Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-06-01
COMPARATIVELY ANEW OCELM
- facfhc Regard as N s,,n,..
LAKE tntn About n C.n,na~~
A.0. century

me facfhc Regard as n sp,,,.n
b"Se Until About a C.n,nau-
Ago. century
IL seems rather curious to recall tho
lact mat very little more tba, 100
years ago the Pacific was repa rdod os
a spanish lake, says the WASHINGTON
star. That nation claimed il on ,ho
strength Of Balboa's discovery in 1512
aha insisted that it should be rerarloa
us a mere clausum. When Sir Francis
Drake circumnavigated the gIoho hi,
sailing across these waters was so,,
eusly resented by Spain. which da-
restitution to her Of tba r1,,,
der he took, but Queen Elizabeth made
a naughty reply. Not long before the
close OF the last century the SDonIs
crown again began to make a fuss be-
cause Its monopoly of the paciuc vas
infringed On. 1t ordered the commap-
dante OF San Francisco TO seize The
CoiulhDia, tne first vessel that carried
the american flag around Cape Horn,
IN l'S9 two Spanish men-ot-war seized
several English fur traders on he
h~fthWest coast and war was yprv
nearly the result. 1t is odd that the
Spanlards, though discoveries of new
lands ami waters, were among tho
poorest ~navigatOrs Of their time. After
coming upon the Solomon islands thnv
could net find them AGAIN. and they
were lost for $50 years. The water
supply at their galIeons was not Rent
in casks, but in big earthen lars. As II
was Impossible TO provide q sufficient
supply Tor Il six months VOYAGE on
board OF a ship carrying $50 or 800 peo.
PIE they always took 10 sea great num-
berS OF mats. Whenever II rainrA the
mats were spread 20 catch the ,(r0ps.
winch 5rere drained eff into lars
through split bamboOs. The mortality
from S0IrVy on long trips was fright
ful.
CorteT, after the conquest of Mexico.
htted cut three small s}f Ds 10 sail to
the Moiuccas and reinforce the Span
idrds there. They were scattered hy q
tempest and two Gf them were lost.
One OF these is imagined TO have been
the strange vessel which was wrecked
on the gDcks of Hawaii about the same
time as nearly as can be reckonad.
According 10 tradition only the CAPTAIN
and his sister were saved. Tfle natives
received chem kindly ana gave them
food They iutermarried with the IIa-
waiians &Sad became the D~peSenit0rs Of
certain well known families Of chiefs.
In early cimes the c0ltrGl of land Us
the Hawaiian islands aas held by the
ruling chiefs, who reserved what pOg-
ton they pleased for their own use anG
divided the rest among the leading men
subject to chem. The positiCp Of the
latter was analogous 80 that Of the
bar0ns Ct European fe0dalish- They
furnished supplies to their sovereign
and in case Of wal We're expected 10
take the field with what fighting men
their estates could furnish. These bar
u held aiInQSt deSpOtic sway Oyer
their domains. apportioning the terri
tory which they controlled amoBg the
followers according TO the Whim of the
moment or demand Of policy. Every
time a new chief came into power
tilere was a fresh distribution Of lands.
Thus the country was always fUA OF
people who were dispossessed and
homeless. Kamechameha III. OYER
turned this system by granting to his
people n bill of rights which made their
tppura of tho soil Dprm3npnt.