Myths and Legends
of
Our New Possessions

Copyright, 1899
By
J. B. Lippincott Company

Printed by J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, U. S.A.

This book is
affectionately
dedicated to
Cornelia Otis
Skinner, our
new possession[15]

Table of Contents

1. In the Caribbean PAGE
   1. The Mysterious Islands 23
   2. The Buccaneers 33
   3. The Boat of Phantom Children 46
   4. Early Porto Rico 48
   5. The Deluge 55
   6. How Spaniards were Found to be Mortal 56
   7. Ponce 58
   8. Water Caves 61
   9. How a Dutchman Helped the Spaniards 65
   10. The Ghost of San Geronimo 67
   11. Police Activity in Humacao 71
   12. The Church in Porto Rico 74
   13. The Mermaids 78
   14. The Aborigines 83
   15. The Caribs 88
   16. Secret Enemies in the Hills 92
   17. Sacred Shrines 98
   18. Tobacco 103
   19. The Two Skeletons of Columbus 106
   20. ...