The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-15

besn cooking their meal Of fab caught
Pursuing their search the explorer.
came upon another little cabin, built %
poles stuck in the mud and covered WIZ
palm leaves. Some naked ina hi,d wo''en
The party advanced. making signs o.
friendship and displaying blankets arc
beads, but the women. throwing themseWtes
in front Of their children. menaceo tne
strangers with their reed plowP,P ~
are always poisoned. the invaders came 70
a dead stop. Seeing their oPpor'1itha aiy
the women caught up their babes tneIr
baskets, their hammocks, and al theh pro-
visions. and fed into the jungle =,
| run. and she sat patiently. expecting IN
slant death. IL was afterward enpiaine ~
! The Fnglishmen treated her kindly gave
her food and presents, and told her. tnrousn
an Indian In the crew, that they meant
/ we'll
Thu. won over. she went into the forest
and persuaded the others to return. soon
the three whites were besieged by several
score Of Indians. all eager TO look a, u'c
strange creatures and the wonder1ni uninSs
d dHs rib S Of hatchets. knives, beads
! and blankets, friendship was cstaDnsIied
/ and n guide was secured. who accomPanieui
/ the EXPEDITION until it's return TO the creek
| on it's way down the river.
When the party arrived at the confuenoe
Of the Cuyani and the Caruno; camp
was pitched and several excursions were
made into the Jungle in search OF the OLD
| Spanish mine which the Indian had de-
! scribed in Georgetown. lie had orawn
very rough map Of the place but IL proVeo
| useless. as
TO cut a long story short. the mine was
! not found Perhaps the jungle had grown
! over il, perhaps 1t was never there at su
But during the search Of nearly three
weeks in the Jungle there was rosc mo A' over
! Thorpe's shoulder, as they we're gong
along In single file through dense under
growth and cut In half bushmaster snake
| which was coilipg itself on branch TO Dart
its venomous fangs into Ihorpes eheeni
over six feet long which was about TO at
tack one OF his men But snakes were COM
mon enough, and in time the hunters grew
TO mind them less than the nests OF mara
buntas and red ants which. they sometimes
stepped upon.
Two or three OF the boatmen got attacks
Of fever through these stings, and were
| only saved from death by careful nursing
on the part OF their leaders.
Eventually the Englshmen were COM
PEELED to give up the hunt .i, os rov's With
relief supplies had not arrived as II should
have done. They decided that they must
10 down stream and meet 1t II they were
to escape starvation NJ.
As a matter OF fact, they nearly olo
starve Almost two weeks passed before
thew came upon the canoe. The provi-
sions ran out completely. and Tor three
or four days the party just contr1ved 70
support existence by catching two or three
fish, shooting four birds and killing a lew
ieuanas. When the canoe was finally met
with, several Of the boatmen had become
so weak that they could no longer work
Returning down the Cuyani. the par "
searched now and then for diamonds
clearing the underground in u kelly places,
in rough troughs. Several stones were
found, but none Of any great value, 90 y
was decided TO go down TO Baruca ano
strike southwark up the Mazaruni TO the
principal diamond fields
After long and toilsome Journey tne
fields were reached and claim was staked
out, close by some Of the best-paying mines.
Clearing the Jungle was herculean task.
A tropical tree, being intertwined and
connected with its fellows and often rotten,
cannot be depended upon 70 ran I'm IN Ger
man. Several Of the negroes were badly
crushed In this manner, and others suffered
minor injuries.
But the principal adventure In the Maza-
rlni country happened when several out
laws tried to jump the claim. seyera shots
withdrew. vowing vengeance. Nothing
more. however, was heard from them.
The expedition was fairly lucky on the
Mazaruni, finding over seventy stones,
Most Of them were diamonds, but rev
were small sapphires and rubies.
Subsequently the prospectors went some
distance up the Esseauibo, which nows TO
the eastward Of the Mazarini, and searched
for diamonds there. with only moderate
success. Coming down this river they
had their worst experience with the rapids.
On the Guyana and the Mazaruni they
had had many narrow escapes from cap
sizing, but the Essequibo adventure led
them all This river has chain Of rapids
and falls which continues unbroken for
miles, Nearly an entire day must be spent
shooting them, and every moment u full
As the first rapid In reached and the boat
gets drawn into the rush o! the current
the men bend TO the paddles and give full
Roadway TO the boat, until abe nies over
the water like an arrow 10 the mark. Hardly
IL the boat at the head Of one fall than IL i
on top OF another; scarcely In one rapid
left before seven or eight others have been
The captain and the bcstmen need wrists
OF steel and nerves OF iron 10 guide a boat
safely between the huge boulder. drifting
logs aid snags, which spread like q net
| work all along the route. Trees and tslands
| fit by as II seen from an express train,
and Il In impossible 20 stop exopt by run.
ming aground ON an island at the risk OF
icing dashed TO pieces.
Al the last fall but ono. a. the English
mems boat was Passing between two huge
| bouldsrs barely the boats width apsrt,
The bowman's paddle struck the side OF
the ttAIbosnd rock. s~erviig Tie boat .
| Il. ad around until II struck the port rock
and oaI@lz.d The river curved Inward
! about one hundred yards b.lO~, and the
| sxift current dashed the struggling msn
| On q bank 81 mud ard sAnd
A. n by . miracle 40 lives we're lost.
| though several of tie Iary we're nearly
drowi.sd and Tesuscitated With difficulty
! Aast ~ the stoIss we're tAvsd. but fines
| l.Atchsts, and other heavy tools we're lost
The boat. muon damaged, vas picked
up lover down the rivef by another ga
r. dil.on, and tho EnSilshmen vcfs abk
| 10 I1Lnh II w enough " Insure safe return
10 bAItloa
NL.n tho memh~p of the srpsdi,ioa
| finally reached G.otsstown after many
| Otlsr similar adventures, tissy disislsad Al
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