V,
New Island Republic
Of the South Seas
(Copyilght, 1301, by Frank O. Carpenter.)
WHI.UNUTON, Now Zealand, March 21,
1!0I. -(Special Correspondence of Tlio llee.)
Iloforo I begin my letters on thu Conti
nent Of AUt-t (II III I W.'lllt t(l toll yOU HOIIIO-
thlng about thu scheme which U now pro
posed to federate Now Zealand with tho
Tonga iiihI FIJI Islands, miikiiiK " Krc.it
colonial republic down hero below tin;
equator under thu protection of Kngland.
'I'll I a republic will embrace hundreds of Is
lands. H will extend nliuiiHt two thousand
miles from 1101IU to south ami It may ho
thu hcKliitiltiK of an Inland empire which
will Include thu greater part of tho South
.Seas. Thu governments of tho varlotm Is
lamia aro now In eorreppondcnco. Tho lead
ing polltlclatiH of Now Zealand aro pushing
tho tiohomo and 11m adoption Ih being dis
cussed In thu New Zealand Parliament.
Premier Heddon Ih In favor of It and tho
that ho might llo floft, and such n thine ns
killing a baby was too common for nothe.
kliili 'I'linl.niiiliiiil mill II Im I'iiIIii'I'.
Tho last king of tho FIJIs, Tlmkomliau,
was tho hod of a noted maiientir. Tha
knmbnu wns something of a cannibal him
self, but li Ih father cravid human 11. hIi as
a inntlneo maiden craven randy. llo had
war canoes which hu Bent abuut through
tho South Sua iHlamlH for supplies, and
I hoy oftou came back llllod with dead nun
and women and with duad babies dangling
from tho yatdarniH. Upon their return
thcro wuh alwayB a fount, In which every
0110 Joined.
You can Mill seu thu ovens In which tho
cooking wan done. They wore tilled with
redhot HtoncH, and It Ih related by tho
iiilfiBlonailea that victims weru often thrust
In allvo. At onu tlmo Mfty bodies wero
cooked, and at another olghty women wore
strangled for a similar feast. When there
wero not enough enemies to supply tin
rPtflii IT. I rTCjrin i nitiri i n 11
they constitute altogether more than two
hundred different Islands and Islets. They
wero discovered In lCin by tho Dutch navi
gator, Tnsmaii, tho samo man who discov
ered Tasmania, and they became n Urltlflh
colony In 1871. Altogether their area Is a
llttlo less than that of Massachusetts and
their total population about that of Omaha.
They nro growing less In number every
year. There were 80.000 nioro forty
years ago than there are now, a fact
which suggests that modern civilization
may mean death to the savages of tho
South Seas. Tho same falling off has oc
curred In the Hawaiian Island, as well us
In other places where tho foreigners hnvo
Introduced now diseases along with other
ovlls which we have, but which they had
not. Tako thu measles, for Instance. ThU
disease wan unknown until it was brought
In by tho Kuroptnns, but when It nunc It
took ofT 40,000 people tho Hist year, and it
has killed many since.
And still the FlJIans aro as strong and as
good looking as the foreigner. They aro
among tho finest of the Melaneslans, and
nro far superior to our American Indians
They hnvo dark copper skins, frizzly hair,
which stands up about their heads In nn
enormous mop, making them look very tall
Thoy plaster their hair with dampened linn
April IM. 11101.
"THU TOWN Or hUVL'KA COVHUS FOHTV ACIIHS."
""""t'""B"1 "u """"ieu wiui.ii King's tauie ho ordered his men to ambush m order to havo It stand Hirninlit. and this
I lie year. tho watorluc olncos and to lav in
" " all Vllllll V,IIMII 111111 IIIU mill iiiuiiv.iiv.ra II. III
Tho United States Is especially Interested of fishermen or strav women who had nana
In tho future of soiuo of tho Islands. Thu down to be tho.
Tongas nru not far south of Samoa and King Thakonibau killed his Mist victim
tho FIJIs hnvo recently formed 11 direct when ho was C years old, and he was
connection with San Francisco by tho now famous as a cannibal up until the tlmo of
lino or Htcninaiiips wtileli tlio Spreckuls his conversion by tho missionaries.
nave nut on connecting Suva ana i.ovtiKn. then reformed, and Inter on mado
an nulmrn and makes it look very curious.
Tlio men nro tall mid well formed. Tho
women, when young, nro flno looking, hav
ing haudsomu eyes and well-molded faces.
In tlio settled regions tho women wear
He loose cotton gowns, but back In tho Interior
tllll tint liulllll nltlf.i nf n tii..iinl,n1il Ii nn,1 ti
... e. ei ernes 01 nose isianus, ny way oi treaty which gave these lalands to Kng- string of beads and a fan. The men wear
Hawaii, with San Francisco. There Is nlso inml, mti mm
a connection between tho Samonn Islands ,.iJlallB 1001. Tho FIJInns nro a good-natured people
ami tno iujis, aim 11.0 pro mmiity is that Thoso stories give you some Idea of tho They aro cleanly and spend more than hnlf
...u j,,..,, ,.,.,1 ... u .in u in niu iiuu Kijlnl,8 or the past. Tho FlJIans of today their tlmo in tho water. After every bath
nro perhaps the most civilized of tho col- thoy rub themselves down with encoanut
ored people south of tho eipiutor. Thoy oil, tho rancid smell of which enables you to
our hands
Ainurlciiii Trmle Mllli tlio KIJIh.
At tho present time tho Fiji Islands alone Jl "'"l!0 1 " ?!" " "l0W",K Ptabt "
aro annually Importing about $3,C00,000 ... . 1 ....u tui. lu n.ei...
worth of goods, and a largo part , f his wfhoro- ,oy lavo n,m08' anntnh",,8a"1,1 ' "CC8 """"
..ir....i.. V.. . i. .1 i n. . xt ,lf worship thuro nro 30,000 church mcm-
alreaily comeB from tho United States. Wo ,' ,., nnn ' .,,,. Thoro aro a number of Kill v
plying them with timber. Thoy buy .... IU . n, nnn i.n.i-.. ... .1... o i scattered over tho Islands, and the
illBKCB
are supplying them with timber. Thoy buy .... ,u "... nnn .., ... ... 0 ,., scattered over tho Islands, and Mmrn nro
.1 ... 1 ..11 . 1 .1 u..u ii.u.u ..it! iid,uuv i;.,..u.u., ... i..u kju...tii '
our coal oil. nud our liardwarn lirlni?n tlin . . .. '. . . . ..... ..,i.. ..1... u.,.. ... 1 . c
i.i..i...u. ... .1 1 . . rn scnoois. Thoy have their own naiivo ""'" " ""
hlglu-Hi price In tl.olr markets. Tho Amor- ,)ruacllcra nI1tlloy lmy lho b..,iu.ic3. Kiv. and I.evukn, tho principal places where tho
.a., nx . mo oniy k,, a KUinn win use . - - - foreigners are located.
.... u. es n uecnuso 11 is gnt. Btiarp and h ... . .lenomlnatlons. Tho Kljl villages aro made almost en-
h . In nr. f ir imp", n . n a,onK MothoUlBls. the l'rcsby- tlroly of thatched huts, the walls made of
iZ run 1 ' . , " , w t""1"8. tlu ICplscopallans and tho Catholics ovon bamboo, Tho roofs are very thick
Kngllsh ax. He likes American knives with . ,..' ' and tho thatch is so beautifully put on
naues about llfteon Inches long to clear Tho .,.,."... com, rc1ioo1b. They
uis neias anil gamer ills iiananns and co- .,.. ...,.,,.,..,.",... , ' used In building, tho walls belnc tied to-
,,,.,,ll(u t,,i ,, i t m 1 ' u moi uatau ua it'll 11 lliu tnicDiuuui iua -
wS! ,t , our cheap , Bftorwnrd tnkon , by tho KOVOrn. gothor with strings. Some of tho houfes
." 1, c- 7" l0, K'" - mont. There are now 31.000 scholars In ' In fllmpe, others oblong and
W. r. h, ,', , 7 ,ln , 1"Clr1; " Public schools. Thoro Is a night oval. Tho usual hut has but one
down furniture and also la low-priced , , . . . . , ll)t,ler room, In which tho wholo family stays In
Planus and organs. The people buy about g"11 "'JL1 it mnMM KJl ""' nytlmo, when It rains, and where all
200,000 worth of cottons yearly and there Jn iB an ciilor S B,ro" 1,1 '"t- Tho "8ll!" bsi1 18 n 'nt
Ij a demand for canned meats and Hour. ?."fl'.V'?c" I . .... Ih' on the door and tho nlllow a bamboo Inc.
SklPBSnwr.Z nrl lh, ThVn, a 7. y "ZZ, n e Xol! -h.ch Is ,daced undeV the neck In order
nmiketH by writing to tho chambers of , . . ,;n,ored for terms of live Iipol' 11,0 sleeper's headdress well up
altogether the pcoplo nro well equipped as ln"1 ",n,,s " ",ru ,a 1,1 lnc
to educational matters. ,llct ,f tho V0- ,
It scums h triuiun In think nf nowsiwumrs 111 "lu mummim uiuro -e lavage rijians
will 11 ml banks at both places.
Our drummers can bo accommodated nt
good hotels at either of tticso towns, nnd
they need not fear the meat brought on c,;mIb who keep themselves a,., . from tho civil
tho table, for cannibalism passed away fi natives. Here the men for full dres
long ueitire tno uug s u got possession of . . , . , , , ,
the KIJIs. Indeed, tho Fiji Islands are now 'UfTcren Journals sot up and printed
more advanced than parts of tho Philip- " ,,ho Wmt'' 7 111 T0lme8, U ,B,UC,I
Pino... and their condition shows what a , 00 V'cTl, ltf?l f. 12 C"""'l '"!!":
dresi
wear a strip of bark about their waists
tlid at the fiout In a bow, while tho women
have a fringe of grass about four lucho.
I,.- mm... n i , , iuiiu. limn si'ji h iKu a grciii urni oi prm
nation like ours can do with Its colony nt 'f " th a cents a cop w, In U.clr I.enddresBcs, and you frequently
Tiiiuii... in Kiiiiwm. .n,,i u-itii ii... .n.inM umis a monui nt ... tents a cop, wuiio
Tutulla In Samoa and with tho wilder
parts of tho Philippines. There nro men
still living hero In Now Zealand who can
toll j on stories of the days when the FIJI
aus wero the bloodthlrstlest cannibals on
earth, when thoy had human saerlllces, and
sou one with a long pin thrust through his
hair as a fcratchor. Tills weapon Is to
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l.iil'l. . Il or nil. I'roi'ltloK. miiii l.iirn, tim,
ll. nr r'ii Mklii. ur lili itilvlir f niiy kind.
I i iire eii to ftny enrol . Yimr ilnt) In j otirulf In to bo
lieiiiillliil. 'I ho tklli rlioiil'l lime (In- rami' crliiitlllr
i.lliiitlDii. Unit ii ililnli liin untilil elm tn tlu l'ily If
jell were ritli. ! Iil lo tlrooUoil t.y l-rilllil
i ainitlW' lullium iiml reiifK. I iint In)' tteiilmilit mcil
hi l'trr,l Hlllllllll. l in. ill inline )im. n.-i ..in. ui.'i.
jniir triiiel". I want ymir lielp. mill If mi holpino,
I will iiiiiUe on 1,1'iiiitiful l lti:i:. I mil lmiIiil' to ill"
trilmle wmtiiI Ilinii-iiiiiN ot my rmiitlM' trrnliiieiil fur
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my inini'li'te irciitmi'iit, nml till uk In. roliirn I,
tl ul nii riire jniiru lf nml linw i'r frli inl" lmt mv
Ir.'iitliii'tit liii iImihi fur mil Willi' t im' tinlny. II
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feslrd. Sometimes the Irritation ceta be
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In desperation tho man so nttacked kindles
a lire of banana leaves and lying down
those thoro Is tho FIJI
la Levuka, nt f! per year.
widows wore oxnected to burn themselves What tlio KIJU Aro.
on the funeral nvres of their husbands. ,,llt lofure I go further let me give you
When a chief built a houso ho festively BHmo lllri 3 t ' extent of tho UlandB. ,,,. i.ij. ,VOoilnii nlllow on the shin tnu-nr.i
planted a living victim under each post. Yml t"t Hi'V H "f "10 eilm' which the wind blows thus smokes out the
and when his canoes wero launched ho used tHr 011,1 u 1"" 1 t" west of our posses- 8Mr,,i9.
living men ns rollers upon which to slide bIi"8 ' Samoa, but you may not know that xl,,ro la n cU)S0 connection between New
them down Into tho sen. When ho died tho' nrn scattered over the sea for a ills-
ils wives wore strangled to lino his grave, I"1'1'0 ot sevoral hundred miles nnd that (Continued on Soventh Page,)
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