The book John Williams the Martyr Missionary of Polynesia was written by author James J James Joseph Ellis Here you can read free online of John Williams the Martyr Missionary of Polynesia book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is John Williams the Martyr Missionary of Polynesia a good or bad book?
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Williams took his leave of his wife and children, and went on board the Camden. Mrs. Williams, in parting with her husband, earnestly entreated him not to land at Erromanga. Was it from any monition conveyed to her spirit, or simply the foresight of affection- ate anxiety ? None can say. Before morning the Camden had left Samoa for the voyage which was to terminate in Mr. Williams' martyrdom. After a run of six hundred miles, the Camden made Rovuma upon the I2th of November. 1 44 JOHN WILLIAMS.... " We soon discovered from the indentures on the coast, " says Mr. Cunningham, " that the island is formed in the best manner to give shelter for vessels requiring a harbour. " After we had landed, the people came about us, and presented a most disgusting appearance. They were all besmeared with a powder which is prepared from the turmeric root We noticed, however, that some of them had wrappers of European cloth tied round their bodies. The men wore long hair, and the unmarried girls retained locks of hair on each side and upon the back of their heads.
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