The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1904-03-10
UNCONQUfRfD INDIANS
or CENTRAL CHILL. IN THE MUD PAL
ACE OF A KING A MONARCH WITH
MANY WIVES.

ACE OF A KING. A MONARCH WITH
MANY WIVES.
special spondence of The JournaL1
.RRAL. CHILL, Jan. ~, 1904 To
,t persons there is wonderful
SIN in doing things so much out of
common as to be almost foolhardy
f-w wears ago anyone who ventured
s-tln or even too near, the borders
the territory of the unconquerable
,7Qcanians never returned to tell the
s.of his adventures: and to this day
NJ who goes into the interior of the
! nYlncible State" literally takes his
| - n his hand And that is just why
wanted to go-because there are so
.ea unbeaten paths left anywhere on
. earth's surface, and because this
lparativeIy unexplored field is
ue. being III the center of highly
ized rich, powerful and populous
try. vet never powerful enough to
int subsection few hundred
ans, some of whom retain all the
4yreristics of their aboriginal an
rs almost unmoditied by the twen-
century civilization that surrounds
--.. on every side.
ur party consisted of nine we'll
ped gentlemen mostly Germans and
aslmeu led by one who was IA
ar with the route. having traversed
amy times on mission of trade.
H made him welcome among the
Ms on the edges of Araucania;
Ia ladies, wives and sisters of the
.lrmen aforesaid, myself and young
sttuographer, half breed inter
s-.rr and number of servants. We
e- anundantly supplied with extra
uais tents, edibles and ammunition,
SIDES the inevitable Photographic out
Thus equipped for three weeks
the wilderness we cantered out
. lra one early morning and pro-
-t-t due north in the best of spirits.
e Castinos, who inhabit the Dor
.--s of the Invincible State, now have
4rus and comfortable homes, for civil
ton las done for them what Span
-uelties and force of arms could
-f5- accomplish. To-day this tribe of
reaoubtable AraucanianS are plod- |
a0orers, and have somehow be-
wonderfully bleached in COM
.Nlu Their broad shouldered wo-
york in the fields, outdoing the
q feats of strength, as we'll as
passing them in intelligence, and
ever Casino husband gets drunk
rlly, his gentle spouse makes !
'ng Of giving him a sound logging |
related in history that when |
A. tile conqueror, desired to re-
Us army while vainlv endeavor- !
ytlthroW the ancestors of these |
people he caused his favorite |
ru he sAod with shoes of pure
pat GA with headless nails. Then !
-t up to Peru and induced one of |
-Fe princes to race horses with |
II- nigh wager. OF course. as
So ..jt expected, the golden shoes |
T and We're left on the field When /
II the common people picked !
a aud took them to their owner |
..H- ot reward, he said to them |
t.a "quently; Keep them, my chill |
sep them. In the land of Chilli. |
/ shall soon return, riches are
ad for the gathering. There |
.44 silver are SO common as to be |
te value: here they will serve to |
Your hunger 1t is needless to |
taat afteIward the shrewd gen |
hound plenty of recruits.
-tatement comes something near
'lti today, for in this part of Chill 1,
may truly ''be had for the gath |
4- nut in golden grain and silvery !,
rDt which when harvested yields |
."1 forty to sixty bushels to the acre.
80 The and lying along the Bio-Bio |
'a the great plains of the Rio
r cara is wonderfully rich and re-
rs little cultivation After more |
a~- week of easy travelling in the
"a~ through unbroken wilds. fire.
.lr lcnic-halts being made for fish
.ua limiting, we suddenly came in
rs 7ne sunny afternoon, of Liam |
Dldge. At the same moment
."g indian appeared in the path and |
N'itrJ the cavalcade to enquire who
'' we're and where we were going. He
evidently acting from authority
'l mad been sent from the village to
'-oepI us. 1t was afterward dis |
used that keen eyes and silent foot
Hrp' Mad been shadowing US for sever
days though we had not suspected |
. CUR interpreter displayed a written
so"poft from "The Great White !
TAD err in Angel (the Governor). and
'Nlren the Araucanian that we were
'r4ds who had come a long way to
>il the mighty chief OF the Llanistos
' bis people. Thereupon the smil- |
warrior exhibited splendid set of
widest ivory and informed us that,
i-h the great chief lived farther !
il the river the sinh chief who uroc /