. History of the discovery and conquest of Costa Rica . Ribera, the Master of the Camp, Alonso Rodrí-guez Franco, the Ensign-General, Juan Solano,the Auditor, Francisco Muñoz Chacón, theAgent and Inspector, Esteban Ramos Cer-vantes, and Don Ruy López de Ribera, Presidentof the municipal council. This city of Nombre de Jesús must have pre-sented a sad yet curious spectacle—the people. K « CONQUEST OF COSTA RICA ^93 wandering about unclothed, for their clothes hadrotted on their bodies during their peregrina-tions of more than two years through the virginforests, struggling incessantly against h
. History of the discovery and conquest of Costa Rica . Ribera, the Master of the Camp, Alonso Rodrí-guez Franco, the Ensign-General, Juan Solano,the Auditor, Francisco Muñoz Chacón, theAgent and Inspector, Esteban Ramos Cer-vantes, and Don Ruy López de Ribera, Presidentof the municipal council. This city of Nombre de Jesús must have pre-sented a sad yet curious spectacle—the people. K « CONQUEST OF COSTA RICA ^93 wandering about unclothed, for their clothes hadrotted on their bodies during their peregrina-tions of more than two years through the virginforests, struggling incessantly against hunger,the terrible obstacles of nature and the opposi-tion of the Indians. And all for what end? Onlyto arrive at the end of the journey a prey of thedirest misery. For this valiant effort of Perafánprofited no one; his labors were sterile and leftno traces other than cruel sufferings and livesuselessly sacrificed. The city once laid out and the sites partitioned,the Governor ordered Don Diego López deRibera to go among the tow^is of the Spaniardsand ask for help. He found that many greatchanges had occurred throughout the , from the time of his departure, no news ofthe expedition had been received, except a rmnorof its loss, that had circulated among the Indians,the residents of Cartago had conveyed this in-formation to the Audiencia, complaining at thesame
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