. History of the discovery and conquest of Costa Rica . therefore,directed Machuca to push forward with twentymen to examine the river course. Having passedthe Diablo rapids, Machuca came to anotherseries farther down, known to-day as MachucaRapids in commemoration of his discovery. Atthe end of two days, he returned and reportedthat in his judgment the passage of the boatsover that route would be difficult. Damián Rod-ríguez, who had gone with another force oftwenty men in search of the village of Abito, onthe upper waters of the Sábalos del Norte River,also returned, after an absence of four
. History of the discovery and conquest of Costa Rica . therefore,directed Machuca to push forward with twentymen to examine the river course. Having passedthe Diablo rapids, Machuca came to anotherseries farther down, known to-day as MachucaRapids in commemoration of his discovery. Atthe end of two days, he returned and reportedthat in his judgment the passage of the boatsover that route would be difficult. Damián Rod-ríguez, who had gone with another force oftwenty men in search of the village of Abito, onthe upper waters of the Sábalos del Norte River,also returned, after an absence of four days,without having found the place. Captain Calero thereupon took four canoesand, accompanied by the Padre Morales andforty men, traveled for two days down the lowerDesaguadero and passed the night of the sec-ond day near the village of Pocosol, on the riverof that name.^ There he surprised the village Toro rapids. Castillo rapids. The Pocosol River to which reference is here made is notthe one which at present bears that name, but the San Carlos. p; e« y. 5 r. >- CONQUEST OF COSTA RICA 123 at dawn and on an island formed by that riverand another that came from Voto,^ discovereda buMo. Because of the great noise made by thecanoes, he was able to capture only one Indianand a few women, who told him that during thepreceding month a cacique called Tori had de-stroj^ed a neighboring village in which remainedonly the cacique and four old women, the rest ofthe inhabitants having been killed or carriedaway. At this Calero Avent up the Pocosol Riverin search of the unfortunate cacique, and, havingfound him, brought him back to camp. TheIndian told him that ten moons ago the caciqueVoto had arrived before his village with fourcanoes manned by many warriors, and had killeda large nmnber of his people and carried offmany women and children; also that, the monthbefore, Tori had attacked him, and had mur-dered and taken into captivity the rest of hissubjects, so that there then rem
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