Pioneering in Cuba

CHAPTER XVII.

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THE COLONY AT THE END OF THE FIRST YEAR.

The Saw Mill--The Pole Tramway to the Bay--A Tragedy in the Colony--Death of Mr. Bosworth--The Summer Season--The Country Around La Gloria--The Cuban Colonization Company--Guanaja--The Rural Guard--Organizations in La Gloria--The March of Improvements--Construction of Wooden Buildings--Colonists Delighted With Their New Home in the Tropics 212

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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James M. Adams Frontispiece.

Map of Cuba 16

City of Nuevitas, Cuba 20

Gen. Paul Van der Voort 26

An Involuntary Bath 42

Port La Gloria 46

Author on Road to La Gloria 48

Col. Thomas H. Maginniss 52

"The Hotel" 64

The Spring 68

Robert C. Beausejour 82

La Gloria, Cuba, Looking North 88

First House in La Gloria 97

Frank J. O'Reilly 110

First Women Colonists of La Gloria. 122

Dr. William P. Peirce 126

Gen. Van der Voort's Cuban House 134

La Gloria, Cuba, Looking South 150

Group of Colonists 158

The Survey Corps 168

Interior Gen. Van der Voort's House 182

Agramonte Plaza, Puerto Principe, Cuba 200

Dr. Peirce's Pineapple Patch 208

Scene on Laguna Grande 214