 | 1830 - 616 sider
...on him to venture down the rock with the priest, and thence to the boat. He was then to inform Capt. Robson of our horrid situation, which may be more...until the prisoners landed. During this discussion the Chinaman, Luis, stole down the opposite side of the hill unknown to me, with his arms, for the purpose... | |
 | 1830 - 222 sider
...hundred yards from the foot of tho rock to where Bonosar was seated, surrounded by chiefs, who were hippy to receive him, their secret determination being to...native dialect, 'Come down, Peter , we will not hurt 526 yon: y mi seo wo do not hurt Charley!' I replied that I would not go down until the prisoners landed.... | |
 | 1830 - 986 sider
...informed, were happy to receive him, being literally " ready to eat him up." " They conversed with him for some time, and then called out to me in the native dialect, ' Come down, Peter ; we will not huit you : you see we do not hurt Charley!'" Captain Dillon replied that he would not go down until... | |
 | Mary Davis Wallis - 1851 - 434 sider
...proceeded about two hundred yards from the foot of the rock to the place where Vunisa, the chief of Wailea was seated, surrounded by chiefs who were happy to...replied that I would not go down until the prisoners arrived. During this discussion, Luis, the Chinaman, stole down the opposite side of the hill unknown... | |
 | Basil Thomson - 1894 - 410 sider
...terms, and the natives tried their utmost to persuade Dillon to follow Savage's example, saying, " Come down, Peter, we will not hurt you; you see we do not hurt Charlie." At this moment the Chinaman, Savage's former shipmate, stole away from behind Dillon to claim... | |
 | 1922 - 380 sider
...formerly mentioned as having been "the most intimate friend " of Captain Robson — called up to Dillon, "Come down, Peter, we will not hurt " you ; you see we do not hurt Charley." Dillon refused to be cajoled; but Luis, the Chinaman, less wise, crept secretly down from the rock,... | |
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Charles Savage, who had resided on the islands for more than five years, and spoke the native dialect fluently, begged of me to permit him to go down among the natives with the chiefs to whom we were speaking, as he had no doubt their promises would be... 