Show r rC CARTAGENA COLOMBIA I t In the tho Footsteps of Sixteenth Century Celebrities Colombia t One of ot the tho most Interesting on the western hemisphere and aud on one of ot tile the Unit lent known or appreciated In IM this old ok aa city hallowed by Iy history i tragedy but Jut now wearing n II pitiful air of ot decayed gentility Con a II map mAlI you ou will find It II near hear the tho toast cout of ot Colombia Columbia a little war lIf west t horn from the of ot the MII river und and almost elmost due dUI east cint from tr the city ot of Colon In Its the days day of ot Philip II if Cartagena wen Nay 1111 the most meet strongly fortified town In the three Americus the h tare of ot the Ih 14 forrell In the world the till great of the that Iha I erected crossed er the Atlantic for tor treasure and nd until a comparatively lute late day da It remained the th commercial metropolis I of the vast vall region known u us III New N w It Ite prominence WitS was a due to the celebrated Just l lack Jack of ot the town from which many tone tOll of at gold w weer re sprit to Spain Nome Homo om idea Id of oC thour richness rich nil I may ma be lie obtained born hOln reading the am lent that Chet Chett yet remain rums lu In n the ll ai chives of t arta urta gens 1111 These faded documents document set lei forth rort II the fact tart that the kings king kIn share wa wall wac one ons on fifth t part lurt ut all 11 gold oId produced while another IKUi nUh went went to the the church and during more then than MO year the kings portion action I a t per annum The royal matted curried away tons lone upon tons tone of and hard ant and niter after time the Vl followed the Ih m II for plunder 11 II t So flo much mischief the latter latter Juller thai tutu the Ih tK K It worth woith while N to 10 n II wall null all around Cartagena 10 o wide lh und and i hl t that t to horses odd s s n Ik on or t It at an 1111 expense ez 1 tense of morn that These fortifications are still lUll In lit II tolerable con condition union though no longer lonser occupied Their lve walle w Il are to 10 all Im and tind the subterranean pas pare leads outward to 10 the font toot of ot tho the 11 with time Ihl Interior used need to be bf maintained In hI times I of orMI wise Another ran between the th antique fortress on a R nearby hill In Into into to tho the GLOOMY otOO IY DUNGEONS Inquisition and through It pile liners un Mere here to 10 that drat made the blood run old cold to 10 con can cont t template Time The Inquisition building still Hill 10 1111 e but hul for many jours nan has nanno no not nol been used u for the torment of ot home hole tics Terrible tales tules cling around the time place of titan men and women who hero cut suf fared Inconceivable tort tortures men ending In ht death by tire Orr After the tho III power of Catholicism wn W 8 broken In New Granada the tho hUK building remained I empty nearly halt half n a century on ar araU aU lit of Its Is fearful tearful reputation fur for haute bant and ana but today to It Ii serves the Ignoble I purpose or of a tobacco co ell factory ta Kven the lb alaI t t ly old Mo like else Cartagena erta nIl Mat hUH mill n Into Inlo a u mournful condition of de demy deray my ray and ant la II now utilised as a a u station from which Po a flag fai ji la run up hy by hya hyU a U non man on guard cuard n as noon lOOn at 11 a a VO I In Ic seen ceon In to 10 enter th Ihl the harbor thus thun n nol If log the captain of the Ih port and mer merchant merchants chants chant In the elty of ot Ile t I Ill Ii There are several 0 ice but now In tur Ore arf well worth north a Ii stall in lay nothing nol hit of ot meat many mila decrepit Ial UI B 5 ual In In their II d days dlly of f the Ih core tor and yellow yellow leaf th the erlin Ii ur of ot th the Ir prime Mot Moet Mo t of the Ih former format fur mer abode of or gl grandees hove hav Into Inlo ti hu other him hart hll I lr be I T n tin It II haunts of and fici K Tl II Ins Ir t t u 10 of ot the Ihl in 1 and I lid ait ly I moet mt beautiful to be br found on an II the tho hum now run nothing worth north mentioning but bul tile the UK bill pulpit and u n world of r tradition lra The pulpit U le n truly trul mag mal nl v mar marble of if r Iones ert mar marble ble bill with cor I i Itla i l v t in think not nut ut run reo i on son that there In Is nothing like hike It ft under the Nun Th Ih The slaty HII 1 1 u ut 01 li he t a rely Iy virtus I tudes fi odds to 10 tin Ire It value and anet About years larB ago the be t pots popi of Home Itom to 10 o shoo Khow I 1 favor to bin hili devout fl vaut t In New Spain or ur ordered dered der d the t tr of ot marble I nl III r tt t I t t or ni un n an I It Ii was a und and curved 1 Jt in JI n lu ett eternal IM hy the It for of nt the day and when properly consecrAted COD was wan d with on a II HI galleon on bound for tor the tho western world While on its Ita way the emiel WWI was un overhauled by pirates pirate who wha ripped open the boxer the till pulpit and ancl being angered all nd at fIndIng nothing but carved cared marble for tor or r which they lied hall no ne me use they dumped the whole thin overboard In But Bul wonder of or wonder by direct Interception I thin tion of the Ihl Ihl not nat one anI of those thone ponderous cake of solid marble could b lit be made to lu sink link The Time buccaneer frightened out out of iH their tit hy by this Ibis tied Sled train from the galleon themselves arid and prayers and corns curita cur With great preat t tully cully the Spaniels callor got the L D bench a R few miles above abo Cartagena genii genn Hut HUI they had hall not lIat proceeded far before a 11 second lot of or over overtook overtook took them and hurtled burned the galleon alleon hav bar having havIn barlag lag ing In made way with all Its It I valuable and murdered 1 every eel one on of af the Ih crew How now However However ever the still drill preserved the pre dom dOIl pulpit t anti tt while everything etc eln was lal consumed d or swallowed by b the th vav or ar carried rII 1 off oft by 1 th tM the robbers the thi blot k ke of marble serenely erene upon upun the Ihl of the time theA sea aea A and end guided d by hands final finally ly 1 went ent ashore mi sot n an unfrequented o tuh a few Crt mill above boe t Then a n praet wax was told all about It In Ina a dream and tin the entire pulpit recovered ered recovered uninjured In heretical minds mind limo nUl may arise urNe why the t afore tto fon did not nol spare pArl human life time and amt trouble by turning time the lI pirate rato ships in to inu u another not her direction but It l Is not your our I business or 01 mint mine to question miracles intrude Another historic place which should be he h hy by the stranger in Cartagena art Ithe I Ithe the old wherein Pone unez de d B the discoverer of ot the Pacific ocean lived for tor a titer before Ins fire shor and career C r r of or fame Clune began He lie II was u II pay gay I Y hung nobleman and having his rte fortune In III CM Oil tb t 0 escape l cape Imprisonment fur for debt he hI fol followed fol followed lowed the tide of ot emigration to 10 these soon at t after Columbus fourth In his new home horn ho hr rapidly sum ded In loading with other habit and bin 1118 W rc 01 cu tl the a point of arre him hen n he hr mi hit upon tion the plan ot of escape II with Ith Overy Ivery very boy oy Is la familiar lamillar A As AM tin tilt story atory 1 Is II neither long nor prosy prony and aull was wai really n a 1 part hart of or shall hall wt vi to briefly rl r l If It I 1 think It Martin Fran Fian l Franko rall wee was In III the year 1610 1 that thet dlo ko Ue Ie cam cault tn to and ond found It oven oell then u a thriving town In UN Ira harbor was WOH III u II which tho Uto discouraged d r remnant of ofu ofa u It that thul had hall tn driven by lJ hostile Indians from trum theli their settle ettl m ments a little further down tin the coast Its leader leo pr was no le 1111 a personage thiu ii who had hall not yet lt HIi eu II lettl upon hi his ut f bloodshed In III j Pern erti I eo noon afterwards waited Mr or Ht St and took look und hl L Lii 1 will II 1 Iii him Just Juel Ju l th Ih the vessel r 1 wart waif to 10 leave Iran port lorl Home men brought on n board an on ordinary ol sup stil supposed posed I tu to u contain that II it ui the tnt hold twit with wIh th Ih the rest rent ot ut o tho rho came ito but hut hardly mil hAd the t hI shore nhi P Pf f faded i ni i Might when out nut d thi he head of the I Me rusk I b by III Ihl the I r f u 11 cavalier high and V I III a ti hd d In gold Napo 1111 llOIl t br breeches and top sup boom the nobleman I t Ib tt 11 t first w wee I want u aI t I h DISC pd upon him that Ihl li h he threatened to 10 ua 1 Hi III titled I 2 upon the d th ut it Island iHland I bit t he h relented d when h n Hal Hala 1 it I b M Ms 1 s sw on ure nerd and d l to tn b he a II soldier Moldier In the r ou flue expedition then Ihen on the thi triple im on Ci Ciway way to St Rn Eni IM IB c H s NI I run inon Jon the rocks lock and vui urns suet lout with It Ills all nil its it lIK but bUI molt niost of the Ihl r r eI 11 i to Pizarro brigantine In this thin Ihl MorlY sort y plight Ifs bethought 11 t m rIf Jt of on an Indian vl Inn K I m n Lie fie bunks book of ur a Il ricer Ca Dark n II 01 of 0 which he had find heard together with t t Utie th b that the t ho n t 1 I e i nty Y fir 11 r gold IK Ile guided the th tt i to 10 they the easily captured the 1111 town token of It Dai Darien Ion and compelled c u rn ik Ild r the Ut e Inhabitants to deliver up II all an their golden meals mentH worth many ins nS ls of dol dul dollar lar leCo t u It colony them IhIe and forbade anybody but himself lt to traffic with willi the natives ea under penalty of ot d This Thia too arbitrary order 1 i spilt In tn the hitherto peaceful part ft 1 quite a as all e covetous as ae their leader I Iby tu aft r 1 by Balboa Ha I boa they IhlY revolted d and aud In due lul lulor or u was made governor of ot tl 11 t n absolute authority v I 11 I c was Will recalled t II taw Spain In ld j r Tie Ie new governor gO Inor sent lent IU fro to It the time neighboring pro provi rov u i races and when that worthy had l hewn en rh en back b Ii by the Indians Indiana he headed hea t U expedition himself the Ibe route of Colombia picked up lip two Spaniard ne 3 who proved to 10 b he be a from another Spanish colony nm pi q hall long been betm living m ut 11 nn nil Interior pi pm n under tie the protection of or a great Gr t Careta 1 though hough the et t hail 1 their LIVES IlES and treated them with unvarying kind nl nee the did dill not hesitate to 10 b betray tray him hlll th first t Spaniards they mot met unit And to t Balboa rind his ble hl hand band of ail sen to 10 the Ih i ht Indian village I In I n fittest pf of It gold old ur capital la lam about 20 miles up th time Caledonia rivet river near the present town of The fhe revolved received them In ht good faith arid nm entertained a them freely frea fre y with the e edom b best set ills hiM kingdom dom afforded I OK as long bug o t ai nn tho rinee Balboa to Htay I Iwho who hu huil 1 only men omen pretended to 10 leave le f having haring spied out the Iho to lili III hl satisfaction but Jut the same limu night nl hl he lie re returned returned turned limn th city atilt and situ made 1 is of ot the ho good goot chief u his hili and his hili noblemen at mode modI pewee peace by h yielding 1 up u n large lato amount of 0 t Itra and end giving JIving t hU ilia hl young und and beautiful daughter In mar marriage to 10 Balboa who hail had a h wire wife already at al ready read In III Spain Spahl and ant goodness non ht hov molly others in III the new nets world The Tho story lor of ot the tho next few years Is IH full of ot Interest Interact but we have hae not space to 10 relate It II The always cruel and greedy greed Spaniards captured many rich and grew gre rich beyond computing Meanwhile got Rot into again with tho time lung king and returned to 10 Cartagena Balboa knew v that the only way sway WI to save n his precious head from front hIM bin old enemy on un the charge of or treason would be to ta accomplish some great thing for the glory 1101 of ot Spain From his bin Indian be ho had bad heard heart tales of smother great Ineat sea Ben be lito beyond yond the th western mountains on hosl shores shoes were the people so rich that they ale from rein plates of ot gold Jol With all ills his followers and some scone Indian guides he ho set out to 10 timid find that eon Ben q JI JIon on the first OrMI di day day bl l hoy Imd a n teni l end and IP to rr rrt reseed 1 III c it t es m mand st e I d al t 1 I 4 i I tab har P and suffering Buffering nn 1111 I IMI u ue K Her et 1 e ln a li 1 t ih III huu of thorn them i f e n nh ii th Ih I I faIn tain hom sh lii Ii K e MUll I 11 KiI cured tin ID th ih h K u III t i i ith H term no 1 to 10 n it 1 i th tho h 11 H t I himself Kolb m III ol I I Ifill lit Into i roll in fill 1 I ill nf II I Ile I Ii I I day at th m r pi 1 I f tr 1 t a vended tin till in iii tm f r follower Ni N f i nir nl h limo limn made malle them m r rn n in i h mi aul erI n U t ulu li in n n nl nd I ih iii i r i if h b n f stretching u a i J to I th t h hlll h u d h 11 s 1 t mighty B son a Mh i IP AP i tat a II d flavor nevor before aCor v h a n an i n I t 1 r h His Zile follow i is rs ih iii 11 1 l ail M 1 i hi 11 bh i p y V deco CDO rn tl Ih I t lit i t 1 I Lt I 10 n II u I on n II t I c t I chant Te To I 1 1 m 11 Lail I m in I t tAll r ka nil All joined on h ml nil ii d kit T n J usual they set up ui a 1 a II i st n r mound of nn II mid i i 1 br l took formal a aIn J i Ii r in the Iho name of nr tin ii KUIL kii i if lr t L r slut nut oven this hd i di ds I lI a tri eft g gh not save in m to hU Isla an ni ar Ii h o 11 n F t E Ethen d then lien governor of tin Ih i p I i 11 put Ul tu to d ith lul tj 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