Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-02-20
FROM THE FEJEE ISLANDS.


The files by the steamer st. Louis at New
York from AspinwalI, show that the perpetra.
tors of the horrible massacres at the fejee Isl.
ands, have been severely punished for their
bloody deeds. The Panama Star says:
The U. S. ship John Adams left thisport in
July last bound to the Fejce Islands, to inquire
into and seek PREPARATION for many crnelties COM
mitted by the natives inhabiting those islands,
and TO demand indemnity for the plumber of sey-
eral American ships trading and fishing in that
Archipelago.
The obstinate and refractory nature OF these
sayages demanding vigorous andharshmeasures
the commander of the John Adams deemed it
expedient to teach them their obligations to the
human race, and did so in manner that made
some impression upon them, and which, tits to
be hoped, they will long remember.
During the cruising Of the John Adams in the
Feiee group of islands, five engagements took
place between the crew and the cannibals OF
Polynesia, in which American val0r was always
victorious.
Five OF the largest towns were burnt, and nil
the houses therein reduced to ashes.
We learn that an important treaty has been
made between Com. Boutwell, and Tul Tite or
Thokambau, King Of ''Feiee, on behalf of the
American Government, the particulars of which
have not transpired.
The visit of this ship to the Feejee Islands
has resulted in establishing order, and restor-
ing the confidence of American citizens residing
there
We also. find the following in the Valparaiso
Mercury, Of Dec. 80:
The American corvette John Adams came in
on the 2lst, A days from the Fejee Islands. She
was herein February last She returns from a
of depredationS committed by them on whale
ships and their crews wrecked on the coasts 1t
is hoped the severity of the lesson may be effec-
tive to restrain the propensities of these canni.
balls for the future.
The Fcjee Islands form group in the South
Pacific ocean, east of the New Herbides, between
latitude Is degrees, so minutes, and 10 degrees
80 minutes south, and longitude III degrees
east, aud 17S degrees west. The entire group
comprises altogether 154 islands, 64,of which
are inhabited They are the Eastern and Asana
groups, the latter forming the west side of the
archipelago. There are numerous spacious
outlets or passages to ndfrom the central space
enclosed by the group, known as the Cora Sea-
Two of the islands only are of large size, namely,
Wit Leu and Paoo (Paou) or Sandlewood Isl
ands. Among the others may be mentioned
Yuma, Kandaboo, OvOlau, Bau or Ambow, Mll-
thuatu and GorO; some of the others though
smaller are populous
The inhabitants of these islands are barber
Gus and savage race, remarkable for cruelty, de-
ceit and cowariice. They are also extremely
covetous and addicted to lying. Human sacri-
fees are common among them, and canibaEism
is frequent. The Feieeans arc ruled by chiefs;
to whom great difference is paid, and who in
turn appear to acknowledge the supremacy of
the Chiefcf Anbow, who has recently assumed
the title of TUT Viii, King ofthe Fejecans The
missionaries have made great progress in the
windward group. The towns ofthe islands are
usually fortified with strong palisades, and have
but two entrrnces, in which are gates, the pas
sage being so narrow as to admit of only one
person at a time. The population of the islands
is estimated at 10000,
Some of the officers and men of the John
Adams have been obliged to return to the Uni
ted States in bad health, owing to the hardships
they had to undergo whilst at the Fejee Islands.
The following are the names of the officers of
the John Adams who came home on the st.
Louis:-Lieut. Shattuck, Lieut.. Sottori, Lieut..
Badger L. T. Chatard and Capt. Clark.