Springfield weekly Republican

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all this will be changed. The fierce and blood- I

thirsty Haytian, who still maintains his Obi wor

ship in the recesses of the mountains, has no af

finity with the gentle, loving and trusting Dom- I

iniean. But this is a digression. 1 avail myself

of it to say that the dweller on the plain is pre-

cisely like"the native of the city, and that we must

not judge the population of these islands by the J

unprincipled and venal crowd of strangers, who

frequent their larger towns.

After breakfast Dr Howe took his siesta on the

only bedstead in the village, which was a cross

legged cot, while our Dominican friends feasted j

on the remains of our corned beef and sardines.

Poor fellows! they don’t live at all. They only i

stay, and they stay on plantain, cassava and the

like, with an egg or two and a chicken on great

occasions. The good-natured Mr Blackwell left

us to go back to the capital, and at 3; p. m. we

started for Los Liauos. But sunset overtook us

on the prairie,|and we had to ride for a squatter’s

but some way from the trail. He was a polite

Ethiopian, who cordially nave us all he had,

tire, water and shelter. The hut was di>ided by

thin partitions of slabs into three sections, ihe

middle one was the hall, from which the front

and back doors opened. Its only convenience

was a narrow bench of slabs along the right

hand partition; behind this was the family’bed

room. where the squatter was wont to stow him

self, his wife and tour children, the latter, sleep

ing in a frame of slabs adjoining the partition.

On the left was room No 3, where dwelt the in

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Springfield weekly Republican. (1871). Springfield, Mass., 1871-03-24. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83020847/1871-03-24/ed-1/?sp=3

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Springfield weekly Republican, 1871-03-24.