Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-12-07

y ,be mast week received some Interest,"
ing letters from the well known artist,
4 who Is now with the cluff expedition in
a Colombia Some excerpts from his let
tiers which are given below set forth
that, taken all In all, the various mem
bers Of the expedition which left Provo
eighteen months ago, have, indyld-
ually and collectively, experienced
strenuous times since they left Mexl-
co proper
on Board the Boat Bogota, Sept IS,
1901 ~ learned on Saturday, the 7th.
that the boat would leave for up the rlv-
en- Magdalena on the 9th. | concluded
Z 20 30 II | could get a ticket | had
been told at Cartagena that It was Il
Every difficult matter 70 get up the riy-
err and that II did get a chance
i would De crowded In with lot OF sol
a dlers which would be anything but
Il pleasant.
n Early Monday morning | went to get
q my passport. II Is necessary almost to
8have passport to go TO he'd. / then
a went to the ticket office and in a blun-
#dering way made them understand me.
10 asked when the boat would leave.
@rManana' imam yan-a) was the reply.
~ got everything ready even to order
4|1ng n cart TO come for my baggage at
IN o'clock The man did not come at the
2}tlme appointed so went to the mar
a0fet whore | met him. He said the boat
iNwould not leave until Z p. m He said
he would come at p m. At p. m. he
'Nas not there, A gentleman told me It
l'Nould leave tomorrow. ! went to the
Hofllce anc''Was Informed that it would
.detart at 10 a. m. manana, but the time
Iva hardly certain, Next morning,
"wednesday the cart did not come,
Mbad heard that the boat would not
start before tomorrow, manana, so
.hNas not disappointed went to the
1ofIlce again and was told, "Manana
'8dez bora" 90 tomorrow. Thursday at
rs o'clock the cart came | was soon on
3the dock could see very plainly that
I'VE would not start very soon because
Nthe cargo was not all on. Finally, the
whistle blew, imagined we we're ready
y but was mistaken. After about an hour
Che whistle blew again. The cargo was
e On and all was ready to start at D. m.
y Not until after the third whistle did
We start.
DRUNKEN HELMsMAN.
3# There was another boat ahead OF us
B and II seemed that our boat had for
y fotten how to run straight or the man
~ the helm was drunk. After getting
y INTO III, canal It started for the other
Nod and struck her a glancing blow.
After another effort we got into the
center OF the canal but made line for
I'M shore. We narrowly escaped be-
ing stranded,
R THE ,rAcnnrNA
Lena
The Magdalena river is very large
end for about 60 or 70 miles Is a regular
K delta. The land Is very low and marshy,
e ne banks are no higher than three feet
Al this time Of year the banks are
f hardly visible. There Ia a constant
6tream Of floating weeds and grass
sometimes they look like floating ISL
ands. You can not see very far from
You so that the river looks like lake
a The river is very crooked and the banks
\ covered with trees, bushes and grasses.
&The water Is always muddy and filed
B with crocodiles. There are beautiful
< Tropical forests along the banks The
& houses nre usually matched huts.
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