Chapter 17

Time of Departure--Funds Provided--Sorrow at Separating--Contrast Between Our Landing and Our Departure--Souls for Our Hire--An Exceedingly Happy Mission

The time had arrived for the five Elders, who had remained out of the first ten who were sent to the islands--to return home. It had been a matter of some thought how we would be able to obtain means to return. The islanders had but little money. A dollar with them was a very large sum; a ten cent piece was a much larger sum with them generally, and more difficult to procure, than a dollar was to Americans. But when they learned we were soon to be released, they manifested a very kind and liberal spirit. Still, with all they had done, when our passages were engaged, we did not have near enough money to pay for them. But we had faith that the necessary means would come from some quarter. And it