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Marriage and Bereavement of Velasquez--Other Settlements Founded in Cuba--Santiago Made the First Capital--System of Government--Apportionment of the Natives to the Settlers--Appropriation of the Land--Evils of the Repartimiento System--The Statesmanship of Velasquez--Enslavement of the Natives--Famous Men in Cuba's Early History--Gold Mines and Fertile Plantations--Beginning of the Mission of Las Casas--Death of King Ferdinand and Accession of Charles I--Cardinal Ximenes--The Order of St. Jerome--The Fate of the Natives.