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Title: With Speaker Cannon through the tropics : a descriptive story of a voyage to the West Indies, Venezuela and Panama: containing views of the Speaker upon our colonial possessions
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Moore, J. Hampton (Joseph Hampton), 1864-1950
Subjects: Cannon, Joseph Gurney, 1836-1926
Publisher: Philadelphia, The Book print
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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their citizenshipelsewhere to harrow^ and distress the natives. I do notknow, I simply wonder. Our twenty-three-mile ride from La Guaira to Caracasconsumed more than two hours, or longer than it takes tomake the run from New York to Philadelphia. We hadseen enough of mountain scenery for a hot day, and weremuch refreshed when the City of Caracas unfolded to theview. Though its name is of Indian derivation and itshistory replete with war and upheaval, the very monuments,bridges and viaducts, arches of triumph and enduring spires,bespeak the work of an intelligent and artistic people. Outof a canopy of red or Spanish tile, so close that it seemed,at a distance, to form one roof—columns and towers rearedtheir heads, pointing out the public structure, or betokeningother specimens of architectural merit. In the panoramastood the capitol buildings with their paintings, relics andfountains; yonder the Central University; high on the hillbeyond, the great Cathedral, the National Museum and
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TH£: CITY OF CARACAS. I 77 Library, the Masonic Temple—regarded as the finest ofits kind in South America; the National Pantheon andvarious churches and theatres, and then the rounded struc-ture, which visiting North Americans patronize, but dontapprove, the bull ring. Caracas, the capital city, is part of the State of Caracas,which is part of the Republic of Venezuela. At the timeof the discovery of the country by Columbus in 1498, theentire country, including Caracas, was inhabited by Indiantribes. The Caracas occupied the valley, including thesite of the capital city, which inherited their name. Theywere a warlike tribe, famous for their ability in weavinghammocks and in making gold ornaments. The Spaniardsunder the earlier captains, Fajardo, whose attempt wasunsuccessful, and Lozado, who founded the city in 1567,found them a ferocious and implacable enemy. It was notuntil well on toward the middle of the sixteenth centurythat they were finally overcome. In the capital city as n

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