Butte record., 1855-09-22

truly American argument to the con-
trary, In the shape of revolver. They
attempted to fee; but the captain was
caught, and the muzzle of the pistol
brought most unpleasantly close to his
head. He begged for mercy in the
most abject terms and was finally re-
leased on condition of carrying the party
from the island. To make sure that he
should not give them the slip, he was
obliged to take up his residence in the
hut, while his men remained on board the
vessel. The mysterious revolver was as
potent as magician's wand in keeping
the worthy captain under due subiec-
tlon and in course of time he began to
entertain quite liking for his peremp-
tory hosts SO much so, that on reaching
his village, after leaving FL Roncador,
he manif' sted his high respect for them
by getting up dance in their honor
The music for the entertainment consist
ed of IA violin, two guitars, and queer
Indian instrument consisting of per-
torated gourd over whicn were strained
brass wires in lieu Of strings. The re-
freshmcnt consisted of Jamaica rum.
favored with the juice of the sugar cane,
lemons, and red pepper Every body
got gloriously drunk, quarreled, broke
their instruments over each others heads;
then cried, embraced and became good
friends again, And so the entertain
ment came to an end.
The tortoise hunting On FL Roncador
had been SO successful, that our artist
put few hundred dollars in-l is purse by
the sale Of the she'll which he had col
lected. So with renewed courage he
embarked for the Mosquito capital.
The royal residence is described by
our author as "a collection of the rudest
possible thatched huts. Among them
are two or three framed buildings, one of
which is the residence of a Mr.. Bell, an
Engiisnman, with whom, as ;fterward
learned, resided that world>renowned
monarch, George William Clrence,
King of all the Mosqpi'os." ." The site
of huts is picturesque, being upon COM
paratively high ground, at a point where
a considerable stream from the interior
enters the lagoon. There are two VIII
ages; the principal one, Or Blewfelds
proper, which is much the largest, con-
tanning perhaps FIVE hundred people, and
'Carlsruhe, a kind of dep niency, so
named by a colony Of Prpssians who had
to establish themselves here,
but whose colony, at the time of my visit,
had utterly failed. Out of more than
hundred of the poor people, who had
been induced to come here, but three or
four were left, existing in state Of great
d. bilitv and distre Most of their
companions had died, bnt y few had es-
capped to the interior, where they bear
convincing with IS to the wickedness Of
attempting to found colouies, from north
ern climates, on low, pestiferous shores,
under the tropics.
among the huts were many palm
and plantain trees, with detached stalks
of the papaya, laden with its large gol-
den fruit. The shore was lined with
canoes, pitpans and dories, followed from
the trunks Of trees, all sharp, trim, and
graceful in shape The natives propel
them with great ra, idity, by single broad
bladed paddles, struck vertically in the
water, first on one side, and then on the
other
''There was large assemblage on the
UedCU, Wueu we ldUutu, Uut L WdS dtfldZeu
to find that, with few exceptions. they
were all unmitigated negroes, or Sambos
ii. e, mixed negro and Indian. had
heard of the Mosquito shore as occupied
by the Mosquito Indians, but soon found
that there were few, if any, pure Indi-
ans on the entire coast. The miserable
people who 60 by that name are, in reali-
ty, Sambos, having considerable in
termixture of trader blood from Jamaica,
with which island the coast has its prin-
cipal relations. The arrival of the tra>
ders on the shore is the signal for unre-
strained debauctery, always preluded by
the traders baptizing, in manner not
remarkable for its delicacy or gravity
all children born since their last visit, In
whom there is any decided indication of
white blood The names given on these
occasions are as fantastic as the cere-
mony, and great liberties are taken with
the cognomens of all notabilities, living