CHAPTER III. NOMBRE DE DIOS, PORTO BELLO AND SAN LORENZO 45
The Harbor of Porto Bello--The First Appearance of Balboa--Early Indian Life in Panama--The Futile Indian Uprising--The First Sight of the Pacific--The Beginning of Balboa’s Downfall--The Traitor in Balboa’s Camp--The Character of Vasco Nunez de Balboa--Panama a Link in Philippine Trade--Flush Times in Porto Bello--The Piratical Raid of Sir Francis Drake--The Futile Attack on the Treasure Train--The Appearance of Morgan the Buccaneer--The Pillage of Porto Bello.
CHAPTER IV. SAN LORENZO AND PANAMA 75
The Waterway to San Lorenzo--Approach to San Lorenzo Castle--A Rip Van Winkle of a Fortress--The Assault of the Buccaneers--The End of Porto Bello and San Lorenzo.
CHAPTER V. THE SACK OF OLD PANAMA 87
The Advance of the Buccaneers--The Banquet before Panama--The Buccaneers Triumphant in Battle--The Pirates’ Orgy of Plunder--How Morgan Plundered His Pirates--The Scene of Morgan’s Great Exploit.
CHAPTER VI. REVOLUTIONS AND THE FRENCH RÉGIME 101
The Scottish Settlement in Panama--Disasters Beset the Scotch Colonists--The Repeated Revolutions of Panama--Early Projectors of a Panama Canal--Sea Level or Lock Canal--A Relic of the French Days--Some of the Finished Work of the French--The Financial Aberrations of De Lesseps--Yellow Fever’s Toll of French Lives--The Value of the French Work.
CHAPTER VII. THE UNITED STATES BEGINS WORK 123
Why Panama Wanted Independence--Our Share in the Revolution--A Revolution Without a Single Battle--Treaty Rights of the United States--Illustrations of the Magnitude of the Canal Work--The Passage of the Canal Locks--Spectacular Features of Gatun Lake--The Abandonment of Canal Towns--The Pacific Terminus of the Canal--The Forts at the Pacific Entrance.