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MILLEDGEVILLE, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1021.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY,
(dm ti'Vsdays)
BY S. GTt.1VTIJl.VI) If It. M. DltME,
it THRFE DOLLARS, IK ADVANCE, OH FOl'B
DOLLARS AT THE EXPIRATION OF THE
TEAR.
Uj* Advertisement* conspicuously inserted at
Ihe customary rales
rnOM THE REW-ENOT.ANO OALAXT.
PITC.HHJt'i ISUi.YD.
Mr. Editor,
Sometime in December, KUO, I learned
hy accident, that the ship Sultan, of Huston,
i'. Reynolds, master, which arrived here
the lith September, of the same year, from
Canton, had, during her voyage, touched i:t
Pitcairn’s Island, ami wishing to gratify my
curiosity to know what transpired relative
'hereto, I immediately went in quest ofCapt.
It. to make the necessary enquiries—hut
found on enquiry, that he had gone to Digit-
don, his place of residence—and that the firs'
.nflicer of the ship, Mr. George Newell, had
! :one to Canton, in the ship Cordelia, I
hen addressed a letter to eapt. Jl. request
in' him to communicate to me an account
if all the particular facts that came to his
knowledge at the time of his visit to that Is-
J md, relative to the condition of its inhabi
tants, Ike. with the view of having it pnh-
ished. He wrote for answer, that he had
communicated every thing hr. knew to rap*
Atnasa Delano, and would aond me a copy
»f the same in a short time.
Shortly after, 1 ascertained that Mr. New-
ill had left his private journal of thatvovage
ii the possession of a relative, to whom I ap
plied, and it was loaned to me. I copied
from it the whole of the Journal from the
lime they first made the Island, until they
left it, and intended to have published it im
mediately—b it understanding at the time,
lint Capt. Delano intended to publish il>
ACC I he had tec ived fom <>' Bey-
Holds, in a pamphlet, I deferred it, flunking
la- ii,i law- ccnsicrr it .’in interference—
hut as more than a year has elapsed, and I
have not heard of any publication on the sub
ject, and liave not received any account from
capt. R. I have thought proper to send you
the following for publication in your paper,
taken from Mr. Newell’s journal, and doubt
not it will prove interesting to your readers.
As many of your readers may be unac
quainted with the history of the original set
tlers of the Island it may not be amiss to
state, for their information, that they were
part of the crew of the English ship Bounty,
Lieut. Bligh, commander, which sailed from
England in 17b7, for the purpose ofcarry-
llteni with, How do you do, friends? to
which they immediately answered, to my
great surprise, Very well I thank yon, how
(hi you do ■ then approached and taking
b ild (if the boat's gunwale said, I w ill come
into your boat, if yon please—to which I
readily consented, nor would one make an
attempt until they obtained my permission.
They tln n asked wh it ship that wa«, where
we were going, and likewise our business in
calling upon f/tem—when, on being inform
ed that our only motive was to get somere
freshment for I he ship’s crew, they assured
us that they would supply ns with every
thing their Island afforded, which was hogs,
goats, tarro, cocoa nuts, bananas, fee. It
now began to grow late, I intimated that I
must return on board the ship, and if four of
their number wished to go on board, I should
lie glad In take them. They all expressed a
desire to pi. hot as I had limited thenimilier
they immediately proposed to cast lots for
1 decision, in which they all cheerfully ac-
piiesced—those who were to goon shore,
said, well, since we cannot go on board the
(hip to-night, we will go on shore and get
mr hogs and cocoa nuts ready, at • perhaps
ive may to morrow—then jumped over
board, and swam to the shore. At 6 r. M.
I returned on board the ship with the four
natives, who agreed to remain during the
tight. We stood nlT to the N. E. under
hurt sail fur the night, in hopes of getting a
apply of hogs anil vegetables in the morning
bet the weather eanie on thick, and the
ireeze freshening at midnight, reduced ns to
lose reefed topsails, anti from 7 to lit r. M.
it increased to a hard gale from N. N. W.
furled the topsails and courses, and hove
—saw the isle bearing W. 1-2 S. four
ties distant. The conduct of the native!
while on board was such as excited the ad
miration of every person on board the ship,
and I believe I may with safety declare ’.Wat,
for good morals, politeness of behavior, an o-
nntu of conveying Hoi.
|l kriflt n strict atf-
to truth, anti the principles of religi-
,n, ll-ere nee not their equal* to lie found on
aril), ftfor all Ibis they are entirely indebted
o one white man, an Englishman, who, to
tee tin ir own words, as they would frequent
ly acknowledge, bad taught them all good
thing/, and to slum every tiling that was
naughty.
Mr. John Adams, (for this is the name nf
the per-ou who lias devoted the greater part
of Ins time to the education of these young
pen uiiUisgmsed
ccetitn
heretic
iug tile bread fruit plants from Otaheite to
the West Indies. She arrived safe at Ota-
heite, obtained tile plants, and sailed thence
in April, On the Mill of the same
mouth, a considerable part of the crew mu
tinied and obtained possession of the ship,
and after they had put all the officers, nod
those of the crew not to lie depended on, in
to the ship’s launch, and sent them adrift in
the open ocean, hove the ship about, and re
turned to Otaheite. In tile latter part of Ihe
.same year, part of the mutineers seized tin-
ship, and after enticing on board, and confin
ing below, several of the natives, males and
females, they made sail for the island—but
for what place, no one on shore could tell.
Licet. Bligh, and most of bis companions in
the launch, after enduring many perils and
taeia, reached England in March, 1 .mi
November of the same year, the British go
vernment fitted out the ship Pandora, Ed
ward Edwards, master, for the purpose ol
finding, if possible, the Bounty and the mu
tineers. She arrived at Otaheite, appre
hended and took on board all the mutineers
left on the island, and proceeded to cruize n-
mong the islands in those seas lor the Bouu-
crcw but was unable to discover the
least trace of either—and on her return to
England she was lost near Endeavor Straits,
the 28tll Augu-t, 1781, and 31 of the crew
and 4 of the mutineers were drowned, ami
01) of the crew and ID of the mutineers were
aaved who reached Timor in the ship’s boats
tin- letVi <|f September, and thence went to
England, Irheie some of the mutineers were
executed,fold the rem voider were pardoned.
Nothin!wasIn-ard ofllie Bounty uroi the
DVJtineerlbo left Olahettc in her, for roa-
ny years titer, and it was generally hel cu d
tliev wernmt in existence—hut in l-ol.nia-
r V Lou, Mtlte ship Topaz of Boston, Mat
thew Koldr. master, was prosecuting her
in[ho«( seas, for seals, she passed
Toya..
near f iles
on it. As
| 3 hiul and discovered smoke
.. IV,, was laid down in all the charts
u^nhahU d.e curiosity of Caplain^,.
excitcduml
and was n*.
close to llit* island,
towards the shore,
ciiioe with several young
Knglish, much
ntr 1 in i' 4o hail* 1 d him in rmzlish, much
t! the surX "f l' i " , " ,|f " ,,d '}**.
Lot—hut lfs'"T n4on " a ’ v, "" ,cr A.f Cwpt.
*7. was muclgrraierjvhcn he learned they
wen desenmants nftthe "‘O .ueers of the
Bou«v Tlf To, i was the first vessel
with* Inch lily hadfciwl an* co. niunical,.
nn. tliev wie visM for the second tine
-In Septaniln’r 12l l (nl | '’K , ' ,l "' r muudent,
having i« knolh-.jp/>fLapt.k « visit.) by
the Briti* frigatesinton and lagos, Loin.
Sir Thbt»s Stain* (who was as much sur-
peoplcji* the only survivor of the mutineers
(ii
of tile English ship Bounty, who, after set
ting rapt. Bligh, with twenty others into the
nch at sea, returned to Otaheite, where,
disagreeing among themselves, nine of them,
after taking each a wife, two other females
nd six males, natives of Otaheite, (in ail, 20
persons,) and securing them under hatches,
cut the cables and put to sea, steering for this
island, lien- they arrived in a few days,and
after having taken every thing nn shore that
ild be nervicahle to them, they set fire
lo the ship and burnt her to the water’s edge,
17119. Home of her guns and anchors may
lie seer in two and a half fathoms water a-
lotigsidc of the rocks.
Here they had remained hut a few years,
when their tyrannical behavior towards the
Otalieiteans whom they had stolen from
lln-ir country and friends, was such as to in
duce tile latter to attempt to deslrowtbe
whiles altogether. They secretly obtained
possession of all the muskets in the isl.mil,
Bi-mbraring the opportunity when the
white men were at Work in toe’ fields, they
sallied out anti killed five of them, the other,
took the alarm, nod three made lln-ir escape
to the bushes, where they concealed tliein-
Ives—the other, Mr. Adams, who now
lives, received a musket ball through the
i,—and a blow with the breech of the
musket was aimed at bis head, hut in raising
Iris hand to defend him-elf, he reel ived it a-
eross ll-.c lingers, which saved his life, for al
that innuieut a native arrived who had al
ways been bis friend, and hogged his life
might lie spared, if tin- wounds should not
prove mortal, which all* r tonic <h I site, ua,
complied w ith. After they had subdued the
w liilm, the) (the Otr.heiteans) began to quar
rel for superiority among themselves, and
md recourse again lo their muskets, ain ■ ;c
result was, that every one was killed, or af
terwards died of their wounds. Alter this
(he three white men returned from their
cont-rahm-m, but did not live to enjoy the
happy la id—one ran in.ul and died and the
other two sickened and died a f. w years af-
tcr—conleqiienlly Mr. Adams was ll.e only
man left an Ihe island, to lie the father and
protectoryf the children descended from his
lellow ilapmaUs--and from what I have,
seen, 1 bt-liev e lie has done !i;s duty towards
them. Mr. Adams at this time, reflecting
on the vices and follies of his past I fe, deter
mined on a siuc*: c repentance—and hi, con
duct ticce then shews clearly that lie has liv
id up to it. Slice that time, which was ill
the year ll.OO, In- lias been constantly tm-
ployed in tin- (kit es of religion. He never
eat, without ltd saying grace, and always
repeats half a do/.-n prayers before lying
down lo -dccj- .-oid every person ou the is
land, young o| old, observes invariably, the
sain.- p.-acticrt There are several of their
offspring, niiir of vvlinm arc grow n up—Ihe
eld. -t about U or 56 year* or; gr. There
arc 37 in numlST on the Island and all speak
English. The» are perhaps, the happi
but nothing would induce them to k-ave
their island forever a< they observed we have
no king, nor lord, to obey In-re, and every
one is bis own master—but, taidlhev, we
mind what Mr.Adains tells iis, because be
knows lust, fn troth they live together in
the greatest amity and brotherly love.
The weather was very boisterous through
the night, so that in the morning we had lost
sight of land, having a very heavy gale of
wind from N. IV.
Illtli.— Began with moderate breezes from
W. N. W. i-loody weather, ship under sin
gle ret fed topsails, standing to the S. W. in
order to work up to the island. At fi p. m.
tacked to the N. w hen the isle liore N. W.
4 leagues. During the night cloudy,and ha
zy weather- In tile morning the iventher
became more moderate, when we turned
out the reefs and got up the topgallant yards,
and made all sail. At II a. m. being three
or 4 miles from the shore, two boats were
sent ashore for refreshment, in one of which
1 went, accompanied by two of the young
men belonging lo the Island, and soon bad
the boat loaded deep with yams, bogs Ac.
when I rettirn-d on board the ship, taking
with me Mr. John Adams, as passenger.—
After discharging these cargoes, tile boats
were again sent in, and brought off some
more hogs, yams, Ac. and a quantity of
copper bolts. At meridian, the centre of the
island bore S. \V. about two miles distant,
our latitude by observation, S. r >, 3tn. S.
t9th.—Began with light breezes and pas
sing clouds, tin- ship under all sail, plying up
under the S. K. part of the island. At 7 p.
M. the jolly boat was sent in for vegetables,
ant 1 1 again went ashore. As the landing
was tolerably good, I accepted of an invita
tion to go up to the village, which was situ
ated alxmt Haifa mile from the boat, having
first loaded the boat with yams, hogs, sugar
cane, Ac. and despatched In-r for the ship.—
We arriv ed at the village about 9 A. M. w hich
the hook now in the possession of Mr.Grcen- to the knowledge of man, and to Ihe fame
■ a* . . . j I flint W • * k I f I . t , n . I — ft X C ... a
wood, that Smith had attempted in four
places to w rite a history of his life—but find
ing himselft uequal to the task, gave it up.—
Mr. Downa assured ute, that the writing was
in Smith’s own band.
The book also contains an imperfect his
tory of the life of Matthew tyuintrcll, ano
ther of the mutineers, aa also his family re
cord—and as every thing connected with
the subject now before me, is interesting, 1
will here subjoin a brief abstract of hit histo
ry. lie states, that be was born in tile town
of P;
and t
that
prnwall, the 17th Fell. 17C.H,
rdii tl when be was young;
ool nod learned to read
lived with an ittiele two
to hi* father who soon
him to PI) mou:b, w here
years, and then shipped
!■ Sloop of War, as a eer
ie, w ho was gunner ol that
"ympll was cue of a fl.ej,
1 of Admiral Hughes,
ingla id in March, 1777
East Indies, touched at
ded io Goree, which
place was taken without resistance—alter-,
wards proceeded to the <’qo- of Good Hope I them,
to recruit the crew, being very • ir kly.and on
the. passage was transferred w ith liis uncle
to the Burford 70 goo ship, capt. Peter Rai
ner, thence, proceeded to Madras, and on
the passage loirird loo men who bad died
with fever, flux mid scurvy- that they re
mained at .Madras t or J months, during
which time his uncle died, and hewasap-
pointed servant to the captain, ill which ra
pacity he served three )c..rs, when lie appli
ed to be put before the mast—Herr tile his
tory abruptly breaks off, ami is not renewed
in any other part ’of the book—and not a
Syllabic is to lie found in the book relating
to the mutiny on board Hie Bounty, tyoin
trrll’s family record is ns follows,
h-ve fjMlutrrli, jr. born on PHe.irn
ot the nation. Hut, without farther pre
face I propose to you lo undertake t» voy
age of discovery to the north and south
l’acitic Ocenns
It may al first view appear strange that
at this lale period, n voyage should bo
proposed with a view to new discoveries:
Hot let it be remembered that so lale as
lotto, Itmsia titled out two ships will)
this object in view ; which expedition
attracted the attention of the whole
woild—nflorded important results—and
the voyage nf C. II. Von L.mgfdon must
he read with interest by all. Ever) na
tion lias successively contributed in this
way but us ; we have profited hy their
labours ; we have made no efiorls nf our
own. Even the Dot. ii and Portuguese
have shewn a degree of enterprize
which has not been equalled hy us, and
when (heir sovereigns mid nations shall
otherwise have been forgotten, the voy
ages of their navigator! will immurt dizc
To the voyages of Juiros, Men-
|" j
dana, A others, the Spanish o itmn owes
its chief fame ; and the voyages of Cook,
An»nn, Vancouver, Ac. are ihe greatest
boasts of England. The loss of La I'ey-
rom'e has proved to (he world how much
they were interested in liis late, and the
measures adopted hy France, relating to
him, daring n period of anarchy, serve
to show the pride and feeling of the na
tion. All nations foi La l’eyrouse euvy
France, and all mankind deplore him.—
lie had much to do—did much—and left
much undone, fillips were sent in search
yjat- of him an i of other objects, and failed
I-lsnd ' from various reuses. Of the objects
No. a
been imperfectly explored ; search out
those of which we have only traditionary
accounts, and traverse those parts of th$
ocean over wihicli a ship has never pax-
sed. Let men of science be employed
by the diff erent societies of America, to
accompany the expedition, and suffer no
means to be left untrted by which we may
profit.
livery thing now favors the olijeef.-~
Tlie world is at peace.i Wc have com*
honorably out of two navel woes j w#
have ships which require liltle oy no
additional expense—officers who will
soon require employ, and who would h#
greatlv benefitted hy the experience, g
m<'(t of talents in every part of the l ni-
ted States, who would take pride it. pla
cing then nation on an eminence with
others.
An expedition connected with the one
by sea, might also be undertaken by land
to the Ren tic, and pursuing a ccuree .iif.
I’erent from that follow ed by others. On
arriving at the Fai ific, they might be
landed farther north or south, and re
turn.
Washington might be made a lir*t nieri-
Jian for the United States, and the lon
gitude of the discoveries made calculated
therefrom. Nations, undertaking simi
lar expeditions, have invariably thought
it necessary to ask passports from other*
fur their ships. It would be well, per
haps, to consider whether the United
States arc not now in a state to under
take this voyage, without the aid of such
passports.
With the highest respect. I have the
honor to be, your very obedient xery
eminence, overlooking the sea, about three | South Seas, June 20tlt, 171*1 r-John iJilin-1 pointed out to him for investigation, niR- f vant,
hundred \a;ds from the beach,and consist- trell, born F«b. 1st, 17I!3, and died in March n ,, ;i re <qj|| |,q) | nr others to investigate • I is. i'
bur of si* dwelling house, sited,, kr. Each follow ing-Saral, tfuntnll, born November ;HU , m ., nv lntl . ? . ( ., tln „ |)oin „ eeoera phv «• E'cellcucy Jaw; Madison,
nous* iina id front an cpcrlo^ure of uncut halt 2&th, 1794, . * iSiulCJ.
prised is Capt. Ftrr i) and for the third
time by l^Sulta; “gfj,”!.'' | (tenplc on the tare of tin g!«4te—
« may be found in the voy- «H.iln.. t ,had,
this'
ainrt» may
Capt. Ainasa Dcluno in
Ipars since.
Citract from IM Journal of Mr. O
Jiew.ll, first a/firei of the ship 3*dt«n, ol Bos
ton. Caleb Reynolds, inn-ter, in lirr passage
from the Msnpcssi. to AI<iws'Eeum.
October 17th, till7.—At 2 r. M. made
X’tcairu’s la'»n*l liearing E. by N. 7 leagues
disU i. At i % »• hove too off the north
■id* tliA^lc, wwre we discovered a small
village, siluiedaBiong a grove of cocoa nut
trees. 1 weis , n with the host, hut could
not land on acqnnt of the surf, which heat
s*ith cootiderBli. f iolence on the shore,—
As soon as thelpjat diasuivered by the
people on ih<s, tb»j haalened lo the
beach to rrrriy u.', whets finding we, were
not disposed tijand, ten young men leaped
Into tho surf jnd swatn off to the boat.—
IThen they b4 arrived within hail, 1 saluted
4>c—they know
_ ler the
care and direction of Mr. Adams, ami much
credit is due to him. He has taught them
pray ers to is licit they pay great attention—
and perform that duty every time they < n'..
mi going to *M, ami rising in the morning.
Alter our airival on hoard, they were sc
ry anxious to obtain a spelling book, that
tbcymigiit learn lo reed, for, said they, nil
we know is what Mr, Adams bn. told us
and if we ian get a spelling book, »e can
read all the good things ourselves—but un-
rmtiinatcl)' we Had not one onboard. I
frequently askt.l them it they would not Itsc
to go to Americi, when sue would say. be
should like to g* if ho had no mother, pro
vided he could icturn to live on Ins pth ts-
ati acre of ground, which forms a beautiful
yard—tlice yards are most abundantly
stocked with fowls of a very large size.—
The lings arc numerous, hut rather small,
vet they arc remarkably sweet and good—
ill")' are closely confined as well as tile gouts,
vs It'd: arc likewise very numeruus, and rare
is taken to Iced llifn on the lirst tile island
affords. Their dwelling houses are viry
neat and clean, and every thing within be
speaks domestic tranquility, peace and hap
piness. The large groves of cocoa nut trees,
which are disposed in rows, at the distance
of 10 yards from each other, the plantain
and b noaoa tre, s, the large fields of lerro,
and tea root, all serve as ample Uslimnny ol
then indefatigable industry in the cultivation
of the soil. We obtained from thee happy
people 1 tl pigs, 5 gnats, 3 dozen fow Is, some
eggs, and a large supply of yams, coc a nuts,
ami some sugar cane, Ac. all of which they
have in great abundance. We also got some
copper bolts anil a rudder brace, some ol the
remains of the ship Bounty, and gave them
in return some bar iron, several tools useful
to Ibrm, and a small boat useless to tin- ship.
After meeting with the most generous and
hospitable treatment from these good pimple,
wc all returned to flic beach, when I took
my leave and was ro vcved lo the boat in
one of their canoes, not however, without
feeling tile deepest regret at being obliged lo
part perhaps forever, Irotn a p-ople for
whom we bad conceived an affection, bor
dering on ndoralion.
The principal produce of llte island is
yam«, term, bread fruit, poena tints, banna-
uas, sugar cane and the tea root, all of w bit'll
they found nn landing—tie y also found a
great mimher of rats. lings, goats, fowls
and rats, were brought in the ship.
toth.—Began with light wind* from the
N. N. W. and h zy weather. At:) !'. M, we
reached tile boat, when alter having pri sent-
ed Mr. .V.mis with our jolly boat, as like-
wi-ea I! tnber of other v alcalde articles, lie
with the two voting i, en lielnngiug ashore,
bade us an affi emulate farewell, and went in
to the..' bout, tin y gave us three rliei r- w inch
wc returned, noil bo o up to 1 be E. fi- E.
tinder all sail, the wind N. N. W. at C F. M.
the isle bore N. W. by N. 1 leagues (lis'.ant,
Ihe latitude 2.’i, Cm. fi. long. Ido, ii m. W.”
In additluu to what is stated in the above
journal, I learned from Mr. Downes, second
officer uf the ship, that w lien Ihe )i>'jng men
first came on board, they were taken into
the cabin, and the licit’the ship afforded,
either to eat oi drink, was set brl'ore them—
but tbi y would not touch a lent el of an)
thing, until they bail first raised their hand
post tire of d
Mr. Downs also informed mr, that they
received on board Ihe ship, an old woman
who was very desirous of returning to Iter
native place, Otahcifc—and as site was ve
ry earnest in her entreaties to be taken away.
dtid science still remain undetermined
The most important f*atores of Cook's
voyages are descriptions of i-lantls nnd
people which Itao' been long before vi-.il-
td by Ihe Spaniards nnd others ; and,
ami lieving neither husband, nor children, | although that navigator has immortalized
nor any thing else tn attach her to the island
t’apl. it. consented to take her en hoard.—
The fitdtan proceeded from 1'itrairn’s island
to Coquimbo, where she arrived the tilth
November—sailed thence, April IKIC,
and arrived at Nooahei-vah Hist May follow
ing, where the woman was lauded. It was
from this woman, that the nreotint was ob
tained, which w as published in the Sidney
(N. South Wale,) Gazette for July, 1818, re
published in the London Morning Chroni
cle of Nov. I6tb, 18)9, and finttuf Daily
Advertiser, Feh. tutb, lnso v
Sometiin*- in the months of Aprilor May,
1R19, tlie English ship Hercules, arrived ut
Calcutta from the const of Chili, having
touched at Pitcairn’s island on Itic passage,
(which must have been early in that year;)
and soon after bar arrival a subscription was
opened, fort e purpose of raising money to
purchase r.nidi books, toots, kr. as it vvas
thought would hr most serviceable to llir in
habitants of that island, il bating been stated
at the time, that the commander .if that ship
intended to touch at the iil.md again on
!iiu return, and Would take sueh articles.— I
find in looking over a file of Calcutta papers,
that the ship sailed on tlie 12th July, of the
same year, for Valparaiso—and io tlie "Ori
ental filar” of the I7:b of the same mouth,
I find the following—
“ A selection ol religion, books lias been
sent from the depository of the Society |br
promoting Chri. tiao knowledge nn board
the Hcrcidi*. capt, Henderson, for III" inh.i-
liitmds of Pitcairn’s Island. Agririilturi.l
tools .'till nllier articles which have lins,
conside vd as likely In prove of the grralr-t
utility have also le-Ao lorw.ndid fi r tie
use, by II.is (ipportiinit) to the ainotintof
boot three (lious.ind n peis. ’*
’ Fifteen tiunJrnt tlultara.
FK'in mr. nation .1 ist I Li ir.rsrr.n.
THE NOUTU-BEST COAST.
Doubts arc entertained, by inteihgenl
citizens with whom we have conversed,
of the policy nnd propriety ol a disclos
ure, at this lime, of the advantages vv Inch
may probably result to thu I . Mates
Irotn theJinnies ion ( f an extent of coast
on the P.® itic. B e
himself, his nation, nnd every man of the
expedition, tie has given us no new fits
coveries. The same may be said of Van
couver : vet the voyage* of both will be
read vvith interest, and will undoubtedly
be nf great utility to those who follow
them. .Minute as they may appear, there
arc yet great extents of ocean that have
never been traversed by ships, mid in
numerable islands of which wc have on
ly traditionary Recounts. There are na
tions on this globe not known lo civilized
■nan, or, if known, known bet imperfect
ly.
Wc, sir, are a great and rising nation.
We have higher objects in view titan the
mere description of tin island, which had
been seen by others—the mere ascer
taining the trade that might he carried ou
with a tribe of Indians. Wc pc*«<"*s a
country whose shore* are washed hy the
Atlantic and the Pacific—a country on
which the sun shines l.ie greater part nf
his round—a country nn which all tlie
world hnve turned their eves—A a coun
try in which even monarch, have sought
H refuge ; of whose extent, resources
and inhabitants, wc tire ourselves ignor
ant. U c border on Russia, on Japan,
on Chinn ; oor trade is now nf ‘itllicienf
importance there to Attract the attention
and excite the cupidity rfnn enemy : We
border on islands which bear the same
relation lo the north west coart a* those
of the West Indies bear to the Atlantic
State* ; idand«, the chiefs of which tire
friendly in the utmost degree to our tra
ders, without any knowledge of the na
tion to which they belong. Other na
tion, have there been represented by
their ships, outb never. Others have
contributed to ameliorate their situation,
and to introduce civilization amongst
them ; wc have profited hy their philan
thropy, without having made any return;
we have reaped all the advantages of tlie
not aware, nt | labor, of oilier*, and gratitude and duty
now call loudly on u, to add to their
the lime of publishing Mr. Robinson
iliou, and supplicated a I Air motr, that the subject haJ been bro’l I ,tore.
The important Irade of Japan has been
nation except the
most abject and scr
monopoly. Other
blessing from nn high, mi what tbc bounty | before the government seve lal year* a-1 The important trad
el Providence bad set before them-—this vv;,. ■ j. 0j nn ,| (j Kl t |( fi ,<1 «o far mil with a t'.i j Hint against every
tin ir inv suable practice they vvete pet feet- j vora pj 8 consideration, that the two lVi- Dot. It, who, bv the r
Iv chaste m their com uct and conversation! , . , , , - .
at all film s, whether on lioard tuemcre and Java, to bo |daced vile means, secured a
•Ii.tp* lie a!*» infonnrd mo llial M*. A- tlie ot *. itinmouurf: i or- nation* have made n
dams was quits elated when lie e me. on j ter, w emsclectr(f to explore the Notth-
beard the ship, pullc'l 'be tigging, sung j Western quarter of our country. Nor
several songs, and Appeared pcrl’rrtly happy. were we inliirmed, ns wc rfovv arc, lhal
He vvas a-ked if he had any inclination to y| r _ |, ai | |, a ,| access to the documents
v isit is native country,and be .ui-wer. * u M hich had produced this determination,
should like to v,*it it once more, provided I." .. .. , u ’
could return—but would not m, any account | «f® ot xn Ju.UfC lo Inc il.teei
leave the island forever. Mr. Down*-* re-1 with whom Ihe plan nrtg tinted, IS S*tb-
pr. stuffed him ns a fat stout man, vv lib a bold j joined. This memoir v. ns never intend-
liead—hi* beard bad been t -.trai led, i also j ed f»r publication, and, although he may,
loam, d from Mr. I), thnt Mr. Adams pre gg regards himselfYeel the ncr.essify, nolti-
M nh'd capt. Reynold- w itb an old spy rl.***, i j Dtt fiutIhcciicumftaiice, above alluded Io
nnd two blank IhioI.* which I
Bounty, and on enquiry con™.»... s
.-rtaim.! that capt. Reynolds had present-! making it public. It Ibete be nny
[me of the I took * to Mr. Giveruvood.pro- (credit tine, be it to i.born it may belong
ed one
pricier of the New - England inu-iuiin, to |
whom I applied,and be politely loattid it to
ine.
It appears by the ncemini given by rapt.
Fidget, that when be vi-ilcd the island, the
The -plan, as proposed hy Com. I'orler,
has been acted on a* far ns the public in
terest would seem to icptirn.
Washixotox, Oct.31, 13to.
.Sir : I'romtffed by the desire of s«*rv-
fforl
onlv survivor of Ihe mutineers then wcut bv _ .
the nan Alexander fii.fith- but wlienjing my country and id using every e
Sir Thomas Staines visited the island, lie fur her honor and glory, unaided by the
passed by tiic name of John Adams, nliii h [ rooucil or by the countenance of those
name it appears by the above journal, he still I high in authority, I come forward, a soli-
I held when the Sultan v isilrd the island.—I * j a individual, to suggest a plan of equal
I md again—another would *»j. hi* s j ster| g.»«nte <,n n *."‘ >u ! , fy l ) llt 1 importance to unv that ha* Veen mtder-
she cooUl likewise. In facttbej.-’v^J
some rcRsonoble vbjrit/pjy*'
the name Of Adam* was assumed by him fur ,nl P or ?aace
’ limself, and
r bmitii. I fluff iu enlarging the bounffx o{ xciycc, affdmg
epeate.l allcmpt* iff
an intercourse with that country, but,
from a jealousy in tlie government, and
from other causes, (among w hich may be
named a want of manly dignity on the
part of the negotiators,) they have till
tailed. Groat change, have since taken
place in the world—changes which may
have effected even Japan ; the time may
he favorable, and it would be a glory, be
yond that acquired by any oilier nation,
for us, a nation of only forty year, stand-
fl mg, to beat down their rooted preju
dices—secure to ourselves a valuable
trade, nnd make that people known to
the woild.
The same views may be had in regard
to China, and if no results should l>e ob
tained superior to tho*e produced by the
tni-sion of Ia>rd Macartney, vve shall
have an opportunity, by a display, of our
ships, to raise ourselves in the estima
tion of a people who know ux now only
as merchants.
Various other object* eonld be effec
ted in this v
oral : the vsbole world ix embraced
Itwt
ny consisted uf an hundred and twenty men
" B—ana t
icb it arrived in the Columbia—and uftrr
ascertaining its soundings, they removed
some miles above Fort Clotsop, ami built III*
(own of Astoria, where* portion of them cul
tivated Ihe soil, whilst the others engaged in
the fur trade with the native*. Tlia soil
wax finiud tn bn rich, and well adapted to tho
culture of all the useful vegetables found in
any part of the United State*—us turnip*,
potatoes, onions, rye, wheat, melons, of va
rious kinds, cucumbers, and every species of
pease. In the course of a year or two, it
was believed their interest would he promot
ed by culli.ating and r.rcnriiig the friendship
and eoiiltdiune of the tribes inhabiting (ho
waters of that great river—tn which end,
the town of Astoria wa, maintained by about
thirty men, whilst the rest established them-
Ives at five other points, to become fixed
stations, to raise theit otvo vegetables, trad*
with the natives, sml receive supplies of mer
chandize from the general depot of Astoria,
ml tn return to it the fruits of tm-ir labor.—
One nf these solmrdmatr i stnblishmeiiti ap
pear-. to lime been at the month of Louis’il
r—one at I.antmi—a third on the Co
lumbia, 800 miles from tlm ncean, atthe con
fluence of tlie W antana riv er—a fourth -on the
cast fot k of Lewis’, river—and a fifth on lb*
Multnomah. Thu* situated, this euterpriz-
ing little colony succeeded well in all their
undertakings, nor met vvith but une misfor
tune, which seemed to partake largely of
tint kind which had, for a long lime, so cer
tainly and so unseen, hern inflicted upon our
western inhabitant*—this wa* the loss of the
Tnnquin, a vessel they had taken from N.
York, whilst trading down the coast where,
in time psst. r te had been, in common with
the ships of unite European powers, enjoy*
'unship and confidence of the lin
ing the frier
lives. This confidence had by some means
In-in destroyed, and, whilst they induced
many of the ship’s company logo on shore,
‘ t'rd
many of their own number went on box'r
the ship, and suddeuly attacking tha crew,
Hat
the whiiiv were destroyed, as well as the ves
sel. This, though n great affliction to tb*
survivor, on the Columbia, did pot disheart
en them, as otlmr vessels were expected
noon to arrive, nnd, with these expectations,
they continued their trade, which, becoming
profitable, they were less inclined to aban
don. Rut the operations of the war of 18l(
which took place bit ween the Uaited Sta
nnd Great Britain, was destined to mar their
prosperity. That government, it ajipeant
despatched a vessel of war called the Rac
emic, to tie-troy er posacs* Astoria, which,
by the Assistance of the Indians, influenced
by the North Wei: and Hudson’s Bay Com
panies of fur traders, they were ea ’
i-Ied to do—and have, from
tlie preseut time, continued to I
Mellon the river above, theiq ‘
or agent was sent by the i
State! to receive, and did
from them, at the close t ~
EXTRACTS
From the Report of the Committee, to wlitM-
will referred a reiotiilion of the Howe of
Rhjirrirntaiinil of the I htli of December lent,
lUreetinif nn inquiry into the lit notion (f
the settlement! on the Pacific Ocean, and
the erpciticnry nf occupying the Columbia
Hirer, accompanying the bill to authorize
the occupation of the Columbia Hiuer, t(C.
irhieh hai hern nlreuity pubtithed.
“ From every information that can be ob
tained, worthy to lie relied.upon, nor coast
on the J’iicific, for y ears past, has been tho
theatre nf much individual enterprize, sti
mulated hy the rich return* of nunieroua
whale ships, and the great profit of the fur
trade, together with tin- fialteriug acenu ta
of Messrs. Lewis and Clark, relative to tho
resource* of the interior, though uo regular
trade or well organized system uf commerce
existed until tile year 1810, in the course of
which year* vessel was fitted out in the vi-
ly of New-York, well supplied with prosi*
sums and seed of every description necessa
ry in .a permanent occupation of thr coast,
whirh they contemplated. This little colo-
.
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From every veil
tec have been al