New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-07-07
NEW GRANADA.
The Qpindie Mountains
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NJ Mountains called the central COIdenela OF 1un1io
Mountains The three chains separate In the Pata,o Pa
, in lat n about 200 miles south Of this, and %
,op,b of Pspoysn BogOts is on the western slope OF
d. eastern chain In the valley Of the Maedalena be-
hat and the QuiDdo, all the places have men,
toned yet my letters This valley contains more IMAM
half of the inhabitants of NewGraDada aE Row IN
the valley of the Conca in which valley are found more
than half the remaining population. East OF the east
etn ridge are immense Granadlan plains with popula-
ton Of less than 10000. West OF the western are au
ri(rrous platnilerous and pestiierOus svamps mo
norozine half the thunder Of the world, and hav
inc large amount Of rain in proportion TO
the thunder In these swampsis the southern extremity
of the Rocky Mountains The eastern chain runs to the
sea- urns east and runs along the coast The central
chain stops short and permits the CoDca to form the
Mtodal.pa Tie western divides and, Ike the River
Nile approaches the in several points The eastern
and western chains have no name.
The company in which crossed consisted OF i've gen
teuep two ladies' three children four servant maids,
Linens % horses and mules and dog Essentially
there vas family Of which am for time member,
ard three Cung ass chted for the convenience OF
travelling I be second lady is sister OF the Sonora
We could have left earlier, but the poems needed sun
aav for their rketiDg and We we're take early
start on Monday morning An early start means rise at
| and start at 10.
IL fact We did not start al 10. We were up late the
NIGHT before for had company music and dancing and
the ladies had refreshments. say We, for the family
came into the house with NE on their arrival found
them remarkably pleasant and intelligent and the ladies'
more religious than any intelligent ladies had met
Our tran was a long One-the ladies on side saddles,
the other girls asst ide two little boys 10 chair two
cant chairs tor the ladies, man with box on his
shoulders two led hOr,es, and an uncertain number of
baggage mules performed the whole on foot in the
dress wore III my previous trip only covering Its
! Gin picy with a TOana
started in fact about quarter before eleven passed
10 the western end Of the town descended into valley,
crossed beautiful stone bridge, and began to ascend.
Tie road up the mountains was beautiful resembling that
| In the froutispiece OF HOoges way Of life.
wa. not long in finding the secret Of these rock
less mountains that had astOnished my approach
to hague and had puzzled all the time Of my stay
there 1hey Of decOmposing gneiss or granite-I
think thelatter In few places 1t was solid enough to
be called rock but so rare that now do not recolect
even one Evtn prairies never travelled far
witht ut seeing stone.
A little befor. dark we reached Las Tapias This
consists Of house and kitchen, certainly without
occupants but in the confusion of poems and servants
the, became almost invisible. The baggage was behind
Only Two mats, which came on led horse gave US a
place to SIT without entering the dark windoWless cabin
We had hearty lost hopes of our baggage when
rived AID the girls set about getting dinner. The
rieIos set about erecting tent over huge pile Of
trunks and packages The cloth of the tent is the prop
city OF Ster the poles are sought on the spot These
tents generally erected in the center Of the road or
rather the narrow road is in the center of the tent
MlOaust had been spread in the house, table
cloth spread it, and comic tess lprepared dinner
was seasoned with cheerfuness, Kindness and hunger
into real feast. This dispatched, large, good bel,
was drawn Of a leatherp case, as large double
bed ought to be, together with mattress hammocks.
blankets nghshrts and dresses, aud an indly of arii
cles Three haInmocks we're hung gentleman placed
his bed under the three az right angles With them
that if COZ broke he Nil h be share in the mis-
fuItube The mattress was placed on wide wooden
bench made sleep and the large bed occupied the
. place Of the table.
Al four We rose slowed all the bedding into the Tro-
ian horse that seemed awaystO have rom for more and
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The cobped industry of four girls got a breakfast
about seven and ser much delay started long
fore the mules were ready. We had descended last
night, and little more descent TO III Moral remained
This is but single house, though marked on the maps
From here another uninterrupted ascent for some
} hours In this time had lelt all ny company behind
SO far behind that when in the solitudesp the mountain
was surprised by rain, preferred rathtr 70 be Wet
than turn back for NY india rubber, wait Urit Th.
Wet solitary wak after all one of the most plessA
Of M, lite. | cut down small palm ia fruit and wa,
horrtd az the ri,k nv foot Of being ransfxed b
the sharptned but of the trunk, which would have giveu
distaste for alagatas ami perhaps dIslocned me
pedestrlsnism. Though but three inches m diameter
it's weight exceeds my expectations, and it made deeI
hole in the ground close 10 my foot.
NJ breakfast had been very slight aud my dinner las
night lad not Left surplus in my anma treasury an,
before reaching the summit my appetite became clanor
Gus It's spp,als useless i had passed but one
house, Bueuavista since sing FL Moral and hal
nothing to expect short OF Ioche the present locality
the Preside, which lay in valley far beneath NE.
The road pr sened solitude unequSled By auythn.
had ever seen on a travelled road II indeed that
be called solitude which is ed with the voices Of OIrds
Amorc the rest we're turkies and beautiful toIcan
brilliant green. picked up the castskIn Of saak,
on the way
Al lescih my eyes we're greeted by smoke that grace
fully cuIled, but hot around green eins. l hastene-
dow the steep hills slippery with the rain, aud reached
roe ring river the ToCle) AZ the bottom, where
fire. but neither house nor human being The wood RAJ
UP tie ct bark of the river ill II came 20 place where
land slide had carried il into the river. The remedy
for this Was new beautiful. singular and original.
Yankee would have built Wstervall 90 conhn tbe rVeI
70 ils pace and taken earth from The steep hill to h
ill., To favor this plan the river Is full Of boulders here
OF all sizes While elsewhere no rock Is 10 be had Ia
stead OF this the engineer made beautiful ~ lag up
hill that We would regard sill but lmpractciule ll!s
road ssc nded half or twOh rds the higb of West II
bol en- a. and then. without yard Of level ground u
dtd AGAIN 10 the level of the river IL broad
ard beautifully cut a. in pleasure ground but unior-
turately will soon be destroyed by the weather
eyer this country has carriage roads, Il viii be IN
der n dir cion of North Americans The NAIVE road
LAYERS have but one rule zIag directly up the
hill then road along the ridge as FAR As possible, then
straight down sgaiD The European spends IN oue mie
of the road What the Yankee would spread over ten
In fact New ranada is further from beng country OF
csrisge roads and carriages than the Uhttd states
were twenty wears before the settlement OF fymoutl
notwithstanding she vast plains which invite the pres
Ct wheels naturally as the praires OF tse 81
Just as began 70 climb tie hill met beggar With
lne in his belt To eniOce his clael be Informed NE
that be was presidsrio naefaet0r in the preside Had
he assured me hat he had murdered bis mOher could
have given BIN nothing-my money was behind Less
tlsn mile mort of riyer bank brought me & Iocne
Ioche Ihins was ole house bei,rc the preside vas
stationed here That has been enlarged I've others pr
up, and dezen little hats. They s,sod or ..te s.Ony
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