_North Weare, N. H., December, 1900._] CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. THE ARRIVAL OF THE COLONISTS IN NUEVITAS HARBOR. PAGE A New Sight for Old Nuevitas--The _Yarmouth_ drops Anchor in the Harbor--The Vanguard of the First American Colony Planted in Cuba--The Beautiful Cuban Coast--Picturesque Appearance of Nuevitas--"Distance Lends Enchantment to the View"--Character of the Colonists--Gen. Paul Van der Voort--Nearly all the States Represented--"The Only Canuck on Board"--The Voyage from New York 17 CHAPTER II. THE JOURNEY TO PORT LA GLORIA An Irritating Delay--Ashore at Nuevitas--Midnight Row at the Pier--Convivial Colonists Clash With Cubans--Ex-Soldier Takes an Involuntary Bath--The Cuban Police--Hon. Peter E. Park--The Start for La Gloria--Some Intending Colonists Back Out--The Man With the Long, Red Face--The Only Woman--The Fleet Anchors--"To-morrow, Four O'clock, Wind Right, Go!"--An Uncomfortable Night--Cuban Captain Falls Overboard--Port La Gloria Sighted 32 CHAPTER III. A TOUGH TRAMP TO LA GLORIA CITY. Arrival at the Port--A Discouraging Scene--Mud, Water, and Sand Flies--The Memorable Walk to La Gloria "City"--An Awful Road--Battle With Water, Mud, Stumps, Roots, Logs, Briers and Branches--Lawyer Park Leads the Strange Procession--La Gloria at Last--The Royal Palm--Women in Masculine Garb--Col. Thos. H. Maginniss--First Night in La Gloria--The Survey Corps--Chief Engineer Kelly--Experiences of the Lowells and Spikers 44 CHAPTER IV. FIRST DAYS IN THE NEW COLONY. Isolation of La Gloria--The Camp at Night--Strange Sounds in the Forest--The Colonists Happy--Their Excellent Health--Remarkable Cures Effected by the Climate--The Agreeable Temperature--Prolonged Rainy Season--The "Hotel"--The Log Foundation--A Favorite Joke--The Company's Spring--Small Variety of Food--My First Supper in La Gloria--Eating Flamingo and Aged Goat--A Commissary With Nothing to Sell--A Fluctuating Population 59 CHAPTER V. THE ALLOTMENT OF THE LAND. The Character of the Contracts--The Question of Subdivision--Some of the Difficulties--Matter Placed in the Hands of a Committee of the Colonists--Fair and Feasible Plan Adopted--Gen. Van der Voort's Arrival in La Gloria--His Boat Nearly Wrecked--Delay in Getting Baggage--Colonists Get Their Land Promptly--The Town as Laid Out--Site Well Chosen--Woods Full of Colonists Hunting for Their Plantations--Different Kinds of Soil 73 CHAPTER VI. THE SUGAR RIOT.