The Putumayo : the devil's paradise, travels in the Peruvian Amazon Region and an account of the atrocities committed upon the Indians therein . as the Colombians would cer-tainly kill us if he did not conduct us to a place ofsafety. Thinking that possibly the man was—touse a bit of slang—up the pole, I explained that wehad no fear of the Colombians, as we had beenstopping with them some time, and, furthermore,the things we had heard about the Peruvian AmazonCompany and the recent events that had takenplace had not been such as to make us believe thatthis syndicate was a sort of life-saving st
The Putumayo : the devil's paradise, travels in the Peruvian Amazon Region and an account of the atrocities committed upon the Indians therein . as the Colombians would cer-tainly kill us if he did not conduct us to a place ofsafety. Thinking that possibly the man was—touse a bit of slang—up the pole, I explained that wehad no fear of the Colombians, as we had beenstopping with them some time, and, furthermore,the things we had heard about the Peruvian AmazonCompany and the recent events that had takenplace had not been such as to make us believe thatthis syndicate was a sort of life-saving , favouring me with a peculiar snake-likesmile, he remarked that he would look after us allright and walked off. At about nine oclock Orjuela was brought onboard under a heavy guard and put down belowin a little cage. We were not allowed to speak tohlin, although several of the missionaries seemedto derive much fun by taunting and insulting theirunfortunate victim. At about the same time DeOsma y Pardo came on board, shook hands withSanchez and myself, and explained that he hadinterceded with Loayza in our behalf, but unsuc-. THE DEVILS PARADISE 177 cessfully. This gentleman did not seem to be muchof a favourite with Loayza, and, as I afterwardsascertained, protested against the raid on theColombians, and in this way incurred that chiefsdisapproval. At about the two pirate vessels set sail forEl Encanto, and, after descending some five hours,reached El Dorado. Here the bandits, not contentwith the crimes they had already committed,stopped to execute one more. The criminal Loayza,in company with several more of these pirates,disembarked, entered the house, and, menacing theColombians with death, compelled them to sur-render all their arms. Then, after giving them along harangue, couched in the most profane andvulgar words, and mingled with the most terriblethreats in case they did not immediately abandonthe establishment, this worthy patriot returnedto the lau
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