Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-09-28
LEGENDS OF THE INCAS.
ENORMOUS AMOUNTS OF PRECIOUS
METALS BURIED.
Great Temples and cities Built by the
Ancicnts In South America-En.
cheering Feats Were Extensive
Conquered by rizsrro.

The coast OF South America has been
called a panorama of desolation, being
constant succession of bleak and barren
cliffs, with scarcely a lovely thing for 1900
miles. Occasionally a stream makes It's
way from the mountains to the ocean, aud
leaves line of green that is perpetual
and fertility that is unsurpassed, says
special correspondent of the Chicago Re-
cord writing from Peru. Such "A place is
Pisco, the first stopping place of the
steamer south Of callao, where little
river irrigates a broad valley that pro-
duccs some of the finest grapes in the
world. From Pisco come the wine and
| brandy that bears that name and the
. famous cordial called Italia" which is
unsurpassed as a stimulant hut the
quantity produced is so small that it Is
scarcely sufficient for local consumption
and does not find its way into the worlds
markets.
Near Pisco an Italian colony has recent
| ly been established, which will extend the
! cultivated area a considerable degree, and
there is no limit to its productivcncts
wherever water can be brought to the
soil
There is no har1or along the coast until
you reach Coqumbo, the first port north
of Valparaiso. At all tho other places the
| steamers are compelled to anchor in an
open roadstead out beyond the surf and
passengers and freight are transferred by
means of lighters through the breakers IN
a manner that looks desperate and d2r-
gerous, but is seldom attended with acct
dents Human beings and packages Of
/ ,rorchandiso arc h,ieted from the lirht,r..
to the decks with cranes and tackle. and
the experience of landing Is not such as to
encourage nervous and tmid people to
! cruise up and down this coast. The sea-
sickness in the lighters is also much
greater than upon the steamers. and PAS
senpcrs who are lucky enough ia he ahlo
to remain on board are furnished with
exciting and sometimes distressing snec-
taces at every port
| The finest Inca ruins in Porn are fourI
north of Callao near the city of TruiiIlo
which Is a town of some 20 Ooa Inhabitants
founded hv Pizarro in 1886 who named il
after his birt hplace in Suair and cxtfndeL
it to be the great CITY of pcu, with tho
exception of Lima. If was the only walled
town in the country. 1t is surrounded bv
a fertile area and many fine estates
About IL miles distant are the wonderful
ruins of C'himu which in many respect =
are the most extensive and the best pre-
served of all the ancient cities in the
Andes. They consist of q wilderness Of
rooless walls that once incloscd splendid
temples. palaces and dwellings. which
were looted and DESTROYED Wv the SPAN
ards, and when deserted were allowed to
fill uo with dust from the desert. The
ruins of Ch!mu have been the favorita
haunt of observation-disclosures and large col
loctions of gold. silver and conner vessels.
ornaments that contained Jewels of rare
beauty and value and other articles of
equal interest have been found bv excava-
ton hut the chief object of search is a vast
mass Of treasure which is supposed to be
buried somewhere in the raiphborhood AMI
is known as the Irca's Ransom Many
people have spent their lives and fortunes
in search of it. with the expectation Of he
coming "millionaires and freoueut1v
have been successful in discovering small
collections of vessels of nr.cious metals
but the real treasure has never beeu ra-
covered.
Westward from Chimu Is a great pvra-
mid called Moche. which is supposrd 10
have been built as a temple for. the wor-
shin of the sun but there are no legends
or traditions 6y which its use can be
definitely determined Some of the anti.
quarians have A theory that human sacri.
fees were offered to the sun rod on
its summit 1t is constructed of adobe
bricks Its base measures 500 bv 40 feet
aud its apeX is 800 feet from the ground
There are messages underneath which
have been opened and explored hv treas.
,ure-hunters. but nothing OF yalua can he
found oxcept well-nresorvnd numnies nj
priests and princes for whose burial lilf
the pyramids of Egvpt II was used
Indeed the history of Chin and ito neo.
nile is vague and limited hut uo know tn n,
they lived and exorcis.d cortroI ovo, n,
country before the Incas and vnr. snh
iucated nv them. that t,ev wore runcr
Gus and industrious and neacefuI 4.
easily determinod nv tho extcnt Of tboi,
cemeteries ana tbeir ruined ci+ies tn
Incas saw that the C,bimus came from, The
north at n very renoto neriod ~, RI IT. nm
der q great cbicf c,lIed \avrrIo, oyi
landed rear TruiilIo where mi, creatost
. city was established, They were conquer
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