The Republican journal., 1902-06-12

volume. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce,
Buffalo, \. Y.
of islands has felt his influence The
Jealous missionary was ably assisted by
his brother an English baronet: and
between the two Of them, one can
not now visit any island in the archipel-
agos without encounterng dark-Skin-
ned people who boast Extensively of
My uncle, Sir William Snagg"
From st. Vincent to Bequia is but a
short row of a summer morning. the
islands lying almost within hailing dis
lance of each other This northern
most and largest of the Grenadines is
only about six miles long by a mile wide:
edged with gray cliffs and covered
with dense woods. and with a range of
hills, thousand feet high. running
across the middle. Like the other is
lands of the group. it is we'll stocked by
nature with wild doves, plover and
ducks in their season. besides a multi
tude of song birds while the rocky
shores are the haunts of millions of
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''''" e'i'e'i"iis III peg "l"-o"'' strange
- say. III no otliei lSIdlluS' not even III
nearby st. Nincent-there is a singular
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~ 10 '' eo''Al 'O'' '0I III Il 'I''''I'ioH COLI
H9V'e" VIII tht '"I'lINllN ol the aooH-
Tl""4 Pool'Ie ana 0"7 SlUel treatment
''' a. ''i' '''''i''N VI '''e le''e'''
According 10 Iile Story IAe niue crta-
cure was 'ihe any otAet oiaeholra anu
sang '!N', N'le resi- vi Tvs AIil'i ,iillII near
''.e iili'''''e 81 '''e 0t'fIlleellIl century,
"''e'' 'I"'iSi'liiie" -! Pl'H loI the ''i-
loI'"il"'e '''A4''' ne remnant Oh
l"ISe ana Pedeel u 'IIoe mao oeth driven
0"' VI ''ieI' own "ieli"o" ana llllpIls-
o'ie'' vi 'lie ''1e il'''e l9l"iio Oh bat
III e""A' "l'leli - ~" ana uls ana mao
hot " Tree 10 Sh"oe Vhelh from the ouIn-
ing sun "ltlNl 1ull slght OF their
place OF captivity was beq'lla SIX umes
DIS i"lse, WIN iiisii INNS ana oehse loF-
esVs anu niue il'ulelS oallclhs down
VAIN " 'ile sea' VI coulSe the nome
SICK Indians lon9ed unutterably for its
cool shades ana breezy hills. hllt
VAN. Inc heartless conquerors had de-
stroyed their canoes as we'll as their
homes, and left them weaponless and
helpless. Without even implements
for fishing and hunting, or material for
constructing a slight shelter the poor
CARDS lay starving and gasping under
the tropical sun, dying by dozens: until
suddenly the blackbirds, into which
perhaps the souls of the dead were
reincarnated, began to sing "Bequia
Sweet, ''Bequia Sweet, Sweet" and
have kept it up ever since.
The present inhabitants of the Gren-
adines, degenerate descendants of the
once numerous CARDS. mixed with the
blood of al. nations. African predomi-
nating-displav a love for even the
barest and tiniest of their islands
which outsiders cannot comprehend.
In regard to their conquest. lin 1850,
by the French-Father du Teatre. one
of the missionaries who took part in it.
relates monstrous mixture of knayery
and religious fanaticism. Ii seems that
Du Parquet, the governor of Martinico.
although the greater portion of his own
island was still uncultivated. cast covet
Gus eyes upon beautiful Grenada.
Finally he set out to acquire it by
force, at the head of two hundred
hardy rutfians, to whom-with the beau