The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-09-04


The UIuthE or Mackenzie. eronn Iis1
a little to the northWard OF Zap. The
natives, since ancient times. are sub
jeet to Yap. and come down about
February to pay tribute to the chiefs
Of T0mil and Goehepa. They are
peaceful, industrious and Iaw-abid-
ing.
The Uleai natives were intrepid nav
igators in olden days, guiding their
way fearlesslyl by a most accurate
knowledge of the stars and currents.
When the Spanish conquered the Ma
riannes, about 1860, great number Of
the Chamorros, or aboriginal people.
fed to Uleai and Lamotrek, to avoid
forcibie conversion and slavery. Ac-
cording to Kotzebue, the Uleai folk
and their neighbors assemble at Lam
otrek every year in February, with
eighteen or twenty great canoes, sail
ing thence to Guam. n distance of
some 500 miles, In about three days.
They stay until April or May and then
return, fearing the southwest mon-
son.
The Hall group. or Namopuito. and
the group to the south, of which Pull
await and Pulo-Suk are the chief ISL
ands. are only to be visited with con-
siderable precaution. It would be
well for a man of war to visit here apd
warn the petty chiefs.
The next group eastward is called
Ruk, or-Truk, from the name OF the
tallest basaltic island in the chain
(Ruk means highland" or "ofty").
The group consists of some seventy
islands lying in the midst of the great
est lagoon of Hogolen. In the lagoon
there is a fine depth Of water and good
anchorage for vessels of large draft.
III re is a great annual output of CO.
pra. Pearl shell, turtle shell, and
beche de mer are abundant. The well
known island preparation Of "taik,"
red cosmetic, is made here.
Lne natives, both of Ruk and the
neighboring group of the Mortlocks,
have the curious custom, remarked In
the Visayas of the Philippines, the Pc
ruvian Indians and the Taringa- Roroa
aborigines- of Easter Island, of pierre
ing the lower lobe of the ear and fore
ing It to grow downward in a huge.
unsightly flap. The population OF the
group is some 1000. The products arc
lcOpra and beche de mer. OF remarka-
bic interest to philologists Is the oc-
cuTre1ce of a pure Polynesian dialect
apparently an antique form of Samo-
an. upon two islets named Greenwich
and ap-in-Mailang, otherwise called
Nuku-Oro, lying to the south south
east of Port Chamisso. The Spanish
call them Pescadores. The inhabit-
ants, numbering some 500. are honest,
cheerful and Industrious.
We now come to the far eastern
groups in the great chain, where the
10th north parallel divides the Span
ish possessions from those of Germa-
ny. The most important is that of
Seniavina. BOnabe or POnape, whiel,
includes the Ant and Pakin islands
and the large island of Ponape Tor the
Land of the Holy Plaees), so called
from the remarkable indications OF an.
cient civilization found near Metala.
MIN HarbOr, on the east coast. The
! country is occupied by five wei, OF
tribes. under their hereditary chiefs
u to the north under their Ichipau OF
titular king. a great friend Of the Eng
, lish speaking folk; Metalanim to the
east, ruled by their Ichipau, King Pau
a gloomy, morose old man, n great
hater of the "macha puotopuot," oil
white faces, and the promoter of al
: the late troubles and acts of bad faitl
! in the tribe; Xiii, to the south, and
/ southwest, under the rule of the Mana
mareki King Rocha, a good friend Il
the white men; Henry Nanapei o
Ronkiti, is also an influential man II
= the tribe. The Spanish Governor sen
:. sibIy tried to make this enlightened
: man the chief authority over all thu
: tribes. He is a man Of good educ.
!. ton and great influence for good, ar,
. has greatly developed local indastris 2
in Xiii.
The territory OF Chokach of Jekoits
= in the northwest, embraces the loft.
= island of that name, also Mount Pail
n ker and the valley Of the Palang Riy
er on the mainland. The Pakin Isl
r. ands, with their cocoSnut groves, ar
= dependency of the Prince os Che
:. kach. The last and the least of th
a tribes is that of Not, under The chic
le Lapin-Not. The people live near IN
IT embouchure of the Pillapenchakol
a Greek, where 1t runs into Asuneio
d. Bay in the north. On Asuncion Ba
u is the little Spanish colony OF Santii
IL go, with its slenderly garrIsone
blockhouse and walled fort.