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near the coast, many of which are 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 alligators frogs birds turtles. fish snakes bells. plates images and others. which 1t the custom to bury with the owners thereof in the rockwalled tombs in which thelr dead were inferred
 Among the documents referred to are found the records of an expedition that set out from inc city of GareiMunoz in Costa Rica in the year l26$ for Quepo Couto, Boruca and the valley of Guaymi. An extract from this document liter ally translated reads as follows
 "Going up the Guaymi valley one arrives at place called Couto, where much gold has been found and the natives have it worked into all ferns; and on being questioned as 10 where they obtained it they stated that they had gotten 1t in very big grains from river four days journey from that place in the dominion of an Indian eaeique called Ucaraci. Not one days march from Couto lies the village of Turucaca the in hahtants of which stated that they had obtained gold in the same river as the inhabitants of Couto The provinces of Couto and Turucaca lie 90 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 mp the Guaymi valley to the mountains toward the north there are 10 be found numerous villages such as Quepo Couto. Boruca, Aci. Uriaba Xarixaba Yabo Duba Ca bara Barerto Tabicte. Arabora. Cabangara Que cabangara.
 The following year. 1564 another expedition sci 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 Goaca arrived in the province of Terbi and made our camp in the village of Co enTu' which lies in the valley of Duy And the Indians having brought 10 the leader a great quantity of gold. he sent the slaves to explore and they brought back such large pieces that the leader himself decided to explore We then ar rived at river called La Estrela. which is the principal one as 10 the quantity of gold found
 from Cartago the expedition re- turned to the province of Terbi to the village of Cururu, Tn the valley of the Duy Gndian name for Quequexquel; and from there We went to the big river which had already been named Rio de la Esuella
 Since the sixteenth century the land bordering the SiXo!a river. which lies 10 the north of the Chirigai volcano and which empties into the Ca Heoe3n sea had been in dispute between the governments of Costa Rica and that of Panama Al that time 1t was claimed by both the governor Of Costa Rica and the governor of Veraguas The province Of Chiriqui adjoins Sixiola and formerly formed part Of the province of Yeraguas now one ot the seven provinces of Panama After the Independence Of Panama in 1903 this dispute again arose, due to great extent 10 changes In the names of many of the rivers of this part et the two countries. some of which still retain their Indian names, while others have been re- named. The question finally submitted ID President Fallieres Of France for arbitration and an entirely new boundary line was traced in ac eordance with his findings
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