The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1860-03-10

these expeditions called Admiral ID Eatrecas.
tcau approached d littIc island, and sailed
Iroundit gayeita name. Observation-Disclosures;
if be had he would have learned the fateof
Il the iost navigator Not till forty years after
wards. was Il discovered BY an English captain,
that be was wrecked on This very island, and
II lie and bis comrades were eaten hy the natives
Il now call 10 mind Marion dtl Ffcsne nm
exceedingly interesting French nobleinan, who
fitted ont yessels,at his own expense, q res
ltuTn td his native country nntive Of one OF
I the Pacific IsIalids. who lad been faisen away
10 crafty the curiosity uf the French people.
Il You have no doubt read ol this and of the
longing desire Of this FoIyncsan TO return to
his native island On visiting some Of the
islands Of the same group Is which this man
belonged. the French commander was attacked
BY the natives and slain. His men made search
n to discover some traces Of him, and while 50
iengaged solne of THE natives appeared on tho
rocks and cried out In words that were Under.
/ stood Look no more. Taeowry Ii chief hae
eaten Marion Tire wiie5ot this uafottunllte
h navigator. on hearing the news became insane
q aud said nothing 20 the day 81 her death but
repeat these words Tacowty has eaten Ma
lffJn Fl 5 .,5 s:,. Il Il N b.
I, must mention in this list of celebrated
81 unfortnnates, Nnnez Balboa He Who. stand. 4
q ing upon a peak Of paFien was the first Euro.
lpean. 10 discover the Pacific Ocean. into the
q waters Of which he wadcd clad III complete
hi claimed Sovereignty Ia behalf of Ills country
i. Yet this gallant, chiyalrous hearted patriots
was tue victim of tile mean jealousy Of som of
q his cauntr ynicn, and Nds base slain AZ Pa
+ mama II ~; s.a
The next tlat 1 might mention was Almey. ].
do, the command der er governor of the first
n European element in the East Indian seas
H He was a good and Intelligent man, and ron.
81 ieTed great services to the natives al tile.
Z Isame time he was excited ton spirit Of alnbi.
ton, ard elected the conquest Of neighbor-
Ling cosntIs,. called Cochin China. that Il now
Invaded by France. Some of the Goeliinese
fpriestesses ,iecIaiea to HIM eolemIfly. crying
/, out 10 him as he departed. like the witches iR
Tile play. Of Macbeth. that ne should never So
riorth-west 81 tic extleme southern point Of
ST Africa This gloom decentralization deeply
affected his mind He set sill aud after passing
Tie Capeof Good lfupe, he gave way to q feel
ing Of exultaton, Tor lie was aotuali turning
/: north. The same day, being near the African
f coast he went ashore; some Of his SfeW had a
quarrel with henatIYgs: and III the i5ght that
III followed, Almeyda was slain by an arrow ,-.
Il Then again, i think of Scfranp, who dis
lowered tile Mblneca islands, fiom whence we
obtain our cloves nutmeg ind other spices. He
was driven away in furious hurricane, and
!, ives never heard of afterwards. ..g y #
= could mention interesting particulars con.
/. / corning some de4en other Pacific nayigators,
II Il who all came to an lintimcly end among
2 whom was Quirs'sl f3A s55
There was Iasinan, who discovered Van
p1 Diemeps Land or rs Il rs now taiied Tass
e mania And t.weuId DC interesting 10 speak
e oil sehouten, and Of another Dutch navigator,
2 Eendraght, who discovered portion of tic
,, coast OF Australia.
& The last one that shall mention sof the
mouliIful list, Is De Laval, french navigator,
% who discovered the Maldives, d very nntne-
+ rols group OF islands near the extremity Of the
g. about twelve thousand islands in that group;
ie and about eight hundred Of them arc inhalit.
81 ed, De laval was nm intelligent man, and Q
" man Of n phiiosuphic mind. He set ont with
80 q desire for discovery. When be afIived al
b, these islands, be bud a strong desire 70 i'm
q part knowledge to The natives, and give them
g some ideas how to eonstEnct more comfortable
dwellings, how toinpfoye In the construction
he of their canoes, and in the cultivation of tht
., soil. He also taught them how to take eare q
40 some useful domestic animals, which he had IN
board Of his vessel, notwithstanding his hesc
of VIOLENT services HE Was placed state Of pain
y, full captivity, in which condition he IemainGt
cd for live years; On enc OCCASION when feeling
=. very Respondent and having lost hope Of seeing
ed his country again. he had il very impressive
e. dream, that he should be shortly liberated
he aad IL was intimated to his mind, that b.
m should return 10 his country and should Pre-
by pare himself todsyate more special Alteration
4
lc singular fact recorded In history, that the da,
IN following, there arrived fieet IF small vessel
:. (which belonged to the Rajah of Bengal, witt
CD was then independent Of British dominion
X This Rajah had undertaken an expedition &
OH Invade these islands, which bic reduced to SUD
y: Ejection. HedtscGyered DE Laval, atd set hin
na at liberty, wv hen at liberty, and again ro
re stored to friends whom be iad met with j
us that vicinity, he procured ii small vessel Hi
on FIRST design was to return to his native country
nc and bring with him assistance to eonnenc
~ the labor of oiviliziBg tliis people Bat b
ms undertook q trad gg voyage; his mind wa
ne drawn off by q spirit Of gain, and he WAS slai
YES by The naiiyes Of an island Of the Nicola
ms group And thus persisted all the noble heart
led and enteTprizing men. who had devote
my their lives to the increase OF human knoY lcd
his by geographical discovery many who tfescfy
me the title 81 martyrs Of philanthropy anscipn
len aud yet I%TegFet TO add that d spirit
MY righteousness was in many instances the cau'
hin Of the untinety end of Qeeanican: discovers
Tds and nayigatGFas.s. sz: s. II, s.@r
be /, IN consequence of my readings, became il
set terested in these counties, aud, thinking
Tor them, Thought, perhaps. there is not much
q DO accomplished now in the way Of discover,
Ter, still, / felt stTangiy. moved with u desire
his visit the islands and nations of which sbl
his slight mention has been made; for none of q
tnayiGatofS have mentioned have eomnlun
hey Gated little more than subscription Of some
rho the coasts Of thoSe isiands 1 felt desirotis
Who make discoveries among the people. with r
to gard to theiF character. customs and histoT;
nd Ny mind was particularly directed 10 the ere
group called Malaysia these with AnsSral
low and Polynesia constitute what is now teTmt
and Oceanica. K felt that the imp0Etanee OF iii
the great and interesting region, or Of Malaysia
he particular, was much undervalued, and b
little was known chncerning il, by the e
y OF flightcned portion of the world. =
the Before Iset out to speak more fully vi
gho regard TO that portion Of the earth, will re-
emit, few paragraphs from a yTeport. which W
geo probably be interesting TO Won: which was OF
len, pared under the direction of Governor Pc
ofts nington, Of New Jersey, whilst chairman Of I
aet- COMMITTEES on Foreign Affairs, Id the Houss
iths Representatives, at Washington; and viii
and related 10 a elAim had laid before the Cover