The islanders welcomed Venetian rule ; the claims of Antonello ’ s uncle Arnà, who had lands in Argolis, were satisfied by a pension.

After that, by Nevizimov's order, two Russians, Stepano ( ステッパノ ) and Kazhimov ( カジモフ ), killed the chieftain's daughter and Nevizimov's mistress, Oniishin ( オニイシン ), because Russians had doubted that Oniishin pushed islanders ' back.

Over the next two centuries, the use of French grew to the extent that, by the Liberation in 1945, all islanders had a working knowledge of French.

By 1990, an estimated 50 % of islanders had some degree of proficiency in Corsican, and a small minority, perhaps 10 %, used Corsican as a first language.

Conflict broke out between the French and the indigenous islanders in November 1649 and fighting lasted for five years until 1654, when the last opposition to the French on Grenada was crushed-although the island continued for some time after to suffer raids by war canoe parties from St. Vincent, who had aided the local Grenadan islanders in their struggle and continued to oppose the French.

In May 1985, the vessel was instrumental for ' Operation Exodus ', the evacuation of about 300 Rongelap Atoll islanders whose home had been contaminated with nuclear fallout from a US nuclear test two decades ago which had never been cleaned up and was still having severe health effects on the locals.

Some of the rebels stationed themselves in the U. S. and crossed the ice from Sandusky Bay to Pelee Island wearing " tattered overcoats and worn-out boots ", and carrying muskets, pitchforks, and swords, but the islanders had already fled.

They left the islanders alone, as had the Dutch, with regard to internal administration to continue to be regulated by Muslim traditional institutions.

As with Nanook, too, Flaherty cast locals in the various fictionalized roles, and made use of dramatic recreation of anachronistic behaviors: in this case, a sequence showing the hunting of sharks from small boats with harpoons, which the islanders had by then not practiced for several decades.

Recent economic conditions have meant that the islanders have had to draw from their reserves.

The same lack of economic opportunities within Bermuda had led islanders to abandon agriculture following the dissolution of the Somers Isles Company in 1684, and turn wholeheartedly towards maritime activities.

The vast amounts of materiel that both sides airdropped ( or airlifted to airstrips ) to troops on these islands meant drastic changes to the lifestyle of the islanders, many of whom had never seen outsiders before.

In attempts to get cargo to fall by parachute or land in planes or ships again, islanders imitated the same practices they had seen the soldiers, sailors, and airmen use.

Because of the uncertainty of the mail boat schedule, a conch shell would be blown to alert the islanders that the mail had arrived.

The fact that the islanders were reduced to inscribing driftwood, and were regardless extremely economical in their use of wood, may have had consequences for the structure of the script, such as the abundance of ligatures and potentially a telegraphic style of writing that would complicate textual analysis.

When the islanders were reproached with their ignorance or insensibility of the wonders of Staffa, they had not much to reply.

The visit also brought to light the identity of islanders Biuku Gasa and Eroni Kumana who had received little recognition for finding the shipwrecked crew after searching for days in their dugout canoe.

In 1885 a serious disaster befell the islanders: a poor winter had left the islanders short of food, and a boat that went to barter with a ship offshore was lost with all hands — fifteen men — and only four adult males were left on the island.

The first time they saw a leaflet which claimed that the war was over was in October 1945 ; another cell had killed a cow and found a leaflet left behind by islanders which read: " The war ended on August 15.

Increased contact with Europeans also meant more exposure to diseases that the islanders had no immunity to.

Emma had her dressmaker make dresses modeled on those worn by peasant islanders in the Bay of Naples, and the loose-fitting garments she often wore when modeling for Romney.

Similarly, the Northwest Youth League, a Korean government sponsored watch-dog group made up of refugees who had fled northern Korea, actively repressed any and all " communist sympathizers " with an ardent campaign of shooting anyone on sight entering or leaving the president's " enemy zone ", raping / violation, torturing, and killing hundreds of islanders using open armed violence and what would be labeled today as terrorist activities.

The islanders were hoping for status such as enjoyed by Venice, Genoa, Pisa and other cities, free to form their own government, but morally answerable only to the pope who would hold a vague and unstable suzerainty.

Avid gambling was enjoyed by the crewmen as their little vessels connected the islanders with the mainland.

During the 17th and 18th century the people from the North Frisian Islands enjoyed a reputation of being very skilled mariners, and most Dutch and English whaling ships bound for Greenland and Svalbard would have a crew of North Frisian islanders.

Although there is little surviving evidence of Irish culture, some elderly islanders can remember when the term " cilig " ( or killick ) was used to describe a common method of fishing for sea turtles by tricking them into swimming into prearranged nets ( this was dome by splashing a stone on a line-the cilig-into the water on the turtle's opposite side ).

disposition of some of the islanders is mainly to be ascribed to

From 14 January to 19 January 1828, his boats attempted to land but could not due to the hostility shown by the islanders, but natives then came aboard his ship, " some trading occurred, a short vocabulary was compiled, and a map made.

A few islanders La Perouse met near what is today called the Strait of Nevelskoy told him that the island is called " Tchoka " ( or at least that is how he recorded the name in French ), and it was used on some maps thereafter.

However the others set up a surgery to treat the native islanders and Rivers, lying in bed next-door tested the patients for colour vision: Haddon's diary noted " He is getting some interesting results .” The warmth shown to the sickly Rivers by the Islanders contributed to strong positive feelings for the work and a deep concern for the welfare of Melanesians during the remainder of his life .”

Manufactured clothing, medicine, canned food, tents, weapons and other goods arrived in vast quantities for the soldiers, who often shared some of it with the islanders who were their guides and hosts.

* 1849-Just weeks after arriving on the Melanesian island of Anatom, missionary John Geddie wrote in his journal: " In the darkness, degradation, pollution and misery that surrounds me, I will look forward in the vision of faith to the time when some of these poor islanders will unite in the triumphant song of ransomed souls, ' Unto Him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in His own blood.

To this date, many of the islanders have remained sympathetic to communism ( KKE wins 35-40 % of the vote ), and, for this reason, Ikaria is referred to by some as the Kokkino Nisi ( Greek: Κόκκινο νησί ) ( Red Island ) or the Kokkinos Vrahos ( Greek: Κόκκινος Βράχος ) ( Red Rock ).

Although some residents guarded their privacy, many islanders welcomed the money that the company was bringing.

The sculpture was originally to depict islanders releasing doves of peace, but this came under fierce criticism, with some islanders remarking that had any doves been on the island during the occupation, they would have been eaten by starving German soldiers.

This peat is highly important to the islanders as a fuel source, and in some areas is even worked commercially.

In some ways this is surprising, since it is recorded that the islanders had a fairly varied diet including oats, fish and seabirds, rather than depending heavily on a potato crop.

It is recognized by kai islanders that some of their ancestors also came from another places such as Sumbawa island ( Sumbau ), Buton ( Vutun ) in Sulawesi, Seram ( Seran ) and Gorom ( Ngoran ) islands in Central Moluccas, and Sultanates of Jailolo ( Dalo ) and Ternate ( Ternat ) as well.

The islanders ' sole source of livelihood has always been fishing, mainly for the locally abundant slipper lobsters, and shipping, with some tourist development in recent years.

Fallout from the detonation — intended to be a secret test — poisoned some of the islanders upon their return, as well as the crew of Daigo Fukuryū Maru (" Lucky Dragon No. 5 "), a Japanese fishing boat, and created international concern about atmospheric thermonuclear testing.

Crystal healing has been used in many different cultures throughout history, including the Hopi Native Americans of Arizona and the Hawaiian islanders, some of whom still use them to this day.

The extension has mixed support, with some islanders and politicians campaigning against it, while others support it.

They risked their lives in manning a boat and proceeding through dangerous surf to rescue some of their comrades who had been sent to the island to find out the fate of the commander and seven of the crew, who had landed from the ship Assam Valley and were feared murdered by the cannibalistic islanders.

On 7 May 1867 at the island of Little Andaman, eastern India, in the Bay of Bengal, Private Murphy was one of a party of five ( David Bell, James Cooper, Campbell Mellis Douglas and William Griffiths ) of the 2 / 24th Regiment, who risked their lives in manning a boat and proceeding through dangerous surf to rescue some of their comrades who had been sent to the island to find out the fate of the commander and seven of the crew, who had landed from the ship Assam Valley and were feared murdered by the cannibalistic islanders.

After the war, despite some local initiatives to rejoin Sweden, and territorial claims by Latvia, the islanders agreed to become part of newly independent Estonia in 1919 ( possibly in exchange for Estonian military aid to Latvia against the West Russian Volunteer Army ).