The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-10
.By MAJOR w. E. DOYLE.

K Hebrew. Chaldaic and little Arabic.
They carried quantity OF presents, but
when they came to the Cuban village
they found tho Hebrew, &c. Of noFavail,
and the letter of Ferdinand and Isabella.
which Columbus sent to the prince. was
brought back, as there was no prince and
no city. So they brought away a couple
OF natives to learn Spanish so that they
could communicate with the people III At
this point. In 1900, old Fort Conception
was built Of brick, and 1t still stands,
almost entirely in q forest, which has
invaded the settlements and grown over
the ruins Of the town. III Il; 81
Columbus wrote to the king regarding
the natives: "rhese people love their
neIghbors as themselves; their discourse
is over sweet and gentle and accompa-
MED by a smile. l swear to Your Atnjes-
ties there is not In the world a better ma :
ton or better land All! II he could
only see 1t now.
@ In February 1883 having just returned
from South America, was informed by
Colonel NJ. in his Office In New York,
that Il revolution was 5afoot In HaytI and
that the uttonists had X plenty OF
means. The colonel followed the business
OF furnishing arms and ma terinl to war
ring nations and factions. and also pro-
vdlng them with officers when needed.
He Informed mo that he had a cargo Of
arms. &C., ready TO leave, and that they
nted two officers to act as chiefs OF arr
tillery and engineers. He proposed that
/ should take one Of these places and
offered me the pay of a colonel of cav
airy In the United States army during
my service and $500 when the revolution
was n success and the Bazeais admins
tration In power
This was very enticlng, so i told him
that would sleep In 1t and let him know
next day, but In tho meantime camped
In the Aston Library and posted up IN
aHayti. | found that,the spaniards worked,
the aborigines OF Gulsquaya or Hayti
4 In the gold mines and In building cities
forts and roads until they extornlnated
them, and negroes have to be brought,
from Africa, rs shown, to take their
places. M t,
1t is said that Las Casaa made this
latter suggestion In order TO save the
Indians, butlthis Is doubtful the necessi-:
ties of the case requiring labor which.
could only be obtained In that way. So
In time HaytI came to have the largest
slave population Of any part of the!
world, when the wars of Napoleon CONF
menceda and Its production of sugar.
coffee, tobacco. fruits and dyewoods rem
Bdered 1t the richest of tho possessions
of France The slaves numbered over q
million in 1900, when the United States
had $4,000. At this time nearly all tho
men able for military service had been
swept to Europe TO feed the armies of
France, and the British feels of Nelson
and Codrington had swept tho French
fleets over the ocean, where they were
finally overwhelmed at Trafalgar, This
left the British emissarles chance TO
supply the Haytleng negroes with arms.
&s., from the $neighborlng Island Of Ia
maica, and urge them to revolt T being
their intention to destroy the colony.
And So the 5000 old Frenchmen and boys
were an easy prey to the hordss OF negroes
oltlcered by British. and In heig /. scheMe!!