The Adventures Of Torqua

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Excerpt from The Adventures of Torqua: Being the Life and Remarkable Adventures of Three Boys, Refugees on the Island of Santa Catalina (Pimug-Na) In the Eighteenth Century When, in 1542, Rodriguez Cabrillo sailed by the "Bay of Moons," now Avalon Bay, Santa Catalina Island, California, he named the island, known to the natives as Pimug-na, La Vittoria, after his flagship, and the other island (Kinkipar) San Salvador, after his second caravel, and these are the correct Spanish names. But in 1602 Philip III ordered Gaspar de Zunega, Conde de Monterey to equip an expedition. Sabastian Viscaino led it and reached Santa Catalina in December of that year. The historian of the voyage was Father Torquemada, who has left a description of the temple and the people. He describes the latter as being light, ruddy, and a superior race, having many rancherias, and canoes holding twenty men. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XXIII. THE PATRIOT. AS the vessel flew by Piraug-na and its mountains began to disappear in the blue haze, Torqua became silent and oppressed, and for a long time sat gazing steadfastly at the loved outlines of his home, fast fading, melting away. Suddenly he turned to Senor Delagoa, who had been watching his strong and mobile face, and said: "Senor, you have asked me to go to Spain." "Yes," said his friend, wondering what was coming. "Good!" continued Torqua, his face assuming an expression of dignity and even solemnity, " I will go, Senor. You see what my people are. They are children with the stature of men; they play all day long, when the Spaniard works, thinks. I have wondered, Senor, what makes the difference between my people and the Spaniards. You have ships, wealth, money, arms of hard metal; my people, just as long here, just as old, have nothing; they know little more than the birds, the squirrel. First I thought the difference was the color. You are white; we are dark. But it is not that; it is the 'think, ' it is in the head. The Spaniard, the white man, is what you call a pensador (thinker). The Pimug-na thinks with his stomach. When he is hungry his stomach says kill; when his stomach is full, it says sleep. My people are made like the white man inside; they are brave, they are good warriors; the only change is, they are dark. I will go to Spain and with my money get the learning that Don Arturo and Don Raphael have told me about, that they have. I will buy my people things that the white man has, and I will come back to Pimug-na like a libro (book) and tell my people what I know, show them how to be a great people, so that they will not be slaves, to be locked up in missions and forced to work." "Brava! Torqua, ...