Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1914-02-28
EXPLORERS BONES
FOUND IN PERU
BesIey Expedition Find Traces
Of Other Parties.
WAS A PERILOUS JOURNEY
They Encountered Savage cannibalsi
Armed With Poisoned Arrows. and
Used Guns to Crive Them on

Members of the Be,lc, expedition.
which LEFT the nit.l States last sum
mer TO explore uucharted regions oil
South America. returned to New YORK.
on the steamer Byron and reported
they had found the bones OF mem
beers of the Cromer expedition. who
had entered the wilds OF Peru nearly
two wears ago and were never heard
from
The Cromer expedition was headed
by ". II Cromer. a former West Point
cadet. and William II. Page. Chicago
high school teacher, I'll" Besley eX
petition crossed the continent from
Lima and came down the Amazon
from the headwaters 70 its mouth
They found hIp ANA thigh bones and
other traces ol the Cromer party on
the way and erected cross to their
memory.
Those who returned we're Captain
j. Campbell Hcslef an Englishman:
Franklin - Coates, j. X. Holbrook
photographer OF the expedition. and
J. ". bunne. They reported the dis
coycry OF = new Inca city in Peru
called Plateri ayoc. and visited other
Regions hitherto unknown 10 white
men.
Traces were found also of the lost
Seljan expedition which took the same
route as the Cromer expedition, Cap
tain Besley Thought that the bones
might have been the remains OF mem
beers Of either party The Seljan eX
petition was in search of rubber and
is said To have been financed by +. +
Grundlich. OF Chicago.
Besley said he and his party en-
countered savage eannibal tribes. who
were armed with poisoned arrows
and on one occasion his party were
attacked by them \ few gunshots
drove them OF.
Considerable scientific work was ac
complished Slides were made Of the
Uta ~ Moving pictures We're taken
OF jungle life. snakes and members oi
the cat family particularly.
1T was one OF the most exciting
and perilou. Journeys that white
man has ever undertaken and passed
through alive. said member of the
party Their" were times when
wrong moy" meant death. not only
amons the -ayases. hut also while
traNe ing The treacncrous iluallayt
river. iull % rapid, AMI whirlpool
We had 10 divide our NIGHTS into Ton
watches as protection both against
the Indians and wild beasts
It MAS after tAet crossed over the
rang" to The headwatcrs Of the Anna
zon that the trcal troubles Of the eN
petition began Both the north am
south rivers forming the upper Nina
zen have been explored. and the party
Therefore took their course down the
middle river. from which no white
man ever before has returned
Before the descent began eight OF
the party were stricken with fever and
had to remain behind The four who
came through found the middle river
known as the IIuallayo. a succession
OF whirlpools ana rapids
Many 9f the natives along its banks
never haI seen white men before
They were armed with bows and ar
rows and the arrows We're tipped with
poison. The members OF the party
had difficulty in keeping their guides,
as the natives frequently attempted TO
ambush them Some OF the natives
had old hintlocks, but the party was
equipped with the finest modern r.
peating rifles, aud To- this they owe
their lives.