The Voyage to our “New World”/ The Beginning of the Hujumbo Society
The Voyage to our “New World”
It all started in 1578 when our ship headed off for a voyage around the world. Our captain, Sir Francis Drake, a very well respected English sailor and navigator set off to sail the globe. He was assigned to this duty by the head of the English throne to voyage around the globe. The first couple of months were remarkable, seeing new things every day. One thing in particular was the amount of open water we saw. Our visions of only Europe changed within an instant. We sailed for months without ever having sight of land. The New World was supposed to be gracious and filled with life, or that’s what we were told. When I first laid my eyes on what looked like to be terrain I almost passed out. It seemed like it was a dream with flashes of bright sun gleaming into my eyelids. As we approached closer I overheard Drake speaking to one of his co-sailors about laying anchor. They were talking about this place called New Spain which I never heard of. It was like everything was new and I was learning like an infant. Only the Drake and a few of his employers took one of the boats to the mainland. We were left to maintain the ship, my job being to scrub the deck. Drake and his followers returned shortly not looking to be happy. That was the last time I would ever see my captain Sir Francis Drake. Men pulled up the anchor and we continued on our route. Later on that night I couldn’t sleep. The sky was angry filled with large bolts of lightning and roars of thunder. Rained poured like a dog shaking its fur. The wind tussled everyone around forcing people to fall of ship. I got below deck as quick as possible and held on for dear life. Water streamed down the step ladder into my sleeping chamber. If I stayed where I was I was going to be crushed by the rapid flow of water. I paced up the ladder to the deck and was laid out by a ground breaking wave. Everything became blurry and eventually turned black.
I was awaken by one of my fellow crew members. He kept pushing on my chest and water flew out of mouth onto the dried up sand. My belongings were dispersed around the island. There was no ship to be found and only fifteen to twenty people alive on the island. The main question asked by the surviving members was, “How’d we get here.” Everything seemed like a dream. It was sunny, hot like a sauna and everything was dried up. Everyone was in a panic wondering what was happening and how we were going to survive. Someone needed to take charge and step up as the leader. I couldn’t sit around and listen to everyone complain anymore. I needed to take charge and establish how we were going to survive. When everyone calmed down I decided to take charge. I suggested that we should search for food around the island and set up shelter. We aren’t going to have much success on getting off so we should make the most out of it. People seemed to like this idea and favored it. Within minutes we established a plan and made what was the beginning of The Hujumbo Society.
The Hujumbo Society
Many people like to believe that the Hujumbo society was one of the most remarkable and most outstanding groups of people to live with. A group of crew members, tossed from the deck of The Golden Hind (Drakes Ship) surviving through all the events that happened. Due to the decline in government operations, the Hujumbo Society has deceased. It didn’t take long for them to establish what they called their society. It is said that within months they were a well-functioning society with many advantages. The location which is now noted as Easter Island became one of the rarest places to find wildlife. Unlike many other countries and colonies during the time period, they were dependent on civilian decisions.
The first months on the island consisted of a Feudal Society, without many set rules. One of the most aggravating things that the islanders believed in the old world was set religion and rules which didn’t make sense. They made it so that each person could believe anything and whatever they wanted to about religion. Anything that could be thought of could be their religion without being questioned by higher authorities. It was the easiest at first to become a Feudal Society. Without many people the distributions of land was easy. Many prisoners off the coast of Chile were taken out to the middle of the Pacific Ocean and were able to swim over to Easter Island. Much of the population came from these prisoners who were looking to start a new life. Within a couple of years the population started to grow by the hundreds. By 1580 there were a recorded 250 people from the previous total of 20.
During the year of 1596 something remarkable happened that would change the face of the Hujumbo Society. The long lost captain Sir Francis Drake had returned on accident. He was searching the coast of the coast of Panama where it was said to have treasures of sunken Spanish ships. Like the storm where his crew was tossed from the ship, he was blown off course as well. His ship was now headed in the course of Easter Island. Without acknowledging the fact that the shipwrecked survivors who made life on the island, he pronounced this land to be his. It is said that he was going to return to his homeland of England but died along the trip due to Dysentery. A messenger of his sent his discoveries to England and Easter Island became a territory of the English. England did not put much pressure on the tiny island because it was so far away. They kept their beliefs but were ordered by the English throne to become a monarchy. Without much of a fight Easter Island's new king became one of the most influential people in their history.
Fernando de la Rosa became the ordered king by the English throne. He was a runaway Spaniard who fell in love with the beliefs of the English nation. Working his way from the bottom to the top he was given the opportunity to show his true leadership skills. At the age of 23 he became the king of Easter Island. Not much changed during the reign of Fernando, but the community did. The Island expanded until the coasts where extraordinary life was discovered. On the coasts of the islands, the natives discovered something that looked like a turtle but twenty times bigger. Animal life flourished in the great weather conditions portrayed on the island. Another thing that changed the course of the Hujumbo’s was the gigantic head statues. These were dedicated to the passing of great ancestors who dedicated their lives to the island. They were built during the 1500’s. The reign of the de la Rosa’s came to a sudden halt in 1762 when the Hujumbo’s changed completely.
In May of 1762 came a fleet of heavily armed Spaniards who quickly and violently took control of the island. The commander, Cristiano de las Casas, used brute force to wipe out the Hujumbo’s. He quickly ended the reign of the de la Rosa’s by murdering Francisco III, the ancestor of the original crown. He quickly pronounced the island to be under his control and took complete dictatorship. Setting up new laws and destroying all previous beliefs putting a subordinate amount of pressure on the natives. Although they were allowed to believe in their own religion it was limited. They had a choice of three religions. Christianity, Judaism, and Islam; all other religions were not tolerated and abolished. The Spaniards suggested that they would choose Christianity before any of the other religions and were very convincing. The natives were not too happy with this new set of laws and rules which was quickly followed by a revolt in 1763. Being stupid and not waiting for the right timing, the natives were slaughtered leaving only 20 people left. This is the same amount of people that the island was started with but this time it would not survive. Cristiano ordered all of the following natives to the far end of the island without any chance of returning. Within months the people started to die off and the Hujumbo's started to collapse. The main cause of the death of the last survivors was famine, starving, and own suicide. There are only a couple of remaining survivors left in the world. It is said that they are the ancestors of the founding members of Easter Island from the shipwreck.
In present day, the story of the Hujumbo’s could be compared to the life of many book characters. One character in particular that could compare to the Hujumbo’s is Matilda from Mister Pip. Her life is characterized by the struggle of good and bad on the island. Much like the Hujumbo’s, Matilda has to deal with life changing decisions. The Hujumbo’s transformed from a Feudal Society to a Monarchy and eventually forced into a Dictatorship. Matilda and her family have to deal with the pressures from the outsiders that come to the island and start to kill natives. Cristiano starts to kill people for no reason just like the outsiders in Mister Pip. Both the life of the Hujumbo’s and Mister Pip can be compared to one each other. Mr. Wallace is one person that can be compared in the Hujumbo society. He has the same mentality as the school teachers on Easter Island. He is a symbol of what the kids are going to grow up to be like. He teaches them more life lessons than actual school work. The teachers on the island are the same way as Mr. Wallace because the objective of the island is not to raise really smart people, but semi-smart that can function in their society.
Some of the reasons that analysts suggest for the downfall of the Hujumbo society is because there was not enough of a community set up to provide for all the people. The Hujumbo Society lacked lots of places that other mainland’s provided. Of the places they did provide they were very useful. Some of the most important places that the Hujumbo’s provided was a school, a hospital, a town hall, a market, and the farms/quarry. The Hujumbo’s used schools to educate the younger kids not in education but in life tasks. Although schools made an attempt to teach basic skills that they would need to know, they mostly taught how to survive. It is unlike the schools that are thought of. Although the island had a hospital it was very poor. Doctors did not have much tools and were not educated on how to heal people. The hospitals were more like a hope and pray place. Town Hall was where the government held meeting to discuss what they would provide with the money that they receive from England and donations they made. Donations were an option and not considered necessary. Each person was considered equal and had a say in the subject they were talking about. The market was the place to buy food for each family. People could either provide their own food with farms or could go to the market. The market provided mostly fruits and vegetables and occasionally meats. The main crop was sweet potatoes. The people on the island grew attached to sweet potatoes because of its splendid taste. Lastly, the farm and the quarry provided opportunity for the islanders. Jobs were given out because there was no one on the island before. The farms were easier but paid less. Life was hot on the farm and it felt like the sun was always out. The quarry on the other hand, was a dangerous but more paying job. This is where the Moai heads were built. From the quarry the workers would haul them on logs across the island to the destination they were headed to. There are approximately 600 Moai on the island. Some of the places that could have helped the civilization survive would been a place where they could have trained an army. When the Spanish attacked the army could have come in handy because they were wiped clean. Who knows how the world could have changed if the Hujumbo’s had survived.
The Voyage to our “New World”
It all started in 1578 when our ship headed off for a voyage around the world. Our captain, Sir Francis Drake, a very well respected English sailor and navigator set off to sail the globe. He was assigned to this duty by the head of the English throne to voyage around the globe. The first couple of months were remarkable, seeing new things every day. One thing in particular was the amount of open water we saw. Our visions of only Europe changed within an instant. We sailed for months without ever having sight of land. The New World was supposed to be gracious and filled with life, or that’s what we were told. When I first laid my eyes on what looked like to be terrain I almost passed out. It seemed like it was a dream with flashes of bright sun gleaming into my eyelids. As we approached closer I overheard Drake speaking to one of his co-sailors about laying anchor. They were talking about this place called New Spain which I never heard of. It was like everything was new and I was learning like an infant. Only the Drake and a few of his employers took one of the boats to the mainland. We were left to maintain the ship, my job being to scrub the deck. Drake and his followers returned shortly not looking to be happy. That was the last time I would ever see my captain Sir Francis Drake. Men pulled up the anchor and we continued on our route. Later on that night I couldn’t sleep. The sky was angry filled with large bolts of lightning and roars of thunder. Rained poured like a dog shaking its fur. The wind tussled everyone around forcing people to fall of ship. I got below deck as quick as possible and held on for dear life. Water streamed down the step ladder into my sleeping chamber. If I stayed where I was I was going to be crushed by the rapid flow of water. I paced up the ladder to the deck and was laid out by a ground breaking wave. Everything became blurry and eventually turned black.
I was awaken by one of my fellow crew members. He kept pushing on my chest and water flew out of mouth onto the dried up sand. My belongings were dispersed around the island. There was no ship to be found and only fifteen to twenty people alive on the island. The main question asked by the surviving members was, “How’d we get here.” Everything seemed like a dream. It was sunny, hot like a sauna and everything was dried up. Everyone was in a panic wondering what was happening and how we were going to survive. Someone needed to take charge and step up as the leader. I couldn’t sit around and listen to everyone complain anymore. I needed to take charge and establish how we were going to survive. When everyone calmed down I decided to take charge. I suggested that we should search for food around the island and set up shelter. We aren’t going to have much success on getting off so we should make the most out of it. People seemed to like this idea and favored it. Within minutes we established a plan and made what was the beginning of The Hujumbo Society.
The Hujumbo Society
Many people like to believe that the Hujumbo society was one of the most remarkable and most outstanding groups of people to live with. A group of crew members, tossed from the deck of The Golden Hind (Drakes Ship) surviving through all the events that happened. Due to the decline in government operations, the Hujumbo Society has deceased. It didn’t take long for them to establish what they called their society. It is said that within months they were a well-functioning society with many advantages. The location which is now noted as Easter Island became one of the rarest places to find wildlife. Unlike many other countries and colonies during the time period, they were dependent on civilian decisions.
The first months on the island consisted of a Feudal Society, without many set rules. One of the most aggravating things that the islanders believed in the old world was set religion and rules which didn’t make sense. They made it so that each person could believe anything and whatever they wanted to about religion. Anything that could be thought of could be their religion without being questioned by higher authorities. It was the easiest at first to become a Feudal Society. Without many people the distributions of land was easy. Many prisoners off the coast of Chile were taken out to the middle of the Pacific Ocean and were able to swim over to Easter Island. Much of the population came from these prisoners who were looking to start a new life. Within a couple of years the population started to grow by the hundreds. By 1580 there were a recorded 250 people from the previous total of 20.
During the year of 1596 something remarkable happened that would change the face of the Hujumbo Society. The long lost captain Sir Francis Drake had returned on accident. He was searching the coast of the coast of Panama where it was said to have treasures of sunken Spanish ships. Like the storm where his crew was tossed from the ship, he was blown off course as well. His ship was now headed in the course of Easter Island. Without acknowledging the fact that the shipwrecked survivors who made life on the island, he pronounced this land to be his. It is said that he was going to return to his homeland of England but died along the trip due to Dysentery. A messenger of his sent his discoveries to England and Easter Island became a territory of the English. England did not put much pressure on the tiny island because it was so far away. They kept their beliefs but were ordered by the English throne to become a monarchy. Without much of a fight Easter Island's new king became one of the most influential people in their history.
Fernando de la Rosa became the ordered king by the English throne. He was a runaway Spaniard who fell in love with the beliefs of the English nation. Working his way from the bottom to the top he was given the opportunity to show his true leadership skills. At the age of 23 he became the king of Easter Island. Not much changed during the reign of Fernando, but the community did. The Island expanded until the coasts where extraordinary life was discovered. On the coasts of the islands, the natives discovered something that looked like a turtle but twenty times bigger. Animal life flourished in the great weather conditions portrayed on the island. Another thing that changed the course of the Hujumbo’s was the gigantic head statues. These were dedicated to the passing of great ancestors who dedicated their lives to the island. They were built during the 1500’s. The reign of the de la Rosa’s came to a sudden halt in 1762 when the Hujumbo’s changed completely.
In May of 1762 came a fleet of heavily armed Spaniards who quickly and violently took control of the island. The commander, Cristiano de las Casas, used brute force to wipe out the Hujumbo’s. He quickly ended the reign of the de la Rosa’s by murdering Francisco III, the ancestor of the original crown. He quickly pronounced the island to be under his control and took complete dictatorship. Setting up new laws and destroying all previous beliefs putting a subordinate amount of pressure on the natives. Although they were allowed to believe in their own religion it was limited. They had a choice of three religions. Christianity, Judaism, and Islam; all other religions were not tolerated and abolished. The Spaniards suggested that they would choose Christianity before any of the other religions and were very convincing. The natives were not too happy with this new set of laws and rules which was quickly followed by a revolt in 1763. Being stupid and not waiting for the right timing, the natives were slaughtered leaving only 20 people left. This is the same amount of people that the island was started with but this time it would not survive. Cristiano ordered all of the following natives to the far end of the island without any chance of returning. Within months the people started to die off and the Hujumbo's started to collapse. The main cause of the death of the last survivors was famine, starving, and own suicide. There are only a couple of remaining survivors left in the world. It is said that they are the ancestors of the founding members of Easter Island from the shipwreck.
In present day, the story of the Hujumbo’s could be compared to the life of many book characters. One character in particular that could compare to the Hujumbo’s is Matilda from Mister Pip. Her life is characterized by the struggle of good and bad on the island. Much like the Hujumbo’s, Matilda has to deal with life changing decisions. The Hujumbo’s transformed from a Feudal Society to a Monarchy and eventually forced into a Dictatorship. Matilda and her family have to deal with the pressures from the outsiders that come to the island and start to kill natives. Cristiano starts to kill people for no reason just like the outsiders in Mister Pip. Both the life of the Hujumbo’s and Mister Pip can be compared to one each other. Mr. Wallace is one person that can be compared in the Hujumbo society. He has the same mentality as the school teachers on Easter Island. He is a symbol of what the kids are going to grow up to be like. He teaches them more life lessons than actual school work. The teachers on the island are the same way as Mr. Wallace because the objective of the island is not to raise really smart people, but semi-smart that can function in their society.
Some of the reasons that analysts suggest for the downfall of the Hujumbo society is because there was not enough of a community set up to provide for all the people. The Hujumbo Society lacked lots of places that other mainland’s provided. Of the places they did provide they were very useful. Some of the most important places that the Hujumbo’s provided was a school, a hospital, a town hall, a market, and the farms/quarry. The Hujumbo’s used schools to educate the younger kids not in education but in life tasks. Although schools made an attempt to teach basic skills that they would need to know, they mostly taught how to survive. It is unlike the schools that are thought of. Although the island had a hospital it was very poor. Doctors did not have much tools and were not educated on how to heal people. The hospitals were more like a hope and pray place. Town Hall was where the government held meeting to discuss what they would provide with the money that they receive from England and donations they made. Donations were an option and not considered necessary. Each person was considered equal and had a say in the subject they were talking about. The market was the place to buy food for each family. People could either provide their own food with farms or could go to the market. The market provided mostly fruits and vegetables and occasionally meats. The main crop was sweet potatoes. The people on the island grew attached to sweet potatoes because of its splendid taste. Lastly, the farm and the quarry provided opportunity for the islanders. Jobs were given out because there was no one on the island before. The farms were easier but paid less. Life was hot on the farm and it felt like the sun was always out. The quarry on the other hand, was a dangerous but more paying job. This is where the Moai heads were built. From the quarry the workers would haul them on logs across the island to the destination they were headed to. There are approximately 600 Moai on the island. Some of the places that could have helped the civilization survive would been a place where they could have trained an army. When the Spanish attacked the army could have come in handy because they were wiped clean. Who knows how the world could have changed if the Hujumbo’s had survived.
