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Title: America's war for humanity, related in story and picture, embracing a complete history of Cuba's struggle for liberty...
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: Ingalls, John James, 1833-1900
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Publisher: New York, Thompson
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arrange a compromise of the excessive tribute, he assembledfour hundred well-armed soldiers, seventy of whom were steel-clad horsemen.Anacaona, the sister of the late Caicque, came forth to meet him, accordingto the custom of her nation, attended by her most distinguished subjects anda train of damsels waving palm branches, and, after treating her gueststo amagnificent banquet, was invited to witness a tilting match by the cavalry HORRORS OF THE SPANISH OCCUPATION OF CUBA. 69 in the public square. When all were assembled and the square crowded withunarmed Indians, Ovanda gave a signal, and instantly the horsemen rushedinto the midst of the naked and defenseless throng, trampling them underfoot, cutting them down with their swords, transfixing them with their lances,and sparing neither age nor sex. Above eighty chieftains had been assem-bled in one of the principal houses. It was surrounded by troops, the chiefswere bound to the posts which supported the roof and put to cruel tortures.
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CREOLE HUT, INTERIOR OF CUBA. until agony made them admit the truth of all and any charges. When self-accusation had thus been extorted, a horrible punishment was inflicted on thespot. Fire was set to the house and the captives perished miserably inthe flames. The murder of a native at least ceased to occupy the attention of judgesbusied with more important affairs. The West Indian courts of justice hadto investigate land claims and tithe quarrels, and could not afford to wastetime on such trifles as the massacre of a Lucayan family whose protector had 70 AMERICAS WAR FOR HUMANITY. relented the impudence of a Spanish muleteer. Crippled slaves often werekilled to save the trouble of nursing them. When a consignment of mer-chandise was sent to the interior, says Las Casas, and one of the wretchedcucolader Indians broke down under the intolerable burden heaped upon him,his head was immediately chopped off and the burden heaped upon another. The rumor of such deviltries now and then induc

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