item: #1 of 9 id: 10439 author: Herrman, Karl Stephen title: From Yauco to Las Marias A recent campaign in Puerto Rico by the Independent Regular Brigade under the command of Brig. General Schwan date: None words: 16828 flesch: 64 summary: CHAPTER X The End of the Campaign Arrival of the mail-steamer--The soldier-boy and his letters--The greater part of the brigade is quartered in Mayaguez--Agriculture in Puerto Rico--Material result of our campaign--A farewell order--General Schwan departs for the United States. A Public Celebration of the New Flag's Advent, under the Auspices of the Local School-teachers and their Pupils The Plaza of San German on Market-day Lower Quarter of Mayaguez A Mid-section of the Calle Mendez-Vigo, Mayaguez Positions occupied by Spanish Soldiers in the Skirmish at Hormigueros Railroad from Mayaguez to Aguadilla The Theatre, Mayaguez Custom-house at Mayaguez occupied by General Schwan as Brigade Headquarters Road from Mayaguez to Añasco Lower End of the Calle de Mendez-Vigo, Mayaguez Guenar Bridge, Mayaguez Upper End of the Calle Mendez-Vigo, Mayaguez The Town of Sabana Grande Witch River, near Cabo Rojo American Camp at Mayaguez Plaza Mercado, Mayaguez Mouth of the Mayaguez River A Bit of Yauco Wooden Dock at Mayaguez. keywords: advance; artillery; brigade; captain; cavalry; chapter; command; day; eleventh; enemy; general; guard; illustration; infantry; lieutenant; march; mayaguez; men; miles; puerto; rico; road; schwan; spanish; time; town; troops cache: 10439.txt plain text: 10439.txt item: #2 of 9 id: 12272 author: Van Middeldyk, R. A. (Rudolph Adams) title: The History of Puerto Rico From the Spanish Discovery to the American Occupation date: None words: 76266 flesch: 61 summary: In 1509, gold pesos 8,975 1510, 2,645 1511, 10,000 1512, 3,043 1513, 27,291 1514, 18,000 1515, 17,000 1516, 11,490 1517-18, 38,497 1519, 10,000 1520, 35,733 In 1521, 10,000 1522, 7,979 1523-29, 40,000 1530, 12,440 1531, 6,500 1532, 9,000 1533, 4,000 1534, 8,500 1535, 1,848 1536, 10,000 ______ Total, 15 share 277,941 The entire output for this period was 1,389,705 gold pesos, or $4,169,115 Spanish coin of to-day, as the total produce in gold and pearls of the island of San Juan de Puerto Rico during the first twenty-seven years of its occupation by the Spaniards. FOOTNOTES: Those to whom the Admiral grants permission to bring Indians (from other islands) and who used to pay the fifth of their value (to the royal treasurer) shall be allowed to bring them free. keywords: admiral; antilles; bishop; boriquén; capital; captain; caribs; century; chapter; city; coast; columbus; commerce; condition; country; crown; day; de puerto; death; emperor; english; española; expedition; fleet; following; footnote; fort; free; french; general; german; gold; good; government; governor; history; houses; indians; inhabitants; island; island san; juan de; king; library; men; natives; negroes; new; night; number; officers; order; people; period; pesos; place; ponce; population; port; public; puerto rico; royal; san; san juan; sea; second; settlement; ships; slaves; spain; spaniards; spanish; sugar; time; war; way; west; years cache: 12272.txt plain text: 12272.txt item: #3 of 9 id: 12409 author: Halstead, Murat title: The Story of the Philippines Natural Riches, Industrial Resources, Statistics of Productions, Commerce and Population; The Laws, Habits, Customs, Scenery and Conditions of the Cuba of the East Indies and the Thousand Islands of the Archipelagoes of India and Hawaii, With Episodes of Their Early History; The Eldorado of the Orient; Personal Character Sketches of and Interviews with Admiral Dewey, General Merritt, General Aguinaldo and the Archbishop of Manila; History and Romance, Tragedies and Traditions of our Pacific Possessions; Events of the War in the West with Spain, and the Conquest of Cuba and Porto Rico date: None words: 182716 flesch: 63 summary: In the above-mentioned renunciation or cession are comprised those rights of the crown of Spain and of its authorities over the archives and official registers, as well administrative as judicial, of said islands which refer to them and to the rights and properties of their inhabitants. They differ little from other Spanish-Americans, being fond of ease, courteous, and hospitable, and, as in other Spanish countries, the common people are illiterate, public education having been grievously neglected. keywords: = =; account; admiral; aguinaldo; american; arms; army; article; attack; august; battle; bay; capital; captain; case; cavite; chapter; chief; china; city; civil; coal; coast; command; commander; commanding; congress; cook; country; course; cuba; day; days; degrees; department; dewey; duty; earth; east; enemy; feet; filipinos; fire; following; force; form; general; general aguinaldo; gold; good; government; governor; great; guns; half; harbor; havana; head; high; history; home; hongkong; houses; infantry; inhabitants; insurgents; islands; juan; july; june; justice; left; lieutenant; life; line; long; luzon; major; making; manila; manila bay; merritt; miles; military; mountains; nation; natives; navy; near; new; north; number; officers; official; order; otis; pacific; peace; people; philippines; point; population; porto; position; possession; power; present; president; priests; property; province; public; rico; right; river; road; san; santiago; sea; senor; service; ships; shore; soldiers; south; spain; spaniards; spanish; states; time; town; treaty; troops; united states; vessels; war; washington; water; way; west; white; words; work; world; yards; years cache: 12409.txt plain text: 12409.txt item: #4 of 9 id: 30987 author: Hall, A. D. (Arthur D.) title: Porto Rico: Its History, Products and Possibilities date: None words: 41190 flesch: 67 summary: 2. That Porto Rico and other Spanish islands in the West Indies, and an island in the Ladrones, to be selected by the United States, shall be ceded to the latter. That Cuba, Porto Rico and other Spanish islands in the West Indies shall be immediately evacuated, and that commissioners, to be appointed within ten days, shall, within thirty days from the signing of the protocol, meet at Havana and San Juan respectively, to arrange and execute the details of the evacuation. keywords: american; army; city; coast; colonies; country; cuba; day; english; fact; fire; flag; general; good; government; great; guns; island; juan; life; man; miles; money; natives; new; number; people; place; ponce; population; porto ricans; porto rico; question; san; ships; sir; spain; spaniards; spanish; time; town; trade; united states; war; water; way; west; women; world; years cache: 30987.txt plain text: 30987.txt item: #5 of 9 id: 33650 author: Banks, Nathan title: New West Indian Spiders Bulletin of the AMNH, Vol. XXXIII, Art. XLI, pp. 639-642 date: None words: 2999 flesch: 86 summary: PART V.--A Skeleton of Diplodocus. PART VII.--Fossil Mammals of the Tertiary of Northeastern Colorado. keywords: dark; figures; pll; price; text; vol cache: 33650.txt plain text: 33650.txt item: #6 of 9 id: 33898 author: Miller, Lewis title: The Haunted Sentry Box of Porto Rico date: None words: 1752 flesch: 74 summary: An instance of this was young Pedro Delvarez, a soldier, who had enlisted in the army when he was but seventeen. As I have said, his face was free from the scrutinizing eye of old Juan Cordo, for, coming in late, he had quietly seated himself behind the story-teller without attracting his attention. keywords: box; man; sentry cache: 33898.txt plain text: 33898.txt item: #7 of 9 id: 42985 author: Fleagle, Fred K. title: Social Problems in Porto Rico date: None words: 36930 flesch: 60 summary: The absence of such a collection of data was a handicap to the author in his work in rural sociology in the University of Porto Rico, and this book represents, in a somewhat abbreviated form, the material covered. It is to be understood that the facts and data presented here are not to be taken as a criticism of Porto Rico or of the Porto Ricans. keywords: = =; = |; average; cases; cent; children; class; community; conditions; country; day; education; family; farms; houses; increase; island; jíbaro; laborers; life; number; people; population; porto rico; poverty; present; school; situation; social; states; teacher; time; total; work; years; | | cache: 42985.txt plain text: 42985.txt item: #8 of 9 id: 45995 author: Wade, Mary Hazelton Blanchard title: Our Little Porto Rican Cousin date: None words: 15515 flesch: 89 summary: But we must go back to Manuel and Dolores, who are quickly surrounded by a group of little children. His wife and Teresa do not go, as it is not considered proper; but it is thought to be all right for Manuel and Dolores, as it is the fashion of this country for boys and little girls to go. keywords: children; day; dolores; father; great; home; house; land; manuel; mother; people; porto; rico; time; trees; water; way cache: 45995.txt plain text: 45995.txt item: #9 of 9 id: 9995 author: George, Marian Minnie title: Little Journey to Puerto Rico For Intermediate and Upper Grades date: None words: 20567 flesch: 84 summary: Now the best way to reach Puerto Rico is not, as many people think, from Cuba. Mollusks are useful in many other ways than as food. keywords: children; city; class; coffee; country; day; fruit; good; home; illustration; island; juan; market; new; palm; people; pictures; place; ponce; puerto; puerto rico; pupils; rico; san; school; sugar; time; town; trees; water; way cache: 9995.txt plain text: 9995.txt