The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-21

Al iho Amazon IuuSic, uoo DtSn lOlQ IN m
',;ous stories. Briefly, after Jerome, the las
s.,,nanions. had perished with the fever.
- myself on all fours through the al
sss,rable undcrbrush until, when | veritabl,
y could not have advanced dozen fee
had been picked up and carried l knew
IN, and cared for during five days of de
.ud fever.
consciousness finally returned to me | di,
NJ realize where ] was When waking / would
H,sr,s in sort of bewilderment, wonderine
tho dim recoections of the awful expert
tsd been through were realities or merely
sue morning / walked with clear mind and
-.sl;yation of my plight. There must have been
10 nj the fever left, for my first impulse was
ss manageable curiosity to now many
~ Tsre in the great. semicircular hut in which
A mysef / Immediately began to count them
.,bei 22S, though L may have counted some of
waoca is an Institution much resembling the
rsuse of the famous Five Nations of New York
4 days Many families inhabited it, each fam.
';ainp small space for Its own use. This |
4 from the way in which groups of men and
rsre huddled about dozen or more fires, the
,poking and the men lying in hammocks and
a MT know in what manner I would be treated
ssyages, so for q time L lay there with my eyes
"a. trying to get my bearings. Just behind
Ssrd What seemed to be discussion Two
Hdgsd, were sonversipg in low,1 cultural
sf their talk: Suddenly, with sound of
4 hand WAS laid on my shoulder I turned
I,rsled and saw the face of Jahe, the Indian
q blow gun whom had seen in the forest be-
-ifort,ne had oyertaken us.
kart beat wildly and | scarcely dared breathe
/ u the hands Of the Mangeromas. Their repu-
uzs to say the least, not savory, and it was
4 N nv mind why they had saved my life AL
6ey i've by themselves and seldom invade an
\ teritory, they are more dreaded by the peo
ls Amazon than is the fatal cobra. / sick
& he thought that they were cannibals.
nd Jahe stood al sleek-sided, well fed man
4 from bis bearing and from the gaudy, splendid
q which were inserted in the cartilage of his
q iook TO be the chief He regarded me coldly
4 kolid unblinking expression which + could not
3 suppose the tableau lasted for about twenty
9 but TO ME 1t seemed that it had no end I
g 10 spring at his throat then to run, then to
|suIn into the fever where at least the horrors
|6s real. Then quietly, without the flicker of
Z n his expression. the chief made a conven-
/ ien with his left hand which means "Wel-
|ks ecstacy of relief which seized me T Bprang
- hammock to greet him, but my limbs were
1d by the fever and I tottered into Jahe g
70 in the hammock. Then the chief, With a
tdeh approached smile as nearly as anything
i NV on the face of a Mangeroma, pointed to
mock in which lay, to the walls Of the maloca,
she food which the women were preparing, at
<heh." By this / took it that / was welcome
d Is long as / desired.
hospitality Of my friends proved unbounded.
qE appointed two women to care for me- and
they were as kind as any one could have
ne, watching me when I tried to walk and
PIG me when l became too weak. There was
3% soup they cooked, which was served in
cther dishes they prepared were delicious,
|. 5se were others which were nauseating
4 5nsn 1s had to force myself to eat, I soon
isat sa it WIS impolitic to refuse any dish, no
now taught me much Of his language, so
means of signs and words I could speak
S'In him. had prepared a, very special dainty
=, ne e.Imtted m;tted me to Partake None Of the
ssiiy choked Not only did the meat which
z eol ,ol the ingredients taste and smell as though
yen Kept Tor weeks, but the herbs which
a. - we're SO bitter and gave out such a pungent
1st refused to swallow, The chief was en-
Forcing His Guest to Eat.
pyou not like my dishG'' he asked in the dia.
~ afraid it eickens me,'' I replied as politely
the dish of nv fathers, and their fathers
Il - gfandfathers,'' he said. "You shall eat
Z !, s,il turn You into the forest for the play
y sae ber' 'beri and the Evil One.''
y no desire in my weakened condition to be
~ :sSSln INTO the forest, but to do what the chief
IN ~ seemed Physically impossible, Jahe, who
= -% ~ ING chler motloned mo that | had better
a;5 ;do cnief would certainly turn out, if, in
~ NOT suffer some harm at his hands. Such
'Fta%HeIiVe, unreasoning nature Of these forest
sdisay lnsulted they are, when angered well
'5s 5A.sole sna ate the concoction which was set
I'M, sna, strange TO say, before I had done with
~ eeean to like it. This incident shows upon
ssnaer thread my safety hung. The friends Of
@A' nleht become the vindictive foes of the
e. sold Of the chief was law and none dared ap
ss5 rdL als decisions. In fact, there would have
ssstaS 70 appeal to, for the natives believe him
4 nv NJ. IN some mysterious power which makes
: inSu" u%s. OF men, once had occasion to SEQ him
& sssMr, and although the matter in dispute
sds,; ;sned trivial, 1T showed the absoluteness Of
s = sseeompanied two Of the Indians on hunt.
8 auSs - @ search of wild hogs. They carried bows
s,sss sna l my automatic revolver although I
op vsa iatentloD of using it, What little am
/ 7 rs,eIt ieIt desired to keep for emergency and,
u ssoned na that l might at some future time
|dts,4tse tse INC power and noise of the weapon to
nage n,ssg II l kept the Indians ignorant of it
eors,ala scarcely gone mile from the maIoca when
4 vnrsa ua on the opposite side of creek, some
IA ~ distant, a wild hog roofing for food.
b the "a shght elevation ourselves and under
q knoll inlfusa the hog being exposed TO view on
{ st,aTn tea9n. Almost simultaneously my two com
4 ie'q n arrows to their bowstrngs Instead of
Pond ,oas ,as NJ usual manner they placed the great
let sr .oes OF the left foot the cord, and with
Ebieb r gave the proper inclination TO the
b III ths were we're at the least seven feet long. With
the &c &c, poisoned arrows left the weapons and
'ar 'bs bs stlll twanged smiled gracefully aIoft,
each s;d invisible, and plunged into the ami,
81 af siae of his neck little distance back of