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Title Page |
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Preface |
| Chapter 1 |
Parentage, Childhood, and Early Years
- Militia Service - Asahel Nettleton - Years in Western New York - Sickness
- Home Again - Auburn Seminary |
| Chapter 2 |
Marriage - Embarkation for Hawaii -
Santiago, Callao, and Lima in 1835 - Arrival in Honolulu - Passage to Hilo
- Our New Home - First Labors |
| Chapter 3 |
The Field - The People - Hilo District
- Crossing the Torrents - Perils of a Canoe Voyage - Puna District |
| Chapter 4 |
First Tours in Hilo and Puna - The
Work of 1837-38 - Spontaneous Church-building - The Great Awakening - The
Volcanic Wave - Pastoral Experiences and Methods - The Ingathering |
| Chapter 5 |
Mrs. Coan's School for Girls - Common
Schools - Medical Work - The Sailors' Church - Sunday Work - Visits of Foreign
Vessels - The U. S. Exploring Expedition |
| Chapter 6 |
Mauna Loa - Kilauea - The Eruption
of 1840-The River of Fire - It reaches the Sea at Nanawale - Lava Chimneys
- Destruction of a Village |
| Chapter 7 |
More Church-Building - Commodore Jones's
Visit - Progress of Conversions - The Sacraments under New Conditions |
| Chapter 8 |
Arrival of Catholic Missionaries -
Admiral de Tromelin - Proselytism - Controversies with the Priests Arrival
of the Mormons - The Reformed Catholics - Bishop Staley - Lord George Paulet |
| Chapter 9 |
Isolation of the Mission Families -
Sufferings on the Inter-lsland Voyages - Their Dangers - Parting with our
Children - School Discussions and Festivals - Native Preachers - Cheerful
Givers - Changes and Improvements |
| Chapter 10 |
Hawaiian Kings - The Kamehamehas -
Lunalilo - Kalakaua, the Reigning King - The Foreign Church in Hilo - Organization
of Native Churches under Native Pastors |
| Chapter 11 |
Compensations - Social Pleasures -
Some of our Guests and Visitors |
| Chapter 12 |
Seedling Missions - Hawaii sends out
Missionaries - Need of a Missionary Packet - The Three "Morning Stars" |
| Chapter 13 |
The Marquesas Islands - Early English
and French Missions - The Hawaiians Send a Mission to Them - My Visit in
1860 - The Marquesan Tabu System |
| Chapter 14 |
Second Visit to the Marquesas - The
Paumotu Archipelago - Arrival at Uapou - An Escape by Two Fathoms - Nuuhiva
- Hivaoa - Kekela's Trials Savage Seducers - A Wild Audience |
| Chapter 15 |
Visit to the United States - Salt Lake
- Chicago - Washington City - Brooklyn - Old Killingworth - Changes in the
Homestead - Passing Away - Return to Hilo - Death of Mrs. Coan |
| Chapter 16 |
Notes on the Stations - Hawaii - Governor
Kaukini - Maui - Crater of Hale-a-ka-la - Molokai - The Leper Settlement
- Oahu - Kauai - The State of the Church |
| Chapter 17 |
The Hawaiian Character - Its Amiabililty
- Island Hospitality - Patience, Docility - Indolence, Lack of Economy,
Fickleness - Want of Independence - Untruthfulness - Decrease of the Population |
| Chapter 18 |
Kilauea - Changes in the Crater - Attempt
to Measure the Heat of its Lavas - Phenonena in Times of Great Activity
- Visitors in the Domains of Pele |
| Chapter 19 |
Eruptions from Mauna Loa - The Eruption
of 1843 - A Visit to it - Danger on the Mountain - A Perilous Journey and
a Narrow Escape |
| Chapter 20 |
Eruptions of Mauna Loa - The Eruption
of 1852 - The Fire-Fountain - A Visit to it - Alone on the Mountain - Sights
on Mauna Loa |
| Chapter 21 |
The Eruption of 1855 - A Climb to the
Source - Mountain Hardships - Visits to Lower Parts of the Lava Stream -
Hilo threatened with Destruction - Liquidity of the Hawaiian Lavas - Are
the Lava-Streams fed from their Sources only? |
| Chapter 22 |
The Eruption of 1868 from Kilauea -
The March and April Earthquakes - Land-Slips - Destruction of Life and Property
- The Lava-Stream Bursts from Underground - The Volcanic Waves of August,
1868, and of May, 1877 |
| Chapter 23 |
The Eruption of 1880-1881 - Hilo Threatened
as Never Before - A Day of Public Prayer - Visitors to the Lava-Flow - It
Approaches within a Mile of the Shore - Hope Abandoned - After Nine Months
the Action Suddenly Abates... |