Show daring feat of a woman soldier of rebel colombian army captain J n lage of the schooner rata noc which recently arrived n new york with a cargo of from the san illas coast tells a remarkable tale of the advent ures of a woman rev of an army who swam a tropical river swarming with sharks and finally found retugio aboard an american ship this modern joan of arc Is a mem her of the rebel army in the united states of colombia and Is said to be well known as a warrior and a resourceful commander for three weeks said captain page I 1 bad that woman aboard my chip hiding her from tho government soldiers there was a colombian cus toms officer aboard and he knew who she was but he dlan t interfere I 1 think that by this time she is back with the rebels her name Is senorita 1 hl lomena Car nages she Is a mexican quadroon A boldren nr very tall and straight and strong but unmistakably a woman V hen she was aboard my ship she wore woman s clothes but when she Is out fighting she Is not particular about what she wears it appears from her etory that she was at the battle of colon and left there with a detachment of rebels un der colonel albion sosa in her ca as paymaster she carried the pay tor the army colombian sll vcr dollars in a grass bag about her waist she wore a cotton dresa heavy cavalry boots and a big sombrero early in december the command she was with had a battle with a gov force on the bank of fato la goon about fifty miles inland from the san bias coast the rebels were defeated and scattered and it became necessary for the woman to look out tor herself ahe sneaked along the shore of the lagoon for about a mile and then at tempted to swim across but the weight of her boots and the money was too much for her she went back to shore burled the boots and money and start ed across again the distance across was about a quarter of n mile and the water swarm ed with sharks but that did not stop her when she was about halt way across the government troops saw her and fired on her but they are the worst shots in the world and she escaped after across the lagoon she made her way to a settlement call ed I 1 where there are a few americans they smuggled her to an island upon which there Is a station of the american cocoanut Coco anut company and the was kept there over night the next day an indian cocoanut coco anut dealer appeared in his canoe lie was a rebel sympathizer and promised to take the woman to the coast where there was sure to be a cocoanut coco anut schoon er tho fifty mile trip was made in a little more than twenty four hours and the woman was put aboard the lo 10 kanoc tt e got her borne cotton and thread and elie built herself a new wardrobe while aboard she talked a peculiar and we had somo difficulty in her but it wag plain eliat 1 e waa very smart woman she became greatly when about the wrongs of her coun thymen and boasted that in an engagement she Is as good as a man when it comes to fighting when it came time for me to tall we were some put out to ehnow what to do with her because there was no oth er of our on the coast and the soldiers might arrive and find her at any minute at jagt we put tier on a small trading ship bound down the coast the captain ball he knew where he could land ier BO that alio could co back and her boots and the money to ray the army |