Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-07-18
IFUL LFhusFIIIs Vv4I
AN ADVENTURE IN THE NOUN
TAINS OF HONDTRAs.

we are led to forget those incidents in
our lives of lesser importance, and
dwell more particularly upon those OF
greater moment that Immediately sur
round as.
But yet in looking back, even through
the vista Of many hard-fohght fieidfl
can remember at no time when my
NERVES we're so powerfully tried as
when, under the following circnni-
stances, tried 10 pay debt, one that
ever consider the most binding in life,
namely, a debt Of gratitude. Some Of
nv friends called the undertaking,
though not Of any considerable danger,
romantic fclly, more particularly as
II did not come under the order of my
duty 4A4sA
had embarked Ia that wild, reckless
expedition to the Hondnrian coast com
monty called Walkers Last" land. il
was bis last, poor fellow D -pronpted
by no motive save o restless spirit Of
adventure, for Of course at half glance
] saw through the fimsy tissue of false
hood about civilizing, Opening 70
the world" " lights Of science, etc,
ETC., that covered the real designs of
men altogether mercenary. 3 = 10, tiss
Our little party or army Of spbjnga
ton was made up Of almost every kind
and class of men, from those in the
higher walks Of Hfe-meh. Of education
and re6nement--to the yeriesta cut
throats and despera1oes that ever in
tested the dens Of iniquity in popn-
lous city. aafs sssiia sfs
But the material was good for the
purpose for which il was intended. 'Fa'si
Dodging the revenue cutter OF the.
Balize, we made all sail for the Carib-
bean Sea, TO locate on some one Of its
many islands and there await reiD-
forcements from New Orleans that had
been promised us -. ~.
We fixed upon the island Of Ruitanas
as our place Of rendezvous, but it was
an unfortunate selection, as here was
stationed some of Englendls negro
troops, and the restless spirit ofWalker
soon embroiied us in trouble. 1Losing
all patience-the commodity was very
limited at frst-we set sail for Truxillo;
a town of considerable Importance on
the main land, and distant about City
miles. .s., s-r r.iu ..iss "a s,fss
This we captured and occupied with
out serious resistance. and, planting out
banner, the national flag, upon the
walls Of the fort, we felt ourselves
I" monarchs of all we surveyed. q !
This fort was an earthwork of consid
cradle strength, and mounted some
pieces of ordnance of respectable cali
bre, so we felt comparatively certain Of
traf urxr ~
that might be brought against US, and
we thus safely awaited the coming o.
other vessels from the States with add
tional men, and what was equally 81
important to as, arms and munitions b
war i
This accomplished, we proposed q
once embarking in our pet scheme, and
take mp our march for Nicaragua lying Il
the south, scattering broad cast owe
the land as we advanced all the advan
tages Of civilization, 6ne arts, etc., etc.
This was the continual theme of our i'll
fated leader, and at times have almos
been led to believe that be was in earnest
and had really visionary dreams in re
gard TO the subject.
The country was well adapted, 70
certainly Nature had done her part il
identifying the land.
Blessed with an eternal spring; clothet
with the richest verdue, and teemin
with tropical fruits of every description
it seemed as though man could wan
for nothing else; that he would be con
tent to dream his life away beneath th
clustering groves of cocoa, palm an
mango.
But here, as elsewhere, man ID a
strife with his fellow man, and passion
and jealousy and hart burnings live a
they do in all the world Bot word {
the surroundings and then to my storl
The Town, and fort which is part of ID
first, lie just at the base of one of thos
gigantic mountains-the Hottest in thi
region, that form isolated peaks in th
great chain that connects North an
South America together; running fror
the snow,clad regions of the Nprther
continent down through The orang
groves of Mexico, through Centre
America, skisting the Pacific coast, t
greet again the .tempest.tossed marine
as be hovers about the iron-bound shore
of Patagonia
rFi Amid the mountain fastnessesrof thi
Carib Indians tribe now much brv
ken, and only a faint semblance of whs
they were till the hand of the white ma
had destroyed their power, re cu &
They ars essentially, however, BRAY
and war.like people, and possessed {
much of that inete nobleness attributes
to the Aboriginal inhabitants of the Ne
World. But oppression and tyranny ha
done much toward rendering them bite
and vindietive in their hatred to the
conquerors. ~,Fe-rrs
The slopes of the mountain of whic
have spoken ia here and there dotte
with the clustering villages of the:
nations for some distance upwards. Aht
that the timid mountain goat, togetht
with species of VicUaG, alone hel
possession of the rugged sleeps
II was amid these desolate upper r
gions that the adventure to which
have alluded took place. " sss-u
We had been in possession of Truxill
some weeks, and had begun TO be o
exceeding good terms with the patiy
population, when was struck dow
with one Of the Aacclimatine {,
vers common to the country, and !
nh AhSAOAAoAJ SASAt oP@Nc Vi ukn6 va
so reduced as to be totally unable
help myself in the least Among sue
men as our little baud was composed G
one does not find the most tender
nurses, and so, day after day tossed
burning restlessness upon q miserab
straw pallet alone, and while parchir
with fiery thirst, would dream for houl
of the cool hnbbling springs that kne
Of so we'll in my far distant natl
State. ggssr-,
Every gushing fountain that h,
known while playing zoverrthese hills
my childhood came back to me in meE
DRY, and in faneyI would drink my
only to awake at the delightful momel
to a full realization of where / was.
OF course l thought hard of nv cor
rades, but still knew il would not
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