Alfonso Goulet Goulet was born in the town of El Cobre , Oriente , Cuba , on January 23 , 1865 , being of French descent. On October 1868, the Ten Years' War broke out which was the first war of independence of Cuba. At that time, Goulet was just a child. However, at the outbreak of the Little War, the adolescent Alfonso Goulet spoke in his native region. The Spanish colonial authorities seized him and deported him to Spain for his participation but they did not shoot him considering his young age.