The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-22

through wholch the president has ac-
quired hia once. there Is an Immediate
| reversal In rank. The tuna attana q
Ienght OF i've feet and q weight OF fron
100 pounds upwards. Several OF over Da
pounds each have been captured within
the last two or tire eyears-with rod and
reel. The tuna, when hooked. WIN carry
. heavily loaded boat sometimes for mics
before It Il tired out
In weight the yellow trail ranges from
fifteen to eighty pounds. and thhe alns-
| core from fifteen to thirty pounds. The
tuna ranks as king Of dSh. and Its enc
mics come from ev erypart 70 Aelaemr
miles come from every part OF America 70
seek 1t here. A San Francisco doctor Is
| the president OF the club. q position he
gained several months ago by catching a
tuna which weighed nearly 900 pounds,
landed after a fifteen mile chase
In spite OF its modern features Santa
Catalina possesses more ancient history
than do most parts OF the United States.
When the island was discovered in 154s
| by the Spaniard Cabrillo. II was inhabit-
| ed by Indians of the same race as those
who peopled the mainland, but within the
last few years the canons have given up
treasures which show the existance OF
prehistoric dwellers. The traces which
remain proved that the island sustained
a large population. town sites having been
discovered from one end OF the island to
the other. The original islanders may
| have been wanderers from the north or
japanese or Chinese from the Wet The
mystery which envelOps them shrouds al
so the iden of the race which proceeded
the Indians In The possession Of the
mainland.
1t Is well understood that the Indians OF
| the Pacific coast at the time the Fran
ciscan fathers came among them were
made up Of groupes speaking variety o;
| dialects. implying a mingling OF parent
notions. 1t is to be presumed that the
Indians found by the Standards were IN
part descendants of these earlier pc pies,
though 1t is remarkable that no Indian
traditions to that effect were told the
explorers or have been learned since
There Is abundant ground, too, for believ-
ing that the first civilization was highe.
than the one which followed it.
The Santa Catalinlans were a superio'
race in the rude arts. and appear to have
been distinct from their neighbors. In
| many respects they were comparable e
the savages Of the stone age. Their i'm
plements were OF stone. and shell. model
ed with skill. and they manufactured
flutes. In the last few years many tons
of ancient trophies have been removed
from the island.
Tho oldest graveyard in the island Is
at Isthmus Cove. at its narrowest point.
where also was one OF the largest pre-
historic settlements. From the graves
have been taken the bulk OF the curiosi-
ties. The contents have told how the
islanders lived. Huge piles az abalons
shell in the villages and about the graves
suggest that the mollusk was an imDarS
ant food supply. Numbers OF stone NOR
tars imply that the natives were accus-
toned TO grind acorns and roots the only
island products from which meal could
be made. The bones OF fishes abound.
Clearly, the aboriginal Catalinians looked
to the sea for their living. There was "a
little useful Vegetation on the island in
their time as thede istoday-dwarf oak
and cottonwood trees. wild lilac and SUI
mac bushes. ferns and clamatis vines.
luxuriant foliage during the rainy sea-
son but at no time supply ing food other
than the acOrns OF the oak.
At another point on the Island. Empire
Landing. Is the ancient ola, or stone Jar.
mandatory, Of the Catalinlans. This
quarry was the enc which It Is believed
supplied the Ollas. not alone for the island
but for the entire district Of southern
California No other quarry ever has been
found along the Pacific coast.
The Indians cut the ollas from the solid
stone with quartz chisels. and circles are
visible that show the markings made pre-
paratory for the cutting. From this stone
which Is today made into nantes and
tiles were made the vessels used in cook
ing-a list 20 which were added spoons.
MEDICINE stones. and sinkers.
Although CabriiIo was the dIscoverer o.
Santa Catalina ne did not give II the
name which 1t now bears. lie called 81
San Salvatore. after one OF his caravels.
In the years which followed II s. prob
able that the ships which anchored in the
little bay were commanded by men such
as Sir Francis Drake. Roger. and various
buccaneers who cruIsef along the coast.
Sixty years passed before Spain took
possession OF the island. In December.
1sa2, and expedition commanded by Sc
bastaIn Vizcalno entered the bag. raised
the flag Of Spain. and in the name % his
Majesty.P hliip Ill. gave II rhe name Of
Santa Catalina. ignoring the name be-
slowed by cabrillo.
The historian OF this expedition WIS
Father TorqUemada-nOt he OF the IN
QUESTION. whose period was over To-
previous-and ne has left a description Of
a temple IN which the natives wOrshipped.
II was a large circular space. rooted with
a feather canopy. containing at the cen
ter an idol bearing upon its sides repre-
sensations Of the sun and moon. T/rque-
mada considered the race IN advance Of
that 81 the mainland In every way.
The Franciscan fathers we're the means
OF depopulating the island Of ifs native
inhabitants. When they estabiished their
mission Of Juan CapIstranO. San Gabriel,
and Santa Barbara the fathers gathered
about them as many indians as they
could The Santa Catalina tribe Taa con /
verted BY the ardent misEi7uar.es. who. !
however. could not surmolHt the diflrul- /
ties atten iant on the construction q q
mission building on the island.
They took the opposite course. ind1-- /
ing their nez-found followers . come /
with them % the mainland Tn dsDopu-
lation bean IN the middle ~ the last /
century and In two decades Santa Csta- |
Ina vas deserted Ok human KIM FO-