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The Record of Desolation and Despair: Rodriguez

December. 1 Gibara One who smelt as a rebel 1 D 18 Dec. 4 Las Tunas. Three rebels 3 D 31 Dec. 6 Momones. Juan Meneses 1 D 10 Dec. 7 Las Lomas. N. Rodriguez 1 D 10 Dec. 9 Los Cristales. Emilio Moreno and another 2 D 14 Dec. 11 Holguin. Gen. Jose M. Aurrecoechea and his chief-of-staff, Facundo Cable 2 D 22 Dec. 17 Pto. Principe. Lope Recio Agramonte 1 D 1 Jan. 17 California. One armed rebel 1 D 15 Jan. 18 Remedios. Two rebels 2 D 23 Dec. 17 Pto. Principe. Cap. Francisco Betancourt, Emilio Estrada, Carlos Torres, Jose Molina, Francisco Benavides, Manuel Montojo and Caballero, Javier B. Varona, Martin Loynaz y Miranda 8 D 1 Jan. 20 Holguin. Manuel Zuniga, Evaristo Torres, Francisco Llaurador, Miguel Peralta, Antonio Olivo, Antolin Varela, Santiago Miranda, Antonio del Toro 8 D 27 Dec. 21 Cienfuegos. Jose Cayetano Santos 1 D 22 Dec. 30 El Mamon. One rebel 1 D 3 Jan. 15 to 30 Camaguey. Eleven shot in different excursions 11 D 15 Jan. 31 Trinidad. A negro man 1 D 4 Jan. 31 Trinidad. Nicolas Fernandez 1 D 5 Jan. 31 Guanaja. Seven prisoners captured with the wife of President Cespedes 7 D 14 Jan. -- Colon. Antonio de Armas 1 D 15 Jan. -- Canoa. Segundo Bejerano and Antonio Aviles 2 D 20 Jan. 1871 January. 1 Santiago. Jose Catasus, Tomas Stable and Mr. Marcetti 3 D 7 June 1 Vergel. Two negro rebels 2 D 4 Jan. 1 Cieguito. Two rebels 2 D 10 Jan. 1 Guisa. Four rebels 4 D 4 Jan. 7 Santiago. Augusto A. Dominguez, Dr. Juan A. Corrales 2 D 14 Jan. 9 Cienfuegos. Mariano Guerra 1 D 13 Jan. 9 Tunas. Nineteen rebels 19 D 22 Jan. -- Camaguey. Antonio Hernandez and two others 3 D 31 Jan. 9 Holguin. J.L. Ricardo and another 2 D 10 Feb. 15 Sti. Espiritu. Two rebels 2 D 15 Jan. 23 Manzanillo. R. Guardia y Cespedes 1 D 1 Feb. 23 Santiago. Felipe L. Diaz, Juan Callejas and Severo Gonzales 1 D 1 Feb. 24 Santiago. L.J. Aguilera 1 D 8 Feb. 24 Consolacion. Two rebels 2 D 25 Jan. 25 Vuelta Abajo. Felipe Rivero, P. Santana, F. Hernandez, N.M. Naranjo, N. Napoles, C Planas, A. Mora, A. Estevez, and Rodriguez 8 D 28 Jan. 25 Sti. Espiritu. A mulatto 1 D 29 Jan. 26 Cauto. Pedro Marmol 1 D 8 Feb. 30 Esperanza. Bernardino Valdes 1 D 2 Feb. February. 1 Cienfuegos. A. Rodriguez 1 D 2 Feb. 1 Trinidad. M. de la C. Gomez, L.A. Jauragui 2 D 7 Feb. 2 Cascorro. Enrique Uranga 1 D 14 Feb. 6 Margarita. Eight rebels 8 D 1 Mch. 7 Las Lajas. A negro who fled 1 D 1 Mch. 7 San Jorge. A rebel 1 D 1 Mch. 7 S. Geronimo. Two rebels 2 D 10 Mch. 8 Joiral. Pedro Romero 1 D 17 Mch. 8 Tunas. F. Prieto, N. Milanes and Miguel Marti 3 D 23 Mch. 12 Loreto. A. Lopez Gutierrez 1 D 17 Mch. 15 Ciego. A rebel 1 D 1 Mch. 16 Sti. Espiritu. Placido Peralta 1 D 24 Feb. 16 Jumento. Jose Cerise 1 D 1 Mch. 17 Barajaguas. A rebel 1 D 1 Mch. 17 Trinidad Leon Pena 1 D 1 Mch. 17 Moron A rebel 1 D 1 Mch. 17 Sagua. Brigido Ferrer 1 D 23 Feb. 19 Sti. Espiritu. A postman 1 D 21 Feb. 19 Naranjo. A postman 1 D 1 Mch. 23 Camaguey. C. Sosa, E. Miranda Provost Sergeant Callejas 3 D 12 Mch. 23 Guaramena. Seventeen rebels 17 D 17 Mch. 26 Juan Sanchez. Majors M. Perdomo and S. Mila, Capt. A. Paredes, Lieut. E. Rivero, J. B. Agramonte, J. Martinez, P. Ibarra, B. Leiva and F. Echemendia 10 D 12 Mch. 26 Casanova. Nine shot 9 D 19 Mch. 28 San Jose. A man 1 D 17 Mch.

March. 1 Trinidad. Miguel Gollo 1 D 14 Mch. 1 Balume. Camilo Carnesoltas 1 D 17 Mch. 3 Villar. A negro 1 D 30 Mch. 6 Caunao. M. Cervantes, Jose de Jesus del Sol, Rafael del Sol, M. Hernandez and F. Rodriguez 5 D 15 Mch. 8 Cienfuegos. Carlos Cerise and Salome Moya Hernandez 2 D 10 Mch. 8 Moron. Fernando Estrada 1 D 10 Mch. 9 Guayabal. F. Fernandez, F. Martinez, Jose Valdivia, J. Companon 4 D 11 Mch. 9 Mijial. Fernando Perez 4 D 11 Mch. 15 Entre Cedros. Manuel P. Quintanilla, B. Marron, P.J. Tamayo and two other rebels 5 D 16 Apr. 15 Pico Blanco. G. Caridad, N. Rodriguez, Aguilar Montalvan 3 D 17 Mch. 15 Trocha. A rebel 1 D 17 Mch. 15 Caunao. A man shot 1 D 17 Mch. 15 Punta. Three rebels 3 D 17 Mch. 15 Guillos. A rebel 1 D 17 Mch. 16 Tunas. Four rebels 4 D 30 Mch. 16 Casanova. Eight rebels 8 D 19 Mch. 17 Maya Larga. Luis Lavielle 1 D 15 Apr. 17 Vega Vieja. Three rebels 3 D 17 Mch. 17 Barajaguas. Five rebels 5 D 18 Mch. 28 Bartolome. Leon Lara 1 D 30 Mch. 28 Sti. Espiritu. Pedro Martinez, Joaquin Guijarro 2 D 30 Mch. 28 S. Joaquin. Six rebels 6 D 30 Mch. 21 La Vega. Jose Manuel Queseda (75 years old) for the crime of being uncle to General Quesada 1 D 11 Apr. 21 Jicotea. One rebel 1 D 11 Apr. 21 Barrancas. Five rebels 5 D 16 Apr. 25 Cabreras. M. Zaldivar and another 2 D 16 Apr. 27 Trinidad. J. Marcano and Magdaleno Polanco 2 D 2 Apr. 29 Nazareno Juan de Dios Cruz 1 D 16 Apr. April 1 Guanaja. Two rebels 2 D 16 Apr. 1 Guanaja. Jose R. Ponte, Geronimo Rodriguez, P. Carmenati, F. Cabreras and a negro 5 D 16 Apr. 2 Cedro. Five rebels 5 D 16 Apr. 4 Santi Spiritus. Arcadio Garcia 1 D 8 Aug. 6 Nicho. Three rebels 3 D 16 Apr. 7 Montano. Four rebels 4 D 12 Apr. 7 Enceibas. Three rebels 3 D 30 Apr. 7 Demajagua. Five rebels 5 D 30 Apr. 8 Guaney. Roman Hernandez 1 D 30 Apr. 11 Sama. Three rebels 3 D 30 Apr. 13 Listas. Six rebels 6 D 16 Apr. 22 Santiago. Five rebels 5 D 25 Apr. 22 Meliton. Lieut. B. Salinas, M.Sanchez and F. Cabrera, C. Martinez, and R. Gonzalez 5 D 27 Apr. 24 Santiago. Roque Trujillo 1 D 30 Apr. 25 Guadacacoa One rebel 2 D 2 May. 25 Cienega. Captain Coronas 1 D 2 May. 26 Jobosi. Miguel G. Gutierrez (member of Cuban Congress) and another 2 D 2 May. 25 Las Villas. Five rebels 5 D 2 May. May. 1 Las Lajas. One rebel 1 D 3 June. 2 La Vega. Leon and another 1 D 14 May. 4 Guasimas. Meliton Ramos and Jore Bitorla 2 D 9 May. 3 Arroyo Blanco. One rebel 1 D 4 May. 5 Hondones. J.M. Escancio 1 D 3 June. 9 Cascorro. Two spies 2 D 9 June. 9 Babosa. Juan Torres 1 D 25 May. 10 Salinas. Carlos Pena and Camilo Velazquez 2 D 21 May. 13 Nuevitas. Enrique Flotas 1 D 21 May. 11 La Sagua. Col. Pascual Beauvilliers, Capt. Antonio Bachiller, Lieuts. Pedro Lecerff and Ricardo 4 D 21 May. 2,094 We give also the leaves that contain the names of the victims of the Virginius massacre. 1873 April. 2,846 5 Guaimaro. Juan Ramirez Aldama 1 D 16 Apr. 15 Diff. places. Marcial Garcia and two more 3 D 1 May. 24 Gibaro. Antonio Cruz 1 D 23 May. May. 16 Camaguey. Hilario Mendoza 1 D 18 May.

June. 29 Vapor. Three working men 3 D 18 July. 29 Tutela. One rebel 1 D 24 July. July. 7 Amero. Two rebels 2 D 18 July. 20 Juan Criollo. Two rebels 2 D 17 July. August 5 San Carlos. Six runners 6 D 9 Aug. 13 Caobillas. Pedro Nolasco Zayas 1 D 30 Aug.

September. 8 Dos Camioes. Capt. Jose Maria Avila 2 D 14 Sept. 9 Cienaga. Two rebels 2 D 28 Sept. 9 Ojo. de Agua. Two rebels 2 D 30 Sept. 16 Negroes. One rebels 1 D 30 Sept. 27 Gloria. Two rebels 2 D 30 Sept.

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