



Hi. I -!*'.. at Uuaiilanaim m 



rfain* in T 



in wait t it ti% 



wl thr 



tUn pf j 



-.n linn as a just man ami a 



proposition was to find employ. 



..- tiuil.liittf of nnfU and 



reestbem; Imt r 



're edura- -itaitilanl. much 



-|nish people, ami with ' 



.- rt.-M an. I the consrt 



i and Uonex.- 



aiii-t t \raiiny and oppression U|MH (he 1 

 Maceo and Gomel than t! 



f Canlnm- by I... j. 



' laU.r an* I am- 

 r plant. If the people w..i. 

 thnr liu-m. thr Irailm w.Il kn.-w that 



a rer- 



e the general plan of winning a people's 

 dependence without thr actual f us was 



i<> Maceo was kn" 

 ave flghtrr. with th. , a,.-, : >m at 



.M irive rise 

 the belief that the m-urr. 



: hal imiurr*! him t.. 

 . him thr coinnianil of thr 



n>\- 



!, aail-<l frn ai)<l hit Itnra- 



.ttarkr.l I 



atfiun. jui'l (in t<> | Inc.-. ln.l 



cavi* till only M. . 



.. original 28 were 1* 

 flu. I thrir wav t.. the leaders, who were already 



i Iwui-i- in tin- inniiiitaiiis of - 



rti ami (! 



M ith 5 r.-MiJ'.-r 



i^u in tut lutn.lrra, Itabi. and otner cleterniineii to 



(follir/ Wn 

 ti> n i|l then' 



Marti. 



aft. -t iii chirf w.-!l on hi war. 



M-a ill "T'li-t to , inl-ark f 



I State* and there c^ntinur h-- work an rero- 

 . Imt hr ]...; L> hfr iii a kirmih 

 at t> (tomex, n ' 



nation. rii that iiioim-nt n 



me. I wa without 

 ' n>|>-i, an<( without arm- 

 ; niiit-i! t- ; 



ane hi*d 



'mi.-. I that "thr ; < 'amaglMT 



wanttxl no war." ami to thi* rt! .-I formed 



a junta with thr t him ami 



:N|,n of th 



ntf him to n -inUirk. . \rn otTeffiaf 



break thr m.-n. 

 th.-ir man-h. on tt 



acreeil t the in!MirrH>tion in tin* eaet, 



Ite taken 



fn.in thrir - ^ m> tn> 



tinuv :tnt. " tlin^ Uy< latrr a traitor 



pVHenttMl him- I infonneil him 



TOL. XXXVII.- 



..f my ituation. and again my e*nort insisted in 

 own officer in enmrnami 



anaaji n ): .?-. . 



amaguey.' Krm more iad|a> 



i.ai.t a^iaraaml them en* 



, r.-. . a.:x .:. i maanar -. i . . 

 illiisaiil. for he was of a riolent 



: thai I 

 You are had Cuba 



< . . 1 1 . . 



:<b"U Wa 



he way y 



le world can say with reason that you are 



on the souk of thow men. and they agreed 

 -t without two or three of 

 ii the night of that same 

 day." 



net oonfeased that in spite of hit eonfldence 



. i ,, - -V. <, -. ... 



ui-.ii hmrin- that (Jrn. Campus ha<l -urged that 

 t Stopped at all hazanU." f. - 

 agney. Spain might consider bar rauss 



uew to tJ 



-.- saved, for if Gen. Cam- 

 it. 1 Mi.-h iin|-.r!ai ',j-.n Gomel's entrance 

 int.. r a resjwm favorable 



: ut ton. on .1 u n.-:, thr I omSnican leader 

 ami hi* M, mil f titales crossed the Jobabo 



ami later rable Cisnerm, Lope 



Redo, Dr. Agramonte. and other instigators of the 



!:.<. ! . ' . 



Whilr (tomez with MI. h indomitable courage was 



Minifiintini: thr .liill-ulties before him. the Naceos, 



Habi. liaiulcrn. Tamayo. and others, mostly colored. 



men and ambushing the Spanish 



- in the east. Their ambushes were mostly 



successful, and each encounter renewed their hopes. 



On Ju v gave battle to the columns under 



oommsml Lies and Campos resnactivelv. 



..n th.-ir way to lUyamo. (ten. Santoctldes was 



kill. 1. leaving Oaelpoi to take command of the 



pon 



amlp- Rayamo. Thk 



as a victory by the inmrgents, 

 to . arrx the inimrrectioa farther 

 1 they concentrated in the estate 

 Mala .M. ami there formed the 



arm\ of mva- uio Maofo chief in 



command and J,i Min> chief of staff. This form 

 was mostly negroes, and, according to Miro*s r*- 

 l-.rt. consisted of 1.700 men. On Nov. 8 they took 

 up thnr march westward to enter Camagoey. and 

 general in chief. Maximo Gome*. 

 I oinini.-an. in his account, says that from the 

 hat he joined the men who were to 

 -tonal government, there began a 



I >hn obtained by force of i 



the r 



i in ( amagney by white Cuban* from the 



-urrewfully attacked the 



SpanianU at Altairrarta. amlHishel a Spaniah guer- 

 nlla. ami .md San Geromroo. 



ure.1 hr men who 



hjul been Mich .iiHi 



him from the ea-t. ami wnt them back to their 

 homes. Prom hi* new reoniits be selected a hun- 

 \n*\ men diapo- w him when-v.-r he might 



. and. naminjr them a- his escort, be crossed 

 into the province of Sancti Sptritus. 



