Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-06-03

which, from the geographic standpoint
and from the standpoint Of the gdevel
opment Of the natural resources Of the
nation, is as noteworthy as anything
that has been accomplished during the
same length OF time anywhere In the
world. EEE: ,2 ~
"They have not had too much recog
milton in their own country. A prophet
is not without honor, you know, save
in his own country. They have had
practically no recognition abroad .
I'VE started up the Paraguay and
then, struck across country on mule
back to this point and then went down
to there. 1t is almost impossible FOR
me to show you on these standard
maps what I did, because the maps
are SO PROFESSIONALLY wrong. For In
stance, there are two rivers close to-
gether, the Sacare and the TapatoB-
that is within ten miles Of each other
leach OF which has a waterfall about
the size OF the fails Of the Yellow
stone, in one case about $50 feet high
and In the other case, about $50 feet
high, OF which we took numerous pho
tographs. There Is not a hint of the
existence Of those waterfalls. nor, as
far as Il. can. find, OF those rivers on
that map. isg F.s. 5F.j3t ts%,. ,&5. a
: f.'We then journeyed, three weeks
further on and came down to this
point here Indicating on the map)
There, on the map, is o mountain
There was really valley with river
flowing down the middle. It does
nothing OF the kind. 1t does not run
anywhere near, 1t. : Here are those
rivers heading up there. They do not
head up there. II ( .sy I'D < & 4
\ I'VE went down another river where
their sources are supposed to be, and
these mountains are almost as irrele-
want to the facts as are the rivers
themselves You can see, as said,
better on this map here. Here is the
Tapajos. Here is the G. Parana run
ming into the Madeira. =:
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4 ION that map and on this you will
find a little river in about 81 degrees.
/ think the actual course is about 6.l2
or 5.15, but very nearly 81, q little
river there put on there and put down
here dotted without any name. want
you to look at this map. This ts Bar
tholomew's map OF South America !
want you to be able to check on Tor
yourselves exactly the statement that
I make. 4 4 Z. .E;$
: "We found that this river, called the
Dubitas (riyer OF darkness) arose be.
tween the fifty-ninth and sixtieth me-
ridian Of longitude west from Green
witch, just north OF the thirteenth de.
gree OF latitude south. It first flowed
west and then south, and then flowed
north, originally as q mountainous,
timber choked brook, not pavigable
until in latitude II degrees l minute
south and longitude 50 degrees and Is
minutes west about In each case; may
be two or three minutes wrong.
I'VE crossed the telegraph line at q
point where it becomes navigable, and
It was there that we embarked, and
we then ran ION down about five de
grees. / will put 1t in here. ! do not
know whether those in the rear of the
hall can see 1t, but I have put it there
now, that river as we have put 1t on
the map. want to call your attention
to the fact that u am using my terms
with scientific precision, and when
say put 1t on the map'I mean what I
say. 4 I mean that It Is not on any map,
and that we have put It on the map!
THE different portions of the course
that we followed varied widely In diff
fculty, We flrst Of all ran four days
surveying Of the river very accurately
and therefore going very slowly with
out encountering any rapids or othel
obstacles. ID 4. ,..I # \.
II went down that river, going down
there for the FIRST time and Of course
endeavoring to map it in detail.
w 1T is much easier now for anyone
! to follow us, and II this geographic SO
ciety or any other responsible organ
ization wishes to send q man to o.
down that river j viii give him letter.
OF Introduction and advice which will
enable him, with comparatively littl'
,dihlculty, to go over the entire cours'
of that river and report on all the fea
lures In detail which, of course, thu
FIRST: explorers necessarily sketched 1,
outline. "A; xii. 4. \. RI Il
ST will give him letters to rubbe
man who will unquestionably assis
| to get! the canoes and the rowers tina
will enable him to ascend as far al
the lowest OF the uppermost rapid
and come back, covering two-thirds o
the distance and going up to the tent
degree. !i5 s. II. Il sas.yl5
5"'And this river, of about the siz'
OF the Elbe or the, Rhine, through
region which on the maps Issued to
day, the best, maps. is not shown a
all, is itself not shown on any map
anybody can 60 UP there and see TO
himself what has been done and cal
go through the work In detail, as
cannot go through 1t, and as we coul,
not when we made our exploration
through 1t. .@&$ sS2a 5, Il. :. =
Nov, when we embarked, havin
| gone some 80 days by, mule and o
train across this high central platea
OF western Brazil, our party consiste
Of 20 men I'VE said good-by to MI
Mueller and his associates here on tn
9th of February. ..,3 H. ~
! Exactly 60 days afterward, whicl
consisted Of canoeing work, we me
Lieutenant Perrirez and the littl
steamboat which he had at that point
On the trip, of our six members, MI
Cherrie, my son, the doctor, and Lieu
tenant Lira kept diaries day to day
Colonel Rondon kept the record in tn
order Of the days. I kept the recor'
in the writing that had to do. q.
| $E"I will come later to tell you wha