Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-23
MANY FAKERs.

II captain Cook. AZ now seems proba-
bic. IS faker In the world Of ex-
plorers. he is not the first one one
OF the early church fathers describes
men with but one eye. seen In his
travels and others give long stories
about the bird Phoenix.
There never was a Sir John Mande-
vile and yet his travels patchwork
put together by nobody knows who,
has been sold by the thousands ana
quoted as authority.
There was Marco Palo, but some
of the stories about what he saw on
his travels are very much like Notion
Louis de RouFemont. hero of the most
amazing story a man ever lived 10
toll" set London by the ears with a
circumstantal narrative of his thirty
years experience as a cannibal chief
in the Wilds of unexplored Australia.
Dr. j. Scott Kelvie. Dr. Hugh r.. MIL
and other authorities vouched for him.
Almost everybody accepted him az
his face value He was just about Ia
appear before the British Association
for the Advancement Of Science when
native wife from somewhere out OF
the East inopportunstely arrived ana
blew upon his pretensions.
A great many instances Of taking
successful for a time. could b. related.
We may give one which seem 20 be
closely pamlleled and in the case Of
Peary and Cook
Nearly three centuries ago there was
"a great explorer. who sought the north
west passage lie had made several
Attempts 60 ind that mysterious and
ever-elusivc passage to Cathay. and az
last had been told Of a mighty river
far iu the interior Of new continent,
which would lead him to the salt sea
NJ the west He wanted TO make an
other EFFORT To- reach that great river
and had gone 90 France 20 enlist the
aid Of the king and the mobiles in sup
plying him with the needed equipment
This great explorer was Samuel de
Champlaln. the founder Of quebec and
the discoverer OF the great lakes.
At the same time there was another
who was ambitious for fame as a great
and successful explorer. This young
man spent a winter in Canada among
the Indians one day he suddenly ap-
peared at Quebec. just as ship was
sailing for France. He boarded this
vessel In haste and when he arrived IN
France. he had wondrous tales TO
tell OF great discoveries. Of hardships
endured Of difficulties surmounted and
dangers dared. He was received by
the king and queen and all the nota-
bIcs OF the kingdom. and again and
again told the story OF how he had sue
ceeded where Champlain and Cadillac
and Garter and host Of others had
failed. He was the hero Of the hour,
the pet Of Paris and France. Honors
were showered upon him. He told how
he had padded up this river in his
canoe. and down that; how he had
threaded his way through dense for
csts and fought with Wild beasts. and
with savage men; how al last he had
come 10 the shores ~ the great salt
sea. how the Indians told him OF
people who came twice a year 10 their
shores in great ships to trade for furs:
that these people were white and wore
their hair i'm long tail behind. All
this. and much more. gliby fell from
his tongue a dozen times a day.
Much against his will he was forced
10 go with a new expedition under
CHAMPAIGN as its pilot and guide.
Champlain landed az quebec, and al
most Immediately started on his quest
for the salt sea. Day after day he
pushed his little force through the viii
derness. until al last he came to a
tribe OF Indians. who recognized his
guide. Then came the end. II was de-
veloped that the guide had spent the
winter with these Indians, and had
not been a mile farther west.
The story does not say what became
Of the faker except that he dropped
out Of sight.