E pili ana i kēia mea kākau Kelemania, ua hoʻohālikelike ke ʻano o kāna hana me ka loaʻa ʻole o ka ʻikepili pilikino i loaʻa iā mākou e pili ana iā ia. Ua hānau ʻia ʻo ia ma kahi kokoke iā Hannover, ke keiki a ka ʻenekini hoʻouku; Ua aʻo ʻo ia ma ke Kulanui o Göttingen a kānalua nō hoʻi he kanaka ia no nā maina.
ʻO ka Liberal a me ka Protestant, i hoʻohuli ʻia e ka noiʻi a Humboldt, ua noho ʻo ia i ko mākou ʻāina no ʻehiku mau makahiki: mai 1827 a 1834; akā, ua kali ʻo ia i 10 mau makahiki e paʻi i kāna mau puke. Maʻaneʻi ʻo ia ke alakaʻi o nā hana no ka hui ʻEnelani ʻo Mexico Co. a ma hope he alakaʻi o nā alanui no ka mokuʻāina ʻo Oaxaca.
ʻO ka ʻāpana zoology o kāna Essay he nui nā mea hoihoi: ka waiū o ka ʻaila poni no ka pena ʻana i nā lole, he macaw e haʻi ana i nā paukū, nā ʻīlio nui i hoʻohana ʻia e like me nā holoholona kikoʻī, a ʻo nā poʻe ʻē aʻe "me ka puʻu mānoanoa ma ko lākou kua", coyotes that hānai ʻia lākou me ka meli mai nā pi, nā boars hihiu me kahi puka ma ko lākou kua kahi e kipaku aku ai lākou i kahi mea, i ka pōkole, ka bison hihiu ma ka ʻākau o ka ʻāina nona ka "alelo a me ka ʻiʻo o ka puʻu i manaʻo ʻia he mea ʻono maikaʻi loa […] ka ʻili me ka ʻili lāʻau a ʻōpala lākou me ka lolo o ka holoholona i hoʻoulu ʻia me ka alum ”; Ua alualu lākou iā lākou ma luna o ka lio, e hele mai ana i kahi ala a wāwahi i nā kaula i ko lākou mau wāwae hope me hoʻokahi pā.
Kēia hana hoʻomaʻamaʻa kūʻē i nā ʻeke nui, i kēia lā e kapa mākou iā ia he anti-ecological: "ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, uhi maoli lākou i nā loko. Ke ʻimi nei nā India i nā hipa holoʻokoʻa o lākou a ʻo ka mea i kapa ʻia ʻo Great Shot of duck mai nā loko o Texcoco a me Chalco ʻo ia kekahi o nā mea hiʻina kū hoʻokahi. Hoʻokumu nā Indians, kokoke i kahakai a hūnā ma hope o nā ʻohe, kahi pākeke o 70 a 80 paha muskets i nā lālani ʻelua: ʻo ka mua, aia ma lalo, ke ahi i ka pae wai, ʻoiai hoʻonohonoho ʻia ka lua a hiki i ʻāpō ke lele lākou. Hoʻopili ʻia nā barela e ka lālani o ka pauda, i hoʻomālamalama ʻia me kahi fuse. I ka manawa e holo ai nā kahu hānai i nā waʻa, ua hōʻiliʻili lākou i kahi ʻāpana nui o nā ʻāpō i loko o ka laulā o ka pākiko, i hala mau nā hola he nui, puka ke ahi a i nā manawa uhi ʻia ka papa o ka loko e nā haneli pākī. ʻeha a make, i hōʻiliʻili ʻia i loko o nā waʻa wikiwiki ”.
E pili ana i nā lāhui a me nā kime, koho mākou i kekahi mau paukū, a ʻo ka hapa nui o ia mau mea e paʻa mau i ka hoʻomaka o ke kenekulia 21: "ʻO ke keʻokeʻo keʻokeʻo i manaʻo ʻia he hanohano a hanohano loa. Ma ke ʻano he koko koko kāwili i hoʻokokoke aku i ka pahu hopu, i ka mea like i hāʻawi ʻia iā ia e koi i nā kuleana kīwila kiʻekiʻe […] Ua makemake ʻia nā politika Sepania a hāʻawi i ka impetus i kēia mea lapuwale […] Ke koi nei nā poʻe āpau e ʻike ʻia he keʻokeʻo ʻoiai ka nā helehelena a ʻaʻohe hauʻoli ʻē aʻe a maikaʻi paha e hiki ke hāʻawi ʻia i nā makuahine ma mua o ka hoʻomaikaʻi no ke kala keʻokeʻo o kā lākou mau keiki […] "
"He ʻano koʻikoʻi ke ʻano o ka ʻInikia Mekiko o kēia manawa, noho mālie a aneane melancholic, inā ʻaʻole e ala ke mele a me ka mea inu ʻona i kona ʻuhane nui a hoʻohauʻoli iā ia a kamaʻilio pū kekahi. ʻIke ʻia kēia koʻikoʻi ma nā keiki, i ka ʻelima a ʻeono paha o ko lākou mau makahiki e like me ka mea i ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hiki ke ʻike ma mua o ko ʻEulopa ʻākau i ʻeiwa a ʻumi paha makahiki […] "
“Maʻalahi e aʻo maʻalahi ko ka ʻInikia o kēia lā, maopopo koke a loaʻa iā ia kahi ʻike kūpono a olakino hoʻi, a me ka noʻonoʻo kūlohelohe. Manaʻo ʻo ia me ka mālie a me ke anuanu, me ka ʻole o ka pīhoihoi e kahi manaʻo kiʻekiʻe a i ʻole kahi manaʻo kūpaʻa ʻole [...] ʻIke nā Indians i ke aloha nui i kā lākou mau keiki a mālama iā lākou me ka mālama a me ka ʻono nui, i kekahi manawa ʻoi loa aku.
"Hoʻowahāwahā a hoʻopunipuni hoʻi ka lole pāʻina o nā wahine mestizo o kekahi papa kaiaulu, kahi i hoʻohui ʻia i nā kamaliʻi, nā kuke, nā kaikamahine a me nā wahine waiwai India mai laila a ma aneʻi. [...]"
"I ka wā mua he mea kupaianaha loa ia i ka haole ke kamaʻilio pū kekahi me nā haku a me ka makana, a hoʻololi i nā huaʻōlelo maikaʻi loa, ke ʻano o nā loina maikaʻi loa o ke kiʻekiʻe. kaiāulu ".
"ʻO ke ʻano o ka nohona Mekiko e like me kona ʻano a me ke ʻano nui o ka hilahila o nā papa āpau o ka heluna kānaka no nā pāʻani o ke kūlana a me nā ʻano piliwaiwai āpau.
"I ke ahi ʻana o nā ahi e hoʻohanohano i ke Akua a me ka poʻe haipule, ma ka liʻiliʻi e like me ka pau ʻana o ka pauda ma Mekiko a me nā kaua kūloko mau. ʻO ka manawa pinepine i ke kakahiaka nui o ke kakahiaka ka hoʻolaha ʻana o ka poʻe kūpaʻa e hoʻolaha ākea ʻia me ka hoʻolana ʻana o nā pōkā he nui, nā pūkuniahi, nā pū, nā pū a me nā pana mortar. Hoʻopili kahi kani o nā bele kani i ka walaʻau kuli i hala, a ʻo ka mea wale nō i hoʻopau ʻia no kekahi manawa e hoʻomaka hou i ka waena o ke awakea a me ka pō ”.
E ʻike e pili ana i ka halihali ʻana mai Mekiko a Veracruz: Hana ʻia nā kaʻa lio ʻehā e hana ʻia ma NūIoka a ʻoluʻolu a ākea hoʻi no nā poʻe ʻeono. Kalaiwa nā kahu ʻAmelika mai ka pahu a kokoke i ka holo pinepine. I loko o kēia mau kaʻa holo wikiwiki ʻoe, akā ʻaʻole hele huakaʻi i ka pō ”.
Ke hoʻomau nei kēia ʻoihana kahiko, a hiki i kēia lā, ma ke kapikala nui o Santo Domingo: "ʻO wai ka malihini e ʻike ʻole i ka Meia Plaza a me nā wahi e pili ana i kēlā mau kāne ʻaʻahu maikaʻi i hoʻolako ʻia me ka peni, ka inika a me ka pepa, e noho ana ma ka malu o nā mea hoʻoipoipo o moena a i ʻole e holoholo i ka lehulehu e hāʻawi ana i kā lākou mau lawelawe i ka poʻe leʻaleʻa i ke ʻano kākau? ʻO lākou ka poʻe i kapa ʻia ʻo ka ʻeuanelio a kākau lākou i kahi leka aloha me ke keʻena like me kahi noi maʻamau, kahi palapala moʻohelu kālā, kahi hoʻopiʻi a hōʻike paha i ka ʻaha. "
