Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-11-16
The PACIFIC ISLANDERS.

aud other island groups 10 tho Pacific
belong 10 the eastern Aslalio rAcsh.
This view Is no, based upon ethno-
logical grounds TO any mstefisl extent,
since those mosiskilled In the sciencs
which treats OF the division OF man
into races have been unable TO locate
definitely tho true position Of many Of
these islanders; the Atialic origin
idea springs chiefly from tho supposi'
ton that the Islands were peopled
gradually by the advance Of venture
iome mariners along the chains OF Is
lands extending eastward from Asia.
This logic has proved very uniA,laiac-
tory, however, to close inquirefu, who
have found In the rules Of ethuology
an insurmountable barrier to It's
confirmation. Yet, for want Of
conclusive information during a long
period Of years, the Asis.lo origin
theory has been permitted 10 stand,
awaiting the time when an increase OF
knowledge shall rolsgale IL 10 its place
with other iallaclcs.
Among the La,tsr-day Saints, how
ever, there IL n better understanding Of
where these Islanders csmo from than
commonly exists. This arises from the
possession OF iniispuisble evidence that,
while many OF tho Inhabitants OF the
Pacific island, groups belong, under
BlumsnbAch's classification, TO the
Monaghan or to the Malay races, there
are also many Of them, including the
HawAiisns, 5amoans, Maorles and
Others, which have a common origin
with the American Indians, thus
ahorjing basis for Huxley's
classification OF them into whs,
he calls the Mongoloid type.
The Latter.day Saints have
come to realizs that the American In.
dian IL Of common stock with tho
Israelites who dwelt In PAlestln no
twenty -nve centuries ago; and the
manner In which the natives Of many
U, he rso'no 's'es 'eoo''e 'ne "o'p''
an'tos CONCLUSIVE PROOF ,ns' 'ney arc
Of the same family ~ tho American
ihoian' heneo many ieau,nS nen III
the Church, understanding the working
OF the Gospel message In the present
dispepsalion aud seeing II among the
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no" 'n' ihoe Came 70 peoPie 'nese
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10 'nh' ih'aiuaoie 'eoofu OF aho'en'
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siues OF 'he squA'ot win hisnV
ol'iIhol race 'noie were companies
OF sm'stAu" 'hN sh'ou iOr u
moro hor'heriy LOCATION some OF these
companies were driven Hom their
course ny WINS anu currents, aud
never IeAohed inc mainland Of Norm
America from present knowledge OF
tue winds ana CURRENTS which prevail
on the racine hhquiie easy 10 under
stand now these shipioads OF emigrant'
night be carried TO the society ana
o'hsr groups ana In tue markings Of
lrade wihus anu currents gwen on
modern maps 'heif pain can 20 uAcsd
from the point OF emoafkhuoh In tue
vicinity OF the PERUVIAN coast 70 the
very hiAnuh when the 'fAuiuons Of
the present iahaoi'ah's o. the Paeinc
groups poini 70 ~ their former place 81
ABODE
IL uHous'ion ana information ON
this matter were allowed TO rest here,
II might DO claimed that there was q
iAiluro In The CHARACTERISTIC parallel
which attends the Book OF Nor
mon In other respects. 1t Is
notable TACT IN regard to that
DOCK ihat since lie publication there
mas been continual development OF
evidence eonnrmatory oil Its state
mrn's; ana that, Too, coming through
tho agency OF unbellevsu In the
recoFc's divius authenticity, and often.
times OF those VINO Acoh at its relation
OF iao's' Following this suggestion,
NAW has -. a. a