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LOCATION OF EL DORADO.
and l o w e r c o u r s e .
The Iza is called, h i g h e r u p , Putumayo;
the Jupura t o w a r d s its source The researches the
real
made
origin
hears
o f the Rio Negro
fruitless
because
known.
I h e a r d it called G u a i n i a
San
Carlos.
the name of Caqueta.
in t h e m i s s i o n s o f t h e Andaquies o n
t h e Indian
Southey,
have
name
been
the
more
o f t h e river was un a t Javita,
in his history
of
Maroa, and
Brazil,
says
ex
pressly that the Rio Negro, in the lower part of its course, is called
Guiani,
part, U e n e y a .
or Curana,
by t h e n a t i v e s ;
in t h e u p p e r
It is t h e word G u e n e y a , instead o f Guainia;
for the I n d i a n s o f t h o s e c o u n t r i e s say indifferently Guaranacua o r Ouaranacua, G u a r a p o or Uarapo. The s o u r c e s of
contention
this
o f t h e Rio Negro among
question
origin
have l o n g been an o b j e c t
geograpers.
is n o t m e r e l y
T h e interest
that
which
we feel in
attaches
to the
o f all g r e a t rivers, but is c o n n e c t e d w i t h a crowd of
o t h e r q u e s t i o n s , that c o m p r e h e n d t h e s u p p o s e d
bifurcations
o f the C a q u e t a , t h e c o m m u n i c a t i o n s b e t w e e n t h e Rio N e g r o and
the Orinoco,
merly
called
When
we
a n d t h e local
study
c o u n t r i e s , and
fable o f El D o r a d o ,
or the empire
Enim,
with
care
of the Grand
the
ancient
maps
t h e history of their g e o g r a p h i c a l
for
Paytiti. of
these
errors, w e
sее h o w by d e g r e e s t h e fable o f El D o r a d o
has been
ported t o w a r d s t h e
of the Orinoco.
west
with
t h e sources
trans
It w a s a t first fixed on the e a s t e r n declivity of the Andes, to t h e s o u t h - w e s t
of the Rio Negro.
de Urre s o u g h t
for t h e great
the
Even
Guaviare.
Maravitanos
relate
T h e valiant
now the Indians
that, " o n
Philip
city o f M a n n a by t r a v e r s i n g sailing
o f S a n Jose de
t o t h e north-east for
fifteen d a y s , on t h e G u a p e or U a u p e , y o u reach a famous laguna de oro, s u r r o u n d e d
by m o u n t a i n s , and
t h e o p p o s i t e s h o r e cannot be d i s c e r n e d . the G u a n o s , d o not sandy the Rio in
permit
t h e collecting
plain that s u r r o u n d s the l a k e .
lake 1687,
Some
several
Manoa
slips
o f beaten
name o f which is still k n o w n between
Lamalongo
La C o n d a m i n e between
Indians
s o large
o f the g o l d
the C a q u e t a ,
of a
the Jupura and
brought gold.
Father
This
the
Fritz,
n a t i o n , the
on t h e b a n k s of t h e Urarira,
a n d M o r e i r a , d w e l t on t h e
is right
that
ferocious n a t i o n ,
F a t h e r A c u n h a places
M a n o a . o r Yenefiti, b e t w e e n
Negro.
A
in s a y i n g
that t h i s
the R i o N e g r o ,
Yurubesh.
Mesopotamia,
the Yurubesh, and