The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1898-02-27
LAND OF THE INCAS.
GOLD SEEKERS IMPRESS
SONS or PERU.

The Difficulties q transportation.
Josiah Johns, brother Of Mrs. ". j
Carrier. Is in sacramento, having u
turned few days ago from Peru, with
En- be went with a party last mareh'dui
ing the gold excitement.
Speaking recently Of his experience
to reporter, hn said: cannot too
strongly warn Americans, whether cap
italists On lahorers, against going 70
Peru with the idea 81 hcnenting them
selves. for they will surely find them
selves dead broke in short time il
strange county land q very hard ON
to make living in--unless they take
time by the forelock, as / did, and leave
TIE country while they are able 10 dose.
III all my travels there ! found only one
man who was making anything, and be
had taken a contract on a mine 900
feet above the sea level.
we were given glowing accounts Of
the marvellous richness Of the plaeers
on one or two rivers, where the m
dians dive down and bring up their
hands full Of the golden sands but it is
miserable lie and has been the cause
Of leaving many poor fellow there and
stranding him. We prospccted the riv-
ers and found that there was no gold
Ia them When pizarro conquered
Peru, tho incas, who were highly in
telligent race, had collected vast
amounts Of gold-nohody viii ever
know how nuch--frem the sands Of tho
siseams Pi2arro and his men set The
natives at work to collect more, and the
work has been going % ever since
Then came the Portugnese who were 20
successful that the spaniards got ieal
Gus of them aud drove them away The
result Is that the plaeers were all mined
out long ago 1t is very hard prospect.
ing also, as the streams arc swift ana
the mountain sidesrough and very steep
There are rich silver mines there,
but they are very high up, 1900 feet
.Or more. aud the air is SO rare that
white man cannot work, aud the work
is done by Indians. Tho natiye Peru
yians work very little, malApg the nj
dams do their work. ] l1id1Aof only
$500 fee There is very little show,
too, for man to find employment in.
other directions than mining, for he
must come into competition with the
Indians, who IRE poorly paid.
The native peruyians are the LATEST
people you can imagine They not only
make no provision for next week, but
none even for the next dry. meal
ahead being about the extent Of their
solicitude. Time is no object to them
and they pny very little attention to IT,
They do not like foreigners aud delay
and discourage them in every possible
way. 1t does not make much difference
whether they are Americans, English o.
German--they are all gringoes to the
Pernvians. as they are to his Mexican
brethren, aud he dislikes them ALL
Harry Mciggs is about Che only
American that has over done wen in
Peru, and do not know how he ever
managed to get SO good show given to
him, they dislike strangers So He built
good road, and it is considerably used,
hut il seems funny to ME how they run
their trains. A train runs three times a
week to the Titicaca basin, and it takes
its time II runs to AreQUila and then
stops for the night The next morning
il starts again and rurs all day, stop
ping again at might, and takes three days
to get 10 the basin
ron the Pacific side IL Is dry rain
less region. but on the Amarson side il
rains nearly every day. When one gets
up into the cordilleras, it is all right
lave III
night il gets very cold / had very hard
work to find transportation, aud my exs
perience illustrates the character of the
people, When you have gone as far as
the railroad Will take you, you must get
mules 80 70 farther aud there is the
rub II You get mules, their owner win
agree 70 take you certain distance, but
he viii take you no farther, nor will he
give you ieason for his refusal to do
so. After ! arrived ut the end 81 the
railroad 1 was rs days trying TO set
mules before | succeeded. The superin-
tendent Of mine who did me many
great favars after some days Of entreaty
persuaded q rich Peruvian to send his
mules to take me 100 miles, but ha
would not take me a bit further, and
tAtt' w NAAA AANAN ~ hHNH ANhAtI hNltIb
l obtained more mules. There is no use
Of fretting, for it does not do il particle
Of good, and money is no object to such
"A people.
Wien you arrive at town, the
gobenador must he seen. He takes you
to his house whore thnre is plenty of
room, and yen can get all the supplies
you need III the shape Of food from him
by paying well for it. Of course he is
IN no hurry to have you 60, and emily
diplomacy starts you ON your journey
again, for he takes his time 20 helpyou.
As l said before, there is very little
show for white man There is moth.
ing left in mining that is worth talking
about. l know Of one mine where ii
whole lot Of money has been invested,
but they only strike gold in pockets.
The meas mined the country. and after