The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1903-12-26

while me done cut up an skin desc
hawgs-one. two. three. 70. fbe. Gollv,
massa. we done gut nun meat TO dc
Christmas dinnah, ain we? Not to
menslUn dis we're bag wiz two dozen
fne fat crapauds in um. sah.'
papDy Ned set to work dressing Tor,
to be exact. undressing the %peecaries.
being careful not 10 faint the flesh with
the contents of the peculiar musk gland
which the species carries on its back.
and while he IS thus engaged seems a
good opportunity for me to make my
explanation as TO the exact location of
Crusoe's island.
1t is not. as ninety-nine persons in a
hundred think, the island Of Juan Fer
naudaz. on thu southwest coast Of
South America. but it is a good many
miles nearer the coast Of orr W Unit
ed States. in the southeastern part Of
the Caribbean sea. | will not waste
any time. either the readers or my
own. in argument. but respectfully re
fer the earnest inquirer to old Crus0e
himself. Robinson Crusoe. Esq. mar
liner. of Bristol. England. whose adven-
lures were first written out and pub
lisbed by Daniel De Foe in 1719. was
somewhere in latitude Il degrees north
Of the equator when be was wrecked
that is. Of course. assuming there Y
was an entity called "Crusoe' in the
flesh. But. whether he eve existed or
not. that is where De Foe placed his
hero when be Had him wrecked on tie
coast of his island. To quote the
words Of Crusop himself. Just before it.
happened. The master made an OBJ
~servation as we'll as he could and fOunl
that he was in about II degrees or
north latitude. so that we were gotten
beyond the coast Of Guiana and beyond
the river AmaZonPs. toward the Orin0
co. commonly called the Great river"
Now, that would be evidence sufH
cient for any sailor. but let Crusoe fur
Their explain, as be does we'll aloCZ In
his narrative. when he first circum
navigates his island kingdom: The
land which | perceived to the west and
southwest was the great island of
Trinidad, on the north point of the
mouth of the river Ortnoco."
Trinidad. as everybody knows. Is off
the north coast Of South America and
is n of the finest British possessions
in the West Indies. The only other IS
land which fully answers the descrip-
ton given by Crusoe in relation of To-
cation to Trinidad is that of Tobago
from which Sir Walter Raleigh prob
ably derived the name Of the weed"
we call tobacco.
! long held the theory that this was
Crusoe's island. and in order to prove
1t went down there on a hunting and
exploring expedition. afterward writ
ing a boob about my adventures which
gives all the evidence. even If it does
not sufficiently establish the facts At
any rate, / played Crusoe' for months
in Tobago. the island of the ancient
mariners adventures. built a hut Of
palm leaves in the forest and for a
time lived as good old Robinson lived.
with the exception that | did not have
any goats: neither did ! tempt IN at
tack of rheumatism by residing in a
cave. | ever had ms poll parrot. my
hammock under the palms and my
Man Friday" only the latter was NOT
a Carib. like CruSoe's factotum. but a
black man, honest and faithful old
Pappy Ned. who soon finished SHINING
those DPccaries and was ready to "a