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Memoirs of Henry Obookiah; A Native of Owhyhee, and a Member of the Foreign Mission School. To get started finding Memoirs of Henry Obookiah; A Native of Owhyhee, and a Member of the Foreign Mission School, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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