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FOREST A X D STREAM 
July, 1920 
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fluence at Fort Capron, he was capsized 
and drowned in Indian river. 
It will be remembered that the happy 
and contented condition of the Seminoles, 
as just described, was forty years ago. 
Since that time the great influx of set- 
tlers, tourists and winter residents at 
Miami has resulted in a great change, 
and a change for the worse, in the wel- 
fare of the Indians. They have been in- 
fluenced and demoralized by the evils of 
advanced civilization without being bene- 
fitted by its blessings. These children 
of Nature, in their sub-tropical Eden 
have, like Adam after his disobedience, 
discovered their nakedness, and have 
donned the cheap hand-me-down unmen- 
tionables and other cheap clothing like 
their red brethren of the far west. But 
their morals have suffered most. 
I T was an easy paddle down the river 
with the current to the bay where the 
Rambler was anchored, and the fol- 
lowing day we sailed for Miami, entering 
through Narres channel into Biscayne 
! Bay. We made a short stay at Miami, 
and sailed directly for Key West, taking 
with us the Mayor of that city who hap- 
pened to be in Miami. 
The name Key West is a misnomer and 
has no significance as to its geographical 
position, inasmuch as there are a num- 
ber of keys still farther west. The name 
is a corruption of its Spanish name 
Cayo Huesa, which means Bone Key, and 
its pronunciation is similar. Key West 
at the time of our visit was at the height 
of its prosperity. Its principal resources 
were the manufacture of cigars from 
Cuban tobacco, sponging, fishing, turt- 
ling and wrecking. It had a cosmopoli- 
tan population of Bahamans, Spanish, 
Cubans and a few sailors from the Uni- 
ted States and other countries. There 
were three classes of negroes, from the 
Bahamas, Cuba and the states. The 
Bahaman negroes were the most intelli- 
gent and industrious. 
I One Sunday evening, accompanied by 
the Mayor, I attended divine service at 
the Bahaman Negro Episcopal Church, 
when I was most agreeably surprised as 
1 well as pleased. It was an intoned and 
choral service, and highly ritualistic. 
The sermon was strong, simple and dig- 
nified. I have seldom attended a service 
more beautiful, or one conducted with 
more reverence and veneration, even in 
some of our boasted superior white con- 
gregations. The amusements of the 
town were a roller skating rink for white 
lads and lasses and a dance hall where 
men and women of all ages, condition and 
nationality foregathered to chase the rosy 
hours with flying feet from dark till 
dawn. Nowhere else could he found such 
a motley assemblage. Faces of all colors 
from chalky-white to yellow, ecru, tan 
and brown to jet black were in evidence. 
But everything was conducted, if not 
with the utmost decorum, at least with 
the most consummate good humor, hilar- 
ity and jollity. * And though beer, wine 
