Chapter 5

Baracoa, the First Capital. -- West Indian Buccaneers. -- Military Despotism. -- A Perpetual State of Siege. -- A Patriotic Son of Cuba. -- Political Condition of the Island. -- Education of Cuban Youths. -- Attempts at Revolution. -- Fate of General Narciso Lopez. -- The Late Civil War and its Leader. -- Terrible Slaughter of Spanish Troops. -- Stronghold of the Insurgents. -- Guerrillas. -- Want of Self-Reliance. -- Spanish Art, Literature, and Conquest. -- What Spain was. -- What Spain is. -- Rise and Fall of an Empire. 88