Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-03
R0oseue1t's Trip
Full Of Pe,;ls


the center Of South America that 10
soon to be undertaken by Colonel
Roosevelt and his party. in the interest
Of science. will yield richer harvcst
in increased knowledge BY tho world
than his African Journey. and that It
IL also Of q more difficult and danger
Gus nature 10 the opinion advanced BY
Rt Rev. DR.. Lucien Lee Kiusolving.
bishop Of Southern Brazil. at Rio
Grande do Sui. capital Of the southern
most Of the United States Of Brazil
Or. Kinsolving visiting In Washing
ton. in a conversation q few days ago.
spoke Of the vast territory to be trav.
ersed and touched upon some OF the
dangers of such q tremendous trip.
ut is hard to realize the length Of
such journey and the vast variety Of
country to be passed through" said
Bishop KinsolvinR. "Nenrly the whole
length of the South American conti-
nent must be passed over. a. You can
readily realize II You look at the map
In connection with the verbal outline
Of the trip"
Colonel Roosevelt and bis party,
which is to be large one and which.
owing to the absolutely wild state OF
the interior. must proceed almost en-.
tirely BY waterways. is to start on or
about Dec. Is from Buenos Aires. In
Argentina. He will be accompanied
by representative Of the National &C.
ographic society. by experienced white
guides and by native guides and crews
and many others. either hired for the
occasion or anxious to go along In the
interests Of geography. zoology. botany
and other sciences. They intend to
proceed up the La Plata to it's large
branch. the Parana. and up that
stream past Asuncion. the capital OF
Paraguay. into the wild back district
Of Brazil, a state named Mat. Gros-
so. or. translated, "big woods" or"wild
woods"
An Immense wilderness.
mo one really knows much about
this section" said Bishop kinsolving.
1T is q wilderness Of thousands OF
square miles. filled with jungle you can
hardly hack your way through and e.
timated to contain a million Indians.
1.-The party Is to proceed as far AZ
possible up the Parnna waters and por-
tage over to the nearest north ward
flowing tributary OF the Amazon. Once
arrived at that main stream. which
will in all probability be thousand or
more miles from its mouth. they will
then ascend one of its branches that
flows south and repeat the portage over
to the most available branch OF Nthe
Orinoco. They will descend this stream
and the main river and emerge at the
northern end Of South America on the
Caribbean sea. That IS, they will II
all goes we'll with them"
do you think the chances are that
all viii not 20 we'll with them or that
ex-President Roosevelt may lose his
life?' the bishop was asked.
II would hardly say that" replied
he. ''But 1t IL . pretty big undertak-
ing and one beset by dangers that are
to a great extent unknown. No one
really knows what II to DO found
there. Travel in that region IS too In
frequent to give any data for general'-
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swimmingly and another easily might
all die of disease or be killed BY ma
lives. The Indians are savages-not
turbulent ones, perhaps. but savaGes
none the less.
More Dangers Than In Africa.
II have heard it said by people who
should know that the African trip.
both from a standpoint Of danger and
Of severity. was simple compared to
this one that he now contemplates.
This may be nm exaggeration: OF
course. But remember that this coun-
try has no trails or roads whatever.
The waterways are the only roads.
and to the waterways you must stick.
The more that is learned Of this In
terror country Of Brazil the less safe
nnd attractive 1t appears. That insect
life abounds there is we'll attested.
have heard myself. from returned e.
plorers, Of the swarns of mosquitoes
and other pests. and country that
abounds in insect life Is not apt to be
very pleasant or healthy. But should
say that on the whole the fact that so
little is known Of the region Is the
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