The Republican journal., 1896-12-03
m the Mosquito Coast.

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p' al, late King Robert, monarch
l1- 5, ~ his own estimation, de-
= Jp5ou Of this coast to be that
' ...s,htd Church of England, it
MESSED that to this day relig-
..r1 IS at the lowest ebb. The
n.. Caueh does not appear to
o,I.anl special effort toward bring
.asiyes INTO its aristocratic fold
b lI, btcalSe too busy with things
.,4 u the line of securing the rub
| u.ahpEany of this fertile strip, to
rre ion spiritual concerns. From
.....t rim. ia the past dissenting min
-.r.. luempted to disseminate their
... no Nusquitia; but as they never
.- ..r.e with the British officers and
.-- ruled the coast they were
.-. cut III spite of the climate.
. that not many years ago a
r... fist brother from the United
.llrd in establishing a sort of
GgcHeids, At any rate he hired
secured the attendance of two
cljrau families-not so much
...-ui heir orthodox souls as to
latIvcs as brands from the
sur not a native came near
w plucked, until finally he in
... ..a ot the leading Sambos to at
worship by giving to each a
roy beforehand and promis-
otter the benediction. SO
uJs this arrangement that they
hcering regularity, Sunday
5y. and the minister's hopes
At length, one Sabbath after
1eIable number of natives
... at the inStigatiOn, as after
ped, OF some jocular English
aSsured them that spiritual CON
ut of bottle) would be adj
t. them, before and after
.4rned, unfortunately, that the
.... Visionary demiiohn was ex-
ma no miracle was wrought
haas Of the widows cruise of
ought TO compensate for the
uv an unusual flow of elo-
... .. fol a time tlattered himself
Els producing lasting impress
- discourse, however, was sud
upted by one of the chiefs,
and Indignantly exclaimed,
lH u' grog-no good"' and stalked
oWed by the entire native audi
oSpOnsive grunts-''no grog,
af day the increased American
IDS made some little improve
.suS of grace for the commun-
class, the Sambos are yet
4ched to their old time heath
half African, half Indian, in
ura rum figures conspicuously.
ryman of ours, who visited
tcw years ago, tells of fu-
look place at small settle
mp the river. He was the
Ne Englishman who at that
... -.e Power behind the Throne
lier of Mosquito, with a
..- as ngurehead to the Ship of
.t4 owed mp the river, which
with pitpans filed with men
0luud for the funeral, all
brightest, laughing, shout
ing themselves to the utmost
To- arrive first at the scene of
village Was Il little group of
u~r 70 shore, shaded by palms
Ulf jl.es. 4 crowd of oambos
"r.4 ,l the bank, and the
H- .ul4 Of the tum- tum, OF
"-0. ul,led the ali, relieved by
,pp blast on an enormous
which sounded like the dis
-.l an OK. At regular inter
eaSed for a moment, and
VAS filled by distant wall
ndescibably moulnful-
hose which murdered
ooughout our first night in
be quickly drowned by the
rum and pipe. Pushing
lie center of a group on
SAW d small pitpan cut
8ne part of which lay
pped in cotton cloth. 1t
mddle-aged man, and was
red by the loathsome dis
.lVn as bulpis-a species of
is very prevalent along this
the aid of rum is rapidly
t tile native population.
pitpan stood a number of
ralm branches in their hands,
f,ryed in fruitless efforts to
lies that swarmed over the
Their frizzled hair stood out
nHads like the snakes on the
H tabled Gorgon, and they
bodies to and fro keeping
ia mill step to the doleful tum-
HE exception of these women
Nn who beat the drum and blew
H"body appeared to take the
h7erest in the corpse, the rest
steering with one another, or
ue usual gambling game, which
ike our quoits, while a few
aIy asleep under the trees.
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