Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-05-14
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the border Hne of Costa RIGA and Chiriqui have al
ways been hostile and in instances have
risen against the whites and massacred them. The
Talamanca Indians, who still inhabit these parts.
were especially bellicose. e5-s,z,-.4zs.-fs ~
The existence of the .ATisingar 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 a gold mine for
merly 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 mia good state of preservation
The mouth of this mine had been SO completely
hidden that mining operations had been carried
on for years almost yparaeling the entrance shaft
without the engineers suspectng its proximity
Records of the old Cana mine in existence but
its exact location had never been fixed before.
u Gold can be found in almost all the rivers OF
Ins1859 there were discovered the first
Indian grayes.from- which were taken gold -orna
time there havN been found in Cn1riqui hundreds
ofsthesel mdian grave. knoHn to sthezprasert day
NATIVES ~ the haiae Of yguaeasg' The writer him
self opened up grave from which he took Is
pieces of pottery.
-well-fnown- fact that the halfIndfan ma
tives of Chriqui knowing the whereabouts of a
rich 'guacal," prefer to work it alone and to sell
the gold found only in suchF quantities their
needs=may zreauiEe-ss They Suspicious ofethe
white this suspicion and dstrust being inbred
in them and han ded down i'm tradition from their
ancestors, whom truth hads cause to hate that
race A hunting andEexploring 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
not openly attacked by the Indians yet they were
conscious of being constantly watched that food
was scarcely obtainab1e, and that Several occa
sions they found ahe water of the springs muddied
apparently but fey, minutes before their arrival
report be-tr and there rs every reason to
believe it is fnasmpch it is but repetition
Of Similar nature. then # is quite
thats the party were not1cognizahtl OF thes
CUSTOMS IkifEs and language of the natives with
whom they -had{ to dea1l1tis ~ csO-1-&AA 10.
= Odd inscriptions and decorations are found
carved on volcanic powders many parts Of Chit
riqais and fhese innerfpuones ACCORDING the I'M
dams Indicate the buryfng the caeiques
Many OF theses decorations appear the pottery
found tnsthe grAy{sf and fEIthe
referred to classified -
Il Collaborating eopperore has been found N many
districts IN &hifQm especiaily in thae of Bseaba
in which .Tisingaf" is in all probability located
the analysis OF wnich has shown Is per cent cop
per bearing two per cent gold
2 zhe Panamanian governme2 is at the present
time plannfnesth railrpad from
David in ohirzdfs . 4he city sParaIns Inch
whs9 built; ~ sIs9ay eDse sg this part pt 6 The
OF Chiriqui win give way before the advance of
civilization and the earth viii give up another of
her treasures well hidden for centuries by ma
lures barriers aided by the avensfng hand of tia
vanqu1shed American.