The war with Spain; a complete history of the war of 1898 between the United States and Spain . scourge and the sword led to the same end. Revoltonly intensified cruelty. Death in the mines or inhu-manity worse than death in the fields, we are told, wasthe lot of the natives under the rule of Spain. In 1511, Don Diego Columbus, son of the discov-erer, determined to take possession of Cuba, Hispaniolahaving become nearly exhausted of laborers within lessthan twenty years. No opposition was made to theinvasion except by a chief named Hatuey, a fugitivewho had lived under the amenities of Spanish
The war with Spain; a complete history of the war of 1898 between the United States and Spain . scourge and the sword led to the same end. Revoltonly intensified cruelty. Death in the mines or inhu-manity worse than death in the fields, we are told, wasthe lot of the natives under the rule of Spain. In 1511, Don Diego Columbus, son of the discov-erer, determined to take possession of Cuba, Hispaniolahaving become nearly exhausted of laborers within lessthan twenty years. No opposition was made to theinvasion except by a chief named Hatuey, a fugitivewho had lived under the amenities of Spanish rule inHispaniola. His opposition was useless, and he wassoon in the hands of the invaders, who, instead oftreating him as an honorable captive, condemned himto be burned alive as a fugitive slave. While the fagotswere being heaped around him, a Franciscan friar stoodby the pile and, cross in hand, besought him to acceptChristianity, in order that the flames which consumedhis body might waft his soul to realms of endless bliss. Are there any Spaniards in those happy realms?asked the 28
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