| Show 4 1 I pJ A LAND OF RUINS 1 s 10 ka kam of Dotted Wh With ra m rain 2 Almost Entire Landscape in i I Evidences of or Ancient tron I 2 Expedition in inC 5 y Brigham Young Sao Sac Sacr 2 I C A irl Oa pliny Now fin r L Hon Trip to tU E l J JI I 61 on oil n LI H r I p 2 n n fl n N fl U II w M WW W rn RI It Special ence HA YN spoken of ot the many mini i In and ADI around n the tb lait Mexico also fIRO nt at town lon w were at al a In j how hOlY the thise 1 ruin th the theline line Into Inlo We Ii Wl noW HOW g g that Ihal Guatemala II it a land of ot I V Sum Some are an modern at a Santa BanIa Crus Crux del Quiche which as is In Ii I was wa as the tha capital captaI of ot tin ut Quiche empire and an wai wa w destroyed by y the nl h At L 1 Lt t r that thai time tHu It II wai wu called t alto allO destroyed by earthquake u t I tc 1 II c l and thirty yean yearl ago ao and Cm C the capital built buill by lIy Al AI It k and called Santiago Bin tin 10 de tie i Jwu Hut we w VI found ai ii we w city numerous mounds I rs r then than n we w had before neeri I covering the country for tor mile and Immediately that thet In th turn dim past there exIted existed here a great inn populous cRy city From I orn these III been taken noire idol Idoll the work of that ancient people They he I I 7 ate 1110 the size of It ft IL large man Art are nr V In III n a sitting slUIng posture with lower limbs 1 1 doubled and arms crossed era The body bodyl Is l corpulent the top lop of oe the head nUll ami small smal the neck mouth mid and chin tn laige They rhey lire are not hot hideous tin the other hand hantl they tire Inviting Hume of ot the tho th mounds stand and thirty tIM feet teet high of ot all nl and coy rov 10 or ur four tour to lu el eight ht rods rode of ot ground gro But flut little work vork has lia ever eer been heen done ilone on ull them thorn anti and hut but little Interest seems to tobe tobe toI I be taken In III them but hul thY they me ate to UH liS u uI I more Interesting by far than limn the ruins ruin J of ot Quiche or of oC Antigua We Wo only re gritted that thaI we did nut have iino time lime to give HIIe thorn them a more thorough There fh r tire many ruins also alico In the ho northern part of ot the republic up U In III Urn Paten country countr which correspond more moreIn In to Ir the ruins of ot Palenque or ir of ot opan vc e learn of oe nn nfl obelisk k a n hundred and fifty feet fiet high covered with hiero hieroglyphics on nil all tour four sides I also nillo of oe hOUSes house In which pro ore tablets tR of ot In a ti good stole tot of oe Uon The I of o II on concerning r was ons brought ia to our minister by hy a Mr Ir flock who labored on the bound boundary ary an line ine for lor I I jeara rera CRI as a agent aMen I or surveyor from trOll ihli thu country and he hll obtained It directly tWill Mr Mi lr Hunter In I thep he e ruins and to III this which is II OH as 6 n ii perfect garden JOrden of Prof Proto Wolfe and lile hll hI nm Mr Ir Van an Huron Buren ml JO Adms have hae wn IOn tind thew they wi labor for tur or several months No doubt much Information l both th I h of or re t an In atI 1 value will be brought bright out jilt by hy them Near allan oban Just north of oC the tha thi Ill 1 are arl other athI ruins and Inti rid we 41 hear Iuar of oe still other In III various parts part along the lie Ih moun mountain tain talu down don to those of Ohe These o latter are In some respects rl the moM mOlt In iii Interesting Here HeM l I the great turtle of lit stone It anI and this the Ih beautiful carving aVIn of lie monuments and An Dr Gordon auction of or Harvard I 1 University has hes h been Imn labor Ing hr here for tor Ilm time t nd I l making a n thorough tudy of or nil objects ered ertl Turn Tien rome ramI the ruins of aplin just jul across the line Into Honduras the tho largest and best Jelt known of ot till sill of them To and later to 10 Copan we ore lire now flow directing our court EXPEDITION I DIVIDED Late fate In the Ihl afternoon on n Monday Mondoy lad we had bathe Hi other Wolfe and party pilI rood bye he Tim was wn not an nn easy mutter matter for COl or we hail liall traveled nearly a year Oar through h till nil of lit Rod almost all 11 1 ln lI of or coun conn country try II and th ties tie that naturally grow row up by lung long hud become boenne very Ver strong A and n II ami od bless you wert ere heartily on an both hoth Hides HideR and In a 1 Mv wo were vere on our fly they were returning to 10 where they intended to remain another day dllY In preparation for their thIr trip north Joseph who tho ho had ha b been en pOlled foi tOI some tUne time Put Iut was as fast re reo recovering covering on another days i test st would him to continue hits his work worl when we WI left ft n cou con couple Pie 1111 of lit days hack hak hl I lind hinti not yet over OCI overtaken taken us but bitt a U telegram from Crom the Jefe Jete politico Informed us liB that on the morrow he would start Through the kindness of ot Consul Gen Oen General oral eral Rn n nd l our minister Dr Ir 1 1 Hunter we le are arc provided with letters of lit Introduction anti to tn friends JeCo and to 10 the Ihl authorities of ur the south i pe lally t to In Columbia W pH this the Ih city by i the tho road 1011 all n I a couple coup II of league where MP P e Limped camped fur or the tiU night flight The 1111 next 11 It 9 w 1 v were on ott the th load 1001 It was 11 comma real 1 01 ami scores scares or of people wore ore rushing to 10 thu city with tIn attn Products of this was carried to tn on ou the tile or on the tha of or mOil men unit and women though wo we no II lOll gomo so 1111 mule hulls loads As IL a rule rulo tho tile natives carry catty their own tho thu have mules hurtos A rIm TO fO THU ST 81 After ACler lunch Mr Ir Tolton 1 I wl 01 trout the othier taking Inking a dim trail rail t I oUt our coups s towards Kl JI I the this railway ml I term I title hi I he they thoy UIO continued on tho thu main rood road rout to towards towards wards Copan After traveling two or three over ur n ri rough but hUl beautiful country wo we arrived ut ul a n town of oe touts ton Is one of the tho we I hal had reached and WI vo found that the tho and con were vere camped hero lucre A j couple of ot hundred men wc wre iere ro up on all the hill hili making a II dugway u while a toss fow to in III were tho thit surveyors cross gee eec the th road load Four 1 Fot OUI us III to Kl m Hancho the tho It I t hi situated In III the thu main valley ull on oti the hanks banks of ut tim tho Montague Montages I All II hi around except on the very tops tol of the tha mountains tar far fa I away and on the tho I Immediate bunks banks of the thin liver thus hy l Iii Is at al present dry iry anti and aliI un tin uninviting inviting Kl about a u thou scott native hut but Sonic Home 0 III I anti and 1111 negroes It H Is i u II busy town lown and two Iwo Iter I CR 1111 this the of it the tho raid roid and 1 a nil th thu patty I II and from rout here hOlo tilt all supplies 10 to o the different camps arc are shipped i We called on Mr 11 11 II 1 C 0 Pork Park li b t whom we Wll had letters lellI from ruin Judge McNally nut found he the I gentleman very Or agree I roe nul tind amI very or lie Ho Is III this the of ot the tho construction deport depart department ment but Jut not nol interested In Inthe InI the I he company The Thu next n morning we took look n II trill trip on the tho train down this the river to 10 lurid found along aloni the valley y places of beauty hRut and auth On out our left kit was the high range ronge of at mountains the tango that keeps keep the winter mois mola moisture tore lure from th this B I country On out our right were ere the this dry III broken hills hi hIs and further tu rth er hal back the moo I ii of lit another Near tio tw capital of or the It by the some same name the volley 1111 becomes se miles mile wide and watered by a tributary be he becomes comen comes very Prom From ullpa to tho th i country IM Is broken and the rivet river 11 el through u II narrow canyon cun lIn containing many lap mu muide ide These would make navigation lilt dlf limit hut hilt not nol Impossible and lIttle might come from the III ocean to tom ui m with case euse hut but Is 18 no ito harbor at the tho mouth of the river while Puerto has hia n it Rood good tool harbor the tho best beat so 8 It Is sal suii 1 on ott the side IllIe of ot Central America ADI NT OP OJ CIVILIZATION IB III Ii at a busy bu y little littletown town of ot 2000 Inhabitant Former It was a ft quiet agricultural village Hut the railroad finally reached thorn them Tho American came In and the village one une morning to In Itself font fam famous ous oue Prices went vent up UI products pro were wen ere In demand and In u a 1 short time from their heir I former life the people sud suil suddenly Iut denly donly emerged into the thit rush bustle of ot the tIn n K world The Tho old lady holy Ind who vho lute hns eggs AH to 10 sell imell suddenly nl hInds l that thoU where II h 11 formerly lh h could get three cents for them she ehe ho now miot gets tentH cents The corn grower Is III startled by lime tho th high bight Paul paid for tor corn thit th man who hAs ban beat beof for lor silo II e I the II Ot at atthe the time Increase so In his hili Income All Alt are oro In III great demand II l II 1111 ami situ Ih t person owning n it small of oe himself well oft off the come the peo people plo ide discover thill thu t there thore nrc 1110 dl nt gut n ne well 11 A lot lut of ot both bad men m n follow tollow time tho advent of ot the tho railway Many In of ot tho the American negroes the Ihl scum Hurn of ot thin tho Southern States found theIr way here horn attracted D no doubt by the till llo of ut making mooney money without work These were ler soon lIoon lIn l arc ar now nov floating hooting orotund around the country Many PeoPle too that better heter stilt a n jull uro ore here hore ns Is were vero the thi negroes Thoy rho are also nJ n a both buth to tl thin tho United Plates anti ti t luil email hut but tei fire many people of nt C tho the host best of 11 standing men mii who will nil n III greatly In developing the lie country They ore are waking up milking m money noy bolh for themselves and for tor others There tire 1110 Indications that soon there thoro will ill be hI a n greater of foreigners Tho land Is III It will especially esl hal hy tico rubber and a Ii a nas It U will soon me inc opened to settle settlement meat ment Then too there are noli mini and many valuable diggings A As 11 Scott coon as IlA foreigners billIn ln to come In tier mines will bo ti d and a ml no doubt fortunes will bo he made The val vol valuable 01 woods 11 Ire are also a n great consider consideration eon theio thelo ore are plenty of oC them in inthe time the endless around lake hike Izabal al as well ns ne tho tIme river 1101 junks will soon prove PiOt n It great source of ot wealth Nothing appears now to 10 stand In tho the theny WilY way ny of or a it speedy Bp permanent perm t Inline mic of lit good gnoj Immigrants to this republic rite Tho greater this the III foreign n element thue tho more Inure staple will be he h the thie government Involutions will not be he en n o opt to break breakout out and If It one ono does It will more moore easily be La put lut down HOTEL nOll l ACCOMMODATIONS enjoys the distinction also of ot having a L hotel and a n restaurant both run by an Ln American and both bolh t c CIA s K for tor tho the country countr You pay POY U II a n day lIay at Lit atthe It the this hotel and 1 a meal at tho thit lh house I U lOti but hul tho the money you pay tn itt Is 18 worth only qu tho the dollar The rite hotel Is he an 1111 old adobe house fitted up tip for tho the purpose but hul Intended for tor any numy anything nil thing tIming but a U private dwelling Windows have boon been cut III In and Auth a u skylight made On a n little porch opening to III the lip inner court a ft room has hils been Improvised by bythe h l the time tacking of ot mats to 10 the posts Tithe This IH Is the tho solo sole sleeping of ot the hotel for or time the guesto Four cots each containing r n r L sheet shoe I to sleep p on anti antia a I sort Hurl of ut quilt to cover with lire are nr itt 11 ranged ell In itt tIme the room loom In tIme thi best order possible A box supplies tile the th place of lit 1 iL wash stand and a of a pitcher II A looking glass three Inches In ho II II diameter aids you OU what It can ran In arranging your our toilet A 4 solitary chair supplIes comfort com Cart for the tho Knout guest that happens to get gel It first The rho table Is ex cx excellent Co however when tho the price Is 18 con colt considered wo we could easily forgive the tho scant sleeping room ON A ij i HANDCAR The he train runs only every oer other day atal does docs riot not run on Sunday and we WI wore were In iii a n quandary how hol to get Iet to tho ruins of oe when Mr Ir Lowe the manager of nt time till road Iund arrived front from fro III Kl HI who proffered to 10 mend Fend UH tie down downto to the ruins In ha time the rooming on n 1 hand cur III We WO accepted time the propositIon lion anti by S 8 Sunday morning all nil VOID 1110 ready endy for Cor or the start h 4 OC Four strong negro workmen furnIshed tho tite motive mollo power for tor our We e evere were vere heated In iii front trout with our feet lell hanging down dOln and amul a it cowcatcher cow catch er ci while with both bolh hands wo 10 heM held on for tOI dear life lite Hut BUl we WI reached the 01 end ell 1 of ot our OUI Journey In safety anti and two 1 10 miles beyond the tho little village of ot Los LOH Mutates wore ore fe shown tho time path lathi that thaI leads to time tho ruins ruin Taking this path we walked In Inthe Inthe Inthe the deep tropical forest for two t 0 miles I must explain here that tho time ruins mentioned ore are those near on the tho banks of ot the tho They arc are mentioned by hy Stephens but Mr wood VOd was wait Ill time tho only one who went to see SIO them I believe too 1011 that Mr Ir Stephens Is IH the first writer who vimo mentions them though not lIot the discoverer as their ex cx ext t was as known In III Guatemala his h visit visite Wo We e learned on our way WA that Mr Gill Gor don was them thero and had made a n complete clearing so every eH thing could be scon to tou advantage u Mr Me 11 Gordon lordon of ot whom wo we had hind before heton Is III laboring under the auspices of Harvard college colle e und and be he besides besides sides making a 4 1 study of oC time the ruins H Is I Inking nun he moulds of or nil alt the thi monoliths III from front Which plaster of ot r casts cOllIs will be made We found Cound Mr 11 Our Gor don ns UK directed He had huati made moe n ti I cleat clour Ing of the ruins had built it II couple COli pit of ot sheds which he Ime hind had thatched with palm paint leaves one for himself ami the tho theother theother other for tor his workmen and ond surrounded by b time the deep dec forest tore l was os living an tin Meal Ideal life Ho lie H 0 was glad to 10 see veo us ua liS we wo e were to see sue him in anti and kindly gave JIll 1 us tie nil all the Information he lie could concernIng the tue ruins lie He had bud been at al but hut some Romo little dutifully had caused him hInt to change for tOI tIle the present to but hut with hope hopt of ot returning to Copan again n next year In Imi a few tl weeks he returns to Harvard for tor time the ment exorcises exercises and to take tho the moulds already made Jut but at nl tho the opening of ot school next year or before ho will re me return turn again to 10 Central entail America anti re me resume sume his hilt work H lie Is 11 a young joung oun titan mon not nol more than thun a n graduate of ot otI Harvard a n by birth and nn on I American by y choice He lie line has spent al oh already already 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