Whatever One Has, They All Have.
Money, Food, Clothes, They Share With One Another; Even To The
Last Piece Of Tobacco To Put In Their Pipes.
I once heard old
Mr. Bingham say, with the highest indignation, to a Yankee trader
who was trying to persuade him to keep his money to himself - "No!
We no all 'e same a' you!
- Suppose one got money, all got money.
You; - suppose one got money - lock him up in chest. - No good!" -
"Kanaka all 'e same a' one!" This principle they carry so far,
that none of them will eat anything in the sight of others without
offering it all round. I have seen one of them break a biscuit,
which had been given him, into five parts, at a time when I knew
he was on a very short allowance, as there was but little to eat
on the beach.
My favorite among all of them, and one who was liked by both officers
and men, and by whomever he had anything to do with, was Hope.
He was an intelligent, kind-hearted little fellow, and I never
saw him angry, though I knew him for more than a year, and have
seen him imposed upon by white people, and abused by insolent
officers of vessels. He was always civil, and always ready,
and never forgot a benefit. I once took care of him when he was ill,
getting medicines from the ship's chests, when no captain or officer
would do anything for him, and he never forgot it.
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