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T R A N
S C R I P
T I O N
Matagalpa, Nicaragua,
May 11, 1928.
Cleared Matagalpa for MATIGUAS and MUY
MUY VIEJO area with 15 enlisted men at
1600 May 2 1928. Arrived at MONTE GRANDE
at 2000. Camped at this ranch house of
Mr. Frauenberger where good camp
grounds, pasture and water was
available.
Cleared MONTE GRANDE at 0800 May 3 1928.
The trail over the mountain is passable
for animals and troops and is about two
miles shorter than the bull cart trail.
This trail connects with bull cart trail
on the right bank of the GUABULE river
about 4½ miles from MONTE GRANDE ranch
house. 1530 Arrived at Mr. Sullivans
ranch, known as LA PLANTA, which is
about thirty miles from MATAGALPA due
east. The area covered has plenty of
water but most of the pastures have been
burned. The pasture at LA PLANTA is not
very good but will do and is close to
the river and ranch house but hasnn [has
no] water in it. About 23 miles from
MATAGALPA is a ranch owned by Molinares
called LA PANCHA which is close to a
river and has a very good pasture about
400 yards east of the ranch house. Bull
carts can get over this trail as far as
a ranch owned by Andres Hernandez which
is located about 1500 yards southeast of
the trail about 18 miles from MATAGALPA
a trail branches off to the N.E. which
goes to Buena Vista.
Cleared LA PLANTA at 0710 May 4,1928.
About 4 miles east crossed a wide river.
About 1045 passed a large ranch house
owned by Arnesto Cholera [Ernesto
Calero?] who sums [seems] to be very
friendly. There is a pasture at this
place but only stagnant water. About
1100 stopped at ranch of Antonio Missa
[Antonio Mesa] and bought some corn from
him. Crossed the CUISINA river which is
about 15 miles from LA PLANTA. AT 1600
met Lt. Galt who left MITIGUAS
[Matiguas] about an hour before. Arrived
at MATIGUA S at 1700 an camped at a
hacienda at MATIGUAS owned by Arilla
Cholera. The pasture is about ½ mile
north of the house. MATIGUAS has no
running water. They get their water from
pools in the river bed. This water is
stagnant.
Cleared MATIGUA S at 0830, May 5,1928
and reached the BULBUL river at 1030 and
traveled northeast up the river to an
open plane where the grass was good and
made camp by the river at 1400 as the
pasture at MATIGUAS was not very good
and the pack mules were getting tired.
Cleared at 0615 May 6,1928 for MUY MUY
VIEJO crossed the AGUA FRIO, which
empties into the BULBUL, at 0625. We
traveled up the BULBUL going N.E.
crossing the river a number of times at
0720 passed through a valley known as EL
TAMARINDO. My guide told me that this
place had been owned by Silgado
[Salgado] one of Sandino's Jefes. At
0800 arrived at a small ranch owned by
Alberto Martinez who lives in MATIGUAS
and TEROSA MINDOZA [Mendoza] lives on
the ranch. 0830 house on left owned by
Ascension Rivera. At 0910 house on right
owned by Domitilia Orvena. About three
women live here. At 0930 arrived at a
ranch owned by Antenasio Mendoza
[Anastasio Mendoza] who was acting as my
guide. They reported about having heard
of bandits but found [ p. 2 ] that the
information was about a month old and
was in regard to bandits moving east
toward PIS PIS. At 1200 reached a place
known as Sapotical with a house in a
clearing owned by Vitriano Lopez. 12.50
Crossed EL SALTO DE MUY MUY VIEJO. At
1330 entered the ranch of MUY MUY VIEJO
owned by Miguel Montoya and arrived at
the main ranch house at 1410. The place
called MUY MUY VIEJO is only a ranch
house. They had no reports of any
bandits
they knew of in that area. The
last bandits they knew of had passed in
that area about a month ago. When
questioned they told me that they had
not seen them but had been told by
someone, and they did not remember by
whom, that bandits had passed there on
their way to PIS PIS.
The territory passed through on May 6th
is a regular jungle. The sun never
shines on the trail except at the
ranches where the trees and brush have
been cleared away. All of the ranches
have about 5 acres cleared with 10 or 12
head of cattle, a few chickens, and a
few banana trees. They all have enough
corn and beans for their own use but
none for sale.
Returned over the same trail and arrived
at Matagalpa about 1100 May 11, 1928.
/s/ G. Esau
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