Geography of Hayti. 37 
At the time of the murder of the court of the Queen 
Anacoana, many Indians took refuge here. They named it 
Guanabo or Guanavaux, which has been corrupted to Gonave. 
The eastern point of this Island is 18° 42' 80" North latitude, 
and 72° 53' 11" West longitude ; the western point, 18° 52' 
40" latitude, and 78° 24' 11" longitude. 
La Tortue, [ Tortuga ,] situated at a short distance from the 
Northern coast, opposite Port de Paix, is 22 miles long and 
18,000 feet in average breadth. Its superficies is of 11,734 
carreaux, (3 acres make a carreau.) This is the spot where 
the Buccaneers first settled in 1630 ; and in 1694, it was 
abandoned for the establishments which had been made on the 
main land. This Island also abounds in very fine timber; here 
is found a kind of red crab, highly prized by amateurs, who do 
not appear to dread its effects, although the manehineel tree is 
known to grow at La Tortue. The centre of this Island is in 
latitudg 20° 4'. 
La Sadne. This Island, situated to the windward of Santo 
Domingo, quite near the Bay of Higuey, is about 19 miles 
long from East to West, and 5 broad from North to South, and 
nearly 62 miles in circumference. It is very fertile; the In¬ 
dians called it Adamanoy. A cacique lived here, who was 
sovereign of the Island, and independent of those who reigned 
in Hayti. The Spaniards had this cacique devoured by a dog; 
this atrocious act brought on a war between them and the In¬ 
dians, in which the latter were all sacrificed. After the perpe¬ 
tration of these cruelties, sugarcane was grown there by the 
Africans, whom the Spaniards had introduced; but from a 
remote period, it has not been inhabited. 
St. Catharine. This Island, so called after the name of its 
proprietor, (a lady,) is situated to the leeward of the Saone, 
opposite the River Ltomana. Its extent is small, but it is 
covered with abundance of game; it was formerly cultivated. 
La Beate is situated at a distance of about 18,000 feet to 
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