April 3-8 1899

April 1899 Papeete Tahiti


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Mon. & Tues. 3 & 4 Visited around the City obtained parsels from costum hause etc. Tahiti is the principle island of the Society Islands. The distance around it is about one hundred and twenty miles. It had a popilation in 1892 of 10,113 of which 4288 reside at Papeete. The area of the Island is 260,000 acres. The Society Island mission embraces the Society, Taumotu, Austral & leeward groups and Marquesus groups of Islands also the Cook. These groups number 115 islands, with a papilation of 23,000, covering an event 1,500 by 1,200 miles. The saints number about 1,150 total. The Island of Tahiti is of mountains formation the highest mountain being, the Orohena 7,339 feet above sea level.

Wens. 5: This our privated fast day was obsurved as such by all the elders. It is also the first day 23 April 1899 Papeete Tahiti of confrance. I atended two meetings in the fore noon. Elder Wright and I went to the City in the after noon.

Thur. 6: I went to the City in the morning and returned to the meeting at 10 oclock A. M. With the other Elders I again atended a native feast, the same as the previous ones. We were just through eating when Mr. & Mrs. Homes the Photographers arived. Our pohotoes were here taken. We also had a group picture of Elders and natives taken, With the L. D. S. meeting house in the back ground. The evening was spent with the Elders singing songs & Hymns

Friday 7 Atended the morning meeting. Went to Papeete. Was called upon to visit a native brother who sick. He was on a small sail boat that lie against the wharf. He wished to be adminestered to. I anointed him and Elders Taylor and Andrus asisted in sealing the same Elder Andrus being 24 April 1899 Papeete Tahiti Mouth, the brothers name Takenuker

Sat. 8: Spent the day at head quarters nothing of importance trampiring. A meeting of the Elders was held in the evening, at which Prest Miller gave many instructions to the Elder, A number of important questions were brought up and desposed of.