, 1869-03-14
EASTER ISLAND.

Kennedy wrut to bis lawyer, md desired
that steps might be taken for the restltution 1
10 him Of hii con}ugal righ1s. II
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EASTER ISLAND.
The following extract from tho letter of IN
officer cruising IN the South PacIdc Yives N
account, which, though short, Is Of some In
tcrtst, Of one Of the islands and It's lnhAbit-
ants mentioned by Captain Cook: -. !
We lett HuarA, uh.r .re tha country consider.
Ing 1t Is In Peru, Is wonderfully welt cult. |
yatcd, and sailed Tor EAster Island On Octo-
Mr& Thc distance IA over 500 miles. We
u daY, and aucaorod November !, In lat.
37.1O, ion. 100 81. This Island Is ous Of tho
most curious IN tho Faeldet aad i, bsllcvc,
with The exception Of Pitcairn hlaod. l,6oo
thirteen miles BY ten IN widest ia part, sud is
exeetpgly volcanic. It cputatns great
numbcr Of craters one Of them /! a splendid
..pecimen, tully 20 Let htt u dep:h' sna Ha
feet. The ylew OF Lbs intertor 10 very Rra nd,
one side beng opened towards the sea IN 4
perfect ssu,cl,elc.. The place has hardly
Been Visited W Europeans slucn Captain
hia rltft there. Tho account was, necessarily
ncugre. But tho people had b2d rcputa.
t1nu ior cannloal1An, and This caused traders,
and even whaless, 10 give them wide berth.
3H0f l
they arc fist dying out ol consom ption, want
Of proper TODD III IAck they arc not very far
from staryatlou. About lous ynsrs sgo aome
Pcrnvisp ships came here and hdnapped
1890 oi them, and this IN 4 great measure
accounts for their wretched condition, as 'ho
| chlldrer, women, otc., lcft could not cultivate
/ the land eseu In the very moderate dcgrcn
which tue men ard ahle TO do. Two Of tho
hdn,pptrs wcro after Yards caught b. somo
Of the people, who mhde short work OF them;
| ir TACT, killed and alta them up-k fatc not I
entirely unteselYcd. Ihe4e Islander. speak H. !
| most exActlY+lh{saue a. the MarquesAns, bat !
sre u a rule much les* robust. The old mea /
are apparently much the strongest. soue Of |
You will remember that Captain Cook A. |
ludea 70 the large stone lmxzes be sa~ here.
Bearing this N mind. We organised search,
and had great suceess. We found 1t 1east |
our time was limited, though We made the
most oft Some of them arc enormous. over
80 tect high By 8 vide. l saw ons = feet
long and Il vide. They Appear t. navc been
lercd that they arc tho work OF former
race, now pcrhaps e1tlrcs. At any rate, 1t
IL very strange to ind sath remains on M
lslsnd 70 entirely tsolated. Inhabited ontY
able 10 conceive the Idea o. making anything
| o. the sort. We have got two Of the Iuali-
est Images On board, acd suppose theF will
bc sent TO the British Aaseuua. Mast Of them
| E&Yf tetu IUfOWQ QQWN Oh 81 CIT 1AES8 Mau 10
Yena1n f-s in the aide Of The crater Of a large
t volcsro on the far end OF the ialat there are
| tl1tccn, all standing uprjgtt; outside the
crater thsIc 40 uso q ~ number Of
crater, guarded as u were within and without
BY these h,drous. atIll stone men, Ia 4 Spec
tsclc stnoss worth the voyage It Is citar
that onca rhe place must haye been deusely
populated, because some Of the.o im1grA
weigh besweel tuenty snd thirty tons. aud.
, ! hpk{33hH the nutnffv nf wrfk In rAFRinS
them, 1t must hare been tmmensc labor aud
bars required gre>t iorce Of strength to
carry them Tor miles over 4 rugged add diff
fcult country, snd rc.r tnesn npnaht where
they now stand. Perhaps IT ona tine they
! may have hAd klnK Of CHIEF whp employed
bis peuple thus 10 nssr;e1a.. sr;ea. :as.. : nshac1 aaa
{ eating each other. We found tho islanders,
j however, Keutle &nd honest, and to Ill ap.
peassnct mueh pleased to sec ns 9ns there
sro ihrec Catholic; priests settled hers, two
e have done world OF good, and have certain.
: | y got the pe ;plc quite under coutrol- They
= ! bare taken their spears and cln as tToIn them,
eu, and ,l,I then 1.ay ,ss sud rnr,ll1ux 70 Terk
q aga src in great fear ana awe Of the priests,
!, I Which II, perhaps, very necessAry 10
q | tho nftty Of these gentlemen, As they sre
!. horn cannlhAls, and there Is no saying when
:. their hofTid instinct may no. break ou1 Toe
II first priest came alone, about tnreo year.
AGO. ~ soon ~ be landed he was roioed,
:. and was to have been killed and eaten, bu1
o The chief 1nterfered, and chose him for hll
Of slave. For sonc time he worked Ia that ca
rAeitY, and morn than once bis life WAS 4 !.
tempted. but he Dansged to escape on each
OF eccsalon, The next VINO came VA the scnio
=. priest. FnenchmAr, and most rcaolute
e looking msu. with very powerful and dc
"a ttrmincd cast Of pny ys'oSuony Iao uamoa
70 be tAtded they crowded down .nd enLcayoret
10 stone him, but he got near them hne
p struck the afat fellow be cane across such .
q q the apot, and since that hs haa never bne oact
- ~ been rnolrsted, but has Them well IN hand OF
81 was to procure the liberation OF tbs othe
=. 70 minds Of .hz people ths Ide. that Il she5 =!
se and cat either onn or tho other l stlp wil
NJ NJ come and destroy them. Those poo
'e1 r7onsaes 1csd ID. ..s:s; s;5d I'D try.u
u; liSiop. There L no society which acts t
"a Frnnce u tho English do to their missions
T. lies, and no one sends thcm comforts, or foos
lad were oply too thankful 10 have the opport,
lad rity OF writing to then uie4da md sendln
nat thet letters By our ship; all the trees
asn would euza the tseea be!oas1ne to the esne
osto the other ret t1jatcd 10 kiee, aud tncY sIe
her anu ocyuurec al! prisoners. The priest. 81
They were much noFc numerous 1t one tim
and but are dying out last kod cannot last 1sr
axe 1t the present rstc- They are forbidden
, - il G order to psersn. ashttue sod butenes
ras bus when We wore assy from the ylllaf
I'd, with soun Of them we cut them some stlel
fas badly balanced and not rctT straight, II
had strength. fnevar before knew how daugs
ard Qua 4 Heapou spear coold be. bnt the
let, people 10 armed would be form dAote I'D II
WAS sa17ts; they cast them amos. uode
ee handed. with The hand below The les
And sticks could strlke IN object with great for
vi. and accuracy up TO seventy Jards Al the les.
'.O with 4 GOOD spear Of course thcy could
~ much mort, ia fact they quite astonisned {
taxt shafp-polnted pleoea Of volcauic darts
~" bolts, 1ht II houses are built 70 this day {
.tty | Acsly u Captain Cook describes them; '
shape ID like = boat turned orrr keel nppt
low most, With 4 E1naIl SQUARE hole At the etda
In the door, through which \ rAu can IL
ant crawl. aud the entire fsbnc Is composed
nay eoarse reed1- At the top Of the crater, A1mc
Isre on The edee Of she clId. there arc lot Of {
III, and some Of them ff,cen fctt long. The {
&C. trsaee il through the walt, which Il abo
ked tcren 'ecs th,cx, 70 It Is 4 long rnrow b
lice 70 csHw1 through IN order to get w1thlu. 7
ou. lslAndess thenassIves say that tnetr auee.t<
catnc cTer buc In canoes. They have a L
nvh dltson that the asat kiag, Toxic, cane de
-. tho tslAnd Of Kappa, where the New Zsa,a
serp steamers stop tthis means Little RaPlal 4
.ept the drst ,and they came to WAS this islAl
-s," the5 ealled 1t Aarp.~ ME. ra'ea nes
NJ NJ. a. he had iinded. bee.a 70 csrre the Image
M, sni WHEN he had aasahcd bis work.
ntrn tta,nes Ill Walked down and placed the
hat selves IN the posfslon they now oeeul
n.n the children, even row, when they ca.se
be hutte:fy, say they are chastng King Tnl
, an / The ttone butts II the top of the ctAter
TIN | stated to have been constructed for
Y Of special use Of Toxic, kud tho image We h
nsu on board WAS found in one Of tnem. We
pot ground that ouly the bead and should
Iu.s we're Visible. Tcty say tbs way they CHI
crm, their king w1s this: The man who could
II given tluae produce the grsatcss numbel
bAIr <ea-nirda' eEes was made klug, on aecoan,
xbt, his superior COURAGE end activity. &
!, uow The rstse4 tre load eF E,tng oves
Dou. cll6 10 search Of tzzgs, aud many lose Il
Bar. lives IN this amu:eneut, for the aids
rties rnz1ed and prtcioltolt. And Hze n -
ofd. | places near ], roo feet In height. We fos
hiak the elinate warm, but EcfE healthy.
,ents The Ruined SHUT CAaxAas.
From lie Indiana &isee}lsuy-
. you In 1sa, Joseph Chapman THE sane !
Z 1t acspalrlns OF biz party. was alnon'shea 9
eyes, crow, Chapman, crow ~ md 1homas :
anr1, pole, Whlg lawyer, who thsn reslded
meni Greenfield, were oppaanR candidates Tor
and st&ta SetAte. Walrote htd t,ecn 10 the
It." ate, md Chapman in the Honse OF Re
Alleu sentsases- 1he Senatorial District Fas
,trjp, / posed OF the counties OF Hancock asd u
nu5x, son. TIE eAnEasA bec.me wAzrn. WA,1
hrd WIS neat in hls spparrl. and wore rul
u khirA, ChAptu1n was peculiarly slorent
olica. hts appeAraoct- In those days the DE
lie c1.,a charged the Wings wtsh being the
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