Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-12-24
The RERMuDAS

TIE Bermuda islands SuggaSt the |
adventureS9ef Robinson Crusee- IN theii,
colonization and present in their later
chronology curious parallel to- United
States history, with the events pre-.
dated aby a nUmber of years.
The Robinson Crusoe comparison |
obtrudes because the island was dis. |
covered and later settled as the direct |
result of shipwrecks, and the settlers
had to build themselves a barlzs to set
sail again.
AS for. the Anticipation of American
history ton, a. miniature scale, itt may
be noted that the colonizationa took
place seven years before the Pilgrims
landed at plymouth, Mass. that witch.
es were rburned, Quakers were perse,
cuted, and misereants were ducked
before similar occurrences are recorded
in New England, and that slaveryswas
abolished in 1884 The Bermudians
protestednlong before 1776. against the
mother ceuntry's rule, until the island
prisons We're overfull; but, relief
came in their case not through dec
cession Of Cromwell
But the essential point Of contact Of
the American with the Bermudian
arises from the all-but- forgotten. fact
that whileethe immortal Lafayette gal.
lantly helped the colonies conclude
their waniof independence, the Bermu.
dians supplied the ammunition to be-
gin it.
So acute vas the need for powder in
1775 that Gaorge Washington wrote, to
| the governor of Rhode Island that mo
quantity, however small, is beneath
notice" learning that. there, was
| store in Besmuda, and that the island
ers werevaAxious to have the embargo
! lifted upon shipment of food supplies
from theroolenies, Washington address.
| ed lettes to the people of the island,
| who had shown themselves sympa-
| thetic with the American, revolution
lists, promising them ample supply OF
| provisions and "every. other, mark Of
affection. and friendship which. the
! grateful citizens of free eountrys can
bestow on its brethren and, beRefac-
tors iii they would make this sammu-
| nitionu available for the Continental
army
1t 50, happened that the powder had
beeni procured before the, sletten was
delivered. and with it the Continental
armVy compelled the BrftishstoveNaeu
ate, Boston.
Nee. only the sale Of the powder, but
thee fact that Bermuda allowed the
colonies to have salt. so inceased its
governor that he upbraideds sthescftizens
for treason, and feeling raa.&se. high
thats he was removed His successor
wasS al native of Salem, MASS, whose
loyalty to the mother countryT'was, saeh
thaHs he gave UP large Estates in the
fssss ~,.'see then than join thee reEolu-
/ tfaniSts. He p<~~ connected both by
L blood and by nlarrfaea With the Win
!, i throp family. Under hisA~ula, fin. ia.
Hands full allegiance to Engfa-->----,s
i restored.
i Browne was succeeded by Henr.
Hamilton, daring whose epadministratioi
the town ogyHamilton. vsas founded a9s
+ | named foa him. This town today. il
| the seat Of the island government. l
| has a population o. less than 5000
II 1t did, not become, the capital al tn
islands. until the, time of Sir fame
: Cockbarn, lord chief justice os Eng
land, and befora. that time oee of it
I mosS famous lawyers. Cockas1rn, neal
. ly three quaHters of a Century age
4 made the plea of insanity, which save
i the life of Daniel McNaaghten. wh
= shot Sir Robert PeePS secretary.