The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-10-02
y THRILLING STORY.
AN AWFUL EXPERIENCE IN TH,:
WILDS or CENTRAL AMERICA

An Indian Eaton Alivo nv 81, .,
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF the Wicked
Reptiles, Some IA Largo as Tnr,.,
Creep Out OF tho Grass,
DAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 2U.-In \ re-
cont number OF the Examiner Of tbia
city DR.. j. S. Davis, an extensive o,-
ploror says he has just returned from,
an expedition into the interior Of YIN.
c'Iah and Compcacho, during which no
met with al awful and unusual adj
venture. The story in the Doctors
own words IS as follows:
In the latter part Of May last went
, TO central America from San Francisco
AT the request of the Munich Society
! IoE frchlstorical Research, of which
| am i member, to investigate the an
Client ruins which cover that country,
Win view OF obtaining, if possible.
some cluo to tho period to which thcv
belong. l got the clue | sought Ter
from somo hicroglyphics among the
'ohqnestador ruins, which. according
10 my theory, are about 1900 years old
pul, oi conTae. absolute proof i. NOT
a'allabic. / had AS d guide q most
intelligent half-hrced, Manuel R.sero
and nc informed nc that, accor,,inr e,
inc traditions Of his Indian progonitors,
0'''.' were some ruins Of still grcatcr
AfI'qnlty no miles to the North,v,rd
near tho Rio Scca. Indeed. ho said
lhat this dry basin was once tho bcd or
river that had been turned rro,n Il,
course oy the inhabitants of these same
runs Thinking that I might uassihlv
ma some corrohoration for nv thrurv
/ ahn"n% these earlier relics of tho ,ost
! race, | started to find them noccu-
i'""'rh hF my faithful guide. It was
very haId travelling Through the junr]cs
IN" VIC made hardly fifteen miles y, ia,
III" 'nHlcn!tlos were multiplied bv the
enormous number of snakes and nr,iso,.
Gus Insects that mrc3t this scctino X,
!os' one Of our pack mules through =
oltc on sting OF Some sort on tho th,ra
day. y"
Oh the afternoon Of The fourth dov
we cHnped III littlo opening. clc,r rT.
cipC lor grass. This was soon burnCd
on, w.. -,
,r,n w e nau Just finished supper, and 7
w., M'+n 81 S..'liis aI Lhe olSo Of 4 tree smok-
! ing my pipe when an cnormous taroM
ln'a came ont Of the graz. into ~,
cleared circle. He Was nrsI,,,,' wv" til' ~
largest specimen had ever snrn o',l
80 vac Slali'ahg rays Of the Suu r3,,rh;
hllii, HOtlC"ti curious. lrl1 inG,,;,,;t,
thn, h.,1 ,''' "''N y MS Back. IrCgrrltyd
NV Manuel settled nv rrrr,.,. -,
had T'IS h,rai', H. "l.h billet Of w0od. Ii
nthor nt't 'n,uiy , ceased moving when au-
~ tbo "It' eq'laiiy large one appeared
T ala No. "t"Ti f eng ol tn" hurntJ patcl.
! hcaTv In,th i,", mem mach. us | w0ru
! h,ns ''''' icS'Slls], reaching to my
"Wc h,vo on,,,o
said. "fhcrn .,1.p sonI;s q W." camp, Manuel"
tnIas, '''''e ''chiS 20 De many taran-
"Onn o,,oo oi
answered. In Cn.,,,", ,.',,,"I as ahother, he
90 hy twos ~ '''''''''' h"y usually
w or,nn"r.a ,.
than hhi9I"n.J h;5 nnri more troubled, however,
dir3tn nnd td'nti;H' ,',;} ahSWrr seemed to in
vclro,rn ,!;,i;,"i ;i;,'" h'icc thc second Un-
arnrnI a. ~" nio~i o,,. ne n'Gan TO poke
! lie uncnvrro,," " ,n ,'"o WIN long branch.
dcrs and kiilnh rrr tTn,, VI u,, me great Spl,,
around thrrc ,"nrn .'arl'' g. " men ne turned
OF them in IN" "'aG aIoy iuliy nan dozen
! fastnnpI on ~ u"'l'U space. Ihcy
to suck tEnir ny hInoI "',''' ones ana seemed
I'VE must cot ," ~. ,e,,
the Indian ''' u Uhi'' screamed
At this momo,. orn ,,
began TO strr~oin a,"l o"i I,e'li;'ininH mule
broke his nicEmt r,, nm'' hiGN, ne soon
Then | becInHc q wl"o Upr "r "t'. olStPpearcn.
ling In tho or,,a m"'' @ ~ d steady rust
camo ont. '' ''o'H '"f;ehI"!as
IL have heard or i ,,o,, .,o,,, ,
cried nv rnidn % nit ~ irohl ~ on Inc inulahS'
They say that tho ,'nm,'I ~ ~ 'ue urEli army.
the dead citie, ,,n ,'' 'G2pl" VINO lF"d IN
that no one Can Wiz ii, kiiltu oy thein, and
| by fhouonn,,o, o'ui ii, i've lhere: Ihey come
n,thin~ ,I;,,,o ''Nu req anus, ana leave
th0uohf n NV, m"elo they pass L
must C,gbt th 700 - 81 naW STORY. We
Tie seiyod ,',i' - u'i WIN n!c.
c.n,n' Gn" o " ,HtIiihg brand from the
wise, Ue trinl to u r' -. ~ "'c 20 90 ike,