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OUR WHEELS REVOLVE—THE NATIVES OF THE ISLAND EXTINCT—THE WRONGS THEY HAVE 
SUFFERED—THE ISLAND ONCE A PARADISE—SAN DOMINGO, HER MOUNTAINS—CUBA— 
A SHOWER BATH GRATIS—“ SAIL HO !”—CAYCUS ISLAND AND PASSAGE—TURTLE FOR 
DINNER—A SERMON—GALLANT CONDUCT OF OUR STEAMER—WE SHIP A SEA—A SPAN¬ 
ISH VESSEL IN DISTRESS—OUR TILLER CHAINS GIVE WAY—A KNIFE AND FORK IN 
SEARCH OF MINCE PIES—GULF STREAM—WATER-SPOUTS—“ LIGHT SHIP ’’—SANDY 
HOOK—ANXIETY—SIGHT OF NEW YORK—FEELINGS AND CONDITION OF THE PASSENGERS 
—A SAD FATE—AGROUND—A NEW PILOT—AGAIN UNDER WEIGH—NEAR THE DOCK— 
A DEATH—MAN OVERBOARD—MAKE FAST—AT HOME—ONE WORD TO THOSE ABOUT TO 
EMBARK. 
Jan. 30th. We finish taking in provisions, coal, and water, and 
at 1 p.m., let go our 1 hawser, our wheels revolve, and we are 
again under weigh, heading out to sea. We take a hearty dinner 
while yet in the bay, but there is a tremendous sea outside, and 
many will be obliged to pay tribute to Neptune. This is a delight¬ 
ful island, but it is changed from the paradise Columbus found 
it. Of the once happy, but now grossly abused natives, I saw 
but two, and am told they are almost extinct. What a sad 
commentar}^ upon the law that “ might makes right.” What 
tenure could have been more perfect than that by which the na¬ 
tive held this island. It was bequeathed to their forefathers by 
the Creator, and transmitted from father to son; but a stranger 
visited them, and they mistook him for a messenger from the 
Great Spirit, a visitor from the clouds. They worshipped the 
stranger, invited him to their groves and pleasure grounds, and 
gave him bread and wine. But alas ! they have embraced the 
viper. The stranger taking advantage of the confidence they, 
in their simplicity, reposed, smites them with a ruthless hand, 
and hunts them down like wild beasts, until the last son, goaded 
to desperation, severs the cord of life and goes to meet the spirit 
of his fathers on the great “ hunting ground.” The nation sinks 
into oblivion, while that of their ruthless invader is emblazoned 
