See also:

• GUAM (Span. Guajan; Guahan, in the native Chamorro)

GUAM (Span. Guajan; Guahan, in the native Chamorro)  , the largest and most populous of the Ladrone or See also:

• MARIANA, JUAN DE (1536-1624)

Mariana Islands, in the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North Pacific, in 13° 26' N. See also:

• LAT

lat. and 144° 39 E. See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long., about 1823 M . E. by S. of Hong See also:

• KONG

Kong, and about 1450 M . E. of See also:

• MANILA

Manila . Pop . (1908) about 11 ,36o, of whom 363 were foreigners, 140 being members of the U.S. See also:

• NAVAL

naval force . See also:

• GUAM (Span. Guajan; Guahan, in the native Chamorro)

Guam extends about 30 M. from N.N.E. to S.S.W., has an See also:

• AVERAGE

average width of about 6z m., and has an See also:

• AREA

area of 207 sq. m . The N. portion is a See also:

• PLATEAU (a French term, older platel, for a flat piece of wood, metal, &c., from plat, flat)
• PLATEAU, JOSEPH ANTOINE FERDINAND (1801-1883)

plateau from 300 to 600 ft. above the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea, lowest in the interior and highest along the E. and W. See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast, where it terminates abruptly in bluffs and headlands; Mt See also:

• SANTA

Santa See also:

• ROSA, CARL AUGUST NICHOLAS (1843-1889)
• ROSA, MONTE
• ROSA, SALVATOR (1615-1673)

Rosa, toward the N. extremity, has an See also:

• ELEVATION

elevation of 84o ft . A range of hills from 700 to nearly 1300 ft. in height traverses the S. portion from N. to S. a little W. of the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle—Mt Jumullong Mangloc, the highest See also:

• PEAK, THE

peak, has an elevation of 1274 ft . Between the See also:

• FOOT

foot of the steep W. slope of these hills and the sea is a See also:

• BELT (a word common to Teutonic languages, the Old Ger. form being bale, from which the Lat. balteus probably derived)
• BELT, THOMAS (1832-1878)

belt of See also:

• ROLLING

rolling lowlands and to the E. the See also:

• SURFACE

surface is broken by the valleys of five See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

rivers with a number of tributaries, has a See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general slope toward the sea, and terminates in a coast-See also:

• LINE

line of bluffs . Apra (formerly See also:

• SAN

San Luis d'Apra) on the middle W. coast is the only See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour; it is about 31 M. across, has a See also:

• DEPTH

depth of 4-27 fathoms, and is divided into an inner and an See also:

• OUTER

outer harbour by a See also:

• PENINSULA
• PENINSULA (Lat. paeninsula, from paene, almost, and insula, an island)

peninsula and an See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island . It serves as a naval station and as a See also:

• PORT

port of transit between See also:

• AMERICA

America and the Philippines, at which See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army transports See also:

• CALL (from Anglo-Saxon ceallian, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch kallen, to talk or chatter)

call monthly . See also:

• DEER (O. E. rigor, dfor, a common Teutonic word, meaning a wild animal, cf. Ger. Tier, Du. dier, &c., probably from a root dhus-, to breathe)
• DEER, CHINESE

Deer, See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild hog, See also:

• DUCK

duck, See also:

• CURLEW (Fr. Courlis or Corlieu)

curlew, See also:

• SNIPE (0. Eng. Spite, Icel. Snipe, Dutch Snip, Ger. Schnepfe)

snipe and See also:

• PIGEON

pigeon are abundant See also:

• GAME

game, and several varieties of See also:

• FISH (O. Eng. fist, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch visch, Ger. Fisch, Goth. fisks, cognate with the Lat. piscis)
• FISH, HAMILTON (1808-1893)

fish are caught .

Some of the highest points of the island are nearly See also:

• BARE

bare of vegetation, and the more elevated plateau surface is -covered with See also:

• SWORD (0. Eng. sweord; ultimately from an Indo-European root meaning to wound)

sword grass, but in the valleys and on the See also:

• LOWER

lower portions of the plateaus there is valuable See also:

• TIMBER

timber . The lowlands have a See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich See also:

• SOIL

soil; in lower parts of the See also:

• HIGHLANDS, THE

highlands raised coralliferous See also:

• LIMESTONE

limestone with a See also:

• LIGHT

light covering of soil appears, and in the higher partg the soil is entirely of See also:

• CLAY (from O. Eng. claeg, a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Klei)
• CLAY, CASSIUS MARCELLUS (1810-1903)
• CLAY, CHARLES (1801–1893)
• CLAY, FREDERIC (1838–1889)
• CLAY, HENRY (1777–1852)

clay and silt . The See also:

• CLIMATE

climate is agreeable and healthy . From See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December to See also:

• JUNE

June the N.E. See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade winds prevail and the rainfall is relatively light; during the other six months the See also:

• MONSOON
• MONSOON (Arabic Mausim, season)

monsoon blows and produces the See also:

• RAINY, ROBERT (1826-1906)

rainy See also:

• SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season . Destructive typhoons and earthquakes sometimes visit Guam . The island is thought to possess little if any See also:

• MINERAL

mineral See also:

• WEALTH

wealth, with the possible exception of See also:

• COAL

coal . Only a small See also:

• PART

part of Guam is under cultivation, and most of this lies along the S.W. coast, its See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief products being cocoanuts, See also:

• RICE (Greek 6p6 a, Latin oryza, French riz, Italian riso, Spanish arroz, derived from the Arabic)
• RICE, EDMUND IGNATIUS (1762-1844)
• RICE, JAMES (1843-1882)

rice, See also:

• SUGAR

sugar, See also:

• COFFEE (Fr: cafe, Ger. Kaffee)

coffee and cacao . A See also:

• UNITED

United States Agricultural Experiment Station in Guam (at Agana) was provided for in 1908 . The inhabitants are of the Chamorro (See also:

• INDONESIAN

Indonesian) stock, strongly intermixed with Philippine Tagals and Spaniards; their speech is a See also:

• DIALECT (from Gr. Sia stcror, conversation, manner of speaking, &aXeyec6at, to converse)

dialect of See also:

• MALAY

Malay, corrupted by Tagal and See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish . There are very few full-See also:

• BLOOD

blood Chamorros . The aboriginal native was of a very dark See also:

• MAHOGANY

mahogany or See also:

• CHOCOLATE

chocolate See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour . A See also:

• MAJORITY (Fr. majorite; Med. Lat. majoritas; Lat. major, greater)

majority of the See also:

• TOTAL

total number of natives live in Agana .

The natives are nearly all farmers, and most of them are poor, but their See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition has been improved under See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• RULE

rule . Publicschools have been established; in 1go8 the enrolment was 1700 . On the island there is a small See also:

• COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony of lepers, segregated only after American occupation . Gangrosa is a disease said to be See also:

• PECULIAR

peculiar to Guam and the neighbouring islands; it is due to a specific bacillus and usually destroys the nasal septum . The victims of this disease also are segregated . There is a good general See also:

• HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital . Agana (or San Ignacio de Agana) is the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital and See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• TOWN

town; under the Spanish regime it was the capital of the Ladrones . It is about 5 M . N.E. of Piti, the landing-See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of Apra harbour and port of entry, with which it is connected by an excellent road . Agana has paved streets and See also:

• SEWER

sewer and See also:

• WATER

water systems . Other villages, all small, are Asan, Piti, Sumay, Umata, Merizo and Inarajan . Guam is governed by a " naval See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor," an officer of the U.S. See also:

• NAVY

navy who is commandant of the naval station .

The island is divided into four administrative districts, each with an executive See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head called a gobernadorcillo (See also:

• COMMISSIONER

commissioner), and there are a See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court of appeals, a court of first instance and courts of justices of the See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace . See also:

• PEONAGE (Span. peon; M. Lat. pedo (pes)

Peonage was abolished in the island by the United States in See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1900 . Telegraphic communication with the See also:

• CAROLINE
• CAROLINE (1683-1737)

Caroline Islands was established in 1905; in 1908 there were four cables ending at the relay station at Sumay on the See also:

• SHORE

Shore of Apra harbour . Guam was discovered by See also:

• MAGELLAN, FERDINAND (in Sp. FERNANDO MAGALLANES, in Port. FERNAO DE MAGALHAES) (c. 1480-152I)

Magellan in 1521, was occupied by See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain in 1688, was captured by the United States cruiser " See also:

• CHARLESTON

Charleston " in June 1899, and was ceded to the United States by the Treaty of See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris on the loth of December 1898 . See A See also:

• LIST (O.E. lisle, a Teutonic word, cf. Dut. lust, Ger. Leiste, adapted in Ital. lista and Fr. lisle)
• LIST, FRIEDRICH (1789-1846)

List of Books (with References to See also:

• PERIODICALS

Periodicals) on See also:

• SAMOA

Samoa and Guam (1901; issued by the Library of See also:

• CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

Congress) ; L . M . See also:

• COX, DAVID (1783-1859)
• COX, JACOB DOLSON (1828-1900)
• COX, KENYON (1856– )
• COX, RICHARD (I3oo ?–1581)
• COX, SAMUEL (1826–1893)
• COX, SAMUEL HANSON (1793-1880)
• COX, SIR GEORGE WILLIAM (1827-1902)

Cox, " The Island of Guam," in Bulletin of the American See also:

• GEOGRAPHICAL

Geographical Society, vol . 36 (New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York, 1904) ; Gen . See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph See also:

• WHEELER, JOSEPH (1836-1906)
• WHEELER, WILLIAM ALMON (1819-1887)

Wheeler, See also:

• REPORT (O.Fr. report or raport, modern rapport, from O.Fr. reporter, mod. rap porter, Lat. reportare, to bring back, in poetical use only, of bringing back an account, news, &c.)

Report on the Island of Guam, June 1900 (See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

Department, Document No . 123); F . W . See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian, The Caroline Islands (See also:

• LONDON

London, 1899) ; an See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the See also:

• FLORA

flora of Guam by W .

E . Safford in the publications of the See also:

• NATIONAL

National See also:

• HERBARIUM, or HORTUS

Herbarium (Smithsonian Institution) ; and the reports of the naval governor .