The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-06-05
Will EXPLORE TRt
AMAZON VALLEY
AgOt Laaga Expects to Obtain
Some Rare Specimens,
FOR UNIVERSITY MUSEUMS

Aboriginal Languages Will Be Pre-
served on Photographic Records
Trio Will Occupy More Than Tive
Years-Expedition Plans.
Algot Lange of New York. who came
out of the farthest jungles of the ANA
zon valley, in Brazil year ago witt
a wonderful story of the country anc
its aboriginal peoples, is to lead a three
year exploring party on an expedition
into the headwater country
The expedition will be sent ont 10y
the University of Pennsylvania pri
marily to make collections for the an
thropological exhibit at the university
museum.
In telling of his plans Mr.. Langt
brought out the fact that the most i'm
portant appliances to be carried by
the exploring party will he a moving
picture taking apparatus and phono
graph. He also intends to take a doc
tor. navigator. an engineer, a cook
and one other man. The physical
will have opportunities to investigate
hitherto unstudied diseases peculiar tc
to get an American for his navigator
preferably n naval officer. The cook
must be scientist enough to make pal
atable dishes out of such game as red
bowling monkey, ant eater, tapir. par.
rot, forest turkey and wild boar.
To Investigate Savages.
"Our object will be to investigate the
savages inhabiting the headwaters of
the tributaries of the Amazon river
Mr. Lange said. From present in.
formation there are about 373 tribes
speaking a variety of languages"
When Mr.. Lange finds his savages
he will endeavor to gain their friend
ship and confidence, learn their Ian
guage and finally get moving pictures
photographs and phonograph records
of their life, customs. language and
music. Thus he will bring back pic
lures of the devil dances and wal
dances of these aborigines. along with
his collection of pottery, baskets. cloth
ing and war and hunting implements
indications of a mode of life as old as
the time of Caesar.
1t is expected that the first stage will
take a year and half, and at the end
Of that time the steamer will return to
Para for provisions and to send what
collections have already been made.
The Second Stage.
On the second stage the party will
explore the Rio Negro and its continu.
alton, the Uaupes river, 1000 miles
from the sea. At the mouth of the
Rio Negro, where it empties into the
Amazon, is the town of Manaos. which
Mr.. Lange described as the "wonder
city of the valley" There, he said. is
a 100000 opera house, in the midst
of other beautiful buildings, which
rivals the opera houses of London and
Paris in size and splendor.
Seven hundred miles up the river the
party will enter the Uaupes, beyond
the cataracts of which live wild tribes.
This trip is expected to last six
months, return then being made to
Manaos to send newly gathered por.
tions of the collection to the United
States and receive new supplies and
mail.
The last stage of the exploration will
take in a number of tributaries of the
middle Amazon, known as the Soil
NOES river. This will last about a
year, and the same method of explora-
ton will be followed. The party will
visit the Javary river country, close to
the Peruvian frontier, where Mr..
Lange went through experiences that
brought him near to death on a pre-
vious journey.