Panama and the canal . at that time as high as2,000,000. But the long years of Spanish cruelty and blood-shed were very hard on them and roused a most bitter hatredof the whites. Their homes are many miles away from Colon in the for-est country in the eastern part of Panama. But they areoccasionally seen near the towns, when they bring in nutsand fruit to trade for the necessities of life. Some storiestold of them show that they are still treacherous and stillhate the white people. We may take as an example the fate of an expedition of1854, led by Lieutenant Strain of the U. S. Navy. In Jan-ua
Panama and the canal . at that time as high as2,000,000. But the long years of Spanish cruelty and blood-shed were very hard on them and roused a most bitter hatredof the whites. Their homes are many miles away from Colon in the for-est country in the eastern part of Panama. But they areoccasionally seen near the towns, when they bring in nutsand fruit to trade for the necessities of life. Some storiestold of them show that they are still treacherous and stillhate the white people. We may take as an example the fate of an expedition of1854, led by Lieutenant Strain of the U. S. Navy. In Jan-uary of that year three warships were sent to Caledonia Bayin the Gulf of Darien, for the purpose of exploring and sur-veying the country. A party of twenty-seven men, led byLieutenant Strain, was landed. The start was made fromCaledonia Bay, on the 20th of January, with the intention ofcrossing the Isthmus to the Gulf of San Mi^guel on the Pa-cific coast. At first the Indians were friendly, or appeared TIMID NEGROES 73. Some Must Be Caught axd Held Before the Camera, 74 LIEUTENANT STRAINS ADVENTURE to be so, and served as guides; but after a few days theydeserted the surveying party in the depth of the tropicalwilderness. The party then became hopelessly bewildered,
Size: 1388px × 1799px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, bookidcu3192401401, bookyear1910
