The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-03-26
ROOSEVELT PARTY
LOSES STORES I'M
WlLDS or BRAZIL

Rcosevelt's family and friends anx-
1ously awaited further advices today re-
garding the accident by which his party
lost its entire equipment in the rapids
of a Brazilian river.
Whlie no concern, it was stated. was
Ieit Tor the safety of the former presi-
dent, 1t was desirable to learn Just how
ana when the accident occurred and
whether or not the expedition would
be abandoned, especially as the party
was SO Far from Il base where new
equipment could be acquired. The
news ri the mishap came in a brief
messase from Anthony Fiala, a mem
Der of the party. 1t was dated at SAN
tarem, Brazil, yesterday, n read:
w have lost everything in the
rapids. Telephone my wife of my
safety
Santarem is in the state of Para, at
the confluence of the Tapajos river
with the Amazon and the dispatch was
probably sent there by courier.
In WiIds CT Brazil.
The accident in al probability oc-
Cured on an unknown river which
Theodore Roosevelt, jr, today said his
father in a letter to him had called the
Rio Dui-ata or River of Doubt
Colo-sA Roosevelt in n letter written
on January 16, Grom Tapirapoan, in
central part # Brazil. inc received
last week by Frank M. Chapman OF eIae
American Museum of Natural History,
said that he expected to explore this
unknown river. He wrote:
I'VE are now about to go into the
real wilderness where we shall have to
travel light n ean hardly collect any
big animals. In q month or six weeks
we shall reach the headwaters of an
unexplored river II my health con-
Times good as I expect, l think it pos
sible that l will go down this river to
try and find GA where it comes out,
taking Kermit @ala and Cherrie with
me, as well as Colonel Rondon and one
or two of the Brszilians.
Meanwhile. h rest of the party, in
Guiding Miller, WIFI go straight to Ma
deria and thence to Manaos Miller
viii then collect round Manaos n
elsewhere until Kermit, Cherrie and /
turn up. It IS not possible to give e
forecast as to the time that will be rT
CURED"
EquipoT~nt NUt Known.
The headwaterA the unknown rlvx2-
hlc Colonel Rondon at that time
crossed, according to Colonel Roose-
velt's letters, are in Matte Crosse, be-
tween the Madeira and the Tapajos
rivers. two great streams which flow
northward to join the Amazon.
What equipment Colonel Roosevelts
party was to take on the trip down
this unknown river is largely a mat
Ter OF conjecture. After leaving the
Upper Parana and Paraguay rivers.
which flow southwark and join the Rio
De La Plata, the party had to traverse
the plateau extending through Para
quay and Brazil, a trip of 500 miles
or so. This the party had safely
crossed on horseback. according to
telegraph advice which came through
nine days ago.
Colonel Roosevelt does not state in
any of his letters what means Of rams
portation he would use in descending
the unknown river. 1t is believed that
nothing heavier than canoes could
have been carried on the 500-mile
journey on horseback from the mead
waters of the Paraguay to the River
OF Doubt"
The great danger in descending the
streams that flow northWard in Brazil
to ioin the Amazon is in the many
rapids and falls. The plateau, which is
on the average 5000 to 1000 feet above
floor of the Amazon valley. For TINS