The Polynesian., 1840-12-05
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rltOry IN question, alter the manner of H.
Texas revolution In this conneyion a
introduced the names of Capt. WIN. III,
cklcy, Of the bark Don Quixottc; John CoE
fin Jones, late u. S. Consul at the SanJ
wch Islands: and Capt. Kennedy, Of ,,
U. $. ship Peacock. The conduct oftbe,
gentlemen, all of whom have visited I'nn,
California, Is construed in said article =,
countcnanc,ng the idea of conoues 't
Upper California being cont cmpla,cd by b
Yankees. Probably it was considered nccs,
sary to attempt to make out case of ,b
kind, in order to Justify, even i'm the cvr
oi' the Mcxicans, the fragrant outrage Cam
miucd upon our citizens by the Govern,
Of that territory. The paper alluded M
Inakcs no mention of Englishmen being CON-
cerncd in the alleged revolutionary proicn
although it is certain that many of the Dr,
sons arrested and carried to Topic are B1
ish subjects. We now present another vcr.
sion of the affair, as communicated bv Can,
| Clifford, Of the American bark Una from
Vera Cruz. We have reason to believe
that this statement is essentially correct
On the 7th of April the English and
American residents on the coast of CsG.
iornia, near Santa Barbara, were, wi,hm
any previous notice, seized upon and thrown
Into prison, no one could tell for what cause,
After undergoing an examination, of which
nothing public was made known, the Cove,
nor chartered vessel called the Gupuzco,
which finally left Santa Barbara, on the m
May, for san Bias. with forty six prisoncs
on board, half OF which number were Ene.
lish, the rcmaining half citizens Of the Uni.
ted states.
| These miserable sufferers, loaded wifi
IRONS, worn down by the cruelty they had
received and expecting, many of them, to
sink under the weight of their accumuIatet
miscries, were crowded like cohdcmvj
/ lcIona into the hold of the vessel, where. IA
add to their suilcrngs, they were inhumanb
deprived both OF light and air.
! The GuipuZcoa was eleven DAYS on Lq
passage to San Bias, during which time tie
prisoners endured every cruelty, and suffer
ed every abuse which the brutal feelings
their prosecutors could in, ent Arrived
San Bias they were with a. little DELAY a
possible landed, and Immediately forced to
commence their march to Icpic, distance |
OF sixty miles, which they performed in two |
days, over mountainous road with ,h |
thermometer standing at 90, having no place |
Whcrcon to rest their weary bodies but tie |
hard stones, and no food to supply cXhaus |
/ ed nature, save a scanty morscl, provided |
by the hand Of charity.
During the march, which was laboron
enough TO exhaust the, stoutest frame. N j.
| prisoners were urged onward by lashes in
'iictcd upon their naked bodies, and one, wi |
sank under fatigue, was barbarously bcatc
wth the butt end OF Il mIskct to renovatc bis
strength and arouse his dropping spirits.
Arrived at Tcpic, the situation of The |
prisoners was soon melioratcd by the cner
Igctlc and humane cXcrtions of the Rritis
and American Cons''ls at that place, for
was found on investigations that the offices !
VINO had come from California in charge Of |
the prisoners, had no documents of am
nature to show the cause of the ,ioQ
proceedings Of the Governor, or any proc
OF charges against the prisoners; conscqucn
", by orders Of the military commander, Mt
irons were taken from their limbs aud By /
direction OF the Consuls comfortable quarters |
and wholesome food were provided for then |
without delay.
lhc military gentlemen, whose brutalINI |
had excited the Indignation even of the an
thor't'os of Tcpic, to their utter constcrnr
ton were compelled to march to the qnaltcI|
where they found themselves placed under |
charge OF strong guard, with the privilege
Oh occasionally DCcDinU thrOuUh the crates