La quête d'El Dorado; l'épisode le plus romantique de l'histoire de la conquête sud-américaine . y Toribio de Orguera, inHistoriadores de Indias, Tom. II, Madrid (1909). 75 LA QUÊTE D'EL DORADO de l'expédition Mas usurpé par le Lope d'Aguirre, le Traitor.All pensée de découvrir El Dorado wasnow abandonné. Le tyran a même émis un ordre que personne ne devrait défaire de l'Omaguas sous peine de mort. Pour l'instant, le but avoué d'Aguirre et de ses Maranones, comme il a appelé les conspirateurs hisfellow, n'était rien de moins pour atteindre la mer du Nord, le nom alors givento l'Atla

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The quest of El Dorado; the most romantic episode in the history of South American conquest . y Toribio de Ortiguera, inHistoriadores de Indias, Tom. II, Madrid (1909). 75 THE QUEST OF EL DORADO of the expedition Mas usurped by the no-torious Lope de Aguirre, The Traitor.All thought of discovering El Dorado wasnow abandoned. The tyrant even issuedan order that no one should thenceforthspeak of the Omaguas under penalty ofdeath. For now the avowed purpose ofAguirre and his Maranones, as he called hisfellow conspirators, was nothing less thanto reach the North Sea, the name then givento the Atlantic, and return by way of Pan-ama to Peru, with the design of starting aninsurrection there, and wresting the govern-ment from the King of Spain, to whom, inhis madness, he had foresworn allegiance.The only interest the expedition has for usafter the assassination of Ursua attaches tothe route by which the Maranones succeededin crossing the continent and reaching theAtlantic. Extraordinary as it may seem, this route was by the Casiquiare, that won-derful waterway which connects the Ama-76. Routes Followed in the Quest of El Dobado URSUA, PROVEDA AND SILVA zon with the Orinoco. For this achievementthe piratical cruise of the mad demon, Aguirre, will always remain memorable inthe annals of geographical discovery.® After the frightful hardships, losses oflife, and tragic terminations of the expedi-tions of Von Hutten and Pedro de Ursua, one would have thought that further enter-prises of the kind would evoke but littleenthusiasm. But such was not the case.The ardor of the restless, daring adven-turers of the time was as undamped as ever, and only two years after Aguirres death, at the hand of his own Maranones, Martinde Proveda led an expedition in quest ofEl Dorado from Chachapoyas, Peru. Hefollowed, apparently, the same route as thattaken by Ursua until he attained the mouth ^ For further information respecting this marvelouspassage of the Casiquiare the reader is referred tothe ch

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