[XXVIII-24] The settlement was effected where there were no ready means to procure supplies, or to dispose of products without great trouble and expense. Besides, the settlers were unfamiliar with tropical agriculture.
[XXVIII-25] Nineteen died at San José. One was killed by a tiger on the way there, and his remains, with those of his wife and child, were buried under the evergreens of San Miguel; the rest went up the Sesapiqui River, where 9 were soon after put under the sod; 9 died at Miravalles, and 4 at Alajuela.
[XXVIII-26] Concession to Sir Henry Bulwer. Costa R., Boletin Ofic., July 20, 1854.
[XXVIII-27] The grant covered 54 square miles in the Reventazon Valley, between Cartago and the Atlantic Ocean; the company were to settle 7,000 adult colonists within 20 years. An additional absolute concession of 32 acres for each colonist was also made. But the principal grant was to be forfeited if the main condition was not fulfilled. Bülow, Nic., 124-39; Costa R., Boletin Ofic., March 9, 1854; Calvo, Memoria, 8; Costa R., Mem. Sec. Rel., 1851, 7-8; 1854, 8; Id., Informe Gobern. y Rel., 1853, 13-14; Id., Doc. Soc. Itin., 1-102; Wagner, Costa R., 181-3, 332-5; Marr, Cent. Am., ii. 172-3, 179-81, 218-19, 228-9.
[XXVIII-28] Each family was to have 10 acres, a temporary dwelling, provisions for six months, the use of a cow and ox for one year, all for $80, reimbursable in equal annual instalments during 10 years. Wagner, Costa R., 250-6, 473-93.
[XXVIII-29] Further details on the subject may be found in Squier's Cent. Am., 462, 473-80; Belly, Nic., i. 355-6; Reichardt, Nic., 245-8, 290-6, ix.-xiv.; Molina, Bosq. Costa R., 126; Id., Coup d'œil Costa R., 30-3; Id., Der Freistaat Costa R., 67-83.
[XXVIII-30] That same year the colonization of Golfo Dulce was contemplated. El Nicaragüense, July 19, 1856; Lafond, Golfo Dulce.
[XXVIII-31] Costa R., Col. Ley., xv. 176-9.
[XXVIII-32] In 1878 with Barreto to introduce Canary Islanders, and in 1881 with Perera. Voz de Méj., Aug. 30, 1878; Mex., Diario Ofic., Sept. 2, 1878; Costa R., Col. Ley., 1881, 94-8.
[XXVIII-33] Mestizo is the offspring of white and Indian; mulatto of white and black; quadroon of white and mulatto; octoroon of white and quadroon; zambo is an offspring of Indian and negro, more extended intermixtures are given elsewhere.