The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-27

I, went out, and he told me that the head
OF the telegraphic commission, Col. Rom
don, who had for twenty-five years been
engaged In the work OF exploring that
wild, western wilderness OF Brazil, would,
IL desired. accompany me down that
river and see where It came out. and he
said: Now we will be delighted 20 have
YOU do 1t. but of course you must under
stand we cannot tell you anything OF what
will happen and there may be some sur
prises not necessarily pleasant
81 said We'll. by George that Is Just
what would like to do. to make the try
and see what would happen down that
river" AT this fash OF the real Roose-
ye.t the audience applauded uproariously'
The Colonel continued;
"And now here l want, with all the en-
pnasis possible-and ! Wish that the Bra
lillian Ambassador were her to report TO
his Government what l say want with
all the emphasis possible 10 attest that
everything that we did this year was
SEQUEL to and was conditioned upon what
the Telegraphic Commission OF Brazh,
under Col Rondon and his associates had
done during the preceding seven years
"It Ia almost impossible for me to show
xou on these standard maps what l did.
because the maps are so prOpostorously
wrong For instance these are the head
waters Of the TapaJos and the Juruena'
They have practically no reference TO the
actual position of the river
For Instance here Is what Is called
the rteno Tolsso. and here Is the Juruena.
ia not on the Rio Juruena at all II
on the Tapajos. the river that Mr'
IJala descended There are two rivers
close together. the Sacare and the Tapa-
tps that In, within ten miles or ehch OthcT'
each Of which has waterfall about tho
slge of the falls of the Yellowstone In one
case about so feet high and In the other
case about $50 feet high OF when we
look numerous photographs.
.'sThere il not hint OF the existence
Of those waterfalls, nor as far as | can
md of those rivers on that map. The
Juruena Ia not there. II Is number Of
days journey further on.
I'VE then journeyed three weeks further
on. We got near this great tributary
which is here. which IL the Gyparana
but on the map that Gyparana is tive
degrees OF longitude out OF position. lti
course is really about where the Jamair'
is on the map put down rs running.
could not trace out our course with rer
erence to the map because We would have
TO make impossible zlgzags In order e
cross on the map the rivers that we &C
tually crossed.
Mountain for valley.
snow we come down to this point here
Indicating on the map). There on the
map ID u IIlDunkhlI lNiN "NN l''i's
valley with river flowing down the mid
die. On this map. which is the best
modern map, there is a river rising mere
IT does nothing Of the kind. II does not run
anywhere near It, Here are those rlver'
heading up there. They do not head III
there.
I'VE went down another river. wher'
their sources are supposed TO be. ant
these mountains are almost as lrrelevan
to the actual facts as are the rivers them
selves. You can see as ! said better oil
this map here. Here Is the TapaJos. Her
is the Gyparana running into the Madeira
ION that map and on this you VIII nm
a little river In about 1--WE and one-hal
degrees, dotted without name. 1t Is
little creek not "A river at all, AS INST
ter OF fact, that little dotted creek lpoint
ing TO another streaml without name
n much bigger river at the mouth, even I
rolnt Of volume OF water. than all thes
other tributaries OF the Madeira.
1T was into that that we hnally de
bouched. We found river with no hin
or suggestion on the map. ] repeat tina
there Is not II hint or suggestion
81 want you to look at this map. TIL
is Bartholomew map or South Americi
There IL not hint or a suggestion q
any big river between the Dubida and III
correctly that river as flowing where
does not flow. ILaughterl. With tina
river we have nothing to do.
starts as a brook.
"W9 found that this river. called Il
Duvida rl(ver OF doubt arose between II
fitty-ninth and slxticth meridian OF long
tude west from Greenwich, just north
the thirteenth degree OF latitude sout
1t at first flowed west and then south, al
then 9owed north, originally as moul
famous timber choked brook, not navigi
bi~ until in latitude l2 degrees l mlnu
south and longitude 50 degrees IS minute
west-about. In each case maybe two
three minutes wrong.
I'VE crossed the telegraph line at
point where II becomes Gavgable, and
was there that We embarked and We th'
ran on down about five degrees | "
tut II in here Now we have put that riy
on the maj. iaPpiauss.i
II want to call your attention to Il