The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-04-07
MANY YEARS OF
PEACE CAMAGUEY HAS
BEEN RUOELY SHAKEN
Cuban Town Springs Into Public
Notice Again as Result of Activ.
titles Of Rebels; Surrender to
Modernity Is Slow.
Special Correspondence 10 The Herald

nut tne diHturDance was OF snort
duration. The following bulletin II
the national geographic society, issued
fro mits headquarters IN Washington.
describes his old city which was
closely identified with early American
history:
Located about so miles inland from
Nuevitas hay. on tho northern coast
OF Cuba. with which II is connected b.
the Puerto Principe d Nuevitas limo.
Camaguey Is $40 miles from Havana
l97 miles from santiago. II j.
supposed TO be the place " fifty
houses n u thousand people en-
.countered by the messengers 81 CO.
lumbus when he dispatched them In
land To deliver official letters to the
IA Jah Of the country IN which he be-
lieved himself to be.
founded About 1914.
"Camaguey Il the aboriginal name
OF the village known to the early
Spanish explorers as the always,
faithful. very noble and very loyal
city " santa Maria de Puerto Prin-
cipe," che first site OF which was
pitched 5y Panfilo de N~arvarez. under
order Of the first governor Of cuba,
Velasquez. on Nuevitas BAY. possibly
where Baga now stands. This was
about 1914. \ few years after an In
land location was made, with the idea
Of escaping the raNages OF the pirates
who harried he Spanish Main and the
change In name from Puerto Principe
10 the original EamaRuey was made
"a few wears ~ This island move did
not deter Henry Morgan from seeking
the village in 1858, after landing at n
convenient point on the south side OF
Cuba. a description Of which proceed
ing Is To be found in me chronicles Of
that old pirate. John Esquemelng.
Most distinguished among CamaC-
uey's first residents was Nasno Por-
Gallo de Figueroa. who REINFORCED de
! Narvarcz. for his disastrous exploring
expedition to Florida. accompanied
! fernando de Seto on a similar eNpe-
! dition in 1889. and sent a relief eXpe-
| dition to Pizarro when the natives or
Peru revolted against that adventuret
tn i72s the city gave refuge To Dou
Juan del Hoyo Solorzano, governor OF
Santiago who found his chair too hot
for him. In lS00 the spanish Auden-
ella Of Santo Domingo removed ihither
where IL remained for rs years, dur
ing which time the streets Of Camae-
uey swaTmed with ~litigants and ever
man had his day in court.
Adfcrys TO It's Selection.
This old city's surrender to mod
ernity is sloS. OF all the painted cities
.ICamaguey Is the last TO surrender IT.
seclusion.' Glass window fronts are
appearing In the shops, but the Moor
ism houses remain. the medieval re-
IiRious professions wend their way
through speckless and sanitary streets
tho clane Of the trolley gong resounds
Through the town, but the walls still
~reverberate to the clatter OF hoois, FOR
liz IL a city 81 horsemen; n he old
fashioned volantes and gua-guas tpuh.
lie sa4ges1 give WI reluctantly 20 the
automoDile.
I Among the peculiar features of
Camaguey houses are the tinajones,
enormous earthcn Jars, some OF them.
over 100 years old. six feet both iu
height and diameter q capacity of 900
gallons. used 10 collect rain water IN
such Jars as these did MorsIaua fri'-
assoc the 'orty thieves with boiling oil
Following the first American inter
ventlon his method OF collecting
water provided employment ion am ln-
spector. who called one, e wcek and
pat live minnows into the Jars tu feed
on mosquito larvae. uut the recent ln-
lsiallstion OF a modern water supply i-
fast ~rel.Rating the tiuaion 20 serVio"
as a palm pot.
"Camagury was constructed but
shortly after tie spanish dominate.
OF the MonIs when art architecture.
and engineering were lcarnc boz ih'
| Arabic uniycrsitics of Toledo, Durdohi
Granada, o. Seyillt. Therefore th"
.its bears % truly Moorish aspect tine
huus.-frohts being Of uuituIm h,IrhtH
land type. with The same f'itI's-lih"
I doors aud 'loI~t-i-lIkr window NHi
with "a certain l~udiyituuIit. boz oru|-
I~urUitIuu Th'r. be- uu color scheme
lIu 'amsgucy-ihe town lS @ H'ii'r
oI color To an 1N1tt"r b. would Hp.
pear as n some giant hand bad s.Inn
bleed the .ulst spectrum Thu itut
and multl-uoluTcd parrots are silent 1
|ihrs pass thl- spot Each house f|auu"-
with the particular tint that most D
pcsls 90 it, owner Blues and F"Iln"s
! s~Blnou-piuk, crimson, Hei'I--i''n
roso-red, violet ans and uitit-niu
rinc sro an mixed m udescribahlo
confusion, while Iu the center stands
the old cathedral rtmboee and uiu'
its Moorish arches tiut'd green. l'.
venerable streplo OF wegth'rd uiul
'grocus. brown. and yellow aud u''f-
head tho bluc-t Of blue skies aud un-
ucrfput The pltriug white Of the
! streets. Camagucy knows 900 twilight
STREETS Nrc Crooked.
THE streets are the ~crookodc-t in
the world. planned with the intention
~ hewilderinE the buccaneers ono