The colors for it were supplied from certain plants used in dyeing, and which were very abundant in the island; only to the thirty-seven stars, representing the thirty-seven States of the Union, which shine on the American flag, the sailor added a thirty-eighth, the star of "the State of Lincoln," for he considered his island as already united to the great republic.
Seulement, aux trente-sept étoiles représentant les trente-sept états de l'union qui resplendissent sur le yacht des pavillons américains, le marin en avait ajouté une trente-huitième, l'étoile de «l'état de Lincoln», car il considérait son île comme déjà rattachée à la grande république.