Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-05-03

| shadows over the arid skirts of Colossus
while its white crest stood boldly out
against the sky.
| was filled with admiration at the
magnificent view, and as soon as dis
mounted ! fastened to climb to the
top of n hill in order to enjoy that
marvellous work of creation.
The humble inn, which was called
the Tambo de Chuguipogio, was to shell
ter us that night, and | and my com
panions intended to remain there until
day break in order to escape the high
winds which prevail in that region and
are so trying to travellers.
That vast solitude has an indescriba-
BILE charm, and appeals strongly to the
imagination, while the picture one be-
holds never can fade from ones men,
ory, it is so beautiful The Andes are
seen on every side in all their impos-
ing majesty, with their snowy crests,
volcanoes casting forth fire and thick
volumes of smoke and hillsides where
many generations of natives sleep in
their hidden tombs.
Many traditions abound about the
treasures concealed in the bosom of the
earth, and at the foot of the mountain
are the Indians humble huts, in which
the natives dream of their lost liberties.
! could hear the roaring of the vol
cano, Sangay, where ! was standing
and felt my own insignifcance as a
mite of creation in the midst of all
that grandeur, for what is a human
being compared with the grand crea-
ton of the Almighty? What is glory,
which the greater part of the human
race SO anXiously longs for, but an
ephemeral shadow compared with the
wonders of the earth-the colossal
mountains which look down disdain-
fully on man as a mere pygmy, who can
only gaze on their heights from afar?
There have been two exceptions,
however, Bolivar and Humboldt, who
ven tured to ascend it's steep sides, and
to win immortal fame by this achieve
ment
was engaged in these reflections
when an agonizing cry broke on my ear
l rapidly descended the hill and
joined Maj. Montenegro, who was ac-
companying me, together with several
other gentlemen, and we all hastened
to the inn to find out what had oc-
Cured.
1t was terrible sight which met our
eyes Stretched on the floor of the
room in which the guests usually con-
gregate was a young, beautiful Indian
woman, the blood oozing from deep
wound in her side, while the knife that
had done the deed was close by. She
had arrived that same afternoon, ac-
companied by middle-aged man, also
an Indian, but who had evidently run
off to escape the consequences of his
crime
The victim was still breathing. She
was carefully lifted from the floor and
placed on n pallet Every traveller is
provided with blankets and mattresses,
which he carries on a mule, and thus
can easily make up a bed wherever he
may be.
One of the soldiers of our convoy
rushed off to the nearest village after
doctor, although we thought it would
De no use, for the poor woman was in
| her death throes.
We were greatly impressed; and after
bandaging the wound endeavored to
restore the dying woman to conscious
ness by giving her some brandy.
Suddenly she trembled and tried to
raise herself, while she fixed on us her
beautiful black eyes, already glazed by
death. We gathered around the uh-
, happy woman, and, as was quite near