The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1849-04-13

IL ARgSAE|
Of aliigatOrO turtle PavO, (wilA ps6,fSwD mac.
aw, PaEOts Of every size and description. and
many other birds Of beautiful bldmdRe OF 6ns
meat, which none Of he had svsr seen berOr.
and do h6t knOw the names Of. There were
a great many persons who took pleasure in
killing the monkeys, with which the woods are
filled, but there were none Of our party who
felt b disposition to kill an animal 60 much
RESEMBLING a human being, that was of no use
"a. uS except to feed the bOatmen on, and if all
the persons travelling up the river entertained
the aame feeling towards the monkey race that
our party did.thsy might ~lTOlic,in the tree top,
and swing bythelr tails 70 ell eternity without
i~ntaiuptiOn. HOwsvef, there seems q most
deadly hostility existing between the monkeys
and the negroes in the IsthmUs-wheIhsP Il ID
an honest rivalry as to appearance, or q jsal-
OuSy and snIiPathy natural to the two races, |
am not able to determine; but certain it 10,
that a. soon a. they come in sight Of one anOth-
Or the monkey commences ehatteTing and
jumping from limb to limb, without pretending
to retreat, and the negroes will swear until
they work themselves up into 9 perfect rage.
II there are two or three white men in the ca
noe the monkey will retreat instantly, and II
one Of them falls q victim to q white mans
gun, the negroes will stop their canoe and 70
on shore through the thickest vines or swamp
and matted underground 10 get him. They 70.
jOice over him a. much a. an Indian would
over . fallen Toe, and never fail to make q din
neF or supper OF Of him, which they seem to
relish with most extraordinary guStO. 1t would
be hard to toll which party has the merits Of
the quarrel on their Side,but my own opinion is
that il eithsrhs the advantage Of intellect, the
OddS are decidedly in favor of the mOnkeya
Undoubtedly the monkeys are the ariStOCracy
Of the IBthmuS.
After three days pleasant jOurneying we
reached the town Of GOrgOns, a small town on
the ChagreD river and about twenty-five miles
from this plaee. Immediately set about find.
ing transportation for Panama!On examination
what had been represented to ~ al plenty Of
mules and transportation, l found to Be q few
poor broken down horses, and apparently
scarcely able to drag themselves along. was
unwilling to trust my baggage on such animals
as these, and therefore engaged men to bring
it. succeeded in getting it all OVeF-abOut
1000 pOunds-in good order and without any
trouble or loss. Our whole party walked in
preference to riding Snimals who were liable
to break our neckS ut every step. And thus
parity baggage, &C., oil arrived in good cOndi-
ton, health and spirits, as believe all our
ships company did, entirely disappointed as to
the diAiCultiesi Of the route. The trail from
GorgOna to this place is through 4 broken billy
unity, and perhaps some. Of the fancy gem
IlsmenlOf Royal street, or the swolls Of Broad.
way, would call it a "dem rough road" and
swear thOre was nothing on earth equal to IL;
but I can assure you that is pot what il has
been represented. The natural ObStructiOns
are very easily overcome, and man accuStOm-
ed to q frontier life:wOuld never complain. A
very little Improvement would make tia good
pack mule road. From what saw Of the
country | feel assured that l could select u road
which, when cleared up, would not exceed
III rty or thitEy.fve milss in distance, and
would enable persons with any amount Of bag
gage to cTOsS the isthmus in two days.
The land on the isthmus ia 40 fine as any
person could desire for civilizations / was ate
tTscted Of the road by a bush which / found to
be a spontaneous growth Of cotton. l picked
ALL could find open, and herewith enclose i,
TO yOuiu as I picked it with the seed. You
will see on examination that the staple 10 Of an
extraordinary quality. You will please en-
close the seed to Dr.. Pugh, Of Canton, Miss,
who ! understand has for some years given
much attention to the Improvement and cult.
VatiOn Of the great staple OF the South.
The much talked Of navigation ofths ChaF.
res river BY small steamboats,, 10 hu~mbug;and
any man who could entertain for a moment or
pEomulga,e such an idea Is either q fool OF
knaye. The steamer OruS has been up az high
al fifteen miles, but il would have been impos-
sible for her to come up any higher unless she
could run over ten inches water, and / doubt
whether there was that much. In many pla.
csS there was difficulty in dragging the canoe
over the rapids.
In England only one person in nineteen 10
atlousd kho nr;S;lsWa nf vntin9 in 2eokland. |