The sun., 1895-01-20


of Revolutions by ExiIe-Taie OF m
I-dIan B.by- Opportunities and Pros
pect. OF the Region-'rh. Hotels At GaI-
ieuoa-Gov. Mayors Cultivation OF Music
s.d Literature In = Far-oF Coustry.
In an article In THE Sun giving the experi-
ences OF n traveller when coasting along Pata-
gonia, reference was made incidentally to the
iron buildings OF settler at Port Desire, erected
among the ruins left by the Spanish colony
established there and at st. Julian at the end of
the eighteenth century and abandoned In 1907.
In the belief that something about the practical
development of the region where Viedina failed
will be of interest IL is proposed to tell what
. traveller may see and learn when he goes
ashore at the three stations established by the
Argentine Government between the WEIGH
colony OF Chubut and the Chill colony Of Punta
Arenas that is to say, Port Desire. Santa Cruz,
and Gallegos
The story Of Port Desire is n brief one. The
English Jesuit priest Faulkner. who had been
expelled from tho Argentine after he had trav-
srsed about all Of Patagonia, went home and
printed book telling truthfully what he had
seen in Patagonia The book made great stir
and was translated on the Continent. Fearful
lest the English descend on the Patagonia coast
and take possession, tho Spanish Government
ordered an expedition sent out from Buenos
Ayres to plant colonies there. With we'll
eouinped sbips the colonists and soldiers sailed
.wav aoutb and came tn anchor I'm Port Desire
They found IL . very fair port once they were
inside. Black volcanic rocks made the channel
at the entrance crooked. but the rocks were all
in sight at low water. so that o vessel entering
with the first Of the food-tide was safe enough
when well handled.
The barbor vas simplv n long. narrow river
he'd where the current ran one way or the other
according to tho tide as IL does in the Hudson
,be smount of xater from Desire River not per
csntiblv affecting the harbor. On the south
tbers was n oreat green orassv prairie that rose
gradually from the water's edge smooth and
nnbroksn saye nv n single nile of loose rock
from which arose a curious Y-shaped monu
ment tho work of some old time convulsion of
nature. On the north aide tho land Law high
.hoyo tho ,vat.r.,vo or tbrea bundrsd f,et-
and tbers xvcr. rugoed nrecin,ces of nornbvrv
,vharo tho land hroka down IN tho va,er,s edoe
10 tho coloniats fresh from the laval pamnas
.bont ppenoa Avres a. xvaa ,nost nlcturesoue
Going ashore on the north aide the colon,sts
.ccordiny to tho old registar In Ruenoa Avr.s
.cr, brancb.s dastroved mounds NJ sartb
,p,Iod nm bp.bes moved STONES " and did spcb
nth.r thsa,rica, disnIav ching. as we're don, nv
all civilized neon,e IN that dav when taking
,ossession os i,nds tbat balanced IN uncivil;zsd
,oor,e M. .,co,tino tho hois,ino NJ thar aao
,h, hr-nin, -, c,nnowdor ond tho nsrfor,n.
.nc. NJ rali,,,o,a servicas bv tho cban,oin
uoy;,o ,bns .ata hlisbsa tb.ir ,,t,s ,h.y van+
,o worL bpiidin,, hnpses and LAYING ont oardans
.nd nl,n,ino fnit trsss and n, all This nroc,icoI
xor,, nnomar COO n ,hundont rsn,ai,a 70 ,bisday
Tbev laid ont n small town in fact. and built
bouses on botb sdss or one s,reet I, ,v,. nm n
.hau ,,a..a- -. -, A. o.. =, A. ~. 80,
nice bv which a was amn,v sbe,,ered from tha
ruds blasts that forsver blow ,ver the Patagonia
daser, ,yh,,a tho grassy ,nonnd sIonad gently
down tn the narrow barbor The town was
hn,,, ~ uah, ,.a,Io,,;sh ,,-o,,s.on. ard o.. ola
bor.o ,vails some s.van fast b;gb and rooted
With timbers and GRASS and earth are for the
n,os, mart standino So too ia n corraI-,nossi.
hiv a ,y.s ,ort n. ,v.u ,,,i,h ,,al,s t,,a foo+
,h;o,, snd ,ro,, ,hr.o o, ,,u, roat hiah u
.,Icb . short ,.y ohoyetba bousos tbs,, found
-, III, -, ON, h,,., -, Lit -
and nlontad cherrv and on;nce treas II yos
nIaco tbot ,ybiI. sh.,,.r.d Inv r,cLv ,o,Is fror,
the wind yas sin omen to tho sun and 40 thar
.,urr eourishad Aithouob more tban oigbt,
y.ors hay. nosso, sinco any on. cr,ti,,ot.d ,bo,
snlcb cherry ami on,ncs trees tha, hear sne
Sruit are s,iIi fourd thar.
Vi.dina tho command.r =, ,ho ax,oat,,o,
,or, on % por, g JrIio, ard hui,, ono,h.
1i,ua town tbore .f,sr ,,hicb ho want ovnIorin,,
,,,o ,ho dosar, for ,in,hor raoohirc ,ha 49,
=, ,,a loo, and ,isooyarrr ,ha ,rraat 49, -,
thai is nj the head ~ the Rio Negro ut the north
and of rio santa cruz at the sontb uo,vaysr
,i,,har ,,as found too ,ar ,r,n, ,h, ooost a., re-,
service. the climate thougb b.aItbfnI was bIeaL
and Grain crons nncertair hscsusa % ho,b fros,s
and drouobts Tbera ,yerc many ,nnIions ot
.crsa ~ more kindly land unoccnniad in ,bo.s
days and pat.gonIo ,yas r,gb,Iv fec,lod ,o hs
not then worth bolding
Thsrsaftsr ps,agonia .or,b NJ tho Rio M
GRO nrohah,v on, No ,onsid.rot,,n rh.,ona.
from Tho Eusnos Avres Cororrm.n, ,nti,
within the last thir,v ,s.rs I,ban ,ba
dongs of certain New Redtora and New
London n.on,o in the limited stotss or ono
hand and ~ the Governmep, n, chi, m ,hs
Other beuan IN occunv tho attention or Aroono
time statesmen The YANKEES who wan, do,,r
that wav were Iooking FOR Aroan,ine s.aIs or
ho,b kInds and FOR whale nj, With ,nrch s,c,
cess while the chin C;overnmsnt having ,alsn
formal nossession of the Strai, or M.ge,I.n and