Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1858-11-18
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uaFk luxui1ant woods, and lofty rocks
Therein dwelt naughty dark-eved Sc
nofltas, wealthy Caballeros, and poor
negro slaves.
IN the northern part of the island are
the plantations of Don Gomez de Mier
He was native of Cuba, who, having
there made a large fortune in the slave
trade, settled down in the most beauti.
tul port of Porto Rico only few year.
ago. lie bought vast tracts Of. sugar
and tobacco fields, and lived in great
magnificence. Though he possessed :
round sum Ofat least eight or nine han
dred slaves, great was his rage when
an overseer reported to him one NOR.
ming that tall negro, whom he had i'm
Eported from Cuba, had escaped during
the night. His rage was not at all nit
lgated when he was informed a few
minutes afterwards that the wife of the
runaway was missing too. The negro
WAS worth more than two thousand pi
| astres, for it would have been difflcul,
to fall in with finer or more powerful
man, from the shores Of the river Sene.
gal down to the court of South Guinea
and his wife was young and vigorous
therefore Don Gomez had reason .fol
vexation, and for his determination to
lgiYe chase Immediately. ell fud 30
i0 The neighbors were invited in due
form to share the sport. Now, as 8
sport like this is. even more exciting
than a fox hunt, the guests were not
slow in making their. appearance, and
after the lapse of q few hours, a dozen
of them, rode in, richly mounted on
their splendid Andalusian coursers.-
There is no need for instant hurry in
these cases; the noses Of the blood,
hounds are sure not to lose scent of the
track before the setting in of the night
dew; the huntsmen sat down, therefore,
to breakfast, and made good cheer in
the hospitable villa Of their host, whose
table was in excellent repute. After
breakfast, however, they put on their
large sombreos, and, mounting their
thorough breds, declared themselves
quite ready for the sport The dogs
were taken out, and the negro-hunt was
to begin in earnest. fol ea - saa9
/ The runaway slave, himself, had Ia
ken care not to leave anything behind
him. A wooden cup, in which he use d
to receive his rations, aud from which
he ate and drank, was in charge of the
eyer-seer, and that was all that could
be made serviceable for the OCCASION
Bat the wife had hidden some old lin
ems rather carciessly, and these the
oyer-seer found. Drink was given tue
dogs in the wooden bow, and the linen
was put to their noses. E There were
only two of them, but two are enough
to settle a negro, even of the side of the
escaped Juano. Terrible animals they
are; large, strong-built, yellow haired,
double-nosed, thorough bred, OF that
genuine Spanish race trained up care
fully to the purpose-blood hounds
No need whatever for urging them on,
they were animated and impatient
enough already; and directly they had
got scent, with eager yelps they boun-
ded along, with their noses close to the
ground, and their tails upright in the
air.
They were fsllowek by the brisk CLAN
ces of the stately caballeros, who began
already to testify excitement, for the
hrstpart of the chase is considered by
some amateurs to be by no means. the
least interesting.
The dogs made straight to the negro
huts, and the poor blacks, male and te-
male, whom they CHANGED to meet, took
hasty care to get out of the way. Pei. A
few minutes afterwards they were seen
darling towards the southern corner Of
a fence which enclosed the slave-cotta.
ges then they turned round again, and
went back to the huts, their tails fan
nlng the air all the time, and their deli
cate and dreadful noses almost rubbing
on the ground. l' '"+ie a9fs aoN
One might read in the eyes of those
proud and naughty caballeros that the
ecislve moment was at hapd A say
age yelping of the dogs gave notice that.
lit had arrived indeed. The greedy
animals turned again, and making once
more for the fence with full speed, they
broke through it without hesitation. r.
10 the chase, caballeros - They
gave hearty cheer, put spurs to their
horses, cleared the fence. The hunt
was up ~ m'lar6a e. faaa Gesl
Poor Juano! Lost,-and by the fault
OF his wife too j. ar.-.f. ..,.,.
The dogs pursued q straight line in a
southernly direction. They did not run
fast from the moment they had surely
come on The right track, the horsemen
beng enabled to follow at an easy can
ter but they went along their route with
q certainty that was appalling to behold;
never stopping,never Offering the slight,
est sign OF hesitation, and up and down,
over dale, over meadows or over fields,
through groves or through woods, new
er-hot Tor a single Notwithstanding
their noses more than half an inch
above the level Of the ground. pho" 9a
IL was warm work, altogether, the
neat OF the tropical sun being intense ::
put when hour after hour passed, and
Sun the dogs went on, neither hurl wing
nor ,slackening their speed, but always
IN the same steady determined manner.
they seemed to put new life into the
not OF and Jaded caballeros. They would
sooner have thought of parting with
their souls than of abandoning the
chase. 5u ..trsafr .rIt r.f-a's2,g ~
Forto Rico, to the south, is very
mountainous, and the nearer we draw
TO the sea coast the wider, the more
picturesque is the surrounding country.
Rocky wales, with gaping precipices of
an Questionable depth, steep and lofty
crags with enormous peaks, follow each
other III quick succession. Some OF the
peaks rise more than thousand feet
above the level Of the sea, their inacces-
slo!e peaks visited only by the eagles,
which ny around them in majestic cir
cies. The stony ground is torn by
clefts and chasms; large peices ofrocks,