The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-17

almost entirely on this frsta dnring The
past few snoa.hs.
During the ride from Guarasa 10 the
camp % the provisional government hun
dreds Of families were passed On their
way from Ngeyitas and Puerto Principe
70 Cuba Lsh-e-:o TIE woods and neids-
there TO get their living as best they
coatt. The Spaa:s.1 commanders Of both
cities had said 10 them: I'VE can no
longer feed oar soldiers. GO into the coun-
Try; there you can find a. least beef and
manages. which are more than We have.
Back to the Country.
TIE pacineos were glad enough TO 90.
even though they could and no better shes-
ter than a palm hut. Some OF them were
pIod6ing along bare-footed and without
hats Others. members OF once wealthy
families. had piled their few possessions
into OK carts, and the head OF the family
;rudged along beside the cracking We
hicis in which The women and the chill
drer rode In he rude camps along the
road were young ladies' who had been
bellies In Puerto Principe. clad in rags
which were only he'd together by soma
miracle OF feminine skill. Some Of them
had the remains OF old felt hats tied about
their ankles for shoes, and drew taeir feet
in under them with ridiculous haste when
they saw US looking al them
The cubaaz who are now in the country
districts are not likely 10 starve 10 death.
They can find some kinds Of fruit grow
ing wild at most any season. and there
- SILL meat to be had. All beef cows
were long ago killed and eaten. bat there
are <tlIl some tough Old oxen that have
survived the war and are capable Of sus-
tainiug nfe Vegetables. plantains and
sweet potatoes are 10 be found only in
places which. like the cubitas country.
have suffered but little from the eacroach-
ments OF either friends or foes.
Living on Tough Beef.
After crossing the Cubstas mountains
the diet consisted exclusively OF meat.
Only az intervals were sweet potatoes or
yucca to be had. For five days there was
nothing 20 eat but beef. and such beef
the task OF chewing II made cur Jaws
ache. There was beef for breakfast and
beef for dinner Uhere is no supper in
Cuba). until tho very sight OF cattle by
the roadside made us turn away in dis
gust. Even in the camp Of the provisional
government. which had Jus, we'd from
It's headquarters at Sebastobal. there was
no relief from this steady diet OF ''carno
solo Two or three slices OF yucca APP
pearad al a meal 10 be shared perhaps
by party OF ten. First in order on the
bin of fare at Secretary of State Moreno
de Ia Forces table came beef soup: next
was served beef p.cadillo tmincemeat fried
in beef faO; then came beefsteak, after
which came a dish Of jayaco 1boiied beef
with a few struggling pieces OF yucca
floating In the gravy. At the conclusion.
the information was politely impaired that
there was for dessert more of any kind
of beef any one might wish. On the occa-
sion of our last visit to President Maso
he sen, nine leagues (twenty-seyen mi.as)
10 secure two quarts Of red beans. in order
TO give US a feast on our departure for
the states.
II is only fair 10 say that the president
and ALI the members OF his cabinet have
ahjured such luxuries for themselves.
What they have TO eat Is the diet of the
poorest private. and the insurgents one
and all seem TO be used 10 ii.
strength Of Insurgents.
There has been much m.sinformatio as