Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-12-05
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weaker and weaker. Finally Castro, q
giant who had been In the habit Of
carrying $50 pounds on his back, came
down to motor aphasia.
However, we all got back to our
base alive, there to find that all the
party we had left had fed, except
those who hadn't been able to get
away because Of raya wounds or sick
ness. All the dogs had been killed By
jaguars. However, there was plenty
Of food. and after two days rest We
went back to Ililla and reached Gala,
mar In December. From Calamar I
went back to my base at San Jose,
sending maps of the region traversed
to the Royal Geographical society and
to the Colombian government
Shortly after Christmas, with two
canoes and seven men. l started out
from Tolima. Leaving the Cano Grande
In January. descended for FIVE days
to the Rio Ynirida. From this point
we ascended the latter river, and on
February reached a beautiful water
fall over 100 feet high. which is .
break between high precipitous hills
running in northeasterly and south
westerly direction.
Country Teeming With Jaguars.
1T took two days to portage our
big canoe around this fall, and FIVE
days more were spent in the hardest
kind OF work, smashing our way
through to the sources of the Ynirida,
which we reached on Sunday, Feb
ruary 16 Three days later we began
to descend to the river. The country
on both sides teens with jaguars. ia.
pirs and anacondas, and the river ID
filled with rayas. The tapirs were 30
tame that they swan around our canoe
curious and absolutely fearless.
Some stood on the shore whistling at
US. l shot magnificent specimen Of
1aguar. and found inside of 1t a whole
tapir.
"A curious feature OF this region
was that the Indians for the most part
not only lived back from the main
streams. but In the villages were
found great predominance of wom-
en-. who. from all we could make out,
were permanent inhabitants of their
respective settlements, while the males
were transients. This brings to ones
mind the question whether this may
not be the district whence come the re-
ports 80 well known on the Amazon
for two centuries of the existence of
race OF women living alone. except at
stated periods. Concerning these le-
gends both Alfred Russell Wallace and
Richard Spree, the eminent English
traveller and scientist Of more than
three generations ago, have written.
by Guainia Indian l was taken
to settlement of Indians living back
several hours distance from the Papa
naua. where found very intelligent
native who spoke the TupiGuarani
language, which would make 1t seem
that here was the dividing line be-
tween the nation of that name and the
Caribs. The Papanaua Indians travel
from their river to the upper Icana,
and have well-made path nine miles
In length. which crosses elevated land
flanked on the east and west by enor-
nous impossible swamps and lagoons.
BY doing lot Of medical work l got
this old Indians good will. and he en-
tered my service.
All the Indians Of the Icana are
polygamists. AS have said, the won.
en- greatly outnumber the men. The
natives Of the Uaupes region are mono
gamous. In certain portions of the
1cana country are also to be found the
so-called Indios bravos,' who are some
times hostile and always dangerous"