Butte record., 1855-09-22

arch, upon drunken Sambo ''who com.
bined," according to the reports of their
own agents, call the bad qualities Of tn"
European and the Creole, with the vi
cious prepensities of the Saubo and the
capriciousness of the Indian.n The re cn
of this interesting parsonage was short.
He was killed, in 1924, in drunken
brawl, and was succeeded by his half
brother Robert. But the new king WIS
not to the liking of his protectors, who
deposed him, and put in his place another
Sambo who was crowned under the name
of George Frederick. His reign was
also brief; and he was succeeded by
another Sambo, Robert Charles Freder-
lck, who was solemnly crowned at Belize
on the 23d of April, 1925.
There is extant an account of the
ceremonial, which is intensely ludicrous.
The monarch was dressed in the uniform
of a British major, his court mostly
wore sailors trowsers, some with shirts,
and some without. His majesty seemed
chiefly occupied in admiring his hnery !;
and after the amounting oil, which was
highly perfumed, had been poured upon
his head, he expressed his delight at this
portion of the ceremony by repeatedly
passing his hands through his bushy
locks, and then applying them to his
nose. Preparatory to taking the oath of
allegiance, "upon the faith of Chris
tian, it was necessary that they should
profess Christianity. They were ac-
cordingly baptized. After this solemn
mockery they all proceeded to get belstly
drunk at the coronation dinner which
was provided for them
But his sable Majesty proved some
what refractory, and his protectors re-
moved him to Belize, where he died, not
however before he had affixed his mark
to document, constituting "the United
Church of England and Ireland the es-
tablished religion of the Mosquito nation
forever" and appointing the British Su-
perintendent at Belize guardian to his
infant heir, and Regent of the Kingdom.
This heir was bis Majesty, George Will
liam Clarence the hopeful youth to
whom our author had the honor of
personal introduction.
1t is not our purpose to follow our au
thor in his journeyings. Suffice it to
say that, investing boat with portion
of the proceeds of the she'll gathered on
Ell Roncador, he sailed along the shore,
penetrated the dark lagoons and shadowy
rivers, and met with adventures without
number, which he has recorded in style
full of life and vivacity, illustrating them
with sketches which leave US in doubt
whether he is more skillful in the use OF
the pen or the pencil.
He was accompanied by Antonio. and
a boy belonging to the Poyer Indians,
whom he had hired. Provided with
formal passport from his Majesty George
William Clarence, he was usually received
with much consideration by the dignita.
ries of the several villages. The first
occasion for using this formidable docu-
ment, was at village called Wassawatla,
of which the "head man," captain
Drummer" is well set forth, with pen
and pencil
''Ie was, to start with, far from being
fine looking d,rkey but all natural
Deficiencies were more than made up by
his dress. He had on most venerable
cooked hat, in which was stuck a long,
dropping, red plume, that had lost half
of its feathers, looking like the plumes
of some rake of rooster, returning
crestiallen and bedraggied, from an un
successful attempt on some powerful
neighbor's harem His ccat was that of
a post-captan in the British navy, and
his pantaloons were Of blue cloth, with
dusty gold stripe running down each side
They were, furthermore, much TO short
at both ends, leaving an unseemly pro-
lection of ankle, as well as a broad strip
of dark skin between the waistband and
the coat. And when | say that the
captain wore no shirt, was rather fat, and
his pataloons deficient in buttons where
with to keep it appropriately closed IN
front, the active fancy of the reader may
be able to complete the picture. H
bore, moreover, a huge calvalry sword,
which looked all the more formidable
from being bent in several places and
very rusty. He came forward with de-
liberation and gravity. and | advanced to
meet him, king paper in hand.