New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-03-18
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time provided with comps,s and eating TO- and by th~r
ad reaching point Of SEPARATION were able to ad
trees of our party As thy proceeding dspsrseiy
over the mountain they bad fallen in with faint ladAn
trail leading westerly. and without, sufficient consideration
Of he fact thai Of the pn would in pursuance oi
esdeTs proceed along the stesm they had hastily follower
ths trail having scsry marks Of their way On arriving
q ler first station found note from Lieut. otr''n'
specifying the missing, and Recommending toa' u asy
should reach this point after CERTAIN peoa tna 'nsy
shoud return 10 the ship he woud be too far in advance
Before reshing thu station had crossed several n's
lie bisbe.t pear 100 feet From this place Lieut. Sran
had oIovsd small stream flowing north wester y md
the impression derived from Mr GsbcDes account hatt
mus be tributary of the LsvaDs the rver whose course
the proposed cansl to follow But this person. who
bad overlooked entirely the exsencs of the Cordes had
AFRO fskd 10 discover that between the valley of the Lava
na ard The ountans the valley of the main river Of
Der.n the Cbuqupaque which flows for long distance
nearly tars 10 the the coat draining the greater part Of
tie Pacific siope ofthe range He had mistaken the low
bs TO The we.twad Of this river for the dividing ridge
between the two and supposed that this the
ssme stream upon which few miles from the Atlantic no
hsd been TUNED back by the Indians
Vla NUT be said OF stakes like these by engineer
srd Whist port of the responsibility rests upon him II
Lieut. Srsp still lu,ng to bis map has perist ed IN the
foretts and sean pc Of ihe rivtri
present oblges to omit much hst night make the CUB
sujest 81 erer This humbug upon the three great mari
tine natons carpor be fully expressed in paragraph
We proceeded in direct course by compass, hoping
10 ineecf be route Of companions On the third day
We crossed range Of the Crdiera more than $500 feet
high, ih.Ecs by cutting away the trees had clear
vitw Of Caledonia Bay distant from Twelve t. fourteen
mics The ships just visible Descending ihsrange,
We found river flowing in favorable direction and fol
rtipOf tn find III GU
VIC sod one Indian hut recently eft By It's three nhabit
ants ord several stations for drying game we a-o saw
thr.o hsbt canoes Nothing, however Indicated nuntr
Gus population ard have since ascertslned that the
principal villages 10 the Westward
Al we procet the stream became too deep to wade in
ard The vegetation mpeoetrable T,e scenery was
exquisit-s New England mountain stream ovehung by
tropi,sl forest We kept on until only just enough pro
visions remained enable TO reach tae ship. Coe river
had already DIVORCED from the proper course, snd oad
determined TO be tributary Of the Chuqunaqle At
cur exttme point ascend,d bin 600 feet high, sad
had view Of hill ranges and forest country extending
from Twelve TO fifteen miles westerly. We retrsced our
sps The ship by the way We had carefully cut ekng out
provisions by pantan found IN the deserted hut
Our return journey was very exhautng ono have
eetD much rough travel in the sids of and other
countries, but none - severe as this
On our return we Of placed ourselves at the dis
Thee UT little apprehension for the safety of Lieut.
Strain II was supposed that he had cIossed the country
and IL not finding it convenient 10 re could be
turning via Pansma. Letters were dispatched fr him .
tlror ch trading Indian at the village of Lasard but
they brought back with the into lgence that the
perry lsd been in the interior but had gone The
broken EDelsb Of tbese people difficult to understand
end they generally answered leading question according
10 hat they supposed the wish of the nterocutor
A sOldieIs conyicts had
been for time encsnped the beach to aid in the
eurvey bad there been Meantime, Mr.. Osborne, dis
appointed his original plans bad hired Influential To-
dian from the Rio Dsbo who knew the value of money,
10 accompany and procure him guides the country
for FIVE hundred dollars Lieut. st John. OF the English
Engineer CorIs, went with him.
As time went o. the only hope for the safety Of
parry through Panama and the Cysne sailed for Aspn
wall for intelligence leaving the Cbmtre and Scorpion OF
CALEDONIA The Efpegle had gone to Csrhageoa for pro
yhons The steamer Devastation had looked in and sailed
No'hng had been ard of party at Panama though
Communication constant with the Gu of San Miguel,
ne sNens and the Chuqunaque. On the Sth OF March
they he'd ben absent forty Eve days 1t next TO
possible that they should have survived and found
tLer way TO the coast in this time
A, the Mt Of ssing in the George Law met Lieut.
St John on his way back TO England from San Miguel
In his journey the Ithmus be had found of
Strains party but the Indians reported that they hsd gone
down the Cbuqunsque and were lost had time TO OBJ
tain from Mr. st. John fu account of his trip They had
been guided by the Indian through devious path ranging
along the sthmus to the to the village of L1cubi
the River Lucubd branch of the Cbuqunsque, thence
MORT similarly situated and down the Morti across the
Chuqunsque. TO the path cut by Capt Provost the
comparatively level country west Of the Cordlera While
Mr. Oh bcrne and Lieut. St John in the interior lot
te received from them Caledonia Bay stating thst
the Indians assembled in force at the villages above
mentioned and had taken q hostile attitude owing to a
that three of their people had been carried of prs
by the Gilmore to Csrthsgens They with DIFF
feulty protected by their guide until these stories
proved incorrect Lieut. Strain depended upon the good
faith Of the Indians and should they have proved uescher
national experience Of Indian warfare, parcu
larry in the semi tropical regions of Florida how tde
chance email body of men, when their guard,
have against ssvages their ground 1.-THE Iudans
however have attacked Mr. Strain party why did they
not our own much smaller onei We have 10 sup
pose that every step Of progress watched by them
Just before we kft Caledonia Bay the principal chi ef Of
the coast in tax with the wrsnsdan commander re-
Istted The old assertion that God intended esna
there, and added God will take care that who
'eoss to seek passage shall escape The Indians may
coDti6tI themselves the agents of Providence in carry
ING ont His viii Lieut.. Strains ammunition entirely
IN cartridges experience proved that these would
be untceabe fom tie constant showers and daInpness
Of the interior
As merely volunteer to the Expedition, offer
opinion as TO It's outfit management Lieut. Strain had
10 personal knowledge Of the thus and trusting TO the
NIors ana mars Of Mr. Osborne anticipated little diff
Guilty IN his preliminary Reconnaissance He wished 30 got
general idea Of the country and aterward 10 carry line
of levels across would have been merely question of time