Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-27

have followed down is that which rises
fartfest away from the mouth and its
general course is almost due north
My dear sir. ! thank you from my
| heart for the chance to take part in this
great work of exploration
With high regard and respect, be-
lev. me.
tSigned) Very sincerely yours
THEODORE ROr SENELT.''
Praises His Predecessors.
Celebrating this report, Col. Roose-
Welt said. in part:
Now, to every member of this society
and 10 every man who has ever serious
u considered exploration. it ought to be
unnecessary to say what. however il
vi be necessary to saw to those who
are not acquainted with explora tons
.i,it hardly ever can YOU do anything
oa ,'ote' save by building on what has
neeh ucne by your predecessors work
ooinmbus could not have discovered
america II it lad not been for the deeds
or PortusCese. and to less extent of
cams sailors. from the days of Prince
fienfE the Navigator on. Peary could
not nave discovered the north pole if
there had not been for generations men
VINO had been pushing far northward
regions e p'"-
10 take an infinitely less important
instance. ! could of course, have done
nothing in South America if it had not
been for the work done by scores OF
other men during the wears that have
passed, and especially during the last
seven or eight years
did not go down to South America
with any intention of making such an ex-
piosatlon as this. When I go off on a
trip do not like to make pictures for
myself of what I am going to do. be-
cause do not know: but l had supposed
mat our trip would chiefly be a geological
trip and l went primarily for the Amer
1can Museum of Natural History with
tnat end In view. When 1 got to Rio de
Janeiro Mr. Lauro Mueller who visited
US last year. and who is minister of for
e1gn affairs of Brazil. told me that of
course they would help me to do what I
"lsned. which was to go up the Papagaio
ana then down into the Amazon but that
ne thought he had something which would
appeal to me much more: that the teIe-
graphic commission, which had heen
WORKING in the western portion of Brazil
that IS. working about around there Gpdi-
catlhS on the map. had found that the
best existing maps, that is the maps fur
nlshed me when I went down as the best
modern maps. the maps drawn by Fellows
or the Royal Geographical Society, were
equally striking examples of the fact that
those maps We're totally wrong; that the
Whole region would have to be remained
after the discoveries of the telegraphic
commission. and that they had found the
sources of two rivers running north,
which went they did not know where.
One of those rivers. the smaller was
called the Pineapple. The other and larg-
er one was called the Duvida. the River
OF Doubt because they did not know
Where II went out. and he told me that
the head of the Geographic commission
COL Rondon. who had for twenty-five
Years been engaged in the work of >ex-
l.
Brazil. would. if I desired ACCOMPANY me
down that river and see where it came
out: and he said. Now. We will be de-
lighted to have you do it. but of course
You must understand we cannot tell YOU
anything of what will happen, and there
may De some surprises not necessarily
pleasant I said.' Well by George, that
is just what l would like to do. would be
to make the try and see what would hap
pen down that river tApplause)
Makes Trip Up the zapagaio.
We started up the Papagaio. hunted
around there Indicating on the map),
went up here to this point. and then
STRUCK across country on muleback to
this point. and then went down to there
IT is almost impossible for me to show
you on these standard maps what did
because the maps are preposterously
wrong. For instance. these are the head
waters of the Tapajos de Juruena They
have practically no reference to the actual
| position of the river. For instance here
| is what is called the tteno Toisse and
| here Is the Jurena. 1t is not on the Rio
! Juruena at all 1t is on the Tapajos the
| river that Mr.. Fiala descended There
are two rivers close together. the Sacare
and the Tapa jos-that is, within ten miles
| of each other each of which has a water
| fall about the size of the falls of the
| Yellowstone. in one case about 40 feet
| high. and in the other case about 30
| feet high. of which We took numerous
! photographs. There is not hint of the
! existence of those waterfalls. nor as far
as can find of those rivers on that map