Panama and the canal in picture and prose .. . CAMINA EEALE, OR ROYAL ROAD NEAR PORTO BELLO heard the tinkling mule bells, waited this time inlow breathing silence to let the rich prize pass,then with shouts of triumph dashed from the jimgle,cut down or shot the luckless muleteers, and swarmedabout the caravan eager to cut the bags and get atthe booty—and were rewarded with sundry bushelsof grain intended to feed the crowds at Nombrede Dios. The disaster was irreparable. The true treasuretrain at the first uproar had fled back to the wallsof Panama. Nothing was left to Drakeand hismen but to p
Panama and the canal in picture and prose .. . CAMINA EEALE, OR ROYAL ROAD NEAR PORTO BELLO heard the tinkling mule bells, waited this time inlow breathing silence to let the rich prize pass,then with shouts of triumph dashed from the jimgle,cut down or shot the luckless muleteers, and swarmedabout the caravan eager to cut the bags and get atthe booty—and were rewarded with sundry bushelsof grain intended to feed the crowds at Nombrede Dios. The disaster was irreparable. The true treasuretrain at the first uproar had fled back to the wallsof Panama. Nothing was left to Drakeand hismen but to plod back empty handed to Cruces, 70 PANAMA AND THE CANAL. A LADY OF THE SAVANNA where they had lefttheir boats. Ofcourse they raidedthe town beforeleaving but the sea-son was off and thewarehouses they went tothe coast and- re-lieved their feelingsby ransacking a fewcoastwise towns andhurling taunts at thegovernor of Carta-gena. Shortly there-after they renewedtheir enterprise anddid this time capturethe treasure train,getting perhaps $100,000 worth of plunder, withbut little loss. Some French pirates under CaptainTetu, who had joined in the adventure, sufferedmore severely and their captain, wounded andabandoned in the forest, was put to death by theSpaniards with certain of their favorite methods oftorture. After a time in England Drake returned to theCaribbean with a considerable naval force, harriedthe coast, burned and sacked some towns, includingNombre de Dios, and obtained heavy ransom fromothers. He put into the harbor of Porto Bello, withthe intent of taking it also, but while hesitatingbefore the formidable fortresses o
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