Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-11-05
Old Jamaica Ginger.
British Island Famed for Its Rum Puneen, Rene.
dy-Port Royal Headquarters of the Old soa-Robbors-
when Piracy Was in Fashion-sap Jaso Dc La Wea

| Spanish Town. the original seat OF
government, established b. the Span
iards suon after the conquest. IL was
the fashion thon-cume down from the
days OF Thucy dldes ana continued
10 the end VI the last century
90 build all Important towns on
obituaries, az distance from the sea,
lgr grgitef security agalnia pirates.
Ihe 1vnie river running down from
spanish Town, converted the plain
through IS flows into swamp. Tho
swamp u covered with maugr1v0
thickets, and the mnngrOvos frInginr
the Circuit u the salt lagoon are an-
erusted with oysters. What a crowd %
historic associations haunt this piaca'
Before the hrHt hut was bullt DO Kings.
ton. PORT Royal was the rendezvous Tor
40 the Englsh ships which sailed Oh.
Spanish main for spoil 0t commerce.
Here. lu LAGER ilmCH. lWhulo ueats Wcrn
gathered. 30 take In stores. or 90 rent
when shattered by engagements: and
here the Jolly buccaneers sold their
plumber and squandcrei their ili-r1ttun
glln In gambling and riot Here prizes
we're brought f0r adlud|clfiln, ana ufI-
rates a. be tried and hanged. Here Ncl-
SON and Gordon and CulllngWuld nrd
Morgan nnd Drake an figured 'u thH.f
I time. Somehow such rnilckIur rut
no % do mol sem Ike ordinary mur-
drrsrs when their romintic adventure
aud deeds n blood and luai are seen
through the glamour % two hundred
Nci COSY ~ ~ interesting 60 recall hos
Morgan became dignined and vIttulua
"sir Henry" a pillar or church anl
state. knighiHd by the crown flf tlH
services he had rendered 20 clvlliza.
ton.
A. ,he sacklng Of Panama. you re-
member. he gdt away with 10 mule.
ID. d..
golden Key which could not fall 10 uu-
look Tor him The dolfH NJ resptcitbllIty
Having turned hlH bach upon HE boon
companions. this red.handri pirate Do.
cHWn most popular governor N Ju'
mnlcl lni Vigorous prosecutor N
petty thieves his prototype is not al
together unknown today 10 vhr.Dm
walks % HE.
since the day Of H. discovery. mi.
rref.heret lagoon has been considered
one Of the safest naval ports LOO Ca
world. ana The narrow fhui-rpIt 10 iu
entrance The key 'n the if What.
ever power Possessed Oh Wnii'
| controlled me hirh1r ami HHH capital
" tho island -'fHn Inr1 Do 10 N.rl'
r the u'1 days rHchrlHionri King
| Town after the great earthquake ir
ifs' Thus. flr many years Port Rnyn
was tho principal tpwn iu lHmnlr1
| n not in aii tho West Indies when ihl
srluinf1s were driven from che Island
| thnN iHff % hind q great many Slaves
| who sought shelter In ih' mountain
. ana dfnrd the auth0r'Ilss Thas.
b bandits much mixed with splnlai
I blood Nsrn nearly sNinrrenAiUd Hrnn m
| ter the English occupation; hui late'
the remnant grew O. hp powerful and
| greatly disturbed . colony.
They were "The M1r1lnH." celebrated
'r song ana story. ana The history o
their desperate struggles f1r freedom
rsad Ike Il romaucet
To-day their descendants hre n Hrpar
ate pnpu's. and rtlli enjoy thH pr.NIIerH
granted 90 their flrefathcra In c1urller
alton ~ their services no aupprcfsIHg no
UPRISING M tho blacks Il would hI
hard Co md 10 more interesting pe1pl'
than the JHmal0i1ns - this generation
Tn blacks. which swarm Port liDyn
and KIugatpn. arr like no o,hFr ncFroe
under che sun. yet have ~ strain Cd
the old spanish mixture lt IN the In
diane. The African blood, imported
when slave labor was one of the bless
lnrs which white civilization thrua
uu the h.tthan. feiFnH SIN % l1W iron
in unc0nthm.natrd spring. hut 70 7
funny to n1fc how the blacklist black
that ever were born have become rcEu
{ lsr rockuoys ln words. air and accent
exrallug even the EnEllshmcn them
solves in the brDidnrhf % thcl
"Cawnta" aud the frequency N thel
illusions % "h0oiy 'rads" ~ ceiera
The "nflWnH," aa they are called. ar
Yet another distinctive class, VIII
claim 20 be The unadulterltri descend
ants u tho real native jamalr1ua-th
brave and ynfllke ArfnWlc kH. VIII
ruled the happy Land Of Spring" be
fore ever white man yha heard "
Today the Richest man nn the island ]
T a Brown" However thore Do now W.
he class distinction In Jnmnlca-ih
/ English being Hlnrularly free from rae
urpiudice. except ln the matter n
Jews land maybe M Americana; AM
blacks. whites, browns nni maroon
! meet and minrle o. one hlnpv family
FANNiE BRIGHAM WARD.