The Republican journal., 1905-05-18
p THE oRINoCo RIVER
l.. Heart of Venezuela. Bolivar, the
y ~ ,nportant City of the Mighty River.

T.. Heart of Venezuela. Bolivar, the
u Inportant City of the Mighty River.
..D correspondence Of The Journal]
BoAEp THE s. S. ORINOCO,
10 1905. 1t is not generally
% hut is nevertheless true, that
Wv ,oa7ou and the Orinoco rivers rise
' 49,, same source. We're few snags
" .ond bars and other impediments
''' r45 a light draught steamer could
F..+he mouth of one river and sail
~ - +5p other, thus crossing the con-
'-' rvlce, from the Atlantic to the
:4, b, lifterent routes. The Orino-
.oV uavigable to within a short
..,.- At Bogata, the capital of Co.
.a, and the day is at hand when
I'D, tolombia'S trade, as well as
a.. ecuador. which at present goes
.ya. Eueland via the Pacific around
... llan viii be seeking the United
'.. trough this new channel.
.....~ t. redging out the snags and
.... lave been some time under
... .uoM and when the work is
..,--o oy far the longest line of
..,I. saygation in the world will
...I % system of waterways
.s .aU!-mus than the mind can
rail- conceive.
FL. 100000 country has never been
..-..N expored, and to this day
..1v .gaWs what can be found or
-.- bat the most astonishing
.--. .rr been told about it ever
m.. LIZ avs of discovery. In recent
f.. .r Roland Bonapart has made
. .- lud Ensign Roger Welles
l.. .-t.H-t mnch time to hunting for
.. rr.. ,oaTce of the twin monster
.-fg without, however, being able to
t.sn.,a, settle the question. 1t was
II lwf.I0u the eminent Partisan
..rqst WHO found the connecting
m. MY So Try long ago. He assembled
d. a-uu.o q third time to explore the
charitable lection between the basin
H.s river and the Amazon and found
a4 ..o 8ss 4uiari, canaLlike stream
I'D n35aj miles long which joins the
-n+. pr.ut1 with the great Rio Negro
,a.at5 90 Tie Amazon.
.. ..au certain-thats somewhere
Il. cart If these water ways lies
r6a4da which the world dreamed
., .r -oj years. You have read
a-Ha lscovered by that treacher-
81, sIsI- AdeIantado Gonzalez de
a,I. whom Francisco Pazarro sent
81 exploring expedition after the
m-4s. W Peru, with his brother,
|s.so q AFRO and handful of men;
|iaho0 Cascade deserted, stole the food
Il --.r> add set out on an exploration
ta .}. eaving young Pazarro to
s-. aviation, or to make his
! "a. a.. -u quito as best he might.
'-slo returned to Spain, in
a.- (. escape the consequences of his
To- odd the most extravaganza
3nds he had found, and
aa F~ welcomed as a hero III
Hanged for the knave he
FnE 1t his instigation one An
,tu6sao wrote book describing
.'.#tu ierritory, which caused
BIZ t arning and brain fever
Europe than all the doctors
ur geography could cure.
~ Eldorado was minutely
s- .ch that mercileSS liar.
i. a-,i 10 have found sin the
ut white lake" Possibly
5..r, the ancient Maracaibo,
te LOW was an Indian town
IS in the midst of the lake
.-7a ZANE. Said he: Its mean
-, rpass in grandeur all the
- I'D palaces which PiZarro
'a.-.sa u them are statutes of
AAs A arge as giants, and other
t-'r' rrop0rtion of the beast,
49, .s-=. trees and herbs of the
-.l-- wen the vessels and uten-
q, t.r atcleDs are of gold and sill
.-N. With diamonds and pre-
Us yea, and there are robes
Midget. and chests and troughs of
st I"ere is a garden of pleas
~' - Ntst of the city where the
j Won't to recreate them
'@ H-1th are also figures of gold
~'-'r ~" au invention and magnifi-
--'5 I'VE ie- Of which has never been
'.'' Tie King OF this country,
'''.' ID. LIS court, wear apparel of
| .tmauS texture, so that it doth
'.'-' "ae garments sprinkled with the
4'- and silver from his crown
r-s sandals.
''alsr I'D say these golden absurdi-
"eEe cad and believed in all the
'-@ vi EUROPE, and it cost the lives
~5 .-aFsst men of two centuries
't3Ne4 the alluring phantom in
"' slteA Wl-ds of the Amazon and
"19.r never to return. Having
s1i ll- treasure which CorteZ