Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-06-15

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water to pass IN. we manned three boats with
nifty we'll armed seanen and rowed up tue ri
| yer To the establishment founded there BY
MIR. AstOr, ot New York bat then in TIE pos
session OF the British n. W company
| may recoilect that this post was taken from
MIR. Astur during the late war with III. land-
by the treaty OF Ghent it must be restored TO
MS. and understand II has actually been given
up, since We LETT there, TO the u. States agent
appointed 10 rec,-se il. Ii is situated on
what is called Point George, about eighteen
miles from the entrance OF the iiver-cunsists
OF one large frame house, five six small ones,
some store houses, shops, &c. Around the
whole II a Strous hi.h packet 10 protect them
from the Indians. who are sometimes III opposed
10 ne Troublesome. Twenty-Five whites, the
same nuniDcr OF Sandwlch Islanders with three
siN Founders, constitutes the whole force oi
Inc settlement. Captain Biddle was not au-
thoTlzcS hy hts instruction, to haul down the
i-hehsh Flag aud place IN its stead the Ameti-
can Stripes-wV, however, took formal possess
sion si the country on both sides the ri, err In
'he name ~ on the behalf of the u States with
all ult ceremony usual on such occasions. We
passed the Eieht uncomfortable enough in our
boats, whtch we anchored near AN Indian viii
iagt. lie iu,iians came amongst rs IN consi-
uerdLle numbers with great familiarity were
very merry aud friendly, offering us their dri-
Ell salmon to eat. Their ti,st enquiries were
whether we were klng's Georges men or Bos-
Ton mcn; on being told Boston men, thea re-
peated seVera! times" Boston men kiosh -
when signifies good You see they under
at tSdSt one part Oi The policy of CiviliZ-
ca hallohS The greater past OF the men were
en'Ireiy naked, aud the women were as httIe
covered az the most relaxed laws OF decency
womb admit Of They have, in common Hat
headS aud distorted features the latter is no
doubt, Caused BY The operations of tlaI,.ui NJ,
me head, which is DON by combining IT, IN
INFANCY, between two boards. and Keeping it
la thhi situation I'LL, as the head grpws il az
SHINES the admired iorm-Take them all i'm
an 'hey are, IN my opinion, the most ILL
looking dirty, disgusting objects of tile human
race aud hope never to" look upon their
like again.
no signs ot cultivation. The natives live by
hshng and bunting. The English raise homr
cattle, and receive 4 'ur aud salt provisions
Horn. f
Onthe morning of the 2Oti, the sea broke
so heavy on the bar, thatwe We're all very near
being drowned in attempting 10 yet OH board
our snip. think i never was so near the
verge OF eternity betOie,-for my boat in
"h ca There was twenty men wih half full of
water when l got alongside. We however
all got safe OH board. weighed our anchor ami
under press of sail stood aw Nv 10 the sout4-
war; five days after we came 10 anchor in lie
naN o. AiOniery, California; The Span;ar S
nave theIe "A small turueSS, with garrison If
perhaps MY men; who are placed ihcr. tirD
say, ehiIieiy for the projections of some two or
three religious missions established il, the vi
cihitS Tor Tie purpose OF converting the wild
ehiiaTenof the forest to The Catholic faith
p"t am inciined TO think ii.at their object is
NOT Iude so humane aub diSintei eStcd as they
would wish one To beieve-tOr where mild
persuasion which IS iliuk, the snIy weapon
tRhl should ever be used IN such cases. fails
10 ehc't thelT purpose, they do rot hesitate To
use tAv most arbitrary aud untevling means 10
accomplish it-as an evidence of This mention
Tue ioiIoWihE circumstance :-itamlbiiuy a.
Tie woods one day with a gun i'm sparrj, of
rar'rHlSes which ny the by are there yery
Pm"tN)l ten Ia with Two IUdaas who were
employed cutting wood. with each heavy
par OF irouS on sless asked them in Spa-
mSh Tor You muW know have ledrut to max
myself nnde rStood IN that iaU.uagc lwhy thew
were ~ irons they said they had attempted to
run away ana return 10 their nation il, he in
teiior, ana were Caught aud slIackitd as saw
| advised them 10 beat OH their diSgracetul
tSltSrs with their aNe aud showed them how
Il miGht be done-they looked so Significantly
al each other, that am convinced thev had
never thought OF .wch thing before but
nave no doubt they very soon followed my adj
vice.
As the Spanish force is much too small 70
cope with the Indians in the field they have
adopted The following sill. ulir straIa.em to
Keep thcm nIaer, which has had. far, the
ae>Hed eHeci. The priests collect all the
yonDg females aud put them into a strong
building erected for that purpose, where they
are tat%ht 10 SPIN, weave, sew, SC. sc. They
aft sfIIctiS guarded and ueyer suffered 10 leave
their prison, until The Holy Father gives them
away III marriage. at which time lie alwsNs sti-
puIaies ioI the female children that may make
men appearance oil The stage OF lite-I}y thus
Keeping the women III their power, the men
are restrained from acts ot violence.
as Monterey aud Virginia Law i'm the saue
parallel OF Iatitnde-the climate aud produce
IONS OF csnrSe ought not 10 be very different
wheat and all the fruits Of Virginia are there
IN the highest peTivciien. We remained but
tew days To refresh ourselves iay III Il supply
OF wood, water, SIC. aud on the 23d of October,
anchored tor the third time in the harbor of
Lima
If Won to NAT eynect n r.rticnl.,r ,Ioscr;,,;o,,
OF Lima, i shall he glad of il, Tor you v i'll not
then he disappointed, when You see how brief
~ pass " over. YUu may remember that
u was founded by the famous Pizatro, who
bulI himselfa great palace and was mnrder-
su ~ IL by gang OF cOnspiTators. II is situ-
attd two leagues from tie Sea iu beautiful
vale called the Rindc, on the bank Of a river
u ihF same name Is surrounded hy wall OF
70 feet hiCh has about 65 900 !iahi,afas OF
whom there may be 20 GOO whites is crowded
WIN public buildings; among which are up
WARDS Of 10 churches all immensely rich i'm
every one may be seen al least one Virgin Ma.
rY, with crown UPON her head OF puie gold
0fhameHteh with the richest gems. Large
columns. supporting images, tables, candle
sucks ana IdIIous other affairs, all oil nIaSsy
siINefi may be seen az any of them. ghCre is
an sou may snpposr, 10 want of mUnaSierirs
Converts and uuDneTieS, aud IF YOU like son
may 20 and make love through fhPirirous rates
10 pretty Nun al D0Oufay. Tie women are
generally handsome but so extremely It,uo.
Tanl, that their brSt euqniries were almost
always aD"ui the fashions III London, btite wing
that AL who speak English must of course be-
long TO iliatp place. They are utterly without
iuOdcsty III either manners or conversations
will here then do the Llmanians the ius-
tice 10 say that they are polite aud hOspittble
10 strangers, az least they were 50 To rs tho
ItI7 very evident they have no love Tor The
North Americans, for, viewing them as Re-
pnOltchns, they naturally consider then, as
decided friends To the Patriot anse-(had we
been more so ilIdu we have, We should have
been msch more respected by both partiesJ
We were sniieIed to live al no rNnpilae In In liz