The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-07-21

by the Spaniards in the early days. Today, as
you sail into the "Boca Chica" entrance you
view the city's mighty walls arising from the
edge of the sea, walls 40 feet high and so to 60
feet thick. These walls in the building of which
100000 slaves said to have lived labored
and died, honeycombed with prison cells
which are today given over to occupancy by the
citys poor.
The fortress of San Felipe remains, a great
towering structure of defense, which required
q years and s11,0O0OO0 to build Southwark is
La Popa, crested with picturesque monastery
built at its summit in 1907. Grim gray San
Felipe and shining white La Popa are first
evidences of Cartagena to greet the incoming
traveller. Then the cathedral of San Pedro comes
into view and the House of Inquistion without
which outpost of the olden Spanish dominion
is complete and where the Spanish instruments
of torture remain on display for the visitor to
see. The modern city, dignifed by many evid-
ences of it's tragic and romantic history, nestles
comfortably at the water side its $4,000 inhab-
itants unmindful of the historical impressions
which greet the visitor.
Not only is Colombia rich in historic associa-.
tons such those connected with the ancient
city of Cartagena, but it is also rich In beau
ties of nature which justify the characterization
of "a Gem Tween Two Oceans" One of those
beauty spots is the famous TeQuendama wa
terfall and connected with it is an interesting
legend of the Chibchas, the native inhabitants
of Colombia BOchia their protective deity
and Chibchacum, subordinate deity, the
god of farmers, merchants and silver workers.
The Chibchas, like other peoples of the
EARTH had their universal punishment or food
on account of their many sins. This flood took
place in the great foundations of the Sopo and
Tbito rivers, tributaries of the Funza, the in
habitants of the lofty plateau of Bogota having
only the tops of the trees In which to take
refuge. This great flood had been ordered by
Chibchacum, their subordinate god. But the
survivors turned their eyes to Bochica their
ever-protecting deity. and the latter appearing
one evening at sunset above the rainbow and
with golden scepter in one hand struck such
blow with it upon the rocks Of Tequendama
that they split in two and through the opening
thus made the waters held on the savannah or
plain of Bogota were released, leaving it more
fertile than before, thanks to the slime that
had accumulated. This was the divine origin Of
the marvellous Tequendama waterfall.
In the old days it was gold and precious
stones which constituted the sought-after wealth
of Colombia and even today In addition to be-
ing the worlds largest producer of emeralds
that republic leads all other South American
countries in the production and export of gold
But her greatest treasure Is gold of another
sort-three kinds of gold" in fact They are
white gold" platinum, in the production of
which she ranks second; "black gold" or oil; and
green gOlQ, or cOHee.
The worlds largest producer of fine coffees
and second in world coffee production, Colombia
has leading role among the South American
countries in being purveyor to the enormous
coffee pot of her neighbor on the north, the
United States. In 1882 that giant coffee pot
poured out approximately $1,000 100000 cups Of
Americas national drink enough to give every
person In the United States 725 cups per year
or almost two cups day. and so per cent Of
the billion and half pounds of coffee now i'm
ported annually for American coffee lovers comes
from the South American states with Colombia
as one of the chief sources of supply.
Just as the United States looks to her sister
republic in the South for warming, invigorat-
ing drink, so does she also look to her for
cool, comfortable type of headgear For 1t was
during the construction of the Panama rail-
road across the Isthmus of Panama, then part
of Colombia, that the term panama" as applied
to hats originated
While that work was in progress, several Of
these native hats found their way into Panama
City and were purchased by tourists and by
workmen. Owing to the rapid and profitable sale
of those few hats larger quantities were brought
In and sold. Tourists who carried these hats
away with them, when questioned as to their
origin, very naturally replied that they came
from Panama and it was therefore generally
assumed that they must be a product of that
part OF Colombia and since they were procured
in Panama. they must needs be known as pan
anna hats" Thus without further information
as TO Its origin, the term panama hat" was
accepted as correct and thus it has remained.
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