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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  CALIFORNIA 
  

  

  ceiving 
  me, 
  and 
  that 
  he 
  did 
  not 
  or 
  could 
  not 
  truly 
  interpret 
  the 
  characters. 
  I 
  

   concluded, 
  however, 
  not 
  to 
  be 
  too 
  hasty 
  in 
  the 
  matter 
  ; 
  and 
  so 
  I 
  gently 
  told 
  him 
  

   to 
  go 
  away 
  for 
  the 
  present, 
  and 
  to 
  come 
  back 
  again 
  on 
  the 
  following 
  Sunday. 
  

   He 
  did 
  not 
  come 
  again 
  on 
  that 
  day, 
  and 
  not 
  until 
  the 
  next 
  Sunday. 
  In 
  the 
  

   meantime, 
  however, 
  I 
  had 
  found 
  the 
  first 
  manuscript, 
  and 
  having 
  compared 
  it 
  

   with 
  the 
  second,! 
  found 
  that 
  they 
  differed 
  very 
  greatly. 
  When 
  he 
  finally 
  came 
  

   again, 
  I 
  requested 
  him 
  to 
  again 
  go 
  over 
  his 
  former 
  translation, 
  so 
  that 
  I 
  might 
  

   correct 
  the 
  errors 
  and 
  omissions 
  in 
  my 
  manuscript. 
  He 
  did 
  so, 
  and 
  I 
  found 
  that 
  

   his 
  third 
  pretended 
  interpretation 
  again 
  differed 
  from 
  either 
  of 
  his 
  former 
  trans- 
  

   lations. 
  I 
  then 
  called 
  his 
  attention 
  to 
  these 
  facts 
  — 
  told 
  him 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  impos- 
  

   sible 
  that 
  the 
  same 
  characters 
  should 
  have 
  three 
  different 
  meanings 
  on 
  three 
  dif- 
  

   ferent 
  Sundays 
  ; 
  that 
  he 
  knew 
  nothing, 
  probably, 
  of 
  the 
  meaning 
  of 
  the 
  charac- 
  

   ters 
  ; 
  that 
  he 
  was 
  trying 
  to 
  deceive 
  me, 
  and 
  that 
  he 
  had 
  better 
  leave. 
  He 
  left. 
  

  

  The 
  Bishop 
  has 
  also 
  been 
  trying 
  his 
  hand 
  in 
  translating 
  the 
  inscriptions. 
  He 
  

   showed 
  me 
  a 
  manuscript 
  book 
  of 
  considerable 
  thickness, 
  which 
  he 
  thought 
  con- 
  

   tained 
  an 
  interpretation 
  of 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  characters 
  on 
  the 
  " 
  photos 
  " 
  marked 
  

   Nos. 
  5 
  and 
  6 
  on 
  our 
  list, 
  being 
  the 
  two 
  sides 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  blocks. 
  In 
  this 
  work 
  

   he 
  says 
  he 
  was 
  assisted 
  by 
  one 
  of 
  his 
  own 
  people, 
  (a 
  native 
  of 
  Easter 
  Island 
  now 
  

   in 
  the 
  employ 
  of 
  the 
  Mission) 
  who 
  acted 
  as 
  interpreter. 
  I 
  advised 
  him 
  to 
  sub- 
  

   ject 
  him 
  to 
  a 
  similar 
  test 
  to 
  that 
  to 
  which 
  I 
  had 
  subjected 
  mine, 
  when 
  I 
  fear 
  he 
  

   will 
  be 
  undeceived 
  as 
  I 
  was. 
  He 
  promised 
  to 
  do 
  so 
  when 
  opportunity 
  oc- 
  

   curred. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  De 
  Greno 
  informs 
  me 
  that 
  when 
  he 
  was 
  on 
  Easter 
  Island 
  he 
  saw 
  two 
  very 
  

   old, 
  decrepit 
  natives, 
  whom 
  he 
  was 
  told 
  were 
  taught, 
  in 
  their 
  early 
  youth, 
  to 
  

   read 
  and 
  inscribe 
  the 
  records, 
  and 
  thought 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  quite 
  probable 
  that 
  they 
  

   could 
  do 
  so. 
  

  

  In 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  great 
  stature 
  which 
  you 
  say 
  in 
  your 
  letter 
  is 
  mentioned 
  by 
  

   Roggewein, 
  I 
  have 
  noticed 
  that 
  their 
  stature 
  was 
  rather 
  small 
  than 
  great 
  — 
  sel- 
  

   dom 
  exceeding 
  six 
  feet, 
  and 
  rarely 
  attaining 
  that. 
  I 
  made 
  inquiries 
  of 
  them 
  as 
  

   to 
  the 
  probable 
  cause 
  of 
  this 
  difference 
  between 
  the 
  stature 
  of 
  their 
  ancestors 
  

   and 
  their 
  present 
  height. 
  They 
  stated, 
  in 
  answer, 
  that 
  some 
  twelve 
  years 
  ago 
  

   their 
  island 
  was 
  visited 
  by 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  Peruvian 
  vessels, 
  as 
  many 
  as 
  nine 
  at 
  

   one 
  time. 
  These 
  vessels 
  sent 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  their 
  crews 
  on 
  shore, 
  armed, 
  and 
  then 
  

   the 
  vessels 
  surrounded 
  their 
  island, 
  firing 
  on 
  them 
  with 
  cannon, 
  while 
  the 
  boats' 
  

   crews, 
  combined, 
  were 
  driving 
  and 
  firing 
  upon 
  them 
  with 
  muskets. 
  In 
  this 
  

   manner 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  them 
  were 
  killed, 
  for 
  they 
  had 
  no 
  firearms, 
  and 
  were 
  too 
  

   timid 
  to 
  make 
  close 
  work 
  of 
  it. 
  The 
  consequence 
  was, 
  they 
  were 
  obliged 
  to 
  sur. 
  

   render, 
  and 
  after 
  being 
  all 
  collected 
  in 
  one 
  place, 
  their 
  pitiless 
  conquerors 
  pro- 
  

   ceeded 
  to 
  select 
  all 
  the 
  largest 
  and 
  most 
  powerful 
  men, 
  and 
  after 
  securely 
  put- 
  

   ting 
  them 
  in 
  irons, 
  took 
  them 
  on 
  board 
  the 
  vessels 
  and 
  carried 
  them 
  off 
  into 
  

   slavery, 
  to 
  carry 
  heavy 
  sacks 
  of 
  guano 
  on 
  the 
  Chincha 
  Islands. 
  They 
  have 
  

   some 
  boys, 
  however, 
  growing 
  up, 
  and 
  who 
  promise 
  to 
  make 
  large 
  men. 
  I 
  

   have 
  had 
  one 
  of 
  them 
  photographed 
  for 
  you 
  (No. 
  17) 
  by 
  himself, 
  and 
  again 
  in 
  

   the 
  groups, 
  (Nos. 
  10 
  and 
  11) 
  where 
  he 
  is 
  the 
  central 
  figure, 
  being 
  already 
  taller 
  

   than 
  the 
  full-grown 
  men 
  beside 
  him. 
  

  

  