The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-10-08

IN. Muratss are almost ss bad They IN
and wheEeSsr ssg ssp out ss q e co
tie Whites. For this they we're almost snnlhi-
bae .s seo wSses cam e her rescas
ylding them with rifles. They are now s turn.
Ing the tables. and VIII probably ex'ermina'e
! the fierce tribes In few years
DEAD RIVERS FOUND
After four days OF rest with these Caneios
| Indians we obtained canoes from others OF tns
t SsS On e1ary sand bar
found fair prospects Of gold. but none IN the
ssnt T6sS Ss Il pft II s the Ss. to bar
one We were We kept on Up as far as the cyl VII,
ago ago. and pfospected the hills all around there
m ms age ran at right angles to the currents Of
the present streams: that is. north ana south;
These oa f 70 yas in
width and from 10 to 30 feet In depth. They
are ali covered with a thick forest now There
the s bars ia Of the Bombsnazaa plenty Of flne
gold. but IL will float In the current OF an or,
had the finest Of French scales, but no weight
that had would me ws Wo GSen WE .ae eSSd net
save enough for day wages.
THE mbanaza comes from Lake Bonn
banaza, near Plco Langana,i where the fo nm:
trouble with the placer proposition is that
these streams run through sedimentary Tor.
hard. pm bottom to retain the gold, The old
dead streams with their beds lying north and
south were also In sedimentary formation.
THESE SLAVES ESCAPED.
well. we had to give 1t up. We gave good
the mouth OF the Pinduaco we found a
v HSSSr sas,siss Trey wn III They %
q camp OF wild Indians and captured twenty OF
them. whom they were going to carry down
sIayesIas the little girls that / told yoa q on
the Napo, were to be sold. These twenty were
when caught: they wear no clothes whatever.
They live on corn; which is found growing un,
IN thsy can With sr RUDE
weapons. They know nothing Of salt. The
men let their hair grow to the shoulders and
then cut II off: the women let theirs grow rs
in both scxes., 1t is coarse, straight. and
form rnn they al" are slender and attractive There
was nothing herce in their expressions.
hs was ATTY old or
had gain"d shreWdaess with years an. The
opinion OF him by liberating the entire party
and getting every one clear and free into the
forest People may not want to believe those
selling Of Indians on the, upper waters Of the
Amazon. but you get THE Sun, to send you
T
it again. This time located the gold. put
regular steamer to Yuri maGuas, on the Hual-
laga; tributary to the Amazon from the
days up the Paranapuri. a tributary Of tho
HualaGa Then turned into the Le9ph n
Balsa. the head OF canoe navigation.
DANGEROUS FORD.
"There got three poems to carry my lug
gage and walked for seven days to Moya-
Samba city Of 10000 people In the he Andes
When reached the Puma River found that
OF which was Just two feet wide. On the
right above the dam was tS great pool 81 un
over that narrow lip in flood Just knee deep.
and d OF @
and facing certain death il he Slip. OF eourss.
nation is sandstone and the dam will soon go.
On the west side Of ut the range one, one finds
and Put snEaa 9o
cheat him out OF It. found good many
eoors along the trail but no placer proposi,
we'll disposed toward white men;
a.. About every soul in Moyab ba makes pta
Ths rsns are
there and the water from the mountain has
Sssr NJ to aas FRI d sy r sloNs Tssl n
deeper ali the time. and now and then house
tumbles in with its caving sides. The refuse
OF the town 10 thrown Into the streets. where 1t
man. but had to stay there eight days before
could get any one to carry my outfit
FINE TOBACCO.
South OF Moyabamb a is Tarapota. whore the
best tobacco In the world for cigarettes grows.
It sells fol. ST pound in Tarapota
From Moya6amba went to Chaohapoyas.
my armpits In mud and slush; They have
college at Chachapoyas. and had talk with
the head teacher. What do you think He
did not know slate from granite: he had no
idea OF Thermometer. and neither knew nor
cared anything about even the greatest cities
OF America or Europe.
GOLD NUGGETS HERE.
Eventually I reached Callao. and efter a
stay OF some time started by the way OF Santa
Rosa and LoJa to Yangaria in the Andes.
whore the eng neers who were surveying a
line for the intercontinental railroad had to
country would make any man from the i:orges
OF the Rockies open his eyes. got over to the
Rio Caucho and found some gold. and proved
to my own satisfaction that near Cuenca there
as kernels Of corn.,plenty, OF it. But the In
dams have 1t. and the Ghite man that can get
his spoon into that pudding is a good one"
Dugan said that on the whole he had come
half but no did not mind the loss of either
time or money. He found ample com nsation
In the experience. He spent good many days
whore even those half breed ru bier gatherers
falsehood OF all the tales Of vast placer depos-
its of gold save the one last mentioned. He
enjoyed himself In the wild country among
those Indians as well as he ever did any
ton. he is going back and spend his life
among the caneloB on the east slODe of the