The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-05-15


planned The Englinshmen treated her
kindly. gave her food and presents. and
told her. through an Indian in the crew.
that they meant well Thus won over,
she went into the forest and persuaded
the others to return. Soon the three
| whites were Oesieged by several score Of
Indians all eager to look at the strange
| creatures and the wonderful thngs they
had brought with them. by iudicious
distribution of hatchets. knives. beads
and blankets, friendship was established
and guide was secured. who accom-
panied the expedition until rs return to
! the creek on its way down the river
/ When the party arrived a. the con-
! fuence Of The Cuyani and Caruno. q camp
was pitched and several excursions were
made into the jungle in search Of the
/ old Spanish mine which the Indian had
I described in Georgetown. lie had drawn
a very rough man Of the Place. hut it
/ proved useless. To cut a long story short.
the mine was not found. Perhaps the
jungle had grown over IT; perhaps it was
never there at all
ADVENTURES IN THE JUNGLE
But during the search Of nearly three
weeks in the jungle there was no lack OF
excitement
once Jcrrold reached over ThoTpe's
shoulder. as they were going along In
single file through dense underground
and cut in half a 'bushmaster' snake
which was coilinE itself on branch 20
/ dart its venomous fangs into Thorpe's
check.
Another time Thorpe killed 4 snake
over six feet long which was about to
attack one of his men. But snakes were
common enough. and in time the hunters
grew 70 mind them less than the nests
of marabuna;s and red arts which they
sometimes stepped upon and. as re-
suit. were smothered with stiues. Two
or three of the boafmen got attacks OF
fever through these stirSs. and werc only
saved from death by careful nursing on
the part of their leaders
Eventually the Englishmen were com
PEELED to give up the hunt. Provisions
were running out. ARD q small canoe
with relief supplies had rot arrived as it
should have done. They decided shat
they must 90 down stream and meet it
il they were TO escape starvation.
As a matter of fact. they nearly did
starve. Almost two weeks passed be-
fore they came upon the canoe. Tire pro-
visions r1In out completely. ana for three
or four DAYS the party just contsive5 90
support. existence by catching TWO or
three fish. shooting four birds and killing
few isusuas. when the canoe was
finally net with seversl Of tie hoatmen
had become so weak that they co1id no
longer work at the oars.
ATTACKED BY OUTLAWS
Returning down The Curasi tha party
searched now and then Tor diamonds.
clearing the Gndergrov1h il liizely places
eNcava ting 70 pay grav2. and weshigg e.
in rough troughS Several stones were
found. but none Of any sreat valre. s7 1t .
was decided 70 80 down to Eartca and
strike southwarJ up The MazarUri -3 The
principal diamond aeIss.
After lorr and tosisone 57urney the /
fields we're reached and claim was
stakei o-It. close BY some CT the best
paying mines Clearing The Jungle was 4
bereuiesr task 4 tropical free hei-E
irte-,wiu75 and connected with 5,s eel
lows end cffen rotten. cannot he de-
neu6ed upon 20 fai IN certain way.
often II VII faN on the Woo Imam Ser-
e-aI Of the negross were badly crushed
II this manner. and others s-szainesl> min
or injuries.
But the pyiacipal adventure in ~
Nj zaruni country happened when sev-
eral outlaws tried IL jump he claim
Sever shots were exchanged before the
attacking partT withireT. vowinE ven
sssnce. Nothing more. howerer. was
heard from them. bat = c!ose wa.ch ues
kept. fer the diamoaG seIts are 6lle,l
with lsNless characters ass re euy
.aw there = Might Is rsErt
The exnedisIen vas fa.rly lucsv IN the
sIazaruu. andIns over seventy ston-s-
Most of than wer diamonds. blt few
Nese ssr2hiTes ana Tshiys
1APslZEr N DANGEROUS RArIDS. +
Subsequently. the TrosHectors went
'os'e distance up the Esselalao- Which
lows to the eastward os the Aiaza-uai,