The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1859-10-15

provisions ere cheap cattle esfste nsy be bought
for about % bead, III round; borses frc-n - to
90 tnot very good, and 80 In proportion The land
ees.iS Ia real, sd % IN oomrnsn. there Is no sh ~.c6
thing a. ownership, tho holder having title fCr
longer time than ks y in sstusl eccupsncy. All
lands net thu. thus hsd e may bs sssa neoIh and se
The entire Of tho department Ia stundanty wsfcred
by streams that rise In the CordIierss sud run with
Ss finest ii, .ites in u. World, the;. Is not s.os.
10 wheel In The whole country, and III the work Of
preparing cane, &c, Is dono by hand. There ayc
May and the wet, for the rest Of the year Ascending
the siope Of the vocan which rises u hright " al
most $4,000 feet, any temperature can be found,
from the burning tropical TO that Of rerpctual
Spring from the region u the palm b that ~ the
oak Such IL Chiriqui and David hs capital Through
out the rest Of the department r villages ars scat
unoccuped, aud u most OF people residing there,
little known the interior Of Africa This introsuc-
sd dissngs,or think Of oSporhs he oteror fsr the the
ch mines Of the precious metal said b. exist, and 1t
time 10 have been immon 'ely productive.
Gudcd, not Hudcdd Hudrd, generally writ
ten, " Indian name for the burying-places o the
4, ad, referring chiefly TO thoee scpuchres dug In the
ground and surnounted with circular or conical
mound Of earth. II Is probably Of Peruvian origin,
but Is generally used throughout Spanish Amer
lea; and is to bc found In sALvAs Dictionary.
The "Guacas" abound throughout the provinces Of
Chirlui, vcrsguas, and Azuero, and their wat nun
bors prove that at period the country have
been very densoly inhabited. They found In Ill
situations In the plains as well the side, ~ the
Cordleras, and on tho islands q the coat. Those
VINO nave Pad mos, atentmn 70 the subect say That
they arc moro genera y found on the side Of hill
facing toward the west and near river or stream
In Chirqui they divided by the people Into two
classes-'Guacas do Plarcs," Pillar 0uacas, mark
cd by rows Of upright stones, say from eight inches
to foot square, and from one TO four feet high, and
"Guacas Tapadnt" or Covered Uuacas, consisting Of
mounds paved or cyct'sid with stones taken lnvana-
bly, from some river bed; Thsrc EXISTS no distn-
gushing max by whicn Guscs containing gold can
found and i is nJ very careful search in the earth
ures.
The Guaca varies In depth from two to Ave yards,
and appears IN oil cases TO have been sunk until the
hard sub stratum was reached, on which the stone
coffin or box, containing the rrmsins Of tho deceased,
was placed. This coffin Is made Of . species Of flag.
stone found IN % som. Of th. rs,r and + fro% Ave-
broad and dep In some cases IL is covered on
tho top with two or :hree ~ thcse haf stones In
others there isno cover. Within those graves tcb
black mold " found-the remains, evidently, Of tho
body-and around II placed esfthenware
pots and the golden ornaments, with sometimes
stone haicns's m 81 and arrow-seaes when tho gold Is
tained st the et hand side Of the body, and In sorne
cases has been discovered in lateral excavations
made at inc bottom ot me grave The quantity as
the smallest sue figures generally of the purcst
metal, andthe round plates u IVORY thin gold are A.
nnipss and bcll. are sshly sloyod With coppsrsnd @
perhaps ether metal. The largest quantity
found In any one grave was said 70 DO about ak bs,
but II mny bo confidently asserted that In the graves
opened, UP TO the present time, not ono In ten has
. cnntNntd gold j Know ot ono Arty who openod
nearly my Guasas without finding anything. An
other had small ACKNOWLEDGING probably one ounce,
A. MS share OF eighteen. Excsvsionh OF Others were
equally unfortunate Perhaps s that the strangers
who 10 dig do not know where to look for the gold
or perhaps they too hasfy In their examination,
but certain II IL that most of the gold has been dis
covered by natives q the country simpossble to
tty discovered ~ 70 THE Prcsen, time those
VINO nave pten iotuhMe 90 not hke 10 et their sue
s ssss 10 known, ann M 'nnse wn1 puy irom Tue na-
Ing into account the amount already sont to Pan
anna, tgetner win whsi Is Known 20 oe IN the
nahds oi peisohs IN payld, AND careuly ss,imatng
the rports oil those who have been successful, may
larry oe coheuaed that about too pounds weight OF
imsses has been aug VI, 0' when two-third- was
probably pure go,d; This amount Iepresenfs the
lAoor OF ABOUT iVu men ior forty Gays, many oil
whom came rom dhtance cons'derADle expense.
Asye,' aVeiy snah poIton o. inc country mas Deen
expiored as the rains prevent any attempt ut enter
/ ing I'VE mouhtah forests The greater part OF tho
g9d that has boen opta.ned was got nj bnza6ta, the
paco where tne hist "scovery was maze; Ihls u q
small plateau on the mountain slope, about thirty
mhss from payid, ana Is reached ny pretty good
road, pasrabe At all times except when the MYERS
flooded. In the dry country, whom the weather win
permit o. the country being propory prorpocted, no
doubt othor rich " Huaca VIII DC found, Tor 10 N
evident Thar the Indians have abundance OF gold.
But the most Important reSult that will probably
spring from this escitement VIII DO a thorough
search for, and discovery of the sources from which
the aoongnles obtained their large supply Of gold.
already, tunors are afcat o. streams with golden
Aanas AUD relor" arc pruught IN OF mountains OF
aunleious stone oon,.gea1ng qnsn and coarse
nvei goo nave ooen exhiotid IN Dsyd, ARD any
dusy d U, uyn IN pyi'ssn. n . veen mn . s or th9
oyp,o, py ne sn"%s. NM hsas,s' =, W.. Dn nN .t ms sod
@ 10 'n W sVue , sIo s,Is y, .h. c.nsA Mero
Sali pc no uouot, anu .," Deing tns oase ew Cal-
.rtA rsI,u ~ nhers win soph nS.oNo, US whereaoots;
IhS, h9wsyer ~ Work Tor the dry season only, and
WI PiuVapy Wy 'npso rho unue,tAso " Win any
ptMtcal khoWcdRe ot g.d prnTecting,
~ heeo scarveiy y po saiu ,hAt tne oscupors a tne
anus au arc olIossd 20 tno grave eScAvsuos, anu 10
Tu smen sess W heep ,no u'sses on thoiI sro"nus