The evening world., 1914-05-01

Aef the Roosevelt South American ZEE
4 t>eamship Denis Of the Booth line.
C6bt. Y1ala was completely out Of to
he trouble with Mexico at Quaranti,
Capt. Fiaia had seen nothing Of
Col. Roosevelt since March 4. when
thsy decided to split their party %
net they could explore two almost
unDEnown rivers. When Capt. Fiala
W. informed Of the Mexican stu.
at1po he said he was Of . mind to
ssad . eabisgram to the Colonel to
ee0e home At once.
= preceded Col. Roosevelt from
Ris Jansiro." said Capt. Fiaia. and
- . result missed all the social
afsAirs. went to Corumba in the
prov1ncs Of Matte Crosse and there
awaited the Colonel. He Joined me
- Christmas Eve and We we're to-
gUthee until March 4.
WRECKED ALMOST At THE
oUTseT.
We ct out for the headquarters
~ the Paraguay River on . Bra
sAllan Government boat and after
Ward started into the wilderneSs with
Q pack train. After 400 miles Of
marching through IN unexplored
country We came 10 the Duvida River.
which In English u known as the
River OF Doubt. Up to the time OF
our arrival no white men had ever
explored the Duvida River. and the
Colonel decided TO follow II a. far ~
possiblc. We set out from Utiarity.
the last telegraph, station IN tho wilds.
Two days out Of Utiarity we decided
to split up our party. The Colone!
said he would follow the Duvida
River and chose to explore the
Tapagaio River. The Colonel and
na-.ed In a drenching rainfall. and
was ret back two days journey. 1t
yas a trying experience. for the rain
ecn as though the bottom OF the
clouds had dropped out.
1--WE met with disaster whom we On.
.ountercd tho first rapids In the
f'apagaio River. had with me q
Brazilian officer and seven men. We
were travelling In two canoes. With
out warning our canoes went under
and we found ourselves struggling In
the terrific current. l sank four times
before ] managed to grasp hold OF
the branch Of a tree ovcrhanging the
river. I was almost exhausted, and 1t
was with great difiiculty that I pulled
myself olko tho bough and began a
tedious passage to the bank. I think
would have fallen back into the
river had It not been for the assist.
anco given me by a powerful native
member OF tho party who had made
Nsheeo.
~ $When We got to tho bank We had
no back tnr way through tho dense
tropical growth with rhachetes
Aftsr that experience I began to !na,
conddSncs In the native canoes ant
canoe had with me. The native,
wers sksptical Of my light canoe
thinking II would DO broken like ~
egB shell. but. a. 1t was afterward
denonstrated. the American cano,
was the only thing that made oul
passage possible. The upset of the
canoes resulted In tho loss OF mos
Of my effects. Cameras. rifles. gum
and foodstuffs went to tho bottom o.
the turbulept stream. One Of thu
natives by diving succeeded In res
cuing ono Of the moving picture cam
sras and ! repaired II.
Our passage up the Papagaio Ju
rafaa and Tapajos -rivers was tn,
hardest experience ! have ever under
gone. We had to portage continual,
ana to take our canoes OFT OF the rtvel
and carry them overland around thu
many rapids meant cutting down tree
! ana through the densest tropica
srkwths. The rapids where met with
-h@uble were formerly known as tn,
Rdpids da Diablo or rapids OF tn,
Devil When Col. Roosevelt heard o
my trouble he sent word that the NAM
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