Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-07-16

VAIN rilth.a ihtt / wear at % m,
I ia pIermbtr. N showed thlt If..r-
| noon. sam. a week or so on hJrH back
| would take me into tropical Bolivia.
| The east rn part VI th.A eluniry Nue
! ~ the riches, lands OF ne world. and
! am t9ld tb1t % will D.. the great Boo
| iIylt OF me future. ! have m.t several
! mon Who have ulnu from II Pa down
! ~. rivgrn which now Into % Amazon
rrd bv iha Amazon 90 tha Atlu'. Ia.
Thay an me wonderful a,lr'Dl ui ruu-
i-r forests, Of trees uf VIII cotton. vi
u'4nis with nhre like Six and Uf vDgo-
fntiln which iH 40 dense 80 To- Doe ole
wlft nsfrable. They speak also Uf
a4ynraH who are uanuibaA aud NJ
olhsr Tribes WIN 20 about stark naked
ana regard not the laws or Coz nor
man. AZ Lima I mot young Grfmtu
Z grnl1rtr named kroehlc. WIS Dad
spsnt three yclrs In travelling hn |ut
ihflurh the eastern provinces % Peru
| and among the Indians " tho faraW t
branches nf the Amazon He had 300
excellent camera with him, and | have
mad tho good fortune 90 E0t some
piints from his negative. The mos.
IN them I dare not publish. FOR the hf.
ures of both men and women are en-
trsiy nude. ana the curious fcaiur'H
III NE whieh they show. while Interest,"
lur from an chronological standpoint
ars hardly ~ Tor family newspaper.
Mir. Kr1ohle was many times IN danger
Of his he lie was twice wounded
with poisoned arrows, and ne dcHcriboa
the tslvcl through those regions us
DANGEROUS lu the extreme. lie was flr
a time among the head hunters of tho
River Nhp1 In Ecuador and Peru. and
tn urfi pictures ever taken NJ these
tr1nie were made hy him. one Of
thsle pictures published In conncv-
ton with my letter ON Ecuador
The Nnp1 region ls full uf queer pco-
pir. The Indians Of one tribe there
wear plates ~ wood or metal IN the
iri,oa of their ears ~ big around a.
the bottom 81 Tho average iumhler
They have their ears pierced when
they are children and nt flrfi pui bits
% Hinra and twIgs IN the holes 60
keep them open. a little later addi-
tiounl twlEs are Inserted and thr holes
are gradually enlarged. until they are
a. hIg around ne q bracelet. I have
seen IN Hurmnh and IN southern india
natives who follow the same custom.
% la not an uncommon thing w Bur
nah Tor a woman % carry "a cigar
made ~ tobacco wrapped ln corn
huHkH and ~ big around us a brl1m-
stick In her ear hole. Thee Indians
10 the Burnicre one better. but the ,N-
ira exp nditure they put on their ar
holes they save on their dress. for both
women and mon g1 about naked. There
are other queer tribes 0n tho Napu.
Tho river. you know. rises In the An
drr of Ecuador and flows distance ~
500 miles before 10 ompiics into the
Amazon. n is nnviFahlc Tor 900 miles
from % mouth by small STEAMBOATS,.
The Javaty river. which flows between
Brazil and Peru. u said 90 be 1900
miles long and the tc1yll. another
branch OF the Amazon, u Of about the
same length. The upper Maran1n
flows through Peru. and ~ n nnNl-
gable 20 nnrIa distance 81 5000 miles
from the Atlantic. Think Of a sirsnm
| running across the United states from
| New York 90 Ear beyond Salt Lake
l CITY, and let this be nhvigahlc for
small steamers lnd you have an idea
qt ihu possibilities 90 trade on these
Amazon branches. The Honi ~ another
Amazon branch which nlws through
BOLIVIA. ana the Mamora and Guap0n
arc other long navigable waterway.
AMONG THE CANNiBALs.
Al u these tropical districts of Peru
! ana Bolivia contain curious tribes.
Thgrc are some clunihai8 among them
! Whl eat The nUnh N thoir enemies aud
DO not trruplo 90 serve up baby roasil
lnl woman HfewH upon occasion.
Some or The pictures that Ir. Krlthle
iogk were ~ the c1nmbai tr.beB no
'illn them the Cuchlro Indians and
7
irl, q branch Of tic Amazon. Others
or th' Indians NJ these regions use
Dow suns and pl.Hlusd arrows. The
Arrows are made " iron wood, tipped
Win Hints. which sire poisoned al the
pants. The Guns nrc rcUds from ton
il twelve feet long The Indians use
ihesr weapons Tor killing their game
aH wen a. for their wars. The aiight-
90 Hcr1tgh % The arrow viii cause
le1ih, ana, strange 10 say. the poison
u'sH not lulure tho meat OF the anil
mails killed by a. The making of this
poison ls kept a secret by the Indiana.
! am told 10 ~ made hy sticking the ar
rows IN putrlnti human nosh which /
mas already been poisoned In some
other way The poison acts very quick /
~ ana causes death within a few mo- .
msnts, ON the Pnchlloa there are In |
.htna who cui uelr hair close and who |
look much llg, negroes. though their i
hilr % brown Tho women wear walst |
clothes, but thelr LEGS ana the uppsr |
parts N thelr Bodies are hare. In |
trading with ihcae people Il Is neces. |
sAry % carry a stock OF goods WITH /
YOU, They do not use money, and All /
N them nave guld 10 exchange for /
h1ichgia, knives and runs. They os- |
pnn'llly IKE American hardware. They |
wash tho gold ont NJ the Ftreama ami /
bring II 90 the traders In nuggcis ana
roarse dust They win not ttke rojn
it all without each piece has a bo,e in
H. They u.s. such pieces 10 make
necklaces, ~ rs seldom that anv n,
these % Iplo cultivate the land. Tbsre
are plenty VI fruits. and thlnrs grow
no caigly that lll that IL necdss,fy =,
Tet cron "a 90 stick IN the se6ds ~
nlaniH They burn over The er1uni
and plant without plowlng. Corn
.lpens al four months and oni,ns
,. ans ana turnlpl at three. In The
'Aity OF me Marannn there arc plan
.tunnH OF sugar cane. The cane h nj
Whgh nine months old ana the sane
.ialka viii produce Tor twelve suce@s-
I've years. NN''-
IN THE RUBBER FORESTS OF ro.
LlVfA
u u estimated that Bolivia now pro.
lueeH 100000 pounds of rubber
luc, T the Amazon forests IA Sv.r u ~
10000 pounds, There are rhtntr
amps scattered an along tho brannbss
u lho Amazon. and the fnost M ~
linduet is shipped down That ri,,s-
'ira ana thence 20 M United ata,
'r Ia Europe. Within the n9si 80.
Y 80 rubber has been coming in,e
'aH From the forests near hero 49,
earn that this n one 0f mo f.v 80
businesses ~ Bolivia, mad "A az,
nat Might with Mr. Alberto Vjeri,nda'
~ Autrlan, who IN largely lntersst'i
hoHNlan rubber and qulnins ni,n-
LIONS N eaNins Of the rubber for.
IAN Of the best lands have hs., 80
N up, but they are Ia IN 49,, tnh-
'enple who have not capital IN - nl
nom ana are anxious Ia s.ii .,ep
ltNNfluE or rubber Ia v.-,. -