The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-17
CITY q BAbaheyo and Floating
Houses Of the Guyas River.
sAS1vEs AND NOW THEY LIVE.
, Unnoo nfAe TAsssgh shs Tsepses
Anoa0 sAs AIligsssss asa Aes-
1soyn~uow . sG1ullsasise Eessass-
80 D1anser FaRns-Wagss anA
neutrality-suspicious. 20 osits
- ocsaaasr's Only AssirssA.

oboysleAt. 10. By Frank q Carpenter.
AAAHoYo Ecuador, Aassn zs---
" Ter the past two days ! have
~ been sailing aious the Columbia
~ rsvs- Of Ecuador. The Guyas y
20 this country 10 the Columbia
ls 10 the United States. II r..
- ooGveet river Of the Pacific coast, and
- nDk. In fise rainy ssasoa. wi.css lasts
80 IppW December TO May. II has con-
6UoDa che country for miles and miles
Ito . vast lake. Where We entered II
l)go0 - Pnrsflc just opposite tins Island
r. -, where Pixarrp landed, she river
- mI1v mlies wide. and 40 We sailed up II
- 1uoauauii We seemed 10 he passing
nheon9a IN in4and s%s. The waters were
= ~ celar and thickness Of pea soup.
4al upon the fast flowing nvDd were
notqAas ct neesn. great trees and other
lshg1e which we're floating down from the
haoGn 20 the sea. AZ 6aayaqs1li the river
y Woen than mile vida. ard twenty-slx
~ d4ep. furnishing Eood and safe
norhor Cor the largest Of the Pacific ocean
1loamsrs The river there IN fiied with
Gdppdng. and there are hundreds OF dug
cuts, c61oes. great RATS and cargo boats
0oe1 By the natives 90 bring their wares
afoQ the interior for sale.
The nnnUlk0k 81 EcaaAos.
left Gssaysanil two days ago and In
3h0 little American tiiit steamer Puignir
1ook An aIl~uikistE na., mp the Guyas into
chs fSsfsrior. / am now far away from the
eoAg, aluaa at the foothills Of the Andes.
G&1mbQrnxo frcWns down upo:i me. and
90 almost hear the rumbiing OF the vol
60 C1fopaxi. asn In the city Of Bahia
4o16. or 1pdegax. cify which. like Bang
&o1G - alpnc4t al afioat upon tho water.
74ho Nhofe land II flooded. and many Of
M sAOuees are 10 buii; that the people i've
- he econd stories and 90 from one
~ z-kt A..
DroDer. Wh1ch contains about $500 people.
MS arrests which are now little more than
.stvor1 arr In coming from the boat !
NtrQ1 m Indian 70 carry me TO the high
lands - the shore on his back. ~ went
ny whiaky flask. which l always carry
- for nedacinai purposes. fell out OF
~ leoleet into about five feet OF water.
80 hired another peon to dive for Ii.
rs did u bringing I'D frst the bottle and
Geden Tia 6rinking cup. which has slipped
- When it tell l made him happy by
sn1vug Nm 10 cents for his trouble Tie
3nGtaeoe part ~ Eabahoyo IL few feet
aaghae ohAu the rest OF the place. and Just
s0ew tho efowes are free from water,
*ohou9A IN crosasnS tho streets you must
3A0g tie buildings and balance yourself on
ehp totn and bamboo bridges put across
svf0m o1oeNMiA 20 Edewaik The houses
xayo III Of two stories the ground floor
NQ1nG tAssen up with the cave-isks steyes,
NAo the second stories forming the Twins
QrArtws. There are, or course. no pave
aAlnts nor modern improvements. Haha.
4eyo has not . sewer nor gutter In iss
1ts only bathroom - . floating shed upos
chs wharyes OF the river. in which sou
may dip yourself down Into the water
with the serious danger Of losing leg D.
chs nip Of an alligator. There Is not a
fireplace nor u chimney In the whole
town. There Is not glnss window, for
che houses are ventilated on the second
0oors by means Of lattice werk running
about the ceiling. Tho whole front wallis
OF the stores are thrown back In the day
tinc. and the ground floors are as open as
those OF japan. The houses now on the
water few weeks ago were high and
dry. The ground ftoor was then used for
the chickens. donkeys and cattle. Now
these are either on platforms higher up
or are living with the family or The Sec
end fioor. which In built upon piles so high
w that the floods do nos reach II.
Ia ~ cuadorian Heasc.
There ara hundreds of houses here which
can only be reached IN canoes. The chill
Afen 90 10 school In canoes and the mar
ketRg II done In boats. The most OF these
ybOueue be,eng 10 the poorer classes. though
i oall Describe further on my visit 10.
n1E2pohlne planter. who canso< now walk
- mGpg from kls houSa without drown
3ao poorer houses consist Of little
- Dan one room. about sir feet square.
- HDou piles abaut ten feet above the
DlA ard reached by a ladder outslde
- Anuscs are matched with bread white
AtoA tied - . framework OF bamboo
4uno The door II Of cane and tho cracks
IN 4 are ., many that the women do no,
soeed t. sweep. the dirt Of the household
Ealing through upon the ground or into
.4kho water. An 20 modern ccnyeniences in
SHE way OF watercsasets. these are rracti-
aCa1iy oaknowu amorg the nat!ves Of
EcuAdeC Even In the capieai, Quito n
rycaiy OF 600 or more. the streets are used
by the common people for such purposes.
ana every family ~ sespeetahgsiiy. when
sAtavetnx. carries It's own conveniences
vita Il. In the houses of the common peo-
pie there 10 no privacy whatever, men and
: wemen. boys and girls, wives ana man.
ems al herd together. Sleeping m tha
same clothes they wear In The s.asftmr
.iylne iadtscrsminsteiy upow tta rnor or IN
SGs hamsnccks Vi hgch form TIE ehses arfs
.clep or fdrutage az their houses TIRE
scocksng IL done sn clay pots On a nrehax
filled with dirt. The fuel q EsrvaiS- rsar.
cosl the r0ts being raised unots sllex ar
bricks "a allow roam for the coaia he
meath. The chief feed o. TIE ,ran,1, >
parts az the country IS tse pasata. or ira
yam known a. the yucca. and plaataias
or large bananas Mach rsc~ n used Ma.
is,g cckei with Hard the mast OF vhl,h
cossns from che tnissa States T';:su.n
This whole region where upw a "a Is ailei
With Ans castle. the psspss 80 no. sces,s "a
know Anything OF batter. The ca}es pl<.
.osaers Ter Il are foreigners. ard the aytl-
Gle ufost sold IL The ltai!sn batter In aas
ard sso-pe0isA sshs Ii sells fer 81 a
pauna sa this money or aS<sass % ..se,a SIS