Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-09-21

az we cOQll Eet Wv
oetir we were on our way
&V we crossed the river withou.
u dlgeu..y, save in the case u
v one mule, an animal we hau
IA traded for during our s'ay
at Paso Real This amman
,yas aetermlned not to cross ana Wv" Wa
midway in the stream ne suV'e' saS
en- ,urnlug his head 10 the sno'e >, ,"sa
:" ,ao and no amount Of PADDING
or bollowing could turn him paeN' nav
,oop the canoe and all back heN' Wv
W. Inst luckily sand bar was
sno and stopped him. The next at
,empt was more successful, any r ,n' Sin'
sar below the landing me men ~ ~ other
an the other shore ~ s"ietS d,nc,,lt,
mules swan loose, Dut nasinn l,s hieh
~ se ,ssre about to SO back Wheh
NY ~ them. and an extra e"u,'
brought them, too IN s'ie'' ~
shore 49,, nn divide Gov
,t,h erAes, with here ana lhe'r
e,en ~ frees. To our right vas
oluu,p ana on the other SIDE 49,"
Isn," hoth thickly wooded. TINS BlaaSI,
talu, , ovtenAed TO our LETT Tor s,N.l"
pl ,,ns hroken occasionally by c'uinp'
Of woods, no,,o no Doubt been
.,aaroS az timber by the hana Oh n'un
e,e VIZ ,,ov tho grass Is 50 thick that W.
ol'u neetation cannot get start, w
rom I'm Chapa, both UP III wy
~, and on the loWlahu hNa'
nsdannne and we have seen theuh a.
a' nr,es since. We meet them He,e'
va va once more on our road ~ the l,ouu.
en- ana when we reach the lo"t,l"9a
70 Colombia they are extensive. ~ -
VI 30 belleye that account OF Wy
Sasy ~ Mormon wherein a reason -
.i,,or, Cor calling this the Land o. Us
s.ia,' - Desolate Of verdure Woulu ~
,,snossible. barren Of trees, even W
,IS ,vhere trees grow rapidly Vulse
,ss,ble and once barren, some EVuls
pin oSy,d necessarily elapse before inc
trees could be reproduced
ANCIENT NEPH1TE ROADWAY
rho next morning we entered the ioI.
-, arA with one short break were III
i. tor Ave DAYS. The grade OF our t,'ih
,',as oond An fact, we seemed 10 lohoH
mas or less closely an ancient roau'
~ n,oces the ridge was leyeled doWh'
n,ai, hollows filled up TO make INV
,.rada and parts OF now ruined uus-
$50 ,yaro seen. No doubt we were on
NC sreat highway used by the Nephlles
w ,,asslng from the South land 10 VIZ
mor,h and they had made an eAcellen'
"a and perhaps, kept 1t IN goou Von,
,,,ion nm 10 the time they last passeu
war Il as they fed from the arihles
~ ,heir enemies. There are also sish'
hat the mountains were inhanlteu, m'
saw mounds and the natives tel us liz"
there are many all over 49, 100 uanl
our animals suffered greatly LOT Wan aa,
of feed. In this ocean OF vegetat1,
there was scarcely anything they "ou'
oar Palm leaves are good ana 70 ne,
IL another leaf, the name OF wn'yn
do not know. 1t Is about TWO zee, 'om,
and six TO eight inches wide. put Ju,
beasts scorned both, until the IN
night when they began to eat q ''''ie
TRAVEL WITHOUT GUIDE
Though without guide we had no dir
fioulty In following the path ~ YIN.
n was very dim, sometimes cioseu ~
entirely by fallen trees IN rae, ou
whole trouble came from falien uees
for al times we were under the heces
sity OF cutting far around ana soln
down the mountain side then up aeall
But few horses ever pass TINS way a,
the natives on foot CLIMB over III
branches.
ACCOMMODATING GAME.
The forest abounds In game wild no
and pavous, and our Kitchen neN.
lacked for the choicest meat. Ihes
payous are kind OF turkey nlt
smaller than the tame ones, though "
Killed one that would weigh eiBi
pounds when dressed, and the meat
light and tender. They are quite az
commodating 10 the novice hunter, IL
IL not hit the first shot they. permit
second trial The trigger OF my ~
had become a little rusty, ana shapp,
the bird kindly waited for the min NJ
fatal shot.
on the fifth day we reached ca
Corda. grassy opening, where '
rested a day for the sake Of our an
mals Here was a little hut. and the
soon arrived some travellers. nauv'
going I'm the opposite direction 10 oul
They were Inclined to be friendly, al
though they were a band of revolutlu
lists, and, we thought at the time cat
rustlers. we felt safe In their compar
They were not backward In asking
for some beans, but as we had me
than we needed we accommodat
them. Neither were they backward
telling us we could not cross the
Chiriqui Viejo.
DREAD OF FORMIDABLE RIVE
This rio Chiriqui vlejo had been
thorn In our flesh for weeks, for
along we were told that II was W
bravo. that many persons had lost IN
lives, and many horses had BE-
drowned. Last year, so we were L
two men attempted TO raft across
but raft and all were taken do
stream and the men killed. These m
who had Just passed two days bei'
declared that the water was M q u
ch,ns and that with great diflict
they succeeded In crossing.
We knew, however, that few hol
drive from the ford. this way. was
feed and little hut in which we ca
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