The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-01-01
A WICKED MAN OF HAWAII.
INGELL,S CAREER AS A CATTLE THIEF
and AN OUTLAW.

ceEses of the Standardization of Ills SoI
Ruined bya Boycott After Defying Law
Possibly II is Just as we'll that Angel wa.
out OF the way when the Annexation Com.
missioners went to Hawaii to make the lna
arrangements fortaklnR over the good will and
fixtures. They might otherwise have felt like
hacking out Of the bargain. for Angel was moi
u desirable asset for the United States or ans
power TO take. lie was a bad man. cruel
bloodthirsty. Fortunately. Angel was dead
when the Commissioner arrived. That made
things easier.
Angel cherished no illusions as to himself.
He was bad. and he was perfectly aware OF IL.
There's been some mistake about me some
where" he frequently said with n certain grim
irony. II must have slipped Into the wrong
batch OF names. Fancy calling me Angel.
Devil would ft better"
He started with a good chance In life marred
and he had no taste for STRENGTHENING things
out. He took more pleasure in being crooked.
His parents were English people who had been
In good circumstances They we're among
the victims when the crash cam after an era
OF speculation in railway shares on the Lon
don stock market years ago. With what could
be pulled out OF the wreck they could Just
manage TO live In one OF the cheapest French
towns. Two sons and two daughters made
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factory marriages and are in comfortable cir
cumstances. Tho two sons had to force their
living from the world. They were everything
that some young Englishmen become when
they have the ordinary equipment OF a decent
education. an adventurous disposition and no
resources, After much wandering the broth
ers arrived in Hawaii years ago and fell into
such conditions Of tho life there as most at
tracted them. One brother ia a prosperous
citizen. a man OF credit and reputation. The
other took a different path and became a no.
torious outlaw.
Hawaii. that Is to say the island Of that
name. the largest in thu archipelago. runs
the whole scale OF nature-there is not a sharp
or a fiat left out. Within narrow limits one
may find ceaseless sumr;er within sight and
almost within touch Of unbroken winter. The
desert Is next neiRhbor to the dense tangle of
the luxuriant jungle. 1t rains always In some
places and In others it never rains. With
such a range from which to choose. a man NAV
select whatever most suits him. 1t fitted well
AnRells ideas, this contradictory island Of
Hawaii. Its interior is q tumble Of volcanoes,
where stilled rivers of cold lava cross the
slopes and bar the progress OF the traveller.
On the TANKS Of Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea
and Hualalai are spots where a man might
hide himself and his belongings and never be
iSuhb" Lhtlo ~ U only CuNcTnE IN Une
lava flow. but also valleys In the heart Of the
where he might establish him
and become.a rancher. Such things may
we'll be in an island which rises out OF a trop-
sea and thrusts its peaks 1900 feet up
toward the sky.
On the hills Of Hawaii Angel established
himself as a cattle rancher. Bare and dry as
the hills seem, they are covered with a grass
which puts cattle into excellent condition.
are herds with the brands Of many
owners. and there are many herds that bear no
brand at all. wild cattle of the bush which
have escaped as calves from the domestic !
herds and have never been subjected. They
are at once timid and savage. When Angel
cattle were his herds. He did not con-
line himself to the bush cattle. though. He
brnnd over rf The m marea * ot ana ne scared his
Angel brand completely obliterated the lines
the older brand there was no way Of prov
the Angel brand it was necessary to
fight Angel. After a few experiences in fight
pier in the end to feed the herds on remoter
ranges than to attempt. to enforce such alb
. .tanseSn to e Be s susT,se aho Of i cattle IT sfe a lFIagG s1Rss
a man a hard name. Angel omitted no means
! pro Y that the name could be none too
Once when riding the ranges on a VOLCANOES
he cornered a wild bull. Most men
nave SDupnI some way out OF the pre-
iIiiSeament for il was a DANGEROUS situation.
These wild bulls NAV run away If they have n
i ! ths:. but something's they, prefer TO fight.
1t suited Angels disposition and his moou TO
goad the savage bull. The brute was ready
the bull gained an advantage and gored
he morse which Angel was riding. a ~favorite
man. On, foot, and therefore at a disadvantaee
'atety; this man boldly stacked the bull. In
him. Then he sought revenge for the
soring Of his horse. He skinned the bull alive.
,icety as to shed little blood. When he had
layed off every piece Of skin except that upon
he head he cut loose the ropes and let the
ong the victim of this deed remained alive It liz
impossible to say. but herders on other parts
more than one day they had seen the anima
lashing along in headlong flight and emitting
His skill with a lasso was a wonder to all who
him. There was certainly nothing like it
n all Hawaii. He could stop any animal and
i've the best, result. This battle with the bull
,hoT Ts that at he was fully armed arm when he had
he larlat to its proper uses is shown in a tale
his industry in the peaceful line Of the cattle
,I iIa6 IS da AZ fvs noon , zone. one day he was suddenly
He took one Hawaiian boy tc holp
l iIIs,t snd Eithidp tO1r hours he ran down. troped.
time.
Such a man might be expected to be heroic
q his domestic methods. He had married a
la~lf-caste and his family consisted OF a boy
nd a girl, The girl was left to such training
5 it suited, her mother to give. The boy was
through a course OF training designed to
him out OF all human aflnities. When
creeping infant the father tossed him into
'ools In the mountain streams and watched
8 the frantic scramblings OF the child grew in
he course, of time into the measured motions
I the swimmer. He set the baby on the
addle before him when he went to the round
u or in hot chase after some escaping steer.
When the boy was no more than IL years old
he father made. II a practice tn catch wild
orses. cinch a saddle on them In some fashion,
ct the youngster on the saddle and then let ,
i'm go. The boy never failed to get such a
lastery over the wild horse as to insure his
safety IL no more. Such were his educa-
.onal methods in shaping his son for a career
Few people know the ms and outs of tho re-
esses OF the, centre OF Hawaii. Tit HawaiIans
70 devoid of energy so long as they can get
supply Of poi sufficient for their needs with a.
OF too much ~eXertion they are content 10 live. :
tho effort TO get the poi becomes too weari- !
)me. then they die from preference. Such :
eople are not likely to take the pains of noun :
lin climbing. which would be enforced on I
ny one who sought to familiarize himself n
it'll the secrets Of the uuinhabited regions OF /
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