Note XXV-36 — Chapter XXV · DIVERS PHASES OF SELF-GOVERNMENT. 1819-1863.
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They said it was notorious that no passenger arrived at either end of the route without being abused, robbed, or otherwise maltreated; many had been wounded, and not a few murdered; hardly a party passed without their baggage being plundered; women were insulted, and even outraged. No effort had been made by the authorities to ferret out the perpetrators of such crimes. Pan., La Crónica Ofic., March 1, 1854.