The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-11-24
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BRAZILIAN
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Young American Explorer Re-
turns Safely From Experience
With CanniblIS and Beasts.

New York, Nov. 24.-Albert ID. James
road, Flatbush. Sunday. after an absence
or seven months. spent In an adventurous
trip I'm the Andes
Mr.. James, Robert b. Ewart and A.
G. Henscher left New York April q for
Colon, crossed the isthmus and proceed
ed TO Lima, Peru, whore they presented
letters TO President Romano from Sec
retary Hay and were treated royalty. The
president. speaking Of the proposed
Panama canal, said: 1T would be the
salvation OF Peru, and American capital
In South America would be greatly in
creased
Going to Oroya. the terminus OF the
celebrated 0roya railroad. they hired
13 mules and attempted the descent OF
the eastern slope OF the Andes. II took
three weeks TO travel 211 miles OF very
bad country. As the prices OF provisions
were exhorbitant. the party carried $50
pounds I'm case of emergency. At the end
OF q days the party reached Porto Ber-
mudez. the last point OF civilization
travelling east until Brazil Is reached.
Here the travellers constructed dug
outs" and drifted down the Pichis river,
the main tributary of the Amazon. and
daily shot three or four rapids apparent
ly as dangerous as those of Niagara.
After travelling over 100 miles down
stream a canoe was capsized, and the
party was I'm danger both of drowning
and of attacks by alligators, which in
fest the waters.
For tho next six weeks the party lived
on green bananas and the roots OF the
yuca.
After arriving at Porto Victoria Mr.
James was stricken with the Pichis river
fever. from which few survive. lie lay
unconscious II days. When he recovered
the party were hemmed in by Indians
said to he cannibals for is days and pre-
vented from getting food. They lived
on monkeys and parrots which came
within range OF their rifles
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SIGHT.
After the Indians had disappeared they
proceeded down the Ucayali river for
1000 miles landing at Irutois, a town OF
700 population. There they were treat
ed kindly by the government and met the
first American they had seen since leav-
ing Colon.
The governor OF Loreto took them up
the Maranyon river I'm his launch to see
the proposed railroad across the Andes
from Paita. on the Pacific coast to
Pongo, which will open up the mining
country In the Northern Andes In Peru
and the agricultural section south or the
mountains. The party then proceeded
down the Amazon by steamer TO Para,
Brazil. When the party raised the stars
and stripes the natives along the river
from Iquitos TO Para. on being told that
II was the flag Of the United States.
bowed down before IT. and some OF them
wanted to kiss II.
Mr. James was born in Virginia q
years ago. He is the youngest OF modern
explorers. Two years ago he made alone
a f,0Ob-mile trip along the east coast OF
the United States I'm an 1S-foot canoe.
from Irvington. Va. to the Hudson river;
thence through Lake George and Cham
plain to the St. Lawrence. and down to
the Atlantic ocean. arriving at Iryington.
Va. 10 months later.
The object OF the South American trip
was to learn the habits OF the people and
the character Of the country.
Next April Hr. James expects to scale
Mount Mckit fey In Alaska. where Fred
eric Cook failed. and later he may at
tempt to discover the North Pole.
THE most beautiful sight I'm the
world said Mr. James, is the Nat
Amazon valley from an elevation Of 1850
feet"