New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-16

brother. Digo presided. Misfortune however
marked the enterprise. fevor' were c'lS'u ps '0
unhcalthial site, mutiny and characterization 500"
p:odnccd disconfent among the c"loniSi'' aho' III
1896, the city # Isabella was abnndoneh LOT 'ne
hanks 81 the Ozama on the south side Of the Island,
and resulted In the founding OF The CITY oil Hah
Domingo. now the oldest existing city In the Ne"
World.
FIR many wears Isabella had been port OF snip
mcnt for malocanv and lignrm-vtae, woods which
crow IN abundance in tie nciehborh'"d 40
hediation, are 10 be found within milo ah' AMIN
Of tie ruins. bat the native wood cutters velh'o
the statements Of the pilots made To me NaVN
cxporinc pai.v a, 10 the traditional ccnuinenesS "i
the site Ey digging with tn" pick at Intervals
the Marty was able 10 form some idea of the ground
,ian Of th. ancient city. and to follow a portion
~ the line, Of the walls The general ohtihe "l
the ground occupied seems 70 have been SneA'N
irregular parallcogHm. There are no traces ho"
Of continuous wall about the space occupied BY inc
colony The site was well chosen for defence anu
the watercour to the north and south We're CON
venient substitutes for trenches In the northeast
angie Of the plateau and ncaf the shore are tle
remains Of n wall connecting three small mhr'ho
towers or basan5. They were probably crcnmr
I'm form. and their remains are mounds oi r'oa'"
earth scattered with unhcwn stones many pieces
being about rnrcc feet high and twenty ieet III
diameter 1000 ,ho ming
which the party learned were the work OF treasu a
hunters and rs many vessels touching NJ lhlS pu't
have carried away relies from time 10 um' ,l,o
remains are much diminished. a block ol h'"n
limestone twenty inches long twenty seven hchts
vide and from six to eight inches thick was brought
AWAY by the Enterprises officers. III mas y Siuli.
rnoulding worked on one side. and was the most
finished stone that was All the cut blochs
~ stone were turned and carefully examined
In the hopes OF finding some marks or dnteS. Oh,
without success and 1t Is the belief mat morning n
the kind exists. of the surface remains at Isabella
IT is the opinion Of the Enterprise parry u'al Ine,e
Is nothing Of sufficient interest to be remover, 'Nr,P
pcrbaps the few blocks Of cut limestone ana therr
IS nothing that would convey an IDEA OF the hrchl,
lecture and workmanship Of the building erected
by the first sitter. ,,.,. H.. $40
II is also the opinion Of the investigators that no
better results would follow by extended "xcava-
lions Isabella occupied only about two years
by the original settlers. But shond intnrc cN-
plorations he made II is the opinion Of the officers
that thcv would be Of undonh.cd scientific interest,",
especially the examination Of the fanna ana nora OF
that region. There also evidences OF interesting
fossil rpmainS The cave, ard the ems OF tape
Isabella and It's vicinity would probably weld
inf erestnc relies Of the sbori1nes-ihc non extinct
Carlbs These cliffs are full OF c)vcs. and from me
investigation made and the description given OF the
stones fonnd In these caves they probably contain
metals. rollers, ETC.