Milford chronicle., 1922-12-15

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us. tell you we did certainly enjo,
it.You know how a dinner on an oc
casion like that is enjoyed, and tina
}, fish was surely fine.
r On the other side of the river op
3 posite. the camp, was old Fort Lorenzo
= which was built by Morgan, the pi
rate. We decided that we would go ov.
er and take look at that. This Fort
) was built during the seventeenth cen
fury, Il understand about 1870 by
Morgan, after he had taken Panama
} and burned Panama City. He also
built three other forts at various
places, but Fort Lorenzo was where
he was supposed to have buried his
gold and valuables. After landing we
had to climb to the top of the noun
tan to enter the fort, which was sur
rounded by a moat, which I should
judge was about forty feet deep;
which, suppose at that time he kept
filled with water. From this fort he
could command a good view Of the
coast and with his cannon he could
control the entrance of the Chagress,
which at that time was the shipping
point of all the gold from the Andes
mountains. The walls of the fort were
built of rocks about four feet thick,
with gun ports about every twenty
feet The old guns, or what is left of
them, are still there and also several
thousand cannon balls, which are
round and about four inches in dia-
meter. There are numerous old dun
geons, which suppose were used for
storing ammunition and keeping pris-
oners, as some Of them still have the
remains Of the old bars and parts Of
shackles in them. Several Of them
have been dug into during recent
years by people looking for some of
Morgan's treasures; but have never
heard tell of any one finding anything
in them. You can readily see where
many attempts of this kind have been
made; evidently looking for a secret
wall or something Of that sort. There
is also an old well there which is
known as the "bottomless WELL" but
cannot vouch for that part Of it, but
I guess it is pretty deep. and all in all
the place surely has a wierd appear
ance as everything is damp and gloo-
my.
After giving the old Fort the "once
over" we retraced our steps down the
mountain and explored some Of the
jungles in that neighborhood; but did
not find anything Of value or inter
esting, so we took to the boat and re-
turned to camp, and fixed up some
supper which tasted very fine, and
then put our outfit in the boat and
headed out the mouth Of the river.
We had only gone short way when
We got strike and hooked another =
arge one. They got to biting so good \
hat we trawled around there for
1u4IO q WuAACS puS do IL WdS SSILLuS :
ate in the evening, we headed down
he coast for home, and arrived at the S
,ase just after sunset, tired, sunburn- h
ID and hungry; but, we all decided l.
hat we had been amply repaid for y
ur trip-as we had some nice fish and "
lad spent an enjoyable day, thus end p
ng our first trip to the Chagress Riv- Il
r, but if all goes well we expect to ',
ave several more. "
Next week there is a party going
own to the Darien country which is
ONE distance away, and they are ex-
Getting to leave the night before
and return Sunday II
light. It is quite an interesting trip :,
nd am very anxious 70 go, as the nj
arien Indians are one Of the old tt
'ibes, and very few white people 81
ave ever visited that country. They a. a.
re on the Pacific side. On the Allan 1t
C side down the coast we have the
IN Bias Indians, they are very saw
ye and it is claimed that cannibals
list among them; no white man ever
avs ashore there at night. When te
ey go down there to trade with them W. ~
c white men sleep aboard ship. They
o very adverse to having their pic tel
res taken. also want to make IN
p down there some Of these days. W.
The rainy season is about over mi
wn here now and the baseball sea- 4
n opens December %. They have a fel
lgue down here Of eight teams, that 1e'
,ludes the Atlantic and Pacific If
les; but transportation is adequate fol
d they usually have good atten-
nee at the games on both sides Of
} isthmus, the base is represented
the league and we are expecting to kE
Ike big showing, If we do not get
} pennant; they have gotten it for
} last two years. F
Veil, Dick, guess I have told you s.O'
tut all the news for the present,
! I expect you are tired Of reading -
5 lengthy epistle, so will close co n
h regards to everybody, and hop call
to hear from you soon, I am, as
r,
Yours truly, L
ppadil