: Pioneering in Cuba A Narrative of the Settlement of La Gloria the First American Colony in Cuba and the Early Experiences of the Pioneers by Adams James Meade - Americans Cuba

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THE ARRIVAL OF THE COLONISTS IN NUEVITAS HARBOR.

THE JOURNEY TO PORT LA GLORIA

An Irritating Delay--Ashore at Nuevitas--Midnight Row at the Pier--Convivial Colonists Clash With Cubans--Ex-Soldier Takes an Involuntary Bath--The Cuban Police--Hon. Peter E. Park--The Start for La Gloria--Some Intending Colonists Back Out--The Man With the Long, Red Face--The Only Woman--The Fleet Anchors--"To-morrow, Four O'clock, Wind Right, Go!"--An Uncomfortable Night--Cuban Captain Falls Overboard--Port La Gloria Sighted 32

A TOUGH TRAMP TO LA GLORIA CITY.

Arrival at the Port--A Discouraging Scene--Mud, Water, and Sand Flies--The Memorable Walk to La Gloria "City"--An Awful Road--Battle With Water, Mud, Stumps, Roots, Logs, Briers and Branches--Lawyer Park Leads the Strange Procession--La Gloria at Last--The Royal Palm--Women in Masculine Garb--Col. Thos. H. Maginniss--First Night in La Gloria--The Survey Corps--Chief Engineer Kelly--Experiences of the Lowells and Spikers 44

FIRST DAYS IN THE NEW COLONY.

Isolation of La Gloria--The Camp at Night--Strange Sounds in the Forest--The Colonists Happy--Their Excellent Health--Remarkable Cures Effected by the Climate--The Agreeable Temperature--Prolonged Rainy Season--The "Hotel"--The Log Foundation--A Favorite Joke--The Company's Spring--Small Variety of Food--My First Supper in La Gloria--Eating Flamingo and Aged Goat--A Commissary With Nothing to Sell--A Fluctuating Population 59

THE ALLOTMENT OF THE LAND.

The Character of the Contracts--The Question of Subdivision--Some of the Difficulties--Matter Placed in the Hands of a Committee of the Colonists--Fair and Feasible Plan Adopted--Gen. Van der Voort's Arrival in La Gloria--His Boat Nearly Wrecked--Delay in Getting Baggage--Colonists Get Their Land Promptly--The Town as Laid Out--Site Well Chosen--Woods Full of Colonists Hunting for Their Plantations--Different Kinds of Soil 73

THE SUGAR RIOT.

ADVENTURES AND MISADVENTURES.

The Women in the Camp--Mrs. Moller--Her Costume and Extraordinary Adventures--How She Entered La Gloria--Roosts in a Tree all Night--Builds the First House in La Gloria--Her Famous Cow and Calf--Wonderful Bloomers--Ubiquitous Mrs. Horn--Weighed 250, but Waded Into La Gloria--Not "Rattled" by a Brook Running Through Her Tent--A Pig Hunt and Its Results--Surveyors Lost in the Woods 94

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