SANTAL LANGUAGE

[s. 665] : The Santals inhabit a considerable section of Bengal, India, lying north Their language is not of the west of Calcutta. Aryan family, and is commonly cla ified with the Kolarian group of Dravidian languages. SANTIAGO DE CUBA A town and seaport on the E. coast of Cuba, W. I., formerly capital of Population (1902), 43,090. Station the island. of the Am. Baptist Home Mi ionary Society (1899), with (1900) 2 mi ionaries and their wives, 3 women mi ionaries, 3 native workers, 4 outstations, 1 place of worship, 5 Sunday schools, 1 industrial school, 1 kindergarten, and 109 pro Station also of the MBS, with fe ed Christians. (1903) 2 mi ionaries, 2 women mi ionaries, 1 native worker, 1 day school.: SANTO DOMINGO; Republic of: A country in the island of Haiti, W. I., also called the Dominican Republic. It has an area of about 18,000 square miles, comprising about two-thirds of the whole island, the republic of Haiti occupying It was separated one-third in the western part. from the republic of Haiti in 1844, after a bloody struggle. Spain held it from 1861 to 1865. In 1869 a treaty was signed with the President of the United States for its annexation to the great republic, but the treaty failed of ratification by the United States Senate. It has suffered from wars and revolutions, and is very backward in its civilization. Its government is after the model of that of the United States, with a President chosen by an electoral coUege, who holds office for four years. Its population is estimated (1888) at 610,000, chiefly of mixed Spanish and Indian blood, with some pure negroes and mulattoes and a certain number of whites. The language is Spanish. French and English are also Roman spoken in towns. The religion is Catholic, but all religions are tolerated. From the time of the revolt of Haiti against French control until 1864, the Roman Catholic clergy withdrew from the island, which was placed under The people reverted in the ban of the Church. many instances to ancient heathenish superstitions, which have considerable sway in the smaller settlements. Protestant mi ions in the Dominican Republic are represented by the Protestant Episcopal Church of the U. S., who have one station in charge of a colored minister from Haiti, and by the Wesley an Methodists of the West Indies, who have four stations; these latter stations were pa ed over to the charge of the WMS in 1903. Mi ionary Review of the World, September, 1903; Hazard (S.), Santo Domingo, Past and Present, London, 1873. San-bo SaraTvat SANTURCE: A town in Porto Rico, W. I., situated about 20 miles W. of San Juan. Station of the American Mi ionary A ociation (1898), with 4 women mi ionaries, 1 Sunday school, 1 day school. 665