, 1870-09-15
WRECKED IN THE PACIFIC.

s',:c Esi%cpycry Of u Il ISLAND IVnh:ao.yn
40 oEs.Nt-:a&or,-.Ae1 a,td ~t1sI-% STORY
oIehe <rzt-'r:ar 1~Iztnd under Star
.li~ta-a E'tuurlsl,iaE Community
without xSo.nzln IN IL.
Et,vD4 TIC Nd. York SIN, seH.- 10
Jusa;! 1i0-et veteran eean1su, VITO - tn"E-
;,.:: in tho frankfurt House. says t;lat hr
-.i!t& iisn Li.urE..,ol il, JA4e, loss, III tho
II 1te,.er 1ie1lc li"pc. I; va, represented to
lila :i.at s:ic cI;tt on t3ard nEicA Ee signed
a.:lc?.s was guit:;: out ~ tender 20 Whaling
XII. vAic.. Mtsii u- found Awaiting their at
iva! at Eolo'alu. On reaching Honolulu,
liz, nhip they eSrecteti to meet had sailed,
! ut not withuut leaving instrdctioHh i'll what
.a,,.u;c eI,c could DO feciud, aud orlcrius the
II der 10 proceed At o'sce to tho rent1azsous.
.tftrr adding to tlsesr stock OF rrosiaioLs.
aEd making scIac aeee,sarg repair-, taey bora
away fer the South Pacific. When th.y reach
I'll tlsr rl.ce appointed for meeting tho ship.
s.o,li.E ceula be sscn of l'cr, aed tho captain,
.f;t1 vai1.ly cruising about for scTeral day,
s,u,!>lutcd 10 return to Honolulu. Whsh but
| few leE Euvk OH .iicir Ect4ea voyage oAe OF
-, co,r,,atsea vas found entirely nut OF urlct.
| a.,d the other worked ver5 inacchrately. Thus
! ,ae, we,e reduced to astronomical o'rscrvn-
I s.ui + a.G Lciae oyestakcn hy A:o1tu, the.
| ar1u wrecked oa sn unknown shore. Tbs
tbt=.1, Eoe., aud three uf sl,s crew reacic'l
i-,,d. TIC otl,crs, seSe,. III number, were
| ,>.wutd. Tie !. ii u the narratur's st"ry
ureshaps better be related in lis OWL sorir.
irsa1s:
! ttc We Mctn almost t,ak...., aad we hllut
| -ayed single thing t.onl tie wre:A. HoN-
,UJ, the tanL appeared to Ee exceedingly fer
| :ist. a,.L Nc +Aw, ss saou s, wd wsfe at!o 10
| ,raIk auv distance I.aEa the boat, tlsat t,cre
| .tro srol ical fruits ir aHuu'laute. anI copi-
| MS tu:;,ly OF flesh wa:,.r. Aftliolgh We
! wrre uuasly wcr,i tnwn ay hard work Oh the
v.,.,rl t}uIlni; the dash Of Htor7h wo had arse.i
| ,,ou,h, estfl wc rpols tel;au to lick ul', hut
.,.c .an.ain tiled tue first night OH 4llnre. lie
\ EaG been sick for so.ne time. and TIE shock
ieius wrecked proved too much for Inn.
! tie ..ai Of un wesc aE ttro.t; n5u hearty as
ever III four or fivo days. "t dtIn nse1 any
10Th. =, for the weather was WARN aud pleas
LIT, Hefuee exploring the interior We sciasci-
-, our ::alues u{.oi, piece Of lark. tlnE that
We wire WRECKED Esilors, and putting duw7
Ecu we w.,ulI be tack. This memorandum,
| no ;ett sy our flagttaH, 70 thst it might be
-.a1 should auy t,cn cocic on aaoze-
VIC le!: clrlv in thr morning, expettns II
| !e rorc IT, o tlass. NC had liz fear 0l bnlaG
| .c.f, asi the cous,tsy was open, atai VIC esuiI
! ~: lis 1rtyrr.l,e ihs coufsc We wcro travelling
u, ,ic,ulnent laLdmsths. We did 10: sec my
"a, Vi La.uau work u,.sil tue close Ut thu 1.S
,:sv, wle,,, l., u.ie astuni -hlnent. We caua, ON
.;;l,c wood. i,:o a beautifully cultivated heie
, | Il .sracco. ESc1ytli''E HI rlrrelv r,,sutnhlct
| a:at had ecc;tiA M,yaua, tia, ntnost i'm
{ 4in.d l-y*ell il Cata- At 1Ey ra:e, no ~
= u 2k
i, ro,,:ietrr IT tIls ta.t, wl.osr..r Ii. Ea':;a
.. Wr,r.y.l!e,i u.'ly 1 short dissance oyc
, .sr field, Hhe., VI caEle III siss-t OF hon-e
!: I'll, re:. rlush like all slaas.rs rcs:dewcc--
i, &c sio1i.t hscl', With u la. rool and wide vel
= ,n,lal,, U::r To-: Ea:dly knew bounds az "
,Trruacl,t.i titp Iw.l!lng, and saw several pee
. ,e trsagtd d in tliErret:f occupations ahnut IL
: ire1niscs. When We arrived at tlle Louse v
!. vric mct ls tho ow:cr, Who received us kinG
i l., =, i listrrcl a.tentivels +. our story, II
: long sc.i,.cEcc il, the tropics had grown I
! | ,,ok yc:y ua,,cll like Mexican. the neEr
u | ,5ya,;e ,.ave Us both ft.od and clothing. "
= the7. naturally regnn TO inquito where wc wcr
= ,.c,: il. What Tart u the world We had bee
:. ,..st away. We asked onr host few que
- <ur, ris I'd 10 fi.tl him rusom,aunt:ativc.
:, iA,t he said that chr Csse Nonll Ee MAJ
r. Arcv. to tue authorities. and that ws ahoa
" .ruw before room tl,s neat day what th
.oa!d do with ne. We began to think We Ii,
.vt into strange country: and we hard
Incw wha, to raaEc Of it. I'VE we're given be
1e in lie nccse, and On the next morning ,
III we're taken to q town about i've miles I=tai
"a. There were not tuspy houses III tho place. Al
1T ,l1y ,ralrrity Of tlseu, ret Med to hc u-cu
to v.,,,l,.. vhu Ind nrtou:scdsv tesn inform
-, # c.,r arrival, fol they t.,on tcGan TO n-ss
" " .;c near large by,iI1inS which seemed to
g." r..! IL 4 town hail. Here tlip gcntltntn
.l,s. Charge we were aad,ts=td thc,n. I,
-: :LtM eut etnty- Alter eu1e rfivalo c:
.r.ti,., t..ucen several prominent nemlt
lts Ike se. tnlly, nc ntrt informed thse
~ .,ec, wrecked I'll cEG OF tbs G1ltr1i
= .Gs, a:l., tia. VT cid remain au1 a.
J; .l.v r1:.cs u 1tc cclaulnnitS thEt o~i.td
H., Ii; .-r II We did OF rlops. to 90 Il
:1r AZ. Ctrrrtnnitr attended fhonl.t
.aS 1T n OH the South American coast to shit
u1sc clyfs. 1t VIA also intinated 10 us t
cu,xI ak ru questions; td4t the longer
| ysnaiued On the leland the moro VIC wo
-. .eAln flt III our associates
~ The meeting lruke up 4lmost i,nmedia
ing ,:7un orr dtclcirg 70 rcns!n, and af:cr tn
'Se- uas seuarated from my friends. never
met tLtm more. 1euplscse, however. u1t
At uc1, treated At we'll as myself II such
son. ,le esrc. they are rrthatlr alive to-day.
trr,.-.l to tho plantation uiths the gentle:
M1. ulo had brought nc to towr, a1d owing to
L.\iLE considerable knowledge Of tools
nlon 1,ut IL repairing srcl tt1nca ~ re1nit" ID M
= of iuE about the Loasc and tooa>eo shcd.. F
! ,c very Intelligent neeEo serrant. who had
c,.r Il. EE:lana, learutd all that knaS CONC
49, ~, i,e NJ wl.I.shcut-. He had woadt
''o' 1uenury. aud had gathered many facts I
! IN ru1ye1sations he had ov. rhcard between
cnu- ..:s.c;s. He told me tia. We uera on
.sla::u Il ont sixty miles ioas By Twelve y
was lhe ir!and is said 10 be one Of tha Gslap.
;ut surh was Ao, the tssr, fur it Was I
herr :lu:a six hundred niles to The nearest Of
astn e,cu-. He raid wc wert in he South Pa
raErh | n latitude ten degrees eo,1th .ad one
.,1.I Ifer, es west. He mentioned 8 rem
rnrt ai.c f:ct which hc cc::ld no. explain, na.
fs,E$ fsf$ h::rs sions tic chores of .he island.
.isscI rat!,, i: 1'uloe. impossible for the land
with seen ut any distance. Since he had been th,
El.na .r:sly seven Ycare-tGree ve-keta had
rs Tsna wicked on tho shores. What Lad been
make With tho men eavesl lie did NIT know, but
,cscd they had joined the community .
e., of~-%f.,r 7hH5$1 n Hfd
no, lie uax = cook on l>7rd one Of the wrt
:'.ss az .lI c fheasht Ill pershe
" I'm ~ tiISstlf. aE he never aAW any OF hrs ccn
flasa = ,en- rt,tr he war .r,ete4l ar Al he
la''la :la, i; een,is:ed o: atnut SEQ members, /
I, ,hr al planters 4 few who Ia trades wer,
hicaSn ,royiied Ief by tho oilers. There ue
! avs ecnen or children OIL tlv islknd. and III
isssis t,S neyer teen any there.
o!asSa ia The climate Was delightful, and tha
e'arA tcsaturc even during the esttire year.
Ell to I.an;aticrF were fully stocked with all
I 10 r. Of dcncr,ic cstsle, and nothing. nrc::ea
u!nG IL il z TO make the islaEd All earthly pa!ath
% the ra+Rt deal OF tol acco was raissi. ent
'IDner- bc,r "a th.t thar v,s , srrob, -hor eon
lew the :rcu observation, Rt one cnd Of the
SINNER rh, re- slc1e were two or tLrre yersels 4
by the for the community. but where they ID
c meet he could rot tell. From discussions Il
| :a0 1tafN aa1its'Ss pfplEauepF ptaUSt1a
e4o ca t>ecn led to infer that there were eocie
,-r:1and and in the United STATES who
G ef. IL ihe existence Of the is1Aud, aud who
i it Tile ir t,.eines4 wh.n Any OF thci1 N.
1or e. Iet cd to ser arsic themselves from IL
Mnca ! VIZ Noi.A y n" e 1ss,. sea.r: :" ~ -
IN con. :h=t governed Tbs c,mmunits. bet ";
= in tn ;ein that theE Ec1c EotI. ~ he ILA4l
II tacze ifsyil Of a,ty trosl; le. There we're ma
! now ,.r:a en- the i.ls:d. mud they h,t
!: aaoEt ! fIouelt from, Saush ausriea. and til,
10 Luz :. little about wLerc ;hts came from n
&c ma IL, were. .o..;,-
nee oi Eru reUee the mcst Oh uaosuIrs's
will Ike | rosh' story. Uo says that he touaa y
,'.st nt- lctu told him VAS trne, ard that il
1T r nstLs hc VI. permitted to visit the tow
aas on the ha c met eeseral men whom he aia nG
= W The ~ Ia, phoee names ho had seen puel1
ust r.ss Erci,rd and c.eewheHe - persons '
etvinx nysteriouely disappeared from Their
sceEe. Ue could remember tut few OF them,
4 "a s.r.t1 sotr, th4s he had rot kept hst. +