The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-06-12
NURSE TO BECOME
QUEEN OF ISLAND
WIZ Rule Small Tribe In The
hldedSt0rn Pacific.
KINGDOM HAS 1876 SOULS.

Pitcairn Island, Belonging to erss
Britain. Hs' an Area Of Two s,sa,
""e'-f'r'' Settled ln 100 BY Mem
oe's OF SHIP Crew Who Had Mutin,ed
Twenty So Persons Started Tribe.
Miss Emily McCoY d graduate nur>e
Nn' has h'ei m bridgeport conn
''sh' yesis. win s,au within a f.,,
weeks l'r Pitcairn island in the mid
eastern Pacific occan. where She N.
le''s ia time to De- chosen as nn,,n ~
sue .r'd her father who has been ruler
"i 'hc little kingdom Of las souls far
MANY years
Nh' s going back 20 her people win
lN'n'lelli century ideas ana ninuynla,,s
one of which is The determination 10
/ l'a''''' tln art OF healing anop.. ,he
'''''h''hiis, 10 whom physicians
NURSES AND dentists have never boen
known since the island was colouizod
'y muiinecrs l2G years ago
MISS Mccoy left Pitcairn island af.
Teen Years ago hy missionary boat
following the death of her mother wbo
suffered much because nf want az med.
zeal aid She promised then mat She
would not rtnrn until she cauipne1
N'folf as physician and nurse in or.
d'F n he ahle TO minister 10 the phvs.
.'' vaults Of The people Of the island
%" Nh''i She was born She studied
- .'..r ait. dentistry at Samoa. and
.''''' Ar hs been in this country she
'a's i'n'on.hly equipped herself in tho
.'i'' ~ nursing She believes that
Slc ls qualified to do mighty work
81 mercy among those she loves.
Will Take a Piano.
Miss Mccoy viii take with her y
piano with the exception of an organ
winch Queen Victoria gave to tho pit.
earn Islanders IN 1870 the piano she \
says. win he the only musicaI instru.
mcnt ON the island
inasmuch as the Pitcairn women ara
IN the majority ana women have tba n
vote as well rs men, there doesn't seem
10 be any doubt that Miss Mccoy win
N lline he called upon TO step into her !
athers shoes as the ruler. The ru ~ 7
= chosen by direct election.
ships seldom 10 10 Pitcairn island
ma Miss Mccoy has been figuring for hS
ls't Years Just how TO get home Tho u
'Penlns Of the Panama canal gives yes y
'ls direct route 10 the Samoan IL. vi
anus ana she is confident that she
vii he able TO complete the trim with. iik
Ut much difficulty. loi
ll'cal'n island belongs to Great Brit. me
m II Hes south Of the Paumotu ar. les
llip'iaso and is a hundred miles from 10
Ne nearest member of this group. II sta
as an area Of two square niles. Tho wa
@nd was settled IN 1910 by mem
rrs OF the crew of the ship Bounty. lea
no had mutinicl. Headed by Fletcher IN,
hfls'lan, who led the mutineers eight llv
hlte men. six Polynesian men and M,
Veire Polynesian women tool, posees. 20,
on Of the beautiful island ana burned gra
e bounty. Alexander Smith was the do
llY man alive by 1900 lie later tool, ~
c name Of Alexander John Adams an
ID trained the youths who were loft /"
his charge.
lie was succeeded after his death in -
- hy George Hum Nobbs. who was 'u'
pointed pastor. In 1891 .Ioshua hin :, !"
ad'enlurer, appeared at pitcairn ""'
q, making blum that he was GOV wfo WIZ.
iment agent tyrannized over the is. lir'
lders until a British man.of.war put lul'
n out OF business in 1858.
Ihe ISLANDERS IRE closely internar- Y
Il and have, il IS said. but five family on
mes. All speak and write English gree
are Seventh Day Adventists. Thrv was
fe no money aud intoxication IS nm lay
1wn. Girls over seventeen can vo,a befo
hips rarely visit Pitcairn except a
en- the crews are in need Of yegeta. Snip
5 and fruits for