The Carlisle independent., 1910-05-12
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the border line of Costa Rica and Chirqui have al, ways been hostile and in several instances have risen against the whites and massaered them. The Talamanca Indians who still inhabit these parts, especially bellicose
 The existence of the "Tisngal" mine has never been doubted, is it considered the product of the fertile imagination of the natives of Chiriqui At Cana, in the province of Panama, at the pres ent time there is being operated a gold mine for merly worked by the Spaniards. Several years ago. while blasting in of the galleries of the Cana mine aperture was made into what proved to be buried the remains of gold mine worked several centuries ago. Leather buckets With straps that fit around the forehead and around the shoulders of the mine workers and instruments of steel found in good state of preservation. The mouth of this mine had been completely hidden that mining operations had been carried for years almost paraeling the entrance shaft, without the engineers suspecting its proximity. Records of the old Cana mine are in existence, but its exact location had never been fixed before.
 Gold be found in almost all the rivers of Chiriqui. In 1859 there were discovered the first Indian graves, from which were taken gold orna- ments, stone figures, points, etc. Since this time there have been found in Chiriqui hundreds of these Indian graves, known to the present day natives by the name of 'guacas" The writer him. self opened up grave from which he took Is pieces of pottery.
 It Is a well-known fact that the half-Indan na- tives of Chiriqui, knowing the whereabouts of a rich guacal," prefer to work it alone and to sell the gold found only in such quantities their needs may require. They suspicious of the white man, this suspicion and dstrust being inbred in them and handed down in tradition from their ancestors, who in truth had to hate that race A hunting and exploring party that recently returned from the vicinity of Buenos Aires and Boruca. in the heart of the Indian country to the west of David. reported that although they were not openly attacked by the Indians yet they were conscious of being constantly watched; that food scarcely obtainable. and that several occa- sions they found the water of the springs muddied apparently but few minutes before their arrival If this report be true and there is every reason to believe that it is nasmuch 1t is but repetition of former of similar nature then it is quite evident that the party not cognzant of the customs likings and language of the natives with whom they had to deal.
 Odd inscriptions and decorations are found carved on volcanic powders in many parts of Chi riqui, and these inscriptions, according to the h. dians indicate the burying grounds of the cacques Many of these decorations appear on the pottery found in tbe graves and in the ethnoogical report referred to classified
 Collaborating copper ore has been found in many districts in Chiriqui. especially in that of Bugaba in which "Tisingal" is in all probability located. the analysis of which has shown 15 per cent. cop per hearing TWO per cent geld.
 The Panamanan government is at the present time planning the construction of railroad from David in Chiriqui to the city of Panama which, when built, will greatly open up this part of the country and make 1t more accessible. The Indians of Chiriqui will give way before the advance of civilization and the earth will give up another of her treasures we'll hidden for centuries by na- tures barriers aided by the averaging hand of the vanquished American.