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

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