The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1893-03-07

tlnent there were seven rich cities |
filed with gold and jewels, which
every great trader in Mexico was
sure lay little to the north of him.
The islands of the great sea were
reported to produce anything.
There were pearls, there was gold,
there were mountains of vermilion,
silver, spices, and, above all, there
was the great ducement-quoting
from a despatch of Philip H., to
"drive the devil from the tyrannical
possession which he had held for so
many ages, usurping to himself the
alteration of those people," The
devil was very real entity in those
days and it was the proper thing to
go and fight him. In the process of
the conversion of his followers,
many might be killed and were
killed, but it was all done in good
cause. Every piratical expedition
fitted out was for the glory of
Christianity and the pockets of it's
votaries. Before describing the two
voyages of Mendana the lecturer
gave showing of what had been
done and the results of other mems
work. For himself he always divided
the history of discoveries in the
Pacific into four eras, viz:
l. The period anterior to dis
covery, a dim dreamland of legends
and myths which catch the imagin-
alton of those who make folklore a
science.
2. The period of spasmodic dis
covery, from 1913 to 1866, which
ended with Lord Byron's voyage.
3. The period of systematic dis
covery under Wallis, Cook and Van
couver, and coming down to the
thoroughly scientific expeditions of
the present century.
4. The period of colonization,
which overlapped his third division.
Mendana belonged to the second
period and was chosea-as his subject
because he was the only one who
had formed definite plan. In des-
crlbing what had been done the lee
turer rapidly sketched the explora-
tions of Bulboa, Magellan, d'Avila,
Cortez and others. Mendana was
relative of Lopez Garcia de Castro,
at that time Viceroy of Peru. His
expedition started from Callao, Jan
uary 10, 1867. No list is given Of
number of vessels or ornaments. In
cidentally two ships were mentioned.
They sailed 1450 Spanish leagues
before they sighted land. Space will
not permit following the lecturer
all through the first and second voy-
ages of Mendana, in which he dis
covered the Marquesas and Solomon
groups. A colony was finally started
, on the island of Santa Cruz, in the
second expedition mistaking it for
, one of the Solomons. Things went
, all wrong with the colony. The ma
tives at first friendly became offend
ed and many of them were killed in
| battle. Mendana himself died. AT
/ ter the colony had been decimated
> his widow sailed for Manila to Or
: ganize a new colony. Fifty of her
> crew died on the voyage. A second
vessel arrived after hers with a re-
duced and dying company. A third
struck the destined beach with sails
: all set but with all hands lying corp,
4 ses on the deck. "What weird end.
: ingw concluded the lecturer. "Did
Q she come to land on some bright
3 tropic morning when the sunswa:
gliding the dancing waves? l rather
/. picture her slipping ghostlike under
a the dreamy moonlight, gradually
approaching the dismal strand, lee
: as it were by the spirit of the mar
: who had traversed so many league!
Z. of ocean and whose body must fine
f rest in consecrated grave, among
his own people and under his owl
{. proud flag"
t Hearty applause greeted the lee
n turer on concluding, and it was re
n solved to publish the lecture as No
d of the Society's Papers.
>. The chairman stated that Pape
g No. 3 (Judge Dole's on Evolution o
l. Hawaiian Land Titles) was read,
for distribution to members. HI
q also announced that DIR. Emerson
h would deliver the next lecture, or
J. Voyages of Hawaiians in Canoes.
n, He hoped there would be large
!" audience to hear it than the one pre-
l. sent on this occasion.