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A Narrative of the Shipwreck, Captivity and Sufferings of Horace Holden and Benj. H. Nute: Who were cast away in the American ship Mentor, on the Pelew Islands, in the year 1832; and for two years afterwards were subjected to unheard of sufferings among the barbarous inhabitants of Lord North's islandHolden, Horace

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A Narrative of the Shipwreck, Captivity and Sufferings of Horace Holden and Benj. H. Nute: Who were cast away in the American ship Mentor, on the Pelew Islands, in the year 1832; and for two years afterwards were subjected to unheard of sufferings among the barbarous inhabitants of Lord North's island

Name: A Narrative of the Shipwreck, Captivity and Sufferings of Horace Holden and Benj. H. Nute: Who were cast away in the American ship Mentor, on the Pelew Islands, in the year 1832; and for two years afterwards were subjected to unheard of sufferings among the barbarous inhabitants of Lord North's island
Author: Holden, Horace

Holden, Horace

Holden, Horace, 1810-; Nute, Benjamin H.; Shipwrecks -- Palau; Sonsorol-Tobi language; Tobi (Palau)

_H._ Pahrahbooah, gur zah wosheeto ah nang woar ah prow, nang zah
     beeto Inglish; nang zah mum'mah tee'dee ah To'bee zah pooruk, taw
     ah muk'kah woar To'bee; woar Inglish pee'pee ah muk'kah, pee'pee,
     pee'pee; gur zah wosheeto ah nang woar ah prow nang zah lee ah gur
     pee'pee ah pahng-ul, pee'pee ah lego', pee'pee ah mullebah'dee; gur
     tay wosheeto ah nang zah poo'ruk woar ah To'bee, gur taw ah pishoo.

          _H._ Pahrahbooah, if you will put me on board of a ship I will
          go to England; if I remain at To'bee (Lord North's) I shall
          die, for there is nothing to eat on To'bee; in England, much
          food, much, much; and if you will put me on board of a ship, I
          will give you much iron, many clothes, and much brass; if you
          do not put me (on board) I shall die on To'bee, and you (will
          get) no iron.

     _P._ Hah, nang tay wosheeto ah gur; gur tee'tree tuhmah; gur tang
     ah nee nang ah pahng-ul; Peeter Inglish yepee'lif, gur yepee'lif,
     mah'ree ah Inglish yepee'lif, senah-messen'; tuhmah man Inglish;
     gur mummah tee'dee woar To'bee, zah pooruk ah To'bee.

          _P._ Ah! I will not let you go; you talk bad; you will not
          give me any iron; Peeter Inglish is a thief, you are a thief,
          all Englishmen (are) thieves and liars; Englishmen (are) bad
          men; you (are) to stay on To'bee, to die on To'bee.


_Another Dialogue between the same persons._

     _P._ Tee'mit, gur zah beeto Inglish gur zahnee mah'ree To'bee ah
     pahng-ul, yennup way'sa teberee'kah yennup ah tepo'ee ah waus'sa,
     ah lego', kah-oo eekah, zis ah pishoo' ah teet ah tuv'vatif, ah
     mullebah'dee, zah beeto To'bee zah lee wur'teemum ah gur?

          _P._ Horace, if you go to England will you give the men of
          To'bee iron of a large size, as big as a stick of wood, and
          big axes, and knives, and cloth, and fish-hooks, an anvil and
          hammer, and needles, a trunk, and brass, and then come back to
          To'bee and give them to your father?

     _H._ Ee'lah, nang zah beeto Inglish nang zahnee mahree To'bee ah
     pahng-ul yennup, ah tepo'-ee, ah waus'sa, ah lego', kah-oo eekah,
     zis ah pishoo', ah teet, ah tuv'vatif, ah mullebah'dee, zah beeto
     To'bee, zah lee wur'teemum ah nang.

          _H._ Yes, I will go to England, and I will give to the men of
          To'bee iron of a large size, and big axes, and knives, and
          cloth, and fish-hooks, an anvil, and needles, and trunks, and
          brass, and then come back to To'bee and give them to my
          father.

     _P._ Gur zah beeto Inglish gur dee mum'mah tee'dee woar Inglish,
     taw borobee'to To'bee, gur zah yuh-woon; tuhmah taw muhpeer klo
     dung-ah-rang-us.

          _P._ If you go to England you will stop (sleep) there, and not
          return to To'bee; this (will be) bad and not friendly, and you
          will be a bad man.

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