The Republican journal., 1903-01-01

~ Ff DE BoGoTA, COLUMBIA,
SAN "a 1902. Colombia's Capital,
~" of holy Faith, occupies a
b5 'E 3,.,bed plateau of the Andes.
6tlF ~ a;re thousand feet above the
plIl -hs sea. Away up here, al
F5I " .,f . mile higher than the top
ao'' ,o, Washington, one can easily
d N oneself in the North Temper
D'!p' so thin, pure and cool is the
it SO. ta,o Though only a few de-
'V'' moved from the equator, the
lIs' ,tnre averages fifty degrees
'AF and most of the northern pro-
''" ,,. found here, tlourishing amid
'aVN ss,np profusion of tropical fruits
'''i ,o.-rs This mountain-valley is
sa ,,--resting as having been the
0'' a,.oA Paradise of the Chibchas,
..aeug people who Inhabited this
q, ,,r tbtdawn of history. Ouesada,
,,..ui historian, IAN ancestor OF
rf Minister from Cuba to the
+1.s rs that in 1887, at the time
.....tst, the Chibchas number
.,,. million. Here stood their
4.5 allied Bo-cat-a. The capt.
t.5Ity. which occupies the same
of, fr,t'4 took its name from the
g.ray though the corrupted mod
n.rf lass quite different sound,
..a.. icing strong on the final
m. a, Bogo-tah.
rb,g l.r curious race, those long
10, la0guas. and around no spot in
no. Americas are clustered more
-a -.a-s and improbable traditions
...safag vanished civilization. The
Knows absolutely nothing of their
.mor. history. except that they were
..r.,..ut and powerful people when
eu.,nIs found them, not quite
.4f4In.r.es ago. Their most ancient
.mrnparl capital, where the emper-
.5eeH vas Manguita, on the opposite
.,-ot Rain: while Bocata was the
FIJI ..5 D,o of temples and the residence
Ara. 20. ISIS. The study of Chibchan
alra. from the shattered legends
rs+ roman. is a fascinating one; but
,.zsalpsr space will not permit more
,.1 "e ,Ittest mention of it. Their
III, -.rm, to have been strange mix
t..o, fine Buddhism of antiquity, com
ea- Ath modern TheosOphy and
a relglon, but included no sanguin-
All s8li'ires. like those that marked
a.ri8'> Of the neighboring tribes of
(atsal and south America. They had
t.lr Mediate, or Deity of Mercy,
ara>mnding to Christ, the Nazarine.
,.seaI lthar races, they had a tradl-
..0l tue Hood, and character closely
e,aa g the Hebrew Noah, the Mex
l., u-'v. the Greek Ducalame, the
.a NacU Capac To complete the
s0e4e l salvation they had also a
sar evil, akin to the scriptural
,ta pGA was forever striving to get
Dir 0-- of the higher powers, with
L.r.u. .e-s success. Their god Science,
.,.e5 by earthen images, was al
.U. 4ticai with the Buddhist god of
represented in the idols that
81. .E found i'll Chinese temples;
.....r t'hibchacum was facsim-
.u Buddhist god of Agriculture.
Ie splendid temple of old Bocata,
l-l 80 the god of Agriculture,
M .-a01iy where the grand cathe-
--.....s IN the centre of the modern
r. hither twice every year,
-at Emperor, his chief caicques,
..A 'e royal retinue, to offer obla-
ae deity who was believed to
-.llt oFer the harvests-a ceremony
L.k- the moon feasts' that are
+, celebrated III many of the interior
,lll- Of China and the chuna, pota-
.-s val of Bolivia in South Ameri-
eu; use of this rushing generation
aa .Ilf time to devote to myths of
ladowy past. Each forgotten
a.. u the ceaseless march of chang
-g gons has had it's followers as
9odtly sincere, and perhaps as de-
uUne OF eternal peace, (if living up
ones ronvictions may win heavens
Hor as those who today build tenn
.es 90 7Cher forms of religion-as the
races of coming centuries,
aea 10 Is little day, will worship new
tls set to be evolved from mans i'm
CaatioA
i1e present inhabitants of this his
.nc plain appear to be different peo-
DE- from any we have met elsewhere in
9omua. Perhaps it is owing to the
iIlade that they possess more energy
Id sho~ disposition to keep up at
EAST within hailing distance of the
mes Here, agriculture and the
Set0l arts seem to be a century
mead of their practice in the torrid
alleys along the burning coast. The
OGDEN shovel and clumsy forked stick
eve gwen place to the iron spade and
'nt plow;.and the quintas, (farms), en-
'sed within substantial walls of stone
DID adobe, have spacious houses that
-'' an air of palatial elegance as COM
"'ta with the mud and bamboo huts
LLu tL.a trrnar riuarS Santimanta lists