Pine Bluff daily graphic

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They are all bust* places, but most of

them have no harbor and even in the

event of a coalition between England

ami the United States there are more

is the case with all the harbors of the

island—are rapidly Ailing up with silt

and are dangerous to heavy vessels.

Porto Kieo, like every other large

island in the group, except Cuba and

Hayti, has bowed to the rule of Brit

tania. St. John’s was sacked by Drake

in 1595 and held three years later by

the duke of Cumberland. Once since

the Dutch, and the English twice, sent

unsuccessful expeditions against the

capital.

important British jjossrssions in the

Lesser Antilles of which our ships

would make use. They are, notably,

St. Lucia and Barbadoes. Pigeon

islands, at the northern extremity of

the former, is nn important military

port and will soon be the strongest

fortification in the Indies. It is a good

coaling station. The capital, Castries,

on the western coast, is a fine town of

40,000 people, mostly French. St. Lucia

has changed hands several times since

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Pine Bluff daily graphic. (1898). Pine Bluff, Ark., 1898-04-10. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn89051168/1898-04-10/ed-1/?sp=15

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Pine Bluff daily graphic, 1898-04-10.