Note XVII-52 — Chapter XVII · END OF FILIBUSTERING IN CENTRAL AMERICA. 1856-1867.
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He had furnished war material to both parties, and tendered Costa Rica's aid to Martinez. His own words at embarking expressed the Machiavellian plot: 'Esta república estará pronto en guerra; dejo las navajas amarradas á los gallos.' Cañas disapproved in toto of those plans. Perez, Mem. Camp. Nac., 2d pt, 212-13.