The Republican journal., 1906-05-10
''' By The Back Way.
ry,p ZIP THE ORINoCO RIVER,

Nc TRIP UP THE oRlNoco RlVER'
4le,pondence of The Journal
l..,rp THE STEAMER "ORINO-
...r ? 1905. The Orinoco river,
~. ..noolboy knows, is something
... 200 miles long. 1t is now
-.u. to within a short distance of
- Lie capital of Colombia, and
not distant when much of
...,a. trade, as well rs that of
~. which at present goes mostly
va the Pacific ocean around
fiji. will be seeking the United
lough this new channel.
IN, dredging out the snags
..l..r, Of the upper Orinoco are
....H consideration, and when
.. - accomplished it will open
.-.-. line of fresh water naviga-
Aorld-a system of water
.. rodigiouS than the mind
slceive. 1t is not general
~ rs nevertheless true, that
H.t Orin0co rivers rise at
urce. and that when the
other impediments are re-
z.t ttraught steamer can en-
,..l. OF one river and sail out
... thus crossing the CONT
rom the Atlantic almost to
y different routes. The
.....1 country has never been
yplored, and to this day
.s what can be found or
lat the most astonishing
.e oven told about it ever
s.Ns Of the Conquistadores.
.... PES tertain-that somewhere
0f these waterways lies the
4 ado which the world dream
r TWO hundred years. Of
.. uunce Roland Bonaparte
.. study aud some American
-.. we devoted much time to
r..,t.e true source of the twin
~. yt7s. NJ. Chiffenjon, an emf
SIAN scientist, thinks he has
injecting link. 1t is the
t,I. a canal-like stream, 200
.,. ulch joins the upper ORR
..a great Rio Negro, tributary
p ..-"u
-.tion is Bolivar, the one
,.. CIV on the Orinoco, three
... miles above it's mouth. To
... nav come as we did, from
-4r. Trinidad, by an Amerl-
......ftue "Orinoco S. S. Lin"
.. ,r.m New York by another
ry which sends a steamer
s,Yut once in six weeks. l
V lie price of the latter
former it would be alb
Atre it not a virtual mo-
r-v dollars in gold for a
Hs' ride,
ddad's capital you head
rough La Boca del Sierpe
oI the Serpent"} and enter
.. rough one of its many
called Rio Macareo, which
Ha miles wide and flows
lie Of underground beau
by large-leayed aquatic
..er mouth" known as
ma. seeks the sea by a
parallel to this, both
steamers drawing less
all vessels requiring
.. must use the southern
llci of the mighty river.
..eI0w current of the ORR
Ike that of the Amazon,
.. toes not carry oceanward
a- grassy islands and tree
nr always sees floating on
DID. e. There are numerous
"~ tavpr stationary ones, and
large, and the banks of
r,.- tie the samoan endless
$500. ut tlopical verdure-magnlfi-
.-. tapped as with a gorgeous
Fl. mpenetrable network OF
.. looming creepers and Or
-s-cl conceivable variety;
way uninhabited by the
IT, -s a beautiful solitude, as
E uty as when the first Span
brow up the stream.
4q intervals are tiny vii
matched huts open on
- s.. .,tioaing no other furni-
FIT" .ulmocks suspended from
y.- .u.ted by naked Indians,
Dandioca and bananas
.# whose pirogues, or ca
r.tt up on the beach.
ta.'. seems to be the rule
at .- Nl,Iges of these parts,
uc women wearing any
ar cloth of restricted d.
triangular scrap of bead
fastened by a string.
..- lire shore in the neighbor-
N.}ageS you see an occa-
@ .N h1c OF group of them, ten
TT. 0agr0e, or low-class Creoles.
+. .-s. h teW garments, have some
aas r-.-.is. and appear to live
+.a. ,..lr neighbors of pure In
.v"t put as to morals and the
--.l Here'cles of life they are
lN- poorest.
."urp uaWoWs to less than l0C
". IS always very deep. Neal
- N. "H-le it enters the malr
.h- Nrouoco is a small toWr
' .ata"ra,. Where we stop a fe"
'''- ..-eIal a boat ashore with the
- off passengers. The
I..rt- is charming-the vel