Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-05-14

near the coast. many of which constantly
changing their courses. Along the banks of these
rivers the Spaniards found the richest Indian vii
lagos The Indians extracted gold from the
sands of many of these rivers and worked it into
weird figures representing ailigators. frogs birds,
turtles. fish, snakes, bellss plates. images and
Others which it was the custom to bury with the
owners thereof in the rock-waled tombs in which
their dead were inferred.
n Among the documents referred to are found
the records of an expedition that set out from the
city of Garci-Munoz in Costa RIGA, In the year
1888. for Quepo, couto, Bornca and the valley of
Guaynii. An extract from this document liter
ally translated reads follows: -
, Going up the Guaymi valley one arrives at
places called Couto, where much gold has been
forms; and on being questioned as to where they
obtained 1t they stated that they had gotten it
in very big grains from river four days journey
from that splace.a in the dominion of Indian
eaciqne scalledg sUcaracfs Not sone days march
from Coute lies the. village of Turucacas the in
habitants of which stated that they had obtained
gold in the river the Inhabitants Of Ceuto
The provinces ofA Couto and Gafncafa NE so
feagIes from the city of Garci-Munoz at de be-
girnfhg of the valley of Guaymi 10 leagues from
the South in front of the Golfo Dufce:- 1t is
known that following up the Guaymi valley to
the mountains toward the north there are to ba-
found numerous villages. such Quepo. Couto.
bara. Barerto, Tabctes 9Arabora, Cabangara. Que
cabangara-4.
8 The fpIior4ng year 1904 another expedition
same and icler. wrifinxSof Their
discoveries. says 49, g -
Crossing the province of Ara and passing the
valley of Coaca, arrived in the province OF
Terbi and made our camp in the village of Co
curu which lies ia the valley of Duys And the
Indians having brought ITO the Header great
quantity of gold he sent the slaves to~explore,
and they brought back such large pieces THAT the
leader himself decided explore. We then
rived at river called La Estrella, which is the
principal one asto the, quantity of gold found.
from Carriage the expedition re-
turned 90 the province ofTefbi. to the village Of
Cururu in the valley Of the Dlry findian,name
for Quequexque); and from there went to the
big river which had already been named Rio4de
Ia Estrelia." = Z = = $3.50 ? 49,
10 Since the sixteenth century the land borderingE
the Sxicla riyer.-which lies to the north of the
Chiriqui volcano and which enpfies into the Ca
@HbbeanT sea had been in dispute between the
g9Eernments of Costa Rica and that of Pananaa-
- thattiIne It claimed By both dhe governor
ef Costa Riga and the governor of fverazuaE The
province of Chiriqui adjoins Sixioa and formerly
formed part OF the province OF veraguas, one
of the seven provinces of Panama After the
#indspe hdence of Panama in 1908 this dispute
RgnP rose. due to- sgEeat extent to- Changes
ofst1s< two eountlzsE $a5e 5fsss5ich anE rs<s1s
their Indian nspe& viii 8hs hzvH bSen< r.
named The qiestApn was fnally Admitted to
President Falliefes 81 France arbitration and
entirely new boundary line was traced in ac-
The Indians inhabifIng the country lying near