Panama and the canal in picture and prose .. . that waslike a Buttery was full of such Provisions as theCountry afforded, as Bread, Venison, Swines Flesh,etc. There was another large Room like a Cellarfull of earthen Vessels, containing Several sorts ofwhite and red Liquors made of Indian Wheat,Roots, a kind of Palm-Tree and other Ingredients, drank. The blood they shed, the gold they stole,the houses they burned, the women they violatedand the Indians they foully tortured and murderedform a long count in the indictment of civilizationagainst Spain in Central America and the WestIndies. That t
Panama and the canal in picture and prose .. . that waslike a Buttery was full of such Provisions as theCountry afforded, as Bread, Venison, Swines Flesh,etc. There was another large Room like a Cellarfull of earthen Vessels, containing Several sorts ofwhite and red Liquors made of Indian Wheat,Roots, a kind of Palm-Tree and other Ingredients, drank. The blood they shed, the gold they stole,the houses they burned, the women they violatedand the Indians they foully tortured and murderedform a long count in the indictment of civilizationagainst Spain in Central America and the WestIndies. That today the Spanish flag waves over notone foot of the territory ravaged by Pizarro, Nicuesa,Cortez, Balboa, and Pedrarias is but the slenderestof justice—the visitation upon the children of thesins of their fathers. It is fair to say that of allthe ruffianly spoliators Vasco Nunez de Balboa wasthe least criminal. If he fought savagely to over-throw local caciques, he neither tortured, enslavednor slew them after his victory, but rather strove. Canai Commission Photo. STREET IN MODERN PORTO BELLO the which the Spaniards commended when they to make them his friends. He left the provinces dranlv them! somewhat depleted of gold and pearls after his visits, How ingenuous the historians closing line! Doubt- but one of the evidences of the complete lack of the less the Spaniards commended as lavishly as they cultivating grace of civilization among the Indians 52 PANAMA AND THE CANAL was that they did not care so much for these gew-gaws as they did for their lives, the honor of theirwomen and their liberty. This would of course
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