Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-08-23
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lie found ten minutes, too. in Uhich %
gullOp OUT to the lite hut.
In the meantime the young Spanish
nobleman and the Indian girl were in a
heaven of happiness. He loved her as he
had sometimes dreamed he might love.
To her he was a being of another sphere.
To Nechtla, the daughter of warriors,
the fact that he had won her in battle
with her people was cause for personal
rejoicing; it proved he was a greater
warrior than were they. Then, too, she
knew. what no n else knew, the ten
der respect with which he treated her,
the devoted love he showed by every act
and word. She had heard of S~paniards
ever since she could remember, as bru-
tai, cruel, ~pitiless, and she saw around
her abundant evidence Of it all; but this
nan was not brutal. He treated her as
no Indian woman she had ever heard Of
had been treated by a man. And when
he urged that she be baptized and be
come a Christian in order that they
might be married she scented with a
gladness she could never have put into
Don cirque Honradez of Soto, and many
Others. There was much bowling and
many murmured compliments as they
moved up through the plaza of the Gus
tom house to the captain generals pal
ace on the plaza .of the king" where II
stood opposite 10 the cathedral and
acrJss the square from the Holy House,
Z on the broad yellow front of which were
the arms of the InquisitiOu
II was that evening that the captain
general and his suite took dinner with
the alcalde and met afterward the beau
" and rank Of the wealthy city, and the
following night the inquisitor general
claimed them. Then the archbishop en-
tertained the new arrivals at La Popa,
and then a ball given by the municipal
ity brought them all together. Then the
officers of the army and navy were h
hosts, and the the palace Of the captain
general was thrown open and a grand
I dinner and ball completed the good opin-
ion his new subjects had formed Of Fl
Senior Condo Don Alphonzo Raphael
Juan Medina and his handsome son.
And while all this feasting and Joyous
ness went on. while the city was given
up to fetes and every n seemed happy,
there were gangs Of slaves, naked and
chained together, who Clipped and pol
ished the great blocks Of stone, dragged
them YEARLY to the walls and hoisted
them into place. always under the lash
Of the drivers. Half starved, working
under the rays Of a u even more pitt
less than their tsskmasters, the usual
number died from day to day aud were
- IL - e. - Ar.la nnhn
were the scavengers of the city, to fight
over.
The walls of Cartnagena circle the
whole city. They are wide enough in
places for four carriages TO drive abreast;
they contain huge tanks in which TO
hold the rain water; they are built OF
stone so closely put together that today
it is sometimes difficult to see the joints.
They were built TO protect the richest
city on the Spanish main from the at
tacks of the English adventures n the
buccaneers, for although the place was
taken by Drake and Morgan, when the
walls were finished it was safe.
They would not stand modern big
guns, but without heavy artillery they
are absolutely impregnable. They cost
z elZnIN mlllDu uDllhES al a AAb0 ~
every dollar spent represented III
purchasing value five dollars today.
They were built by Indian slaves,
who cost nothing but the capture,
and who were fed on plantains and
fish, driven to their utmost strength,
and expended, as the S%paniards called
it, 50 soon as might be. This word need:
explanation. The supply of raw material
being practically inexhaustible, it was
cheaper to drive in new men, work them
to their limit and let them die under the
/ lash than 70 take care Of them with tn
. idea of having them work longer. If
. slave lasted six months on the walls he
: paid for his capture, and the result wa
better than to keep him alive for thre'
years. The question of loss Of life wa
not entered into, simply because 10 th'
minds of the Spaniards of those days In
: dian life was worthless.
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