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

Col. Roosevelt was introduced in few
brief words nv Gilbert GIosvenoT. director
and editor Of the society. and his andi-
cnce included moi only the larGe ineihnei-
snip of The society in WASHINGTON. "u'
many men and women 'lSt1nSulshe'i ~
the public life of the capital. incladihs
Diplomats accredited mere. as We'll ass Y
olorers and scientists who nave Won ial't
over the world among ihem Natn't"'
Pearv.
These in the back of tn. large man
,.or.id not hear distinctly, and nanN Nei'
Obliged to foreco listenn,; to Col toose-
v4it's report on thai account. ihfou%H
an unfortunate mistake in not announcing
Immediately upon the conclusion OF VI
Roosevelt's lecture that moving .'iculrr.
of the scenes through winch ne hdo
Travelled would be shown. a iaf%e pfopo--
ton of tae audience lett the nan before
the exhibition of the pictures hN-a s.,
These views. rs announced dld nor come
out as distinctly as could nave p'eh
wished because Of the fact that tne
camera had been unde- water az tunes
after they were taken.
Col Roosevelt impressed those VINO
heard him with a deep sense OF MS uF
sire to add sonlethin" to the geographical
knowledge of the wG;id. as he explained
his "Trip. He took the most precise oa'hS
to give credit to those who had done eA
plorins work III Brazil before MN ana
70 those who accompanied him and COL
'.E,xpedecia Scientiica RooseNelt-hon-
don" as the exploring party was called
As Col Roosevelt spoke ne held in his
hand a copy OF his report to Gen. i-aaro
Muller Brazilian minister of foreign al
fairs. who suggested the exploring trip
tn Col. Roosevelt. This report. made "hen
Col Roosevelt came out of the wilds was
as follows:
Report to Gen. Muller.
Il wish first to express my profound
acknowledgements to You personally ana
to the other members of the Brazilian
government whose generous courtesy
alone rendered possible the expedicae
scientifica Reconsideration. ! wish also
:" express my high admiration and re-
gard for Col. Rondon and his associates
who have been my colleagues in this
work of exploration. In the third place.
j wish 70 point out that what we nave
jus; done was rendered possible only by
TN. hard and r-+rious labor OF the Bra
lillian teiasraplic corumi sSion in the I'M
explored western wilderness OF Matte
crosse during the last seven years.
We have merely put the cap on the
pyramid Of which they had previously
laid deep and broad the foundations. We
have had hard and somewhat danger
Gus. but very successful trip. No less
than six weeks We're spent in slowly and
with peril and eShausting labor forcing
our way down through what seemed Int
orally endless succession or rapids ana
cataractS. For forty-eight days we saw
no human being. In passing these rap
ids We lost five of the seven canoes with
which We started and had to build others.
One of our best men lost his life in the
rapids. Under the strain one OF the men
went completely bad. shirked all his
work. stole his comrades food, and when
punished by the sergeant, he. with cold
biooded elaboration. murdered the SER
geant and fled into the wilderness. Col.
Rondon's dog. running ahead of MN
while hunting, was shot by two Indians:
by his death he in all probability saved
the life of his master.
I'VE have put on the map river about
1880 kilometers in length. running from
Just south of the 18th degree to north
of the 5th degree and the biggest af-
fluent of the Madeira. Until now its
upper course has been utterly unknown
to every one. and its lower course. al
though known for years to the rubber
men, utterly unknown to all cartogra-
pliers. Its source is between the 18th
and 18th parallels of latitude south and
between longitude 20 degrees and longi-
tude 60 degrees west from Greenwich.
We embarked on 1t about at latitude II
degrees l minute south and longitude 60
degrees Is minutes west. After that its
entire course was between the Goth and
Slst degrees of longitude, approaching
the latter most closely about in latitude
: degrees Il minutes The first rapids
were at Navarite. in II degrees IA min
utes. and after that they were continue
Gus and very difficult and dangerous I'M
til the rapids named after the murdered
Sergt PeisEan in II degrees Il minutes
vt II degrees % minutes it received the
Rio Kermit from the left. At II degrees
- minutes, the Marciano Avila entered
Il from the right. At IL degrees IS min
utes the Taunay entered from the left.
At 10 degrees IS minutes The CardoZa
entered from the right. At 10 degrees "a
minutes encountered the first rubber
men.
The Rio Branco entered from the left
at % degrees IS minutes. We camped at
: degrees 80 minutes. or approximately
the boundary line between the Matte
Crosse and Amazonas. The confluence
with the Aripuana, which entered from
the left was in degrees "A minutes. The