The Republican journal., 1896-06-18

...dl Gown, once the most flour
rtra OF trade on the peninsula,
.-,-ses only the melancholy inter-
ut banquet hall deserted" 1t
r.s 1Iue Of the railway about 100
,.Neast from Merida, and ought
asou OF its geographical position,
-,.. most prosperous city of Yucca
a..4 century ago the first cotton
.., country was erected here, and
5latactories tlourished in the
..Iau,t. Here the Bishop made his
.... u} some of the proudest Cas-
Id. los Of New Spain,' whose
......s may still be seen emblazoned
.......uts of tenautless casas. The
fli>ing OF the raza indigena,
.f which occurred almost 30
.. inflicted injuries from which
elt never recover. for besides
,cIief wrought in the way OF
ue md confagration, the In
-.-u terror behind, threatening
.s ,lsit, that the remaining cit
.l their homes and fled to
...s uear the Capital. The pop
w less than 10000, after half
5. comparative peace, and the
SD. ~. the very best in Yucatan,
Fit for 20 cents the acre.
-,a- referred to grew out OF
lggle for independence from
a, in Cuba at the present day
..I TWO sides to the question.
file argest land proprietors and
rl citizens" generally were OPP
~cpalation from the mother
.. lle the bulk of the population,
.l- h and irresponsible, the igno-
lis and lazy, those who owned
.ry and had nothing to lose
aut and cry for "libre,'' which
meant license. After independ-
yelieved, another agitation arose
ther Yucatan should become
Mexico or a separate Republic;
ucal feeling ran high between
es. pro and con. Both factions
from the raza indigena, placed
heir hands and filled their
ar .lomises. When quiet was at
~ored, all these offers of rich re-
forgotten and the Indians were
,sr to their homes empty handed.
empty handed, however, for
Ne. 1at their arms and the knowl-
- lad gained of so-called civiliz-
JJ-aN Of which they turned to
-Must the whites at the first
-0tv. In 1917, when al embryo
., ieween the Merida and Cam
.a Ic5engeful Indians saw their
GtA ire and sword they swept the
.4- If the peninsula, celebrating
aud village in their course,
l. jestroying Ealladolid, which
the zenith OF lis Golden Day,
.. I4ti0u OF 20. 600 or more. Re
he centuries OF wrong endul-
m fathers, they entered upon a
mination. Step 10y step they
Fcmselyes of more and more
uortheln, eastern and south
s 1f the peninsula, ravaging
dllaging, burning, murder
Hrhed Creoles, huddled to-
Naida, appealed to the United
Q. then to Spain, and at last
tae Republic OF which they
H, 90 become part. The lat
.. Just having concluded her
United states, sent troops
Of Nucatan, and gradually
...- were driven back into the in
alling on Mexico for aid,
her autonomy as an indie
bile, and soon afterward be-
the states of the Mexican fed
. .'sJ it was years before any sem
'. aeaee was patched up, and the
.,.. miles that are desolated and
towns in ruins bear witness
and persistence of the raza
still unconqnered, they hold all
H eastern portion of y ucatan, and
COWARD O1 10 years there have been
ais With their war paint on, in armed
a-ainst the government. Numer-
'T are not strong-probably less
asand all told; but what they
u u0mhers is made up in ferocity.
g." Atl Oh bIt SdIlt IdCc DIS INC
Al ItluHs we see about Merida-those
54 ewers Of wood and drawers of
ri pnu whom everybody imposes,
$50 estors probably built the mag
t4' euples which are scattered all
Dc 1ntry the yet unconquered tribe
aay'less descendants of the Caribs-
Ip0-rtul race of cannibal savages
once possessed the Mosquito coast,
spanish main and the southern islands
1f West Indies. The widest stories
Na of their atrocious cruelties and
sc'u rs hard to find as were the
i4', of Florida, and much more diff
Dbl .a deal with. If stranger pene-
'N fAeil country, it is said that they
aW IN pieces with their mechates,
'4- He job as long and interesting as
'e topping off the tiniest bits at Il