The Carlisle independent., 1910-05-12

near the coast, many of which constantly changing their courses Along the banks of these rivers the Spaniards found the richest Indian vil- lages. The Indians extracted gold from the sands of many of these rivers and worked it into weird figures representing algators, frogs, birds, turtles, fish, snakes, bells, plates, images and others, which it the custom to bury with the owners thereof in the rock-walled tombs in which their dead inferred.
 Among the documents referred to are found the records of expedition that set out from the city of GarcMunoz in Costa Rica. in the year 1863, for Quepo, Couto, Boruca and the valley of Guaymi. An extract from this document liter ally translated reads follows:
 Going up the Guaymi valley arrives at place called Couto. where much gold has been found, and the natives have it worked into all forms; and on being questioned as to where they obtained it they stated that they had gotten it in very big grains from a river four days journey from that place. in the dominion of an Indian cacique called Ucarac Not days march from Couto lies the village of Turucaca, the in habtants of which stated that they had obtained gold in the same river the inhabitants of Couto The provinces of Couto and Turucaca lie 50 leagues from the city of Garci-Munoz at the be- ginning of the valley of Guaymi 10 leagues from the South sea in front of the Golfo Dulce It is known that following up the Guaymi valley to the mountains toward the north there to be found numerous villages such Quepo, Couto, Boruca, Ac Uriaba Xarixaba, Yabo, Duba, Ca bara, Barerto, Tabicte. Arabora. Cabangara. Que cabangara
 The following year. 1864 another expedition set out from Cartago, Costa Rica to explore this same country and the chronicler, writing of their discoveries, says:
 Crossing the province of Ara and passing the valley of Coaca, we arrived in the province of Terbi and made camp in the village of Co., cuTu, which lies in the valley of Duy. And the Indians having brought to the leader great 11e ft,c cin to ynln and they brought back such large pieces that the leader himself decided to explore. We then rived at river called La Estrella which is the principal one as to the quantity of gold found.
 from Cartago the expedition turned to the province of Terbi to the village of Cururu, in the valley of the Duy (Indian name for Quequexque); and from there went to the big river which had already been named Rio de la EstreIla"
 Since the sixteenth century the land bordering the Sixicla river, which lies to the north of the Chriqu volcano and which empties into the Ca ribbean sea- had been in dispute between the governments of Costa Rica and that of Panama. At that time it was claimed by both the governor of Costa Rca and the governor of Veraguas. The province of Chiriqui adjoins Sixioa and formerly formed part of the province of veraguas, now of the seven provinces of Panama. After the independence of Panama in 1903 this dispute again arose. due to great extent, to- changes in the names of many of the rivers of this part of the two countries, some of which still retain their Indian names, while others have been named. The question finally submitted to President Fallieres of France for arbitration and an entirely new boundary line was traced in ac- cordance with his findings.
 The Indians inhabiting the country lying near