Note 63 — ON THE CATARACTS OF THE ORINOCO, Near Atures and Maypures.
Henry G. (Henry George) Bohn translation
p. 171—“The grave of an extinct race.”
During my stay in the forests of the Orinoco, researches were being made, by royal command, in reference to these bone-caves. The missionary of the cataracts had been falsely accused of having discovered in these caves treasures which the Jesuits had concealed there prior to their flight.