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wished to see a priest protesting of his faith in the precepts 

 of the Catholic rehgion. He said to his guardian : — 



/ am resigned to death, my political career is ended. 



On the 1 2th, he was taken out of the prison and con- 

 ducted to the place of execution, assisted by a priest. When 

 in thesquare of the troops, he made the following discourse : — 



/ am a Roman Catholic. The war that I have made 

 upon Honduras, at the instigation of another, was unjust , 

 7ny followers are not to blame. I ask pardon of the people, 

 and I hope that my death will benefit society. 



After this, he was shot, and so ended the career of this 

 extraordinary man. His body was buried by direction of two 

 American citizens inhabiting Truxillo. Little was said of him 

 after his death, and some papers hinted that the American 

 Government was glad to be rid of him. 



His body was claimed by two of his faithful officers and 

 taken back to his native country (Tennessee), where he was 

 buried in a family vault. Several friends accompanied his 

 remains w^ith the honours due to his rank as General and ex- 

 President of Nicaragua. 



The same may be said of Walker as of Raousset Boulbon, 

 that very little prevented him from being a hero ; but he was 

 more fortunate than Raousset, having enjoyed for a time all 

 the glory and honours attached to power. 



It is time now to say a few words about the English 

 doings in that part of the w^orld. 



Shortly after the conquest of Jamaica by the expedition 

 sent by Cromwell in 1656, the King of Mosquito asked for the 

 protectorate of Charles II., King of England. The Governor 

 of Jamaica, acting for his Sovereign, accepted, promising the 

 Royal protection. The Mosquitos kept faithful to this agree- 

 ment, and each time that England was at war with Spain, they 

 acted as allies, and fought with valour and success against the 

 common enemy. 



But this nation, if it can be called by that name, was only 

 composed of a few tribes of Caribs, mixed with whites and 

 blacks. 



These tribes occupied the lagoons of Blue fields, nothing 

 more, and it was only an act of justice when the English gave 

 back that territory to the Republic of Nicaragua ; but up to 

 that time they were in possession of Blue-fields and all the 

 adjoining territories, and in 1780, the celebrated Nelson was 

 sent to Nicaragua to take possession of San Juan del Norte^ 

 but nothing came of it. 



