These types of reports have been rarely credible; yet , hearing them reiterated i hastened out to Wailuku to know its details or falsity
These types of reports have been rarely credible; yet , hearing them reiterated i hastened out to Wailuku to know its details or falsity
Charles Grey off Honolulu, i immediately went on toward Mormon meetinghouse, that is located a couple of hundred meters southern area of the Protestant chapel
A modern-day knight-errant in this field: When you are ending getting a day or two last week within Makawao, Eastern Maui, hearsay attained us that a grand filibustering, privateering, or some other mysterious design is actually afoot at the Wailuku, and that is dependant on full look at the alternative section of the valley particular 16 kilometers faraway. In the near future most other reports came in you to definitely a secession flag is flying there; that group meetings have been daily kept that have signed doors, or in other words that strengthening where in actuality the group meetings occurred try protected up against interlopers; that people was getting enrolled for secret-service, an such like. Interacting with Kahului, we discovered these people were basically sensed, therefore was indeed assured by the persons who’d seen it you to definitely a mystical ensign, allowed to be an effective secession flag, ended up being displayed from the Wailuku. So it flag area of the story rather stimulated right up all of our dedicated bloodstream, and you may McClellan’s soldiers never longed for an attempt from the rebels more than did we getting a look, of your own going secession bunting. D. Havekost, Esq., the worthy taxation collector off Wailuku, we remounted our ponies and you may stimulated all of them upwards in twice-small big date. To your coming in from the village, i found that a Mormon conference was in lesson and this no less crucial personage than Walter Meters. […]