Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-04-28

iron barred without and barricade'
within. for the population tof whicl
our shipmate Antonio was "A striking
specimen consists of about thirt!
thousand olive-skinned Spaniards an'
double that number of slaves and FREE
mulattoes all loose. reckless, fiery ant
npt to use their knives on trivial Oc
casions.
There was not a ship lying there
for England or any other craft by
which Weston could have sent mt
home. A Spanish packet wa'
on the eve OF departing for CadiZ. bu
being wearied by the monotony of my
long voyage, | was scarcely in mOOc
for the sea again. and wished TO spend
little more time on shore instead OF
leaving with her
However | wrote to my family by
fhe Spanish mail. aeQuainting them oil
my safety, with the strange incident
which had so suddenly torn me from
them, and adding that | would return
oy the first ship bound for any part OF
England; If possible. with the Eu-
freighted for London.
After the packet sailed with my let
Ter in her capacious bags, l expert
eDced an emotion of greater happiness
and contentment than had ever done
since leaving home. for the sorrow
which knew all there must have suf-
Tered, and would still be suffering,
hung heavily on my heart.
AS we were returning to the brig.
which had now been warped alongside
the mole, when passing through the
street which contains the great hospi-
IA, We heard the sound of trumpets.
and saw the glittering of lances with
long Streamers above the heads of a
dense crowd Of people OF all shades of
eolor-black. yellow and brown-and
We had to dOff our hats with due re-
spect as they passed. for in the midst,
surrounded by staff of officers. epau-
setted and aiguletted, their breasts
sparkling with medals and crosses. and
zach OF them riding with cooked hat
0n3eT his left arm. came the present
Captain General of Cuba. a marshal OF
The Spanish army. Don Francisco Ser
rano de Dominguez, attended by an
skeorf OF mulatto lancers, all mounted
on Spanish horses.
He was a hne-looking man, and al
enough aged, had all the bearing of
what he was, or, should say, is
q grandee of old CASTLE.
On returning to the Eugene we
found Antonio the Cuban working
among the crew as Justify and as ac-
lively as any man on board. Weston
DOW offered him remuneration for the
time that he had been with us, with
n hint that he might find berth else
where; but our castaway evinced the
greatest reluctance to leave the brig,
and begged that he might be permit
ted to remain on board, as three OF
our best hands had been sent ashore,
sick, 10 the hospital.
So shOrtsighted is man that Cap
tain Weston. despite the dislike of the
crew and the advice of Marc Hislop,
ordered that the name of Antonio be
entered on the ships books DIS fore
mast man.
Three weeks after our arrival the
brig was careened to starbOard, when
clear of all the cargo, and had her
copper seraped and cleaned. an CD
Grafton which the constant rains of the
season greatly retarded.
There was much in Cuba to feed
an imaginative mind. and mine was
full of the voyages, the daring adven-
lures and the vast discoveries of Co.
lnmbus, with the exploits of the buc-
cancers. whose haunts were amid these
vtld and, in those days. savage
shores.
l thought OF the gaily plumed and
oarbarOusly armed caciQues whom Co
lumbus had met in their fleet pirogues
or had encountered in the dense for
ssts which clothe the Cuban noun
ta!ns-forests. old, perhaps. as the
days of the deluge-of the yellow
skinned women with their long. flow
;ng black hair and with plates of pol
ished gold hanging i'm their ears and
noses; OF the fierce warriors streaked
Will SdDic wal paint ana armed with
cane arrows shod with teeth or moi
Soned fish bones. that fell harmless,
from the Spanish coats OF mail: OF the
wild Caribs, who devOured their pris
pners-with whom a battle was but =
precursor Of feast: and OF the ia
NOUS fighting wOmen-the terribl,
Amazons of Guadalupe.
I thought OF the story of Columbu:
writing the narrative OF his wonderful
discoveries, his periis and adventures
~n roll of pRchment, which h,
wrapped in oilcloth covered over will
YAK. Enclosed IN = little cask, and theI
cast into the sea, with a prayer, ant
ths hope that If he and his crew per
ished this record of their achieve
ments might be east by the ocean OF
the shore Of some Christian land
AS sat by the sounding sea tina
rolled into the bay OF Matanzas, wha
wonld I not have given TO have seeI
ahs waves cast that old cask, eovere
with weeds and barnacles, at m
seet'
Bat now the Flooding steam tug an
the, rusty merchant trader ploughe
The waters of the bay instead of tn