The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-07-01
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The island on viii,
prisOned, Hui siss, =,
American cost and ,, =
T cayenne Frsch GulaS,
Devils island CIle On ma
three ISLANDS in u. ' I',s'
known together as s,I''s
Llss dc saluD. The coD,S
.ss'e name is certainly -
the way IN which they ~.
calls to mind one Of IN.
dies In colonization tia,
Inc iSlanis have oo,ss
dure, but In the earl
Guiana they had a
lity which hey did y,
on this account no ma
them. They were nansip.
and were thought to be A..
I'll thousands VI wrrtoASs
from France who x..
among the pestlential
Kourou river ad to IN" \
that they might escape S,,s
1t was in l7e' that sbo,,
sons from Alsace, LOrraI'a
onge were landed on II. ny
kourou' France was Sps,.
the humiliation of har,,
PEELED to cede Canada to !,
the bright idea Occurri J
her public men to repl.c, A.
TlSory by clubbing Guiaa, p
France" and sending thin,
feet Of colOnists A mar.
managed enterprise vO,'-'.
The men who srouAd n
thusiasm for emigration h.
whatever of the country MT
invited the poor victims MI
that in Canada the FrspdI
enjoyed the sport Of skrs,
cordingly a large supply ~
sent with the colonists
America. 1t was thought
their leisure hours they W.
amusement, and SO a CONAN
was sent on one Of the siiasl
theater in Equatorial ina
who provided these meaudh
however, forgot to sendE s
supplies, and no arranrnulI
made for landing and houd,,]
tiers. The Chsvalier d. NJ,
was appointed leader Of d. n1
took care to remain in FnDe
The unhappy victims d M
began 10 perish by thouandru
thought that II they could
away from the plague spo.ul
had landed they might Ale,
to live. They were told Tia,
Islands which they saw Of ID
the lies du Dlable, and tAstts
worth nothing for human III
least" cried the poor uniaru
their desperation, they an
ocean breezes, There Is no
the air among those isAnil
call them the lies du Salt |
may hope that they will san
utter extinction"
This is how II happsn,i d
three islands came 10 bs N
Salvation islands and The vi
chung TO them ever since, md
they are known by no othsraa
Immigrants gathered up VhiH
Of the supply OF proHdOn ID
men, women and children, Add
left Of the 1900 who had lInaa]
neighboring coast, crowded ID
narrow, rocky area which 0sl
fortably hold only sbou! w \
They landed on the islands \
shelter or clothing, and bsln!u
to bad weather and having al
seantiest supply OF food thsf
ing was great and most Of ia
on the rocks which they III
would help to save their live
hundred of them at last TuAsa
getting back to the French pi
which they had sailed.
The Salvation Islands were I'd
pied again until 1852, when he
port of conviets to Guiana bsgst
Joseph and the lie Royal Nv
the convict station proper q
fish maps the three islands an
the Salut islands, and the IiHs
Diable, originally EXTENDED On
group, now applies only to u
on which Dreyfus is a prsA'
which is occupied only by hia'
guards.
The islands are Of about "
area. They form the aPeIs 4
angle, and between them arr M
nels where large vessels NAY
anchor or lie moOred to thsSn
have little wood or watsr, SH.
stored in cisterns. The shoFtiu'
and here and there ut OutiiDl
tories and cliffs. From DsVli
Dreyfus may plainly see tS's
islands and the mainland S'
miles away.-N. Y. Sun.