Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 183, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 August 1913 — Natives of Panama. [ARTICLE]

Natives of Panama.

The color line Is not very dtottaobly drawn to the Latta republics. The Ban Blas Indians are found In and around Panama like the Semtaoles of Pierids, they never were conquered. ▲ curious feature of native life In Panama is the cook fighting, wtflch, Mkn baseball in the United States, to move attractive to the public than any other form of recreation. Uvea the workmen on the streets have fawrite birds tethered near A by and setae every opportunity to teat their prowess. The dick, oMck of steel •purs as the birds strike each other, the spurting <* blood and the clamor of mon Indulging in small wagers seem to supply Jhe mental excitement that Spaniards find in bullfights, and that English speaking races derive from less brutal contests. The backer of each game cock stands behind it, and it his bird shows signs of exhaustion, bo takes it up and puts its bill Into his mouth, while ho inflates its exhausted tangs. Ono game eock, in a fight witnessed by the writer, appearing almost dead, was thus revbved, went back fete the pit and Anally kOed its opponents-National