The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-06-05
@s4s IN MOSQUITO.
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GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS AND.
.CURIOUS oICUSTOMS.
a BluedelilS Funeral With. No Chief
MOuners and Curious Religious
Rites-A Dutch Privateer Used to.
PrOwl Around the Coasts-A Mer--
Genary Monarch.
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oay ana river-Gerved from the noted Dutch
tFlVateer. Rieeveidr who had his rendezvous
acre couple Of centuries ago. The Spanish
alscoVareTs, finding no precious metal here
abouts, departed for richer fields, leaving the
Moscos IN peace among their lagocns and ma
cogany forests. hundred and fsty years
llter, near the middle of the seven teenth CEN
| tury, the buccaneers appeared upon the scene
these sad sea dogs from all nations but
mostly from England, who were on intimate
terms with the successive Governors of ia
Glaica and shared with them the spoils of the
spanish main. When the war with Spain wa 8
D1ougnt 10 c-ose, SO that it was no longer
possible to co1nive at freebooting these en-
ierprising sons Of Britain determined to OBJ
tain possession of Mosquito, and, incidental
~, everything else they could seize in behalf
OF the crown. The methods by which these
Ensllsh agents'-nlany Of them eX-bucca-
neers. but acting under orders-pressed their
pretended rights to this region are too we'll
remembered to reed recapitulation
Under the British pro:ectorate one negro
AFTER another was Crowned King" and up-
he.d IN MS office unit. the farce ended By the
death OF his majesty"-hastened by over
indulgence Of the cup tina. cheers and like
wise nebriates-good CO Jamaica rum Sir
Hons S.oan relates how one of these dusky
monarchs was taken to Jamaica to be edu-,
Gated, but regularly esca ped his lessons by
sElnnlng up a tree, inwhCse topmost branches
he perched al. day among his brother mon.
Keys. lair sample of these haIf-savage mon.
a:cns tout never for moment rulers) select.
ed by the Englishmen as suitable toois-e1ther
because Of the degree Of their influence or lg-
norance-was that miserable creature, Robert
Charles Frederick l., who was invested stimuli
taneously with the title of King and his first
pair Of trousers.
Mercenary Monarch.
Soon after DOMINIC the purple" Cor, ra Their
blue jeans) he proceeded to make over the
whole coast of Nicaragua, Belize, and Hondu-
ras to company Of New York capita!ists-re-
ceiving in pay for this prince.y grant six bar
rels OF rum and a bundle Of cotton panta-
Icons! Fortunately such wealth of "spirits"
proved too much for the delicate constitution
OF his majesty, and he quickly gave up the
ghost; to be succeeded by his son, George
William Clarence, who was duly proclaimed
King by the British, while the distressed
people OF Nicaragua and Honduras were max
ing tranctlc but fruit.ess appeals. to the WCrld
al large for redress. The grants made by the
drunken Robert Charles Frederick l. to the
Yankee spectators were taken to Europe and
made the basis OF several attempts at colo
nization; all of which terminated with the
death OF the de.uded emigrants, from fever
and other diseases of the "tierra caliente''
Finally the grants found their way to New
IL IL.
ney, who purchased them conditionauy and
set on foot that short-lived enterprise known
as the .'kenneY expedition In the autumn
o! 1865 this gentleman, accompanied by a
number of eager Adventures, availed them
selves OF the grants and privileges thus pur-
chased and proceeded to Graytown, wnere.
they commenced the execution of their pans
But they met with unforeseen difficulties and
dlscouragements, principally owing to the
feud then existing between the Nicaraguans
and the Accessory Transit Compare" and,
although their leader was made Governor, the
"kenney colony one by one deserted-most
of them to join the forces Of General
Walker, the filibuster, who by that time was
making great pretentions in Central America
And at last Governor Kenney himself depart
ed in haste, "between. two days." with his
name Endorsed on another mans passport
Ruled by sambo Chief.
After nominal protectorate of 1876 years
Great Britain, by the Clayton-Bulwer treaty
Of 1850, resigned all claims to the Mosquito
coast. and ten years later, under the treaty OF
Managua, graciously coded it to Nicaragua
to which country 1t had always rightfully be-
longed. The King of that day (his illus
tricu: name has escaped my memory con-
sented to the arrangement, on condition OF
retaining his administrative functions and
receiving a subvention, equivalent to IS, 600
per year, Tor period of ten years. But he
died in seW months. and Nicaragua has
never recognized his successor. Neverthe-
less, the "reserva Mosquito continues to b..
ruled by a Sambo chief. elected by his fe.-
lows. and assisted by sable court, or council
which assemblies at Bluefelds.
Land cannot now be bought within there's.
ervation, but can be leased at the rate of
cents per acre, for a term not exceeding fifty
years. The soil is said to be of remarkab bic
fertility, and there is considerable, export
tradt-chiefy in India rubber, mahogany.
ginger, sarsaparilla, and tOrtoise-shell. The
treaty Of 1880 provided seven schools in the
territory which instruct the Indians in thei1
own language and in Eng.ish-yet a more ig-
norant, lazy, superstitious, and altogether
hopeless lot could hardly be found.
FANNIE BRIGHAM WARD