| Show A EXPLORING PARTY IN GUATEMALA j Brigham Young Academy Expedition Passing Through g 5 n l Beautiful and Interesting Country Files Fles That Natura Has Provided With Lumps j Chiapas Mexico March SG 26 1901 It was Ins next to Im Impossible possible nt at to obtain food too for our return Journey It was wal ImpossIble sIble to get a n guide Rullo and nil acquainted with the tho roads loa s told laM us we U could not nol make the trip without a I guide Not only were there different trails leading Ica oft off but mahogany cutters had cleared many talY In getting out their logs Hele Helea was a a 1 unforeseen The Tho fiesta and then would not end until Thursday it would take the Indians a I Jay day or two i to sober up We would be ho delayed at nt least a 11 week Of Ot course this time could coul lie profitably spent among the ruins rul and we would gladly have stopped but bill our companions would be waiting us at There was wal one Oi thing thin that thai cave us hope Two Indians with dogs had gone the day 11 before to the thc first settlement we would reach rit and from trum which place to the road was good Wo We tried to get them to walt wait a n day for us but they were too drunk to understand and before we re rc returned turned from the thc ruins tho next day they had gone Perhaps we wo could folio rolo v their tracks At t any rate we wc preferred to make moke the attempt At 7 Mon Ion Monday day with wih the Inspector who kindly vol volunteered to take us out a 1 league we wc lm e good bye At a I short distance wo we entered the tho forest which grew rew In beauty and grandeur as 01 we 0 proceeded and without a I break except nt at thc tho dreams we walked In the shade I Ire of or trees until Wednesday noon There were re trees tres of ot nil ni and sizes Izes The mahogany was tho giant and many lan times they would run up for or fifty feel teet feet without a n limb Many an others produced equally good saw SIW timber Vines IncH as largo as lB a mans bod hO beautiful moss on rocks n trees plants with large leaves like Iko a I banana of or plant pant flowers beautiful ferns sizes and nOi shapes were con constantly on of ot eliciting tram from us expressions wonder and surprise It I was waB a n rich field feld for tor the botanist botanist At night fire fre flics fleR of or great sire IZI and brilliancy were seen Ben Ilko Ik shooting stare Home ole of or these we caught and amu ourselves reading the papers by b their light FLIS FURNISH TUB fiE LIGHT They hc a pole pule green light very er clear nr re the electric light 11 c I conies from two lobes Just above the tyes eel Th Tho San Ban Pedro Pedr rhu r which we weI I w reached Tuesday Tue day gave ga C us some little trouble wo hall expected n I hut but found none and found no one on liv living 1 ing In near A test tet of or Its Is depth proved that we could ford tord with little danger but the bank to It was WI fifteen or twenty feet high ancl how ho to Rot t the mule lul down was WaR tho problem She utterly refused to make the attempt no amount of ot coaxing nor whipping 1 nor hollowing would ouM scare her At last hIlt with wih Mr r In the water holding holing the rope tl ond Mr tr Klenke Kenke nn I on ou either side Ide of ot other her nt lt a given gln we WC nil ni pushed and pulled u II Ci together and line nhe moved nl over the edge Illge she was wal not long In going Ing Jon down With n look of or utter astonish astonishment ment she struck the water and the tho task was done don On the other side however the getting g out Olt was wa nearly as nl bud She made mad a n leap up u the thc bank then for tor a 0 moment hung an OB If I uncertain whether she Bhe would proceed or fall tal back hak Into the water With great groAt effort however and Anel much slipping she climbed the bank and an we were safe ON O TiE motT TRAIL TRAIL At nine on Wednesday a we 0 met mat mata a I couple of at Indiana and found to our Joy JO that we WI were on the right trail and that a couple of If league would bring ui 11 to an on Indian ranch We Wo had expected to reach n ranch called Agua ln lara Clara about this time but learned that al nl already ready we WI hud had passed P II it league We WI had failed to notice the thc path leading to toI It I but the Indian ranch gave gOe us UI hope of ot something to pot cat and we proceeded with quickened 1 There was wu con can consternation nt thu ranch when hen ue we ar nr arrived rived 11 d Many Rn did IJ nut not remember of n ever seeing white men through that country countr before he ton Many of or the women and Chil Children hl dren dr n ran away but one oM lady l who ho had hai been heen to could Spanish held her own what was n better than that nil al for tor us u consented to tomake I make us ts Tho men folks folk were w mostly in the fields nells but In half an hour I some Ill had haJ come 1011 the woman im no I doubt sent for tor them Ve We were cau cautioned several times that we would find had bad Indians until after we WI left r ajon nd the last II t words ors of or the inspector tor tur as ns he Iw bade us I good bye be were words ors of ot caution against the tho but I we WE had hlll no trouble In n fact but for tor one thing got Jt Along with wih them an u well wel ns u with any An They The did not tAnd the th Mexican money and Ind ve 0 experienced great ret trouble In making chance One real half hlll rl and ancl two re is fc they knew but ut 5 5 anil nd 10 pieces dill did dillI net They The wanted Guatemalan G money mone I N H Carreras money was WiS all oi right right Car Carrera CarIer rera Ier It will wil be bo remembered ts Is the Indian who fifty years ors ago himself at ut the tho head of or n rebellion with the crude Indian soldiery that fol rol followed lowed him overthrew the Mr Ir Stephens visited vl led the Iw country at the time of or this rebellion and sought Rought In II vain aln as OK he expressed It 1 to 10 find Ind a government Many In of at these Indians we WI Inel rather refer to Guate than to Mexico ns nl their govern government ment mentOne One more mar nl lt In the tho woods woo s as this proved our worst night for tor long before berre daylight daI ht we were awakened ned by the gentle gente patter of ot the tho on the leaves ami an on u It I had hal set st In for tor the theda day da The roads rae were slippery we t were Wl wet et from trai head to 10 root foot for on account of at the hent henl we p discarded slickers for tor our shirt shirl Ilp At t 2 p in 1 the rain ceased or rather wo had climbed out of at the storm and wore In a n dryer zone zono and at nt 4 we 0 reached Here we congratulated our ourselves selves Through the wild with trails taking to the tho right left Ilc through h the Indians fields or Hearings where there were more paths we w had never once lost the ti trail trail and now nol nil all was Ins safe arc as os we w had n good goot load rod At 1 the next day 1 a we 1 reached having come on OB fast ns n possible ns lS we WC wished to visit the ruins In the n l lint Hut heie hlll again we met let with wih We WP needed nf el a guide but found that we could not cot Jet cne ene until the tho next day Nothing oth In In this country is done IR In a I hurry Aiwa vs manana tomor tomorrow row rol The people wih talked could cal II hardly understand how hol we could even PIen wish to go o to the ruins Immediately h after having walked sIx or nr seven In 1181 But ns AI h was wa Impossible lne nd an 1 time t was Wll I determine to make the attempt with without wih out guide so eo leaving the bors to tore re It t I borrowed a saddle tram from n con an and 1111 our niI little mule 1 pro ceded but UI not without The mule objected She Sho would carry a park hut but not lot a man At every el word of or Ing In on my 1 part she would kirk kick up or kick kik out nd several times struck my m foot fol nut Hut we managed and In II a 1 lit little lt tle II over two hours houn were nt at the ruins having procured nt at a n ranch nearby nab a 11 smart mArt little Mexican boy bo to show m In Inthe the road OP OF These ruin are arc situated on the hr 1110 w of or a I hill hi about allt two hundred h tb a 0 large valley nt at 1 kist m thirty miles long lont and from two tI mu muto Ilc to ten mi wide At present the vi 11 Icy contain stock rite 18 n l corn tr plantations platation The Th hills I parts of nt th the valley a 1 e are covered with W II h tres mostly pine and oak On OIl the east sev tal low hills hl Jut i u ut from rm th twin mountain run along fr tr fra a few f mlle then ond On the brow hl of nf one of the th hills hi ore Ol the ruins V f the hill hil walked walk along ng the Ih rid for tor i half hl ralle 11 then cume mp to tou a u n about 14 1 feet on each earh side ke 0 nl tt t foit f high h h might I en a n guard euard i tt t A snort dis db distance tance farther on there wai 1 another N f H about the same lale size lizI Still StI farther wo reached three terra teal e l walled up UI on the lower side Ide with wih rock They were about n thirty feet deep deel and ne reached across the flattening anil on broadening It I He Helow HeInl low these thel terrats the hill hi had been hrell leveled down forming n a of ur sev several lev oral eral acre a Here Her the buildings The mot most complete building WOH WOI on top of o n structure of ur stone about 26 2 feet feel high hl h The fh building about 60 feet long lon by JO 3 feet tet wide and was OH of ot the same form turl and structure OH OM the th temples of or ue The TIl i was Wil fallen talen In The altar nar was WIK broken brok and almost all 11 ot or the th stucco Weco figures were gone nn The he marks plainly showed how however ho hore ever re where these thel figures I ures hod hll been ben There Thero may ma have been tablets In tho thu I altars but Lut I could coul mul no 11 trace of ot any nn Mr Ir Stephens of lt them however Tho Thu building Is made of or small flat fat tOI Tram an Inh to three thick nn not more than n root foot long Ion by b eight Inches wide laid up II in clay Iny mor mortar mortar tar and plastered on the tho Inside with wih one Ilmo mortar martI There Then are Ire evidences also I that the plastering platt was Ol painted It I was WR a very er hard finish and put on In or four coats coati The walls seem ey durable The roof rot Is formed like those tho e at t of ot the V shaped arch lh a I larger luner stone I climbed to the top tup of or another pile that hut looked like 0 a U hut but found on 01 clearing away the and some that It too to was WIS a building more moreIn mor In ruins than the first The ho third build Ing Is In a better state of at than Ihn this thill though not so f good H I the first It t consists of ot two to long rooms room with a I corridor In front now fallen rolen The fhe plastering on the th walls os was wal In a 11 good date flate of at preservation There were two other pyramids In sight but I did not et ot time to climb them or Ot to make further Investigation On Un the whole holl I was wall Impressed with the tl Idea Ille that these ruins not ns al ruins but Jt as O buildings are nIl much older oler than those of or Further that they were wee built by b the same SR I people but In Inan Inan an earlier style 1110 of or their They must have been the tho temple or BUSY PREPARING ITINERARY George 13 Cortelyou private secretary to President M K h M t n IS the tho busi busiest bu l lIHt est man Ill In on at a the present time Ii In Ws hrs lift H all aU tho f t f the hi Presidential tour of or thirty Su l I U h Is to start starton on the of this month Secretary will wl be one of or who will wi accompany thi on bl JI ui N f N NI house of ot worship and the city I built buit In the valley R e below And one would look for tor n 11 city In Just such a place In the center of ur n a rich farming district There Is plenty of or water plenty of or timber a lt plenty II ell I of oC grass grassall all ni within easy reach Hut little has hal been beon done towards in investigating these jet It here hert Is hI Isa hIn a n Held for some future and may mil yield Iel rich harvests to the Investigators gators There are no Impediment par particularly In the th way wn as UI consent timM ull easily be obtained from the govern government ment Hut ut we WI cannot Annot stop Our work is further south anil wo must h on With deep regrets thereto therefore I left Itt the ruins Just JURt at dark Anel returned to our camp In town where I 1 found the boys In good goo spirits Next ext morning moring early Nul we wc continued our march murch The rhe became less humid ns DB gradually we came over to tl the Il side Vegetation changed and the grass r B trees gradually became b diy t We p had good 1018 however hoor and mad time At 1 11 p m 1 e reached ollan learned that Prot Wol Volf mid companions were In camp two leagues on un the road to Guatemala To Toda da we paused through the Ihl hu p and our bonds wore erl In Inal all al hut hul some MO articles not brought broucht with us UA and on n which we 1 will wi pa and andell ell el The officers Very try kind and us only an hour or so 1 The were 11 not even unpacked I ruins on nn the m point some oilier Ride I of ot th city Ill of or cu t Ilu Jl I In Ih republic we WI will wi make rak a n p In our program w ulf lr and Mr r Van Yan Huren Buren will visit Ill the Nc northwestern port of ot In the forests make of or the th llora and fauna tauna They will wi visit tho Indians and study thom them for a 1 fow to In III the meantime we shall Rhal Copan In then on 01 our ou way R along alon I he li I Is 11 the principal town ton Pan Sn Cristobal l on the th rond 10 o Guatemala It about Abut thousand Inhabitants The houses hOIe m II well built and dan clean The Til streets aio II t paved lh small Imal stones the sidewalk Il with lUKe large Hat ones oMI or with wih brick It wih lal po s es som of or the th neatest market marketplaces places we have seen s n we wc loft Puebla Is plentiful cs rp lof bananas and Oln e the the lat latter ter tor selling for tor from rm three to tOil four I for a I cent cant In II fact talt all l along our road rod to and from especially on un the moun mountains 1011 and a 11 high allM wi found an In abundance ahun Ancl of ot these two fruit M Ion mo heie IK It a mixture of l Mexican nud Guatemala Ten cents Mexican is I counted cents and one Is ally al at It a ION t In know Just what the price are U appears that the people 1 ollo nl I consider the Guatemalan money as Iho currency of ut the tle with a I slight premium on nn Mexican silver Ilver As 1 to location Is II It Is on a hill bi that slopes lo 1 two win I Water I 01 Is II plentiful there ther are manY tre s rown In the little mi It II trl a R green IrWI and healthy ap 1 U If country gren round about la II at this a IR m n nor countr but bul of or the year dry n uninviting fry the crass grown in ina 11 the tho rains come re nt the trees l land n a few fl w k 11 tt Irl and the 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