Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-06-10
,c,,yr,rh,ed. 1899 nv Frank O.
WV Carpcntcr)

anon the mighty NlH'A"''
~. tb, greatest river Of the world
hiding ON and on and on over a yellow
1901 sea. now coaating shores lined
.,h n tropical vegetation and now 30
a. out that the trees become hazy
lines Of blue In the distance.
~, op an ocean steamer eight hun
srsd miles from tho Atlantic IN the
h,,t OF south America. ! am just now
,g,,bln a hair mile Of ita south bank.
.t. chores are lined with cacno
o,rbards. and by the aid Of my glass
Fan zee the golden fruit from which
,,r chocolate comes shining out Of the
rr,sn leaves Back Of the orchards
ars the lofty trees Of the mighty Anna
,au forests and cioac 10 the shore arc
the gray matched hutH of tho people.
The opposite bank 10 wooded. but u Il
90 Oar away that Il forms only a line
Of saft navy blue which fades into the
LIGHTER blue n the sky.
On front and behind the steamer
rratchoa this mighty stream carrying
Che water Of the northern and central
Andes down 10 the sea. II has In u
the waahiura of more than half a con-
t.usnt. and o. the down spout OF a wa
trffhod half nH iargu as the whole ufit-
"a states. with u are mixed the par.
tisias from the aluicc boxes of the gold
mines ~ the ncnl ana the Marnn1n.
Atoms Of II have received bitter kisses
from the quinino trees u Peru nnd uth.
er atoms have tricklcd from the roll %
Ecuador 10 has the draininrH u the
alrfsd cities OF the incnn, and 10 may
r8ntain aume u the wnnhlnra 81 the
diamond mines ~ upper iiraAil " has
raHaal through countries u CauulhnlHi
70 has come from wilda who're the foot
~ white man has mover troi, ffum
m1uniainH and valleys ana lofty rln.
trals. ana now o. on itn way across the
continent TO 80 great mother, the
octlu.
THE EXTENT OF THE AMAZON. &.
! entered the Amazon by Ia lower
mouth south OF the island ~ Mnrnio.
] sailed about that island, which Itself
d 40 biz nH some OF our states % the
narruwH. and then wound IN and out
through a series Of wonderful channels
into the main stream. Since then I
have been utoamlng slowly ~ against
tho current. I have passed obydua
and ] am now going on Co the point
1000 miles from the Atlantic. whore
ihc RIO NcEro flows into the Amazon.
Tomorrow 1 shall 40 By tho mouth Of
she mouths Of tributaries nH large as
some Of the great rivers % the world.
The AmaE1n receives into itself more
than 100 rivers. u has 100 branches.
and Il u unqucationabiy tho greatest
water system OF the globe, n has eight
rivers. each OF which has a nnyigahle
length OF more than 1900 miles.
in coming here | passed the Tocan-
tins. up which you can steam Tor days
into tho wlldH OF Brasil. / am on "a
great ocean steamer. which. when We
stop az Mnnaon. n fcw days from now.
Will be- further inland from the ocean
than Chicago. There are steamers
from Mnnuoa which will take you 1850
miles further on TO iquitoa, Peru, 10
that you can 80 by steam upon this
river 2.15Q miles westward from the sea.
Mauaoa ~ on the Rio Negro. II has
steamers going up that river 40 miles.
! could leave the Amazon before ! get
90 Mnnnoa ana so on a steamboat Gar
ol ur the Madeira. There are. indeed.
more than 5000 miles OF steam nnylru-
ZION un the Amaaon, and ltH rrrntCr
hunchrH ana the whole river system
q estimated na having something like
1000 miles of nayiEahle waterway
Many " these waterways, however.
hIe small, The whole valley ~ cove
'..'N W NANN NANNNN anu NNNNANNN|H 1907" "a
r't. and whom you realise how large the
valley 10 you begin 20 appreciate thclr
extent
THE GREATEST VALLEY on
EARTH
There l. no valley In the world like
that of the Amazon. II n 100 miles
vide and 2fQ0 miles long 10 IL nH
Vide na from New York 90 Cleveland.
and longer than from Philadelphia 90
NE Great Salt Lake. II a. murr like
d grrnt slipping plain than u valley, n
hat not tho high walls OF other valleys
ana 10 ulopel 90 the north and south
hre ro gradual that u IN said that by one
short canal the water systems of ali
south America could be connected. The
Panama and Paraguay system run al
most 40 TO the Amazon. You can
f1 up the Paraguay and lti tributaries
ana by carrying your canoes Few
miles can put them IN the tributaries
81 lhe AmnHnn and float down 90 The
Atlantic, The waters of the AmuEon
ana those Of the Ornoco which how
into tho Atlantic nc tho northern part
N South America, are actually united
uN The caHflquiure river, Hu that with
short canal connecting with the Para
flay ono could really nnll from the
'lfg OF the Caribbean sea 20 the mouth
Of The RIO de Ia Plata,
ONE INCH TO THE MILE.
Tho slope of tho valley from the
Andcl 20 the sea ~ very slight its fan
ln 1000 mllta la only 900 feet, or Just
ABOUT un inch 10 tle mile. You would
hardly think the water would How
hi all with such "a IAN. but % does How
hni ~ carries with % vast quantities. NJ
hlt Alllluna upon millions of tons %
inud are taken down by 70 every day
INTO The Atlantic. Tree trunks and
We of vegetation which grow only In
we Peruvian Andes have boon seen
nla,lng Ia the ocean four hundred
Hllea east ~ the mouth OF tho Amazon,
Anl the waters are said 20 be- stained
ah iar rs NIX hundred miles from the
Here the color of tho water IN yellow.
10 about as thick na pea soup. ana
eAu tee not only troog and grass nnat-
Nb ny me, but great beds N vegetation.
.'iuhF Islands, which have been torn
linm inc uplanda and are being carried
loWn 90 the sea. Some N these Islands
.lN'r ~ much nH an acre, They rise
.nl ihll In waves nn our steamer goes
ny MON, Now ana then thcy catch on
intfa near the shore and wait there FOR
~. W Hoods or heavy winds 20 carry them
now THE AMAZON CAME TO M
The greater part OF the Amuzon val |
al was made up by the mud brought /
Gown ny the river. Biologists say that |
Wylo was originally wide strait hero |