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Three hundred years ago, and St. Augustine stood the solitary settlement of the white race north of the Gulf of Mexico in all that great expanse which now boasts of its thirty-four States, its three hundred cities, and its thirty millions of people.
Then the Province of Florida extended northward to the pole, and westward to the Pacific. At a later period, after the voyages of the French and English, its boundaries were limited to the shores of the Chesapeake and the Mississippi river, and were subsequently gradually contracted to their present limits, so that Florida once represented upon the maps all of the United States.
The life of St. Augustine runs parallel with that of Spain. For a long period Spain was at the head of European mon- archies ; its rulers held sway over more vast possessions than had ever belonged to any single crown since the days
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of the Cæsars ; wealth flowed into its coffers from the New World in boundless profusion, and corruption, venality and effeminacy followed in its train. The whole continent of America was claimed as its dominion. Its fleets anchored . upon every shore for conquest or exploration, and its ban- ners were unfurled by its generals, and the cross was planted by its priests, upon every headland. From all this grandeur and eminence the Spanish monarchy has been cast down. Driven from land to land, it has receded from the main land of America, and has exchanged its dominion over a conti- nent to the islands of the sea, which it holds with a preca- rious grasp, and it now remains in a dry old age a fourth- rate power where once it stood foremost. The first planted of all the cities of the United States, St. Augustine, now ranks among the least.
Ten years have been added to the longevity of the ancient city since the first publication of this work. Ten years do not make their mark upon the aged man as they do upon the youth launching forth into manhood, or as they do upon him who in the full measure of his matured strength is battling with life. On the nation at large, these ten years . have left almost ineffaceable scars and bruises ; ten years, the most important, the weightiest and the gravest of any since the throes of the great revolution which gave birth to the nation. This long sad period has left no mark upon its walls-grey and mouldy with the weight of years, and have scarcely added a tinge the more of age and sorrow-and yet the inner life of the old city has sustained a great shock. The system of servitude, which has now been swept away, was the sole dependence of many aged persons, of many poor widows and orphan children.
Servants in St. Agustine were treated with paternal kind- ness ; they had grown up in the family of the indulgent master, had been his play-mate in infancy, and rendered willing service. They had their holidays and their balls, and were ever found in the background at all festive gath- erings, enjoying, upon a privileged footing, the pleasures of the hour, looking on and commenting with pride upou the graceful movements in the dance of their young mis- tresses, and anon whirling each other around to the music, in the corridors, with the unrestrained exuberauce of their simple and unalloyed happiness. All this has passed away, their homes are broken up, the poor widow and the orphan children have been brought to want, the sound of music and dancing no longer resound in the old streets, the pri-
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vileged house-maid and man-servant no longer do their casy tasks with cheerful song and merry laugh.
The naval forces of the United States took possession of St. Augustine in 1862. Batteries had been mounted at the fort, and a small garrison of Confederate troops were in military occupation of the place, but too few in numbers to offer any resistance, and the city was surrendered by the civil authorities upon the demand of Captain Dupont. The 4th New Hampshire regiment first garrisoned the city. The old fort was brushed up and repaired, the earth-works strengthened, and barracks built on the platform. Occa- sionally reconnoitering parties of Confederates approached the town, and on one occasion a festive party of officers, who had gone out to Mr. Solanas, near Picolata, to attend a dance, were captured, with their music and ambulance, by Captain Dickinson, celebrated for many daring exploits. It was even believed that this daring partisan had ridden through the city at night in the guise of a Federal cavalry officer. On another occasion, the commanding officer of the garrison at St. Augustine was captured on the road from Jacksonville by a Confederate picket.
The inhabitants, isolated from all means of obtaining supplies from without the lines, were reduced to great .straits. The only condition upon which they were allowed to purchase, was the acceptance of an oath of loyalty. Sympathizing strongly with the South, they were placed in an unfortunate position, and many doubtless suffered greatly. At one period, those of the citizens who had rela- tives in the Confederate service were ordered to leave the city. Then ensued a scene which beggars description. Men, women and children were huddled on board a vessel, and, homeless and helpless, were carried along the coast. and disembarked, shelterless, on the banks of the Nassau river, to make their way to food and shelter as best they could-hardships which hardly seemed called for by any military necessity. Many of the young men of the city went into the Confederate service and served through the war with distinction, but many. fell victims on the battle- field, in the hospitals, or from exposure to the rigorous cli- mate of Virginia and Tennessee, to which they were unae- customed.
To these misfortunes succeeded to all, sales and forcible deprivation of property, under the most rigorous construc- tion of most rigorous laws-the unsettling of titles and the loss of mean have combined to lessen the ability of the
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people to do more than try to live, without much effort to improve their homes and the appearance of the city.
Some changes have taken place in the suburbs of the city. Macariz, the site of the old Indian town, belonging to the late Judge Douglas, with its beautiful groves of forest trees, has been utterly destroyed ; and a once pleasant cot- tage home, near the stockades, dear to the writer, cared for and embellished with many things pleasant to the eye, fra- grant with the ever blooming roses and honeysuckles, has, under the rude hand of war, been utterly destroyed, with its library, its furniture, and all its pleasant surroundings.
But while man's work has been to destroy, Nature has done much within these few years to restore one of its for- mer sources of prosperity, the cultivation of the orange, which, having been at one period almost utterly destroyed by the cold, and then by the coccus insect, is now fast re- gaining its pristine vigor and productiveness, aud promises in a few years to furnish to the city more permanent and abundant sources of prosperity than it has ever had.
. With the infusion of Northern energy and capital, much could be done to further the prosperity of the old city, by building up first-class hotels and boarding-houses for visitors during the winter, by rebuilding the Picolata railway, thus facilitating access to the city, and thus a means of support could be given to its inhabitants.
I am sure that no one will feel otherwise than that its old age shall be tranquil and serene, and that its name may ever be associated with pleasant memories.
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[From IRVING'S "CONQUEST OF FLORIDA," just published (Dec., 1868,) by PUTNAM & Sox, New York.] STORY OF JUAN ORTIZ.
Shortly after Pamphilo de Narvaez had left the village of Hirrihigua, on his disastrous march into the interior, a small vessel of his fleet, which was in quest of him, put into the bay of Espiritu Santo. Anchoring before the town, they
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saw a few Indians, who made signs for them to land, pointing to a letter in the end of a cleft reed, stuck in the ground. The Spaniards supposed, and probably with justice, that it was a letter of instruction left by Narvaez, giving informa- tion of his movements and destination. They made signs for the Indians to bring it to them. The latter, however, refused, but getting into acanoe came on board, where four of them offered to remain as hostages for such Spaniards as chose to
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go on shore for the letter. Upon this, four Spaniards stepped into the canoe and were swiftly conveyed to the shore. The moment they landed, a multitude of savages rushed out of the village and surrounded them, and, at the same time, the hostages on board plunged into the sea and swam to shore. The crew of the vessel, seeing the number of the enemy, and dreading some further mishap, made sail with all haste, abandoning their luckless comrades to their fate.
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The captives were conveyed with savage triumph into the village of Hirrihi- gua ; for the whole had been a stratagem of the cacique, to get some of the white · men into his power, upon whom he might wreak his vengeance. He placed his prisoners under a strong guard, until a day of religious festival. They were then stripped naked, led out into the public square of the village, and turned loose, one at a time, to be shot at with arrows. To prolong their misery and the enjoyment . of their tormentors, but one Indian was allowed to shoot at a time. In this way the first three were sacrificed, and the cacique took a vindictive pleasure in behold- ing them, running in their agony from corner to corner, vainly seeking an asylum in every nook, until after repeated wounds they were shot to death.
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Juan Ortiz, a youth, scarce eighteen years of age, of a noble family of Seville, was the fourth victim. As they were leading him forth, his extreme youth touched with compassion the hearts of the wife and daughters of the cacique, who interceded in his favor.
The cacique listened to their importunities, and granted for the present the life of Ortiz ;- but a wretched life did he lead. From morning until evening he was employed in bringing wood and water, and was allowed but little sleep and scanty food. Not a day passed that he was not beaten. On festivals he was an object of barbarous amusement to the cacique, who would oblige him to run, from sunrise to sunset, in the public square of the village, where his companions had met their untimely end; Indians being stationed with bows and arrows, to shoot him should · he halt one moment. When the day was spent, the unfortunate youth lay stretched on the hard floor of the hut, more dead than alive. At such times the wife and daughters of the cacique would come to him privately with food and clothing, and by their kind treatment his life was preserved.
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At length the cacique, determining to put an end to his victim's existence, ordered that he should be bound down upon a wooden frame, in the form of a huge gridiron, placed in the public square, over a bed of live coals, and roasted alive.
The cries and shrieks of the poor youth reached his female protectors, and their entreaties were once more successful with the cacique. They unbound Ortiz, dragged him from the fire, and took him to their dwelling, where they bathed him with the juice of herbs, and tended him with assiduous care. After many days he recovered from his wounds, though marked with many a scar.
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His employment was now to guard the cemetery of the village. This was in a lonely field in the bosom of a forest. The bodies of the dead were deposited in wooden boxes, covered with boards, without any fastening except a stone or a log of wood laid upon the top ; so that the bodies were often carried away by wild beasts.
In this cemetery was Ortiz stationed, with a bow and arrows, to watch day and night, and was told that should a single body be carried away, he would be burnt alive. He returned thanks to God for having freed him from the dreadful pre- sence of the cacique, hoping to lead a better life with the dead than he had done with the living.
While watching thus one long wearisome night, sleep overpowered him towards morning. He was awakened by the falling lid of one of the chests, and, running to it, found it empty. It had contained the body of an infant recently deceased, the child of an Indian of great note.
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Ortiz doubted not some animal had dragged it away, and immediately set out in pursuit. After wandering for some time, he heard, a short distance within the woods, a noise like that of a dog gnawing bones. Warily drawing near to the spot, he dimly perceived an animal among the bushes, and invoking succor from on high, let fly an arrow at it. The thick and tangled underwood prevented him from seeing the effect of his shot, but as the animal did not stir, he flattered him- self that it had been fatal; with this hope he waited until the day dawned, when he beheld his victim, a huge animal of the panther kind, lying dead, the arrow having passed through his entrails and cleft his heart.
Gathering together the mangled remains of the infant, and replacing them in the coffin, Ortiz dragged his victim in triumph to the village, with the arrow still in his body. The exploit gained him credit with the old hunters, and for some time softened even the ferocity of the cacique. The resentment of the latter, however, for the wrongs he had suffered from white men, was too bitter to be ap- peased. Some time after, his eldest daughter came to Ortiz, and warned him that her father had determined to sacrifice him at the next festival, which was just at hand, and that the influence of her mother, her sisters, and herself would no longer avail him. She wished him, therefore, to take refuge with a neighboring
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cacique named Mucozo, who loved her, and sought her in marriage, and who, for her sake, would befriend him. "This very night at midnight," said the kind- hearted maiden, " at the northren extremity of the village you will find a trusty friend who will guide you to a bridge, about two leagues hence ; on arriving there, you must send him back, that he may reach home before the morning dawn, to avoid suspicion-for well he knows that this bold act, in daring to assist you, may bring down destruction upon us both. Six leagues further on, you will come to the village of Mucozo-tell him that I have sent you, and expect him to be- friend you in your extremity-I know he will do it-go, and may your God pro- tect you !" Ortiz threw himself at the feet of his generous protectress, and
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poured out his acknowledgements for the kindness she had always shown him. The Indian guide was at the place appointed, and they left the village without alarming the warlike savages. When they came to the bridge, Ortiz sent back the guide, in obedience to the injunction of his mistress, and, continuing his flight, found himself, by break of day, on the banks of a small stream near the village of Mucozo.
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their village, presented him to Mucozo. The latter, a youthful chieftain, of a graceful form and handsome countenance, received Ortiz kindly for the sake of her who had sent him; but, on further acquaintance, became attached to him for his own merits, treating him with the affection of a brother.
. Hirrihigua soon heard where the fugitive had taken refuge, and demanded sev- eral times that he should be delivered up; Mucozo as often declined ; considering himself bound by the laws of honor and hospitality to protect him. Hirrihigua
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then employed as mediator another cacique, a brother-in-law of Mucozo, by the name of Urribarracuxi, who went in person to demand Ortiz. The generous Mucozo, however, refused to deliver up to a cruel enemy, the poor fugitive who
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had come recommended to his protection, and treated the very request as a stain upon his honor. The two caciques continued their importunities, but the high-
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minded savage remained faithful to his guest, though in maintaining inviolate the sacred rites of hospitality, he lost the friendship of his brother-in-law, and forfeited the hand of her he tenderly loved, the beautiful daughter of Hirrihigua.
At this juncture tidings reached Mucozo of the arrival of De Soto and his troops at the village of Hirrihigua, and that it was their intention to conquer the country. Alarmed at this intelligence. he addressed himself to Ortiz. "You all know," said he, " what I have done for you; that I have sheltered you when friendless, and have chosen rather to fall into disgrace with my relations and neighbors, than to deliver you into the hands of your enemies. This I did with- out thought or hope of reward, but the time has come when you can repay me for my friendship. Go to the chieftain of this army of white men-represent to him the asylum I have extended to you, and which, in like case, I would have afforded to any of your countrymen-entreat him, in return, not to lay waste my territory, and assure him that I and mine are ready to devote ourselves to his service.
Ortiz gladly departed on the mission, accompanied by fifty chosen warriors. It happened that about the same time Baltazar de Gallegos had been dispatched, as has been already mentioned, on his embassy to Mucozo.
As Ortiz and his Indian escort, therefore, were on their way to the village of Hirrihigua, they came in sight of Baltazar, and his band of lancers, glistening at a distance, in the midst of a verdant plain, skirted by a wood.
The Indians would have concealed themselves in the forest, until the Christians could be informed that they were friends ; but Ortiz slighted their advice, insist- ing that his countrymen would at once recognize him; not reflecting that in ap- pearance he was in nowise different from his savage companions, being like them almost naked, his body browned by exposure to the sun, his arms painted, a quiver at his back, a bow and arrow in his hand, and his head adorned with feathers.
No sooner did the Spaniards descry the savages, than they came down upon them at full gallop, heedless of the voice of their captain ; for they were newly raised soldiers, full of spirit, and eager for a brush with the natives.
The Indians fled terrified to the wood. One, however, was overtaken and slain. Juan Ortiz was assaulted by Alvaro Nieto, one of the stoutest and boldest troopers in the army. Ortiz parried the thrust of his lance with his bow, running at the same time, and leaping from side to side with great agility to avoid the horse, crying out lustily Xivilla, Xivilla-meaning Seville, Seville; and making the sign of the cross with his arm and bow, to signify that he was a Christian.
Alvaro Nieto hearing him cry out Xivilla, demanded of him whether he was Juan Ortiz. On his replying in the affirmative, he seized him by the arm, lifted him upon the croup of his saddle, and scoured away to present him to Baltazar de Gallegos. The captain received him with great joy, and ordered his troopers to be recalled, who were beating up the woods and hunting the poor Indians like so many deer.
Ortiz himself went into the forrest and called to the Indians, to come out and fear nothing. Many, however, fled back to their village, to acquaint Mucozo with what had happened. Others joined Ortiz in small parties, upbraiding him with his rashness, but when they found one of their people wounded, they were so exasperated, that they would have laid violent hands upon him had not the Span- iards been present.
They were at length pacified. The soldiers bound up the wounds of the Indian, and placed him upon a horse. The troopers, having taken up all the Indians behind them, galloped away for the encampment of the governor. Previously to setting off, however, Ortiz dispatched an Indian to Mucozo, with a true account of the late events, lest that cacique should be irritated by the alarming statement brought by the fugitives.
The night was already far advanced when Baltazar de Gallegos and his band reached the camp. When the governor heard the tramp of their horse, he feared
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some mischance had befallen them, as he had not looked for them before the expi- ration of three days. His apprehensions were soon turned to rejoicing. He praised Gallegos and his men for the skill and success of their expedition, and received Ortiz as his own son, sympathizing with his past sufferings, and present- ing him with a suit of clothes, arms, and a good horse. The Indians he treated with kindness, and ordered the wounded savage to be carefully attended. He then dispatched two of the natives to Mucozo, thanking him for his past kindness to Ortiz, accepting his proffers of friendship, and inviting him to the camp. Not an eye was closed this night, but one and all joined in the revelry which wel- comed the liberation of poor Ortiz.
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