The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-07-17

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Island. for the use ofthe United States, whereof
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teen guns from the ARTILLERY OF Fort Madison
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bay. And that our claim to this island may not
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copy Of this Lnstryment. together D NTH s ssSsss
dawn PoBTER"
Promptly all 0t the mn newly mSo6 made "A A% "omSSDT
with marines and sailors to prosecute the cam.
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SSfHley nF The anal Hni S yietosry yOS q this Sharply con;
q beautiful and fertile island. eighteen, miles
long and ter, broad, containing a population, OF
ton Of his tasks Of proclamation. and subjuga-
ton. CasPt. d Porter sailed ALE q aTay Wit r. one ne s S1nt,So
fellow citizens he made announcement that he
would surely return a year later, and urged
them to be coed: since nov they wsr f, all A %Sm-
bic. Of the marines, Military Governor. and left
with him two midshIpmen. twenty men and Elk
PlaiYne! We're re that that he was tt5S await The return d
Porter for nve and one-hali m0nths, and the1
States with one or ali Of the four ships which
formed his SQUADRON.
Of NuRaSISvS began to make things lively for
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with. they defed the marine. he landed elk
more guns and increased the artillery OF Fort
preparation the brown citizens vaulted over the
walls Of Madison willie, and before vaulting back
Ssniens 6ou SRsls and adI the Sui reOpsxait and and ! ar. 'SP-
purtelances. Constant campaigning failed 70
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sailors. too, were q constant source q trouble;
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deserted In a boat and, settling on Hiva Ga. re-
fused to return to discipline: -
were cialppeG under matches. while the thirteen
mutineers assured themselves Of the possession
81 70 II That e8e sdn sv when the he mutt
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reached the harbor they learned that the beach,
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GIVES had mSssacred the re@Hainins INV i've m mem
next 81 day M fl sat.{ ais 1&SbESlsln now Shs Sedu 1sssSF 10 the the
necessity Of defending his two remaining ships.
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which the beachcombe was seen to be engaged
in the ate R pptt to n MAKE * n ready .SS for use the guns
as the sun was setting on the following day.
May 9, one Of. the ships was set on fire, and on
vivors sailed for the Hawaiian Islands. only two
persons in the company fit for duty, and only
Although the last scene in this South Sea
Ma5ssSSGf ans.Sts Bay s WAS one ri Fl %%1.tsiny; revolt
tRs T PlSSRsn IN whom S11n4 Porter ei placed Ssi'a such co Sfc
dence, Joined, the beachcomber and the other
islanders II the attSek upon Lieut., Gamble and
| party. the whole island Of Nukahiva continued
for more than a generation to regard itself as a
SeEilI t3ss p pro sni en menti eSSsiS in q CAPT Ss' Porters
annexation proclamation. they regarded al
them RSsfrS to s wood "a and shs water. any Th lHiU oontin No SpT foT
" %hal least ea ts9 them {EsSmSs' no Ghtt. that Rn american the Sar
was over Fort Madison was kept in some
spikes were worked out Of the, guns By visiting
used the fort IS their stronghold. Even as long
their prote Ct over WTf The Marq9esas, the peo-
pie Of Nukahiva assured the, French officers
since inc the time Of their. fathers. When opotee
made them a par, Of his country. The diplo-
mat1s daGis nom Of fnd dTSnGs on h9 aRis Hssoq N the 6se
IRON Washlngton hat the annexation. while
la * Visit made, to NuEahiv W in recent 7ears
Gregg y sstsm aliSn q t t6is stS Gp sh pl6 sRSs q 81 a. Amen ea-
can policy In the Pacific. Capt. Porter's Jour
nal" first published in 1915 and reissued with
YER, considerable new matter in 1922, makes Il
extreme accuracy. But there is very little to
ment, The hillock on which Fort Madison was
built is still there, and its fat top shows traces
purposes. and i Is possible to regard three
stone pavements at regular intervals along
for, the guns. The. ramp n o. the tort
and the town. which, Il protected have
more solid and substantial construction than
oil casks filed with sand. or some half dozen
cannon to be found In the present native village,
two. were found to have, the mark Of the. Cold
sFPtFtbR ag 6 sqR fSS1n sItyfI spd n I9 fEa have Ses formed d ! dR RH5tt
the United States ever built on foreign soil. The
site Of Madisonville still remains easy Of identi-
hcatton., There yet remain in regular rows.
therein differing from native ruins, the stone
platforms on which were erected the six con-
their site a wel-preserved. rectangle Of stone
work shows the course OF the town rampant.
Diseases nave. reduced the native population
to- mere handful and. none survives who re-
found who recalled the faintest memory Of the
' sojourn OF Porter and the annexation by which
Nukahtva became a part OF America. In return
for a tin OF biscuit as wages and the promise OF
gang Of men dug up the surface Of, the site Of
Fort Madison In search Of the duplicate copy
OF the proclamation OF annexation which Porter
deposited IN, a bottle and buried at the foot OF
his Flagstaff in order to secure the rights Of his
prosecuted to a depth Of several feet; neither
bottle nor paper was found. The nearest APP
proach TO any "Reminiscences OF Porter was the
name OF the head man OF this gang. Poti.