The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-07
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Ia voN TEuBEH work in strange lands
Il, exact data for those dry text books and
ID tecbnical volumes so necessary in the scien-
<uuest of the world-have never reduced San
matter Of formulae, diagrams and Latin
1In. loosely, Is strip Of territory lying along
5bbeau east Of Colon in the Republic Of Pan
edged about by mountain ranges, impenetra-
a treacherous shores and Inhabited by some
r1dest and least intelligent of savage races, it
Z no mans land almost at the very threshold
neat Undertaking of modern civilization-the
: Of Us rich gold deposits, of It's invaluable
a forests, have tempted the treasure seeker
1lloiter as keenly as its scientific possibilities
nted che more sober investigator. But all
y profit BY It's wealth. material or otherwise.
With failure, sometimes through the difficult
y natural position. more often through the
maplcion and unnamed hostility Of its vari-
think you can see what a fascination the
Bias has for man with some scientific en-
WITH some taste for scientific discovery and
PREPARATIONS for an expedition into the San
m In the winter Of 1907. I had had some
apenenee there and understood fully what
Rnpting. My object was to obtain COM
Fc1on Oh native implements and weapons,
'm tne burying grounds and information on
eS'oms and racial characteristics. My dis
Intended to offer to the Smithsonian Inst-
alams Playa -Chico-North Bay Expedition. as
" vas formed In Colon In December. Under
tHap were my brother, Carl Won Teuber;
naruett and John Bradley, Of Boston. and
suHo' OF Norfolk. Va. AT the last moment
sa0lner recruit, Spanish American, Blanco
Hno afterwafd proved himself valuable
S'u' member Of our party
'N' eonslsted OF Mauser rifles, with both steel
uOsa ammunition; Smith & Wesson ASS,
''es army knapsacks, two fly tents, rice,
eackers. dried fish, coffee. tea and a set
supphes. The average weight of the packs
yfgnt pounds to a man.
Hom Colon on January 8, 1908, in the
Auneh, running up the coast TO Playa de
Ailer stop here we took up our march
pa'm iringed coast and ON January 10
1'aoei the furthest outpost Of Panaman-
''0fRy. Our plan was to cut inland from
I'D 1u una the head waters OF the Mandinga
We Purposed TO follow down TO the Mos
eus completing circuit through the heart
Bias country
Il '' began at San Isabel. Bradley had
a, icSer that baaled my diagnosis. The
.t.a vmng ~ had spread through the region and
|,,,,', .Ie natives, who are incredibly sensitive
4, - VI the approach Of whites. Every at
aae 10 dissuade us from our purpose,
k San Isabel descendants of Congo slaves
M ss'ea'eu by the San Bias Indians, made all
s''0ns sano TO furnishing US with guides-the
1n = - one being their dread of the mountain
asrsl ~se territory we wished to advance
10y =, however, we made a start with two
.li, LOOK us inland some miles by canoe and
~ .asuced to lead US into the Jungle, Many
aias asi,.; peen made TO convey in words some
ana ~ =. uopicai forest, with It's heart-breaklne
ita,;o p''eSs density, steaming, ferid hell OF
ap,;ns. "herc men go mad in their frenZiec
ladsoua. perverse nature, My own must re
iato.taN Suffice it to say that we were
nl MA ment such as only the trackless wilds
We SeSeo9th So9th America can inAict upon in
3 amun, e! our way literally foot by foot
nd by e,p ,pp,tialls: enmeshed by stout creeperl
Strength tIDuus OF ticks and other insect pest
'n sbeas Went from us and we could hav
t9y led u,'ness medkness and despair.
lhe coast "nau @ at stiff angle, as we were nov
mere ~, nra,,, soft, for our tramp to San Isabe
apon us rimumaalng pri""ni'1llng TO this Our pack
h''eYouSly. BradIey's Temperature