"They lived mostly in cabins made of
palms or in wooden houses. Some of them
had houses of stone, the blackened walls of
which are all that remain to show the country
was ever inhabited.
SlO WHAT 8ENAT0B PBOOTOB SAW.
" The first clause of Weyler's order reads as
follows:

" ' First. AU inhabitants of the country or
outside of the line of fortifications of the
towns shall, within the period of eight days,
concentrate themselves in the towns occupied
by the troops. Any individual who, after
the expiration of this period, is found in the
uninhabited parts will be considered a rebel
and tried as such.'

" The other three sections forbid the trans-
portation of provisions from one town to
another without the permission of the military
authority ; direct the owners of cattle to bring
them into the towns ; prescribe that the eight
days shall be counted from the publication of
the proclamation in the head town of the
municipal district ; and state that, if news is
furnished of the enemy which can be made
use of, it will serve as a ' recommendation.'

" Many, doubtless, did not learn of this order.
Others failed to grasp its terrible meaning.
Its execution was left largely to the guerrillas
to drive in all that had not obeyed, and I was
informed that in many cases the torch was
applied to their homes with no notice, and the
inmates fled with such clothing as they might



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have on, their stock and other belongings
being appropriated by the guerrillas. When
they reached the towns they were allowed to
build huts of palm leaves in the suburbs and
vacant places within the trochas, and left to
live, if they could.
