Polynesian., 1860-11-17

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slight interregnums, late 1895, when, according
to LIE Goben, the work finished and no opposition
remained.
The natives need be said were according to lie
GObien reduced by Quirogas military power. BY 1896
they were so reduced and subdued that they were all
removed to the two islands Of Seypan and Guaham
(Guam) Many it is said By Others committed suicide
from despair and many fled southward to the Caroline
Islands, where they spread such reports OF the white
mans cruelties that communication between the two
archpeagoes ceased till in century 1t was again
renewed.
An epidemic or two attacked the depressed remnant
of the people after the commencement Of the 18th
century, and in l7l0 it is reported there only
3539 left of that who forty years before
numerous and fOurishing In 1922 the English Clip
perton reported the population only 1885.
Commodore Anson visited Tinian in l742, and found
not solitary permanent lnhabitant where there had
been, it is said. 900. Kotzebue visited Guam in
1917 where be found population of 1886, only one
family of which were of pure blood. Freycinet more
thoroughly explored the group in 1919 than it had ever
before been. He gives in his voyage detailed and
elaborate account of the group Since then, in 1928
and in 1899, DUrvle visited Guam. Of which he gives
graphic sketches.
The Governor of Guam is in suboriination to the
Governor of the Philippine Islands. His general policy
is not encourage much intercourse with the foreign
world though whsers have gone there in considerable
numbers within few years. 1853 or 56 the small
pox ragged there and swept off many.
THE CAROLINE ISLANDS.
Islands of this archipelago first by Rocha,
in 1926 and again in 1923. Saawedra, who first made
the suggestion of canal the Isthmus of Daren,
saw islands of this range which have been supposed to
be the Ulith Mckenzie group but like the last dis
covery their location is uncertain. In 1543, Vilalo-
pos disco what may have been the Paaos Peew
Islands, and in 1885 Legasp still other islands.
Drake saw islands in 1879 that he called the Island of
J .ieves south of Zap Querosa saw what was very
probably Ponapi in 1895 In 1925 the so-called Mas
e. IoE F. \
Fais In 1886 Admiral Lazeano islands in this re-
gion whose position is unknown, but which he called
the Caroline Islands, after the royal consort Of Charles
III Of Spain and the whole range consequently receiv
ed this it became known, though for q time
there wis an attempt to call it the New Philippines.
knowledge of these islands grew upon the Spaniars
of the Ladrone and Philippine islands, by prOas which
drifted TO them and in 1896 Father Claim OF Guam
wrote a short account o. the Caroline Islands, which is
found in the fourteenth volume of the Lettres Ed6
antes'' In I705, Serano on visit to Europe, pre-
sented chart of the range to Pope Clement XII, who
consequently wrote to the Kings of France and Spain,
urging that the natives beehristianized.
The Jesuit College at the Philippine Islands therefore
sent out vessel with eghty-sx men on board in No
vember ITO. They first discovered small coral is
land to the southwest of Paao (Pelew) named Sanso
raj Here Fathers Duherron and Cortel, with fourteen
lay missionaries, were in such haste to plant crucx
that they shore contrary to the Captain desire
The vessel was currented off and did not return for
more than q month"; when nothing could be learned Of
these first Christian martyrs on the Caroline Islands
Twice the succeeding year were vessels sent In search
of the missing the first time the island could not
be found the second the vessel sunk In tornado and
only two escaped
In 1922, Father Cantova, Of Guam, wrote a letter
describing several Caroline Islanders who had drfted
to his island during the year, and who had been con
verted by him, accompanying it with chart and de-
tail of all he could learn Of the Caroline Islands from
his converts This letter and chart the best
thorty regarding these islands until the voyage Of Lu
ke in 1923.
Fathers Cantova and Walter at last in 1871 accom-
plshed their desires and went mission to the Ul-
thi generally spe 0ulouthy) Group. They remained
here together three months, when Walter returned to
Guam for assistance. Winds were adverse and he did
not again reach Ulithi for more than year, and when
he did he found that Cantova and all his attendants
had been killed. from fear Is said, the part of the
natives that their faith would be overturned. Doubt
less the knowledge of what had been ruthlessy
complished the Ladrone Islands affected the reeep-
ton of whites ON the Caroline Islands.
Palao, though long known to the Spaniards, had no
place the charts of the world till after 1888, when
Capt Wilson, of the antelope, belonging to the East
India Company, was wrecked there. He received
and cared for by Abe Thule the King Of the principal
part of the group, with great kindness Capt Wilson
remained here year and then left with his in
vessel of their construction. The Kings son ac-
companed them to England and there attracted much
attention. but soon died. large and very interesting
volume published by DR.. Keate, which to this day
contains nearly all know of that group, though
more cannot in this connection be told than that the
islands are basalc, surrounded by large reef and
that they sustain a population of perhaps 1000.
In 1890 the East India Company sent Mcclure to
Paao reward the natives by taking them rich pre-
of foreign manufacture and of animals and seeds
of valuable fruits. Mcclure became enamored or the
island and returned twice aferwsrd and made stop
of several months. But the romance subsidized
and he returned. The natives have since gone from
bad by their contact with the traders and few
whaers that have touched there. Had the bible been
sent them in 1870, with proper ones to teach it, how
different might have been their condition !.
In 1882 the ship Mentor, of New Bedford, Capt
Barnard was wrecked on Palao. After remaining
few months, part of the ships complny left in two
frai crafts and after suffering much were drfted ON
the small coral island Of Tobi (Lord Norths lsland)
which the most southwest island Of Micronesia and
lies close to the Melanesian Islands. The Captain
effected his escape n vessel, but seven were left to
suffer almost incredible harshps for nearly two years
Five or six died of starvation and cruelty Only two
escaped, one Of whom was Mr.. Horace Holden. who
afterwards published interesting butharrowing mar
rative.
Zap Uat-9 . 35" n, Lon 1ss 08" E.) is the Sec
ond of the high islands Of the Caroline range, counting
from the west 1t is beautiful island twenty miles
in length 1t was probably discovered by the Nassau
fleet in 1925, and only occasionally visited till 1885,
when a vessel from Manila was ent off there. Roman
Catholic missionaries from Guam it is said, have set
tied there within very few years. Much Of interest
is told about this group by Capt Cheyne, in volume
published in 1852.
wolea (Ulie, Lat 21'' NJ, Lon. 143 Q 5S'' E.) is
the most noted of all the coral islands the south Of
Guam The lagoon only about six miles across, and
the population perhaps six hundred. In 1888 native
Of this group set with the purpose Of redscoveng
Guam. nearly six hundred miles distant, which had
been known to their ancestors and strange to say he
found it. In 1897 Capt Wilson, of the missionary
sci Duff passed this. with several neghboring groups,
on his return to England via Hongkong. The King
visited Guam in 1907 and there received well,
that colony of his people have since established them
selves Seypan the north of Guam and each year
they make voyage back and forth. This people are
the naVgators of the Western Caroline Islands. The
trade they receive from the Spaniards at Guam is taken
as far east Truk (Hogolen), in Lat 20 N, Lon.