Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1883-08-09
THE ILL-FATED ISLAND.

lUb lSllll Vi lSCHlu, lub llONI plO-
ductivc portion of which, including the
principal villages, has been destroyed,
was known to the ancients as Pithecusa,
Enaria, and Inarme. 1t is the lare est
Island in the vicinity of Naples, from
which it is distant twenty miles. It's
circumference is about twenty miles,
exclusive of the sinuosities of the coast.
Its length is five and one half miles; its
breadth in the widest part is about
four. The total population of the
island was about $4,000.
Before Vesuvius resumed its activity
in the first century of the present era,
Ischia was the principal site of volcanic
action in southern Italy. The Mont
Epomeo, the EpOpos of the Greeks and
the Epopcus of the Latin poets, which
rises grandly near the center of the
island, appears to have acted chiefly by
lateral cruptions, for there is not a
trace of lava near the summit, while
several volcanic vents may bo distinct
ly traced on its flanks and in various
parts of its declivities. On the north
and west the island slopes gradually
down to the sea, and terminates in n
beach, while on the south and east it
plunges into it, forming abrupt and
often lofty precipices.
The history of Ischia at an early
period is intimately associated with
,rs vo,c,y,c ,or,ox
aud tbo ooonootinn of 10 ,Io.o ,,ho
'nu,onn "nn aT NTH ,hn nn,I,tholoay"f %
'Gnr hos ;n"ostod ba ;sInWI 7I,;,i, vi "S nInr:S,
m"ori;,,IT @ ;ts nwn A Cronll onl"n,,
1 lo,tInJ ~ tho M isiand ,,rn,,;ons o 'D,0 Wv ~.
on,''i,onnons r,JH ~ % With tho p0r% pforn%otiov VI Of
Cumm. The settlers attained GREAT
nrosncritv. but ara said to bovc bcen
aftorward compelled by constant earth.
nuokcs and volcanic action to leave the
island and settle ON the opposite coast
of Cumm. These outbursls are prob.
oblv tho same mentioned nv Timnus
who lived about 262 b. c.. and record.
ed a tradition that shortly before his
fine Mount Epomeus vomited fire and
ashes. and that the land between il and
tbe coast was thrown forcibly into the
sea. which receded three stadio. and
then rcturned. ovcrtlowcd tbo land. and
rytinguishod thc fire Thosc nvcnt,
are also related with some variation b,
Pliny, who mentions n tradition thai
Enomco emitted flames. that n villog,
was swallowed nm. that n marsh wa,
created by one Of tho eorthnuakc,
which acc6mpanied the eruption, an,
7 that Procida was detached bv another
{ A colony established by Heron. IN,
tvront of Syrucusc, no IIoubt ofnr hi
great naval victory over tho Etruscon
in r. G. IA was olso
n,,yr,, ,,,,,v rpn,, r,,,, -, AVN
h., olonM;o " o,,thrstS m1 Tha ,'iHm Wnnno,;
~ 'U,L,U ,La,i,, mala;i ,l 49,
ssn1 @ 'uoSoiuo%ii ,iu 'y,o'it-ou ,I Wv ','""',
a.I. loni"'ne IN nI5 tnp i'oill'',is' "v a. !.
vnnno" Ii: pUlio' vCDN po'oa',oai " !,
"IS' ~ % dnJ thn lnooi his,o,;aIs M ~ "n,'u os
scrt that other volcanic convulsior
occrrrod IN tbn rri,ns of Titus Antonin
u pins and Diolec7ion Thn last rrn,
g ton took nlaco in 13O2 when n stroaI
n of lava issued from the northeast bas
= of Mont Enomeo, which ran into th
seo ncor thG town of Isrhio rho NOR
remote volcanic onthursts wore nonti,
h aIlv desrribcd os tbo STRUGGLES of tb
imnriscncJ Tiont TvnbpSTs Virgi
= oJpn,ing Homcr,s tradition gSv
c Tvnbmn8s to Tsrhio and Encclodi5s I
1t E,no Tbe ancient name Pitbccus,
/ ros nonrIorlv InrivcJ hv tbe Roma
moots @ frpm ths fact tbat t5o isI,rJ W.
II soiJ to bo inhobitod hv mnnl,nvs r.
:, PIinv pin tho naturoliSt with moro nroh,
u hiIity ottr;hmtnSit t w tHa W. mottor,, ~ @ r,on,
a fan,EroJ ] in tLo isIonJ Tho non
y Enario oncordinrto 70 pIinv was dor;vr
d NV % ,hn ~, noots cots from II, ~ hayiro @ " boon Nv
- thn 0 stot;ors % nf tho Toat of 10
Tsch;o 10 " corrnnt;on oftho word iSci
n nndnr " 10 Which nan,o @ tIo m @ isIonJ 10 u n,o,
n ,;nuod ] ;r nlcsioStiooI rnn"nJs ] 80 IS ~ ~
o;rh,h oiOte% ~ oontnrv Tr''''''' i'0oi"' Vi u
D. o's ~" ooD'"''
rs AFTER THE FALL OF THE ROMAN f!
to rlkE'
ischia iolloWeu inc fortunes OF inc ca
ltal. In ol3 anu again IN o4I II w
40 attacked by the SaraGcns; IN lioo
/, was sacked by inc fisans WhiIe
tnelr way 10 Amail' In Nv hen
ns VI; TOOK possession Oh 1t. In tne req
IN OF MS son Irederick H.; oaracciolo,
he general, allowed himself TO be burn
aiVo III inc castie raIher Vhan surren
er 1t TO the Gucph troops OF otho l
ty In lZoz lschia joined sicily IN the !
IL volt against Charles l. In IL
CharleS H. recovered the island a
W punished the inhabitants Tor Their l
nd belllon by sending four hundr
he soldiers to cut down their trees a
Vineyards In 1852 Ladlslaus defeat
LOUIS H. oil AnJou IN battle foug
of near the crater OF Mount kotaro'
-, the hiteenth century Alfonso l. selz
Gu and tortlhed 1t IN the war against ia
he ma H. lie expelled the male inha
of tants and forced their wives q
nd daughters to marry his soldiers
his death in l04S, Giovanni Ioregl
the cousin OF hucrczla d'Alagui' p
in. claimed himself an adherant OF hi
NV Kenato, ara heid the Island agai'
Nv tefalnanu @ l., llls l4oo, 90 wneh Wdn , no soiu
Sh 10 .he crown ioT oo'oVo uuca's.