The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1910-05-11
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the border line of Costa RIGA and Chiriqui have al
ways been hostile and in several instances have
risen against the whites and massacred them. The
Talamanca Indians, who still inhabit these parts
especially bellicose.
The existence of the "Tisngal" mine has never
been doubted, nor 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 gold mine for
mery worked by the Spaniards. Several years
ago, while blasting in of the galleries of the
Cana mine aperture 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 were found III good state of preservation
The mouth of this mine had been so completely
hidden that mining operations had been carried
on for years almost paralleng the entrance shaft,
without the engineers suspecting it's 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 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 one grave from which he took 10
pieces of pottery
1t is a well-known fact that the half-Indian ma
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 as their
needs may require. They are suspicious of the
white man. this suspicion and distrust being inbred
in them and handed down in tradition from their
ancestors, who in truth had to hate that
race. 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
was scarcely obtanable and that on several occa-
sons they found the water of the springs muddied.
apparently but few minutes before their arrival.
If this report be true, and there is every to
believe that 1t Is, 1nasmuch 1t Is but repetition
of former Of similar nature, then it is quite
evident that the party not cognizant of the
customs, lkngs and language of the natives with
whom they had to deal.
Odd inscriptions and decorations found
carved volcanic powders in many parts of Chi
rqui, and these inscriptions, according to the In
dians indicate the burying grounds of the cacques.
Many OF these decorations appear on the pottery
found in the graves and in the chronological report
referred to are 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 Is per cent. cop
per bearing two per cent gold.
The Panamanian 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 O.
her treasures so we'll hidden for centuries by Ma
lures barriers aided by the avenging hand Ut tgs
vanqushed American.