. The storied West Indies . speaking the Spanish language. 11 passed out ofSpanish hands in 1V1 >r>, for ;i time reverted to Spainagain in L861, I>i11 by a revolt in L863 regained itskt independence, and since L865 the governmenl hasmasqueraded ;is a republic. Under President UlisesI Eeureaux, who w;is assassinated in duly, L899, thepeople endured oppression for years; but ill hisl- roseiii revolt ;ind placed in power an able executive inthe person of General Juan [sidro Jimenez. Santo Domingo to-day furnishes ;i striking illus-tratioii of what despotism and misrule may accom-plish in
. The storied West Indies . speaking the Spanish language. 11 passed out ofSpanish hands in 1V1 >r>, for ;i time reverted to Spainagain in L861, I>i11 by a revolt in L863 regained itskt independence, and since L865 the governmenl hasmasqueraded ;is a republic. Under President UlisesI Eeureaux, who w;is assassinated in duly, L899, thepeople endured oppression for years; but ill hisl- roseiii revolt ;ind placed in power an able executive inthe person of General Juan [sidro Jimenez. Santo Domingo to-day furnishes ;i striking illus-tratioii of what despotism and misrule may accom-plish in ;i hind infinitely rich in natural resources;for there are still mountain regions which human MORU ABOUT SANTO DOMINGO 139 foot has never trod, save that of the Indian or fugi-tive negro; mines unworked since they were officiallyclosed in 1543, though declared rich a century ago;and vast areas of forest and cultivable lands, onlyawaiting the coming of a stable government and civili-zation for their profitable U CHAPTER XII BUCCANEERS AND TREASURE SEEKERS One night in June, about the middle of theseventeenth century, a great three-decker galleon wasplowing through the Windward Passage betweenCuba and Haiti. Spain at that time traded with hercolonies across the Atlantic by means of a flota, orlicet, of galleons, each one of three or four decks,and carrying fifty guns, sailing from Seville. Thisparticular galleon flew the tia( of the Spanish viceadmiral, and was then on her way home from theIsfhmns of Panama, laden with a vast store of goldand pearls from the west coast of South out of the darkness issued the hail of Boatahoy! and, looking over the towering bulwarks ofhis ship, the captain of the galleon saw an insignifi-cant pinnace, which he could hardly discern in thegloom. kt Get out the crane, he shouted to his nnder-officer, and bring the rascals on deck, boat and all,where we can deal with them if they are enemies,and treat with them at our l
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