 ... supported. Many died, others returned, or left for the West Indies, and a few penetrated into the interior. At the end of two years nothing remained of the attempted colony, except a small clearing, half occupied by graves, and a few decaying dwellings....  History of Central America: 1801-1887 - Page 121by Hubert Howe Bancroft - 1887Full view - About this book
 | Robert Glasgow Dunlop - 1847 - 410 pages
...West Indies or United States. It seems a most singular infatuation in Europeans to attempt colonising on pestiferous shores under a burning sun, where no...interior of the same country, can enjoy tolerable health. Had they, instead, secured lands on the delightful banks of the Lake of Nicaragua, or on the table... | |
 | E. G. SQUIER - 1853 - 462 pages
...occupied by graves, and a few decaying dwellings. As observed by Mr. Dunlap, " It seems a most singular infatuation in Europeans, to attempt colonizing on...interior of the same country, can enjoy tolerable health. Had they, instead, secured lands on the delightful banks of the Lake of Nicaragua, or on the table... | |
 | Hubert Howe Bancroft - 1887 - 802 pages
...1837,51 and soon spread Ann Arabella, under a Mr Fletcher. Their settlement took the name of Abbotsville. Marure, Efem., 33. ° Many of the immigrants died,...West Indies, but few remaining. Dunlop, Cent. Am., 101, makes appropriate remarks on the 'infatuation in Europeans to attempt colonizing on pestiferous... | |
 | Hubert Howe Bancroft - 1887 - 804 pages
...Arabella, tinder a Mr Fletcher. Their settlement took the name of Abbots villc. Harure, Efem., 38. 19 Many of the immigrants died, while others returned...went to the West Indies, but few remaining. Dunlop, Gent. Am., 191, makes appropriate remarks on the 'infatuation in Europeans to attempt colonizing on... | |
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