The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1901-01-11
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A correspondent OF Forest and
Stream, writing from Cuba, tells this
incident Of the famous paradonea Pass.
In the Cubitas Mountains: We dlscov-
cred the pAss without much diflcnlty.
and spent the remainder Of the after
noon In riding through IL snt gazing
upon It's beauty and grandeur. Il Ia .
rift doubtless volcantc) IN the sold
marble Of which the mountains ap-
pear TO be composed. II 10 . mile or
moro In length and Of . width just sut-
hcient for q wagon road. With . mar.
gin Of 4 few yards on Zach side De
yond this margin rlse the sheer walls
OF marble TO q height which ! will not
attempt to state. - We bed no
OF measuring. but II was . long way 70
the top. The margin On eseh side u
the trail grew thick With tropical vess-
%tRtioa. and ewes Ia .any places along
the vertical reeks trees he'd sscceedsd
In attaching themselves to creyicca.
and while putting stem and branches
upward like ordinary trees. . also
put vertical branches downward to-
ward the ground. ] suppose these vers
OF the nature of roots. bat they looked
Just like ropes. and taking II all round
the walls were In great part obscur~d
from vegetation. This greatly tn
HANGED the beauty Of the scene and
We all gazed with delight upon 4 sight
the like OF which We have never sen
before. Twenty-Five years ago or the-e'
abouts. In the Ten Years War. . Span
ish column OF troops IA surprised IN
this pass by Cuban insurgents. who
lined the edges OF the cliffs and hurled
down stones upon them after the prsc-
tice OF the Moors and Spanlsh 10 for
mer days. Ms related by Irving. There
appears 10 be no authentic account OF
the number killed. hut II may hsvs
been considerable. We Intercepted
our guide about II on the following
day. He was an aged Cub7n ~ unusual
spirit and intelligence. n master Of ~
machotc and q thorough woodsman
lie told us that the tradition OF tina
massacre OF the Spanish was in'e'
true: that he himself was ons Of tho
Cubans who had thrown the s,one-,
and that many Spanish were killed. Al
this was extremely interesting to US.
we had always heard Of this massacre
and here we were at last Oh thu very
ground and talking with n OF thu
men who did II. We pr~rsed him for
facts. particularly Is 10 numbers silled
lie replied In the Spanish way. 90
many. many" ! anksd him 10 hc
thought q hundred. He eaid probably
more. and We let the matter droS To-
the time being. The guide bore tho
usual appearance OF poverty and do.
titution. but on the strength & h.
employment as guide. which W.
doubtless %upusual. he had indulgei In
a bottle OF Jamaica rum. which h
pressed on us with great liberality
and OF which he partook himself COIL
ously. After one OF two tumblers o
the scorchinr beverage had lee
turned down HE aged laront he 70
came more communicative. and I risk 3
him again about the number OF Span
iards killed: be now replied that II
was over 200. Later. about b time
the rum was entirely consumed. hi
was again asked, and he said "mor,
than 300" Finally. on return Il
camp, when w settled with him for his
services, we were 40 pleased with hin
for he had really given no a mos
interesting day-that We rave him
dollar more than his price and invited
him to dinner with US. This seemet
to have completely warmed the cookie
OF his heart. and he showed his appre
citation OF our attention In the onl!
way possible 10 him. viz. by increasing
the number OF Spanish killed in tn
Paradones Pass. for n Of the pack
ers asking him about this time ~ Il
the number. he replied with grea
gusto, More than q thousand"
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bishops. II was a rainy day;
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~ re are familiar during this dis
.,ng summer. and one OF IOr
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10 -as startirx out for hi
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