Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-07-25
Student of Eastern College to
Make Three-Year Trip up
Mysterious River

PHILADEPHIA. Pa, June 2s.-Sit-
ting upon stone bench, in the shade
of the University Museum, "a young
man. 2S years old, smooth shaver.
wearing glasses and looking every inch
student. pulled away on his pipe and
made notes as he read from a volume
on ethnology. 1t was aAlgot Lange.
who, despite his peaceful, beautiful sur
roundings. will soon start for wilds OF
which no white man knows. TO face
dangers that In some cases are known,
in others only surmised. z For he Is de-
termined TO. explore the whole valley of
the Amazon river, including its tribu-
taries
LANCE win start on this expedition
about the first OF August, and when he
turns the prov OF his steamboat up the
Amazon viii not return to civilization
again for three years In that time he
hopes to make known to,the world all
the Amazon country and its inhabi-
tants. its natural history and customs.
1t is one of the few important parts
OF the world that remains for civilized
man to map out.
The young explorer was there be-
FORE though he did not finish his inves-
legations. He went there to invest
money IN plantation and was glad to
get back with his life. But he killed
a 65-foot boa constructor. and shipped
the skin TO this country. He wrote a
book about his experiences, which has.
but recently been published, I'm the
Amazon Jungle" 1t attracted the Of
ficials of the university, and arrange
ments were made with him to head
this expedition, under the university's
auspices.
Tells Of Himself.
| He talked with enthusiasm today
about his coming trip. Asked his ma
tionality, he replied:
Il am an American. Some persons
call me a Dane, because my parents
were Danes. But. / was born at sea,
on the way from Newcastle, Eng, to
st. Petersburg. Rus. The steamer car.
ried an Irish cargo, had a French cap
TAIN. Portuguese crew and a Chinese
cook want to carry the Stars and
Stripes Though this vast Amazon val
ley as Peary carried it to the North
Pole.
Pew people have any idea of the
vasfness of this country which we will
explore The river is about 1000 miles
long, and has a tributary 5000 miles
long. At Manaos, loco miles from the
sea, it is IA miles wide. The Negro
River. 500 miles from Manaos, where.
it empties into the Amazon, and 1900
miles from the ocean, is 25 miles:
across. At Iquitos, Peru, $500 miles
n,
one-haf miles wide and ESQ feet Deep
The area of this valley is half as ex-
tensive as the whole Of the United
states.
Study Of the Tribes.
Our principal aim will be to study
the savage tribes in the unexplored re-
gions Some of these are cannibals,
and have habit of making a stew of
their enemies killed in battle. But Il
do not fear Them
Lange has good reason for not
Tearing them. A few years ago, while
explori1B alone this remote region, the
cam IS found him, hundreds of miles
from nearest white settlement, sick
and |'ops, crawling on his hands
and siS1tes Through the jungle. They
had nevel zen a white man before, and
they took him in and nlirsed him to-
health so he could travel back to civ
Hilization.
But there are dangers other than
cannibals. The jungles and marshes
are infested with wild beasts and gil
gantic boa constructors. Millions of
monkeys chatter among the trees,
though they do no harm. But there
are fevers and stronge diseases to fight,
and the work must be done under the
blighting, scorching rays of an equa-
.torial sun. Then there are other tribes
living far back in the jungle of which
he has only heard 1t is his purpose
60 study them all, and to do so, that
man might know of these aboriginal
members of his family, he will boldly
face every danger, and for three years
live with his equally daring compan-ii
ions in the swamp. The party will /
start about the latter part of July or
the first of August
Navy Men Go Along.
LANCE will be accompanied by a i
commander of the United States Navy, !
an engineer, two general assistants and
two photographers, who will operate /
not only ordinary cameras, but moving
picture apparatus as well. One of these
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