The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1892-11-24
Romance and Tragedy of the Amazon

Romance and tragedy OF the Amazon.
llF STORY OF ITS DISCOVERY. GONCALO
rlYARRo AND HIS SEARCH FOR TIE FA-
4 NIED CITY WHOSE MONARCH WAS COAT
ID WITH GOLD-DUST. ADVENTURES OF
4 MADAME GoDIN AND OTHER TRAVELLERS.
special correspondence of The journal. |
MANAoS, Brazil, Oct. ), 1892. We
annot turn our backs upon the Amazon
Without referring to some of those in
epid voyagers who first ventured upon
#, yellow tide and made known its won
els to the world. This region of romance
rat adventure has had no Prescott, nor
lions, like those of Peru, Grenada and
,nochtitlan. The trials and triumphs of
, early explorers had no more reliable
Alenicing than that OF those notorious
hhers, The Frars. who followed fast on
H, heels OF the Spanish and Portuguese
.rhers after FL Dorado; and their long
4oUttn records, which seem to contain
So # fact than fable, are not easy to Oh
FL At this late day. have found a few
-jy tonnes in the museums and public
aiies OF Lima, Santiago and Rio de
ao.ro, and have been intensely interest
II reading how, in nearly every sues
-stu, encounter with South American
ANS, the victory was due to san Diego
$40 Christavao, on some other sanity
~onage, who appeared in person-gen
le palfreY-at precisely the right june
- TO rescue the invaders. The Saints
NOT always help them out, however,
appear to have sometimes had bust
~- elsewhere leaving their protege>
te in the luIch in critical straits. to
>i O1 starvation or at the hands, (ol
.H4cr teeth), OF cannibal savages; to stlug-
ttinly against adverse winds and re
,j,eSs currents on the boundless santa
NNia de la Mar Dulce-' Fresh Water
Sell If Saint Mary rs the Amazon was
II called-or to wander up and down
weary months lost in its labyriutIian
work of i9o,ipeS.
4ough this greatest river of the world
discovered more than three centuries
half ago, to this day at least two
ld, OF it remains wholly uneAplored.
w persons, except wild Indians anG the
fNt hunters who once pursued them,
4e ever penetrated beyond the banks of
uavigable ailluents, while thousands
lcs OF its remoter wilds are yet but
l, guessed at, never having been seen
llite men. The tragic romance of
Amazon discovery has no parallel in
8.-l}. 1t occurred near the middle of
sixteenth century. when the existence
New World had Just been demon
cd-when the fable of Fl Dorado till
-..H public mind, and exaggerated tales
-4J,llre, in the Sunset Land had spread
A. court to camp, from princes To
,,rS and beggars: and adventures OF
rank and no rank at all were hast
- across the ocean, bathing every
- they touched in blood. The work
ISOLATION WAS begun in the Carihbean
uls and carried. under tie gliise of
-lon into the plimeyal forests and
The Curdilleras, until All the alb
nal cities upon both the Atlantic and
Il ores of the continent had been
waste and theil people enslaVed
ioug the most daring and blood
-,. leaders in this work of conquest
l.uuder was Goncalo Pizalro, brother
Francisco pizarro, the no less cruel
.h who conquered Peru and treachel-
slaughtered his captive penefactul.
st of the Inca Kings. BY the way.
Some collins of both these cclc brated
q 'lIoats may be seen i'll the crypt Of
5hetral at Lima, Francisco coffin
hr opened by its pricstly custodians
moneyed consideration; and your
II spondent is the possessor OF a bit Of
Hed bone, supposed to be part of
tnqueror' S mortal frame, and d piece
ded silk which wraps the skeleton:
4 Hted to her, Ton consideration OF an
lollar) on the occasion Of her last
, the tomb. In the year l54l, Con
whose talents We're considered less
a thoSe Of his brother, except in the
# cruelty, set cut from Quito. the
Of Ecuador. with three hundred
>h soldiers and Il compulsory follow
four thousand subiugated Indians
"lfe them as beasts of burden; deter
0 20 discover the imaginary kingdom
l and of Gold. which their own greedy
had shaped ont nt the llalf-com-
:. 4 ended tales of the prosecuted indians.
II Naalch. whom the >panlards called
fo~do-the Gilded king-was believ-
Wear more magnificent attire than
ther potentate on earth, a daily
A ii gold-durt. It WAS believed
hi body was anointcd every morn
4 sub a costly and fragrant gum, and
. overed with gold-dust. blown all
4 llm by a tube, so that he was actual
Walking golden statue. In those DAYS
4 zion concerning this tabled kingdom
4 Is monarch was too Wild or eXtrava-
"l cIedence. It's capital was believed
grand city. IN which thousands
NOR. .,.1. l.