Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-07-16

teeth Of q harrow. and the nearer sandy
slopes. covered with ChHup1ral-ub
which our soldiers stormcd. under q
broillnr nun. % few wrakr irtpr-the
same which our brave boys climbed
that fltcful morning many 1f them 90
their death. singing the si1r suaurlri
Hammer In the face OF fearful odds. To
mn Americans, these bilud-baptlzrl
siopps VIII hcnccfutth D.. sncrsi f1I.
Then tho Fhorewari vision Be- bounded
hy intcrmlnahlo gray cliffs. surrounded
bv screaming fcnhifda and beaten bv
the rostlosH Caribbean backed 10y Mills
that might be- the Blue Ridges of Penn
syivnnla. 10 they were only o. little
higher ana were there more OF Thorn.
'rhoir gentle slopes urU llthed iu the
same blue haze. ana their nat tops,
with white clouds floating over, look
ilke TItian ruuuh-h1Wla Gtudu. OBJ
Tho hills taper down until lost Boo the
sandy mainland; an Indication that
the eastern tip % the island 10 nearly
reached ana Cape Mulsl may soon be
rirhtfd Rounding the island boo this
direction YOU arv almost certain Go enc
counter bniHtcruus pillows t1tt cause
the most hardened aoA.EuCrs Co cast
their bread upon the waters hanging
In linn bundles over iho rail.and when
a crowd OF passengers. decidedly mixed
Ia 10 color and previous condition are
I'M doing the same thIng with more or
teas vehrmencU. mulcr nrayiug ana cate
ie brii1glng IN symplthy owen h.a-
t1ric interest N The region Tor Che moe
nent falls 60 charm. Just h'yuud Do
the island of Haltl. separated rom GU.
bn bv the swift ana narrow channel
MARKED on the map a. the "WiulNufd
p1sr,rr." n was nt Point Muisi yuu
remember, that the word West indies,
Ms drat applied. When Columbus
sighted IL. he believed 20 Co. Dr. the gx-
tremc caateru end " Asia-tha border
land ~ the Grand Khan. whom Marco
Polo had 40 graphically described.
lIoncc h. named the cape. NOW kuuwn
M Malsi, alpha aud Omcgu ana go-
ing ashore dispatched uu embassy tn
Inc imlginnry putcntlte, with F.fis aud
,oucUiatory mrFHuger. A. We know
there was no Grand Kahn at AN. nor
any city ~ mighty proportions such lH
that colossal llar. Polo. had described,
Ina columbus found some Indians 10
Mnlal differing from amy h. had strn
before They had p1lm-lcaf huta, butt
In pyramidnl shape, and when irst seen
were smoking tobacco plant VITA
which the spuniarla were unfamiliar
Says the historian, Las C1faH, IN his
nlfativo called "i3l prImorl Nlair Dc
Colon" CTho FIRST voyage ut CulumnuHl
lilo behrld several uf the natives Fn-
Ink about with flrohrhnd1 IN
their hands and certain dried herbs.
which they rolled up In q leaf and
lighting one end. put The other In their
mouths. and continued yXnlInE ANA
pufiur out the smoke. 4 roll ~ this
ilnd they called 'tabac.' name since
transferred 90 the plant NJ which the
rolls were made" Another historian
saws that tho aboriginal method was Co
lnhnle smoke through two cane stalks,
fnfkod and hollow. Inserting the tnfkri
ends into the nnHtfilH and applying the
other end ~ the cHnp Co the burning
leaves and Doc adds. 1T lH q very cvli
and pcfnici1uH habit producing lnscnai-
hlllty." Near Malsi are some very *
teurlve and curious CnvCrnH. which
must have boon much froquDntrl By
these old-tImv smokers, Tor pcttlncd
craniu and many strange relies are
found In their rocCFa.H.
soon after rounding the cape you
come On HarucuF. a tiny town on a 90.
lie hnthnr, whose entrance ~ extreme
la narrow ANA difficult ~ access. when
once inside tho lnnd-lnckod bay, Whose
TRANQUIL water mirrors the blurat rklHs
and grufncHt hills nud ptleat palms im-
nrlnahlc. you no longer wonder NJ thr
Flowing report which Columbus gave
~ ID g. bis sovereign. Having named 90
Puerto Slute. he wrote this quaint
description. which o. as true today uh
thont "Thc nmonliy OF the rivers
through which thO sand at the bottom
may be- H,Hns the multltuir ~ palm
trees of various forms. the highest and
most beautiful I have mot with. ana az
lunnlty of the great and green trees: