Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-07-07
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SIXTEEN DAYS WITHOUT FOOD.
Explorer Tells the Horror of
Being Without Food or Drink
for Over Two Weeks.

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That Mr.. Savage Lander, the emin-
ent explorer, is well qualified to criti-
cize, as he has been doing the report
of Mr.. Theodore Roosevelt's travels
n discoveries in Brazil, cannot be
denied; for it is doubtful if any man
has a wider knowledge Of hat part of
the world. And terrible, indeed, were
his experiences when he made his last
journey through the uneXplored parts
of South America. For is months
Mr.. Lander buried himself in Brazil,
j%ourneying $4,000 miles, many on
foot. through the widest regions, and
such hardships did he endure that it
took him several months after his re-
turn in 1912 to recover from the eff
fects of the trip.
The object of his expedition was
scientific, and he described enormous
zigzags across South America in or
der to visit regions which, to quote
his own words, interested me by rea-
SON that they were absolutely un-
known. With the exception of so
hours in the train, all the travelling
was done on mule, canoe or on foot"
Mr.. Lander has also related how his
difficulties were increased by the in
accurate maps in existence, and the
fact hat he could get no help from
any one. Furthermore, the only ser
wants he could induce to accompany
him were six men, four of Thorn were
Of the criminal type, and who open
ly protested their intention of killing
him, in the belief that he had money.
And it was with these men that Nj.
Lander attacked the problems of I'M
known Brazil.
a striking Illustration of Mr.. Lam
doris courage is afforded by the fact
that although he armed his confessed
ly treacherous followers with rifles,
revolvcrs and knives. he himself ar
ried no weapon except when after
game. and he went the entire distance
from the Atlantic ocean to the Pacific
without ever a penknife on his per-
son.
Some idea of the difficulties Of his
Journey may be gathered from the
fact that for 60 days he and his SER
wants spent the time in the water.
either pulling, pushing or leading the
canoe. The worst experience, how
ever. occurred toward the end of the
expedition. while travelling through a
certain u]nexplored portion of Brazil.
They were obliged to remain 16 days
without a morsel of anything to eat.
Happily said Mr.. Lander, when
describing his fearful experiences,
there was plenty of water, out there
was no game, no fruit, no fish and no
inhabitants. Our experiences were
terrible and mainly brought about by
the naalcontent four, who objected to
the loads. They threw away most Of
the f~oodstuff1. and made themselves
so i'll by eating sugar that they were
unable to continue, so I pushed ahead
with my two faithful followers, a
negro and a mulatto. but it was with
the greatest difficulty 1 prevented
them committing suicide. For my
self. l nearly died. Starvation brought
on anemia, which was succeeded by
beri-bcri in the right leg, causing the
atrophy of two toes. Eventually,
when our sufferings were almost in
eupportable. we met a rubber collec-
tor. But we were in a terrible plight,
and by this time I had lost so pounds
in weight"