Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-08-20

! the HnNinNIN hAll lH M Nlnuk and bare
na the western slopes of the Andes In
/ tn rear ~ the Peruvian desert. The
most VI the shores arr inaccrarii,lc,
/ Thos best landing place is 10 cum
/ bertrand bay. nc which point there is
now nahing settlement which In.
Guides about all uf tho people OF the
] island There nrc. u De- said. only NJ
! teen people now LIVING There. Hack "
/ thc settlement on the bay there nre
cottages. or straw huts. which once
| formed the homes NJ quito number
N settlers who lived hero. These hutf
are made ~ cane wattlod with straw.
4 There nfo gardens about come ~ them.
and nj one time there was an nrti-
cultural colony here one man at
tempted 90 start a stocll-nislnr plan.
tntlnn. and he had. II Is said uH many
az 10000 head Of cnttlc and nu equal
number " sheep Ernzing in the vail
| lcya uu the north 90 the island OF
| late. however. I am told that this busi-
ness has almost entirely disappeared.
the cattle arc allowed a. ru wild und
there arr now on the Island wild sheer.
wild goats and Wild mules. ! give this
statement on the authority Of Photo
grnphcr spencer
THE RICHES or JUAN FER
NANDEZ.
There II no doubt but that Juan Fer
nnndoz la rich land na far as the
| roll of the northern part OF II Or con-
ctrncd. and with this new colonizing
scheme II may support quito large
number ~ people. The hills ARE cove
cred now with wild oats. and there
a frpod grass In every open spot The
NUT trees planted moro than hum
drcd years ngu by Sclkifk and others
have reproduced themselves, and thore
arc many wild fruits. while the grapes
which you IND In the woods are na de-
lltiuuH nH those which itohinfun Crui-
| soc dried for fal1lna. There nrc peach
ca. pears ana ounces growing wild,
and niru Wild vegetables. a peculiar
plant ~ the pauEi. which has leaves
forming cup nH hlg nH an umbrella,
| This niis with water when 70 rains. and
stays fun aH long un u ifcluudy. Whom
the sun comes out 70 begins 90 wilt. ana
the water fowH out
ROBINSON CRUsoEs CAVE.
Thnra are = number % caves on
Juan Fernandez. ana several are p1lnt-
cd out 10 which 10 o. said that Al kan
| der Seikirk lived. ono oi these whlch
iiaH in a ridge ~ volcanic ruok. IL a.
large Ha the average parllr. with roof
from sen q nNcfn feu, above the il1or
The door 90 this cave D. about fifteen
lNft NlNn anu itH tNL.Wh 80 HNN IfAt "a
least thirty ffci. u shows nlEnf ut
having been lived in. Their are liiiio
holes or pockets rc,cred out of Tho
walls. such aH are mentioned In Robin
son Crus1e'a description ~ his cavc-
homo. and here ana there on the walls
you go rusty nails whlch were once
used by those who have lived here in
tho n1Fs II a said shat the cave was
The resort uf the buccaneers who once
nvaved the c9HHt1 ana ships ~ this
part " tho world The nails may have
been driven Into the walls by thgm,
and from thu same source probably
| elmea a stone oven watch has been
built In The rear of the cave. Other
| lIVtf arr covered with ferns and the
| vegetation o. Oh luyurlant shat 70 ls
flay go Imagine thit sclkIrk. like Rob
| lnUn crur1r, might have set out
heiges about his caves, which would
IlIu have become walls ~ trees AMI
have hidden them from view.
4 CHILEAN PENAL SETTLEMENT.
A; one time chile had a penal settle
mont on Juan Fernandez Morn ttan
a thousand criminals were kept here
under the charge ~ a glvcrn1r AMI
guards You can Htlll see the ruins VI
The flrt'ncatl1uH nf that time. one %
and ssru.cuvVrtd dungeons which were
dug uut 90 The blum facing the harbor.
rhUHf dungeons were among he most
horrible ever constructed by spanish
cruelty Cor che sOrturu ~ men, They
were entered by vaul.Cd passages
which led from one damp chamber 90
another Thy were without ven.lla-
illn and were az dark as Egypt at che
time ~ the plague. Come ~ che cells
were Ear underground anu were no
small that their occupants could not
stand upright within them The prls-
0nera at one cline murdered tho guards
ana 800 OF them escaped and landed on
The shores OF Chile, Hero they were
captured and We're taken 10 Valparaiso
and shot. The other prisoners who
had been len upon the island escaped,
ami by different ships found thelr way
10 other countries.
ALEXANDER sEIKIRK's MoNU-
MENr,
There l. monument 20 Selslfk ON the
Island NJ Juan Fernandez, 10 h a mar
bic tablet set In The rocks az Robinson
Crusooa Lookout" u was placed
there by some English naval officers
about thirty yonra ago. The inscription
reads ~ follows;
In Memory %
Alexander seikirk.
Mariner,
4 native OF Largo. In the County OF
File, Scotland, who lived on this
Island. In complete Solitude
four years ana four months.
lie was landed from the Chlnque Ports
galley % tons, iN guns, A, -, 1901,
aud was taken on In the Duke
pfyatecr, 18th February. 1909,
He died Lieutenant Of II. NJ. $. wey.
mouth. a. ID. 1873, aged u years.
This Tablet r. erected near Seiklrk'a
lookout by Commodore Powell and
tho officers Of ~. NJ. \. Toplze
A, u, 1865.
The unlnhnhltod Galapagos Islands on
the coast of Ecuador have more re-
Gently had an Alexander Selklrk This
man was deserted BY his cOmpanlnns
ana when found years nfterward he
was quite naked and was carrying "a
pig ON his back. lie had lived upob
fruits and roots, ana had caught Wild
cattle In traps and had killed theu
with a spear made OF a pocket knife
tied 20 a stick. His hut was made of tbe
hides OF such cattle, ~ which there
were a number ON the island, having
been LETT there years ago, when Inc
place was used a. a penal colony Tor
Ecuador,
A BILLION DOLLARS FROM A
DUNGHII.L.
Other interesting Islands are found
In the great archipelago which lles bc.
tween here ana cape Horn. Those 1
shan travel among ON my way around
the southern end of south Amer,eo
The most interesting OF an the paclac
lslHulH however are Tho G!uapn t.t...tN