Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-06-06
GIimpses of some of the Things
the Apostle of Strenuous
ness Had to Endure

The Apostle of Strenuosity is re-
turning home. to become merely a POI
Iitcal leader, or a governor or pres
ident or some such Insignificant per-
sonage of civilization. II Is rather a
pity: any one can be president here,
the constitution says So, but few can
be Bwana Tumbos or Muy Simpatcas
the whole world over. Being a pres
ident may be a matter Of personality,
but il is likely to be many other
things besides, none of which relate
particularly TO the incumbent Being
the most celebrated and the most uni
rersaliy popular American among
most OF the nations, civilized or not,
around the world, depends upon a
magnetic personality. humanness, and
vitality, Colonel Rooseyelt's three
great characteristics. In his South
American trip. made especially for thu
benefit of the American Museum of
Natural History. besides collecting
thousands of specimens OF bird and
animal life, he has roamed forests
known only to the natives OF these
wilds, mapped out a hitherto unknown
wilderness, and. IL report be true, dis
covered o river one-third the size of
the Mississippi or Missouri. The &C.
counts brought back from South
America by Anthony FialG, who &C
companied Roosevelt for some six
weeks through the Jungle, bear wit
ness to the fact that the colonel
proved himself once more to be an
intrepid, untiring. and absolutely I'M
daunted explorer. He tells to a New
York Times reporter, for instance. this
story of days hunting:
Zone Of Colonel Rcoseyelt's most
stirring adventures occurred on New
Years Day. when he went awag-trom
the camp at daylight with Kermit and
two Brazilian officers and three In.
dams TO shoot tiger-cats. We did moi
hear from the party until late in the
afternoon, when q big Indian came
running into camp. shouting .Burroo.
Gurra-Tiarru, which meant Plenty
work, tired, He fell down in a. corner
and went to sleep. Twenty minutes
later another Indian ran in, apparent.
ly all used up. He said. Gurra-H Harm,
and he went to sleep. The third In
dian arrived then and said. Harru.' as
hethreW up his arms and went of
In to a trance
This caused me to become anxious
about the safety OF the colonel and
fis son, and we started to look for
them, as 1t was getting toward sun
down. After walking through the for
est for a short distance we came to q
small open space, where We found one
OF the Brazilian ofiders lying on the
ground SO dead tired that he could go
no further His clothes were torn and
his face and neck we're covered with
dust and blood.
Leaving him in the care Of three
II the natives to carry him back to
the camp, pushed on farther and in
another clearing ] saw Colonel Roose-
Welt and Kermit dragging the other
Brazilian officer after them through
the jungle. shall never forget the
awesome appearance of the intrepid
colonel as the falling rays of the sun
streamed through the trees and lit up
his dutsy and begrimed features. HIS
clothes were torn to tatters and Kerr
NIT was In the same condition, but
had not his fathers warlike look.
Il called out to him, Are you all
right, Colonel?+ and he replied, I'm
bully, and then we went to camp
with the used-up officer Next day the
colonel and Kermit were about the
camp as If nothing had happened out
Of the ordinary, hut the Brazilians
were laid up for two days. The In
dams regarded the colonel with awe
after that trip.
mr.. Fiala himself has completed an
exploring trip that bears no mean
comparison to the colonels achieve
ments. According to the New York
Evening Posts account, of an inter.
view, If any man doubt that Fiala is
the greatest man on earth, there will
Z be four at least to defend him-An-
thony, Jr., Reid Puryear Fiala, May
Maury Ffala, and Lenore Fontaine FL
aha. They claimed definite and In
territorial part in the interview and
took sides alternately with interview
er and interviewed. Most of all, how
ever, were they engrossed with the
many boxes, trunks, crates. and sacks
of South-American trophies. They
pried, poked, pinched, and pulled at
the contents, while the story of adj
venture went on. Speaking of the dis
comforts of the journey, Mr.. Fiala
said: st. 4
THAT'S the richest country in the
world, but il is a terribly hard country
to travel through Virgin wilderness,
you know, just tremendous, roaring
waters, and big trees I'm not bit
surprised to hear that the colonel has
been sick. We. all had a hard time.
The insects, alone, are enough to
cause skin trouble was covered
with bites, myself, although l did not
suffer from boils like the colonel. The
provisions of both parties were short
ened by the accidents in the rapids.
You know my party lost two out OF
three canoes, and the colonel's lost
five out of seven. Here!"
He broke off as Anthony, Jr., merg-
ed from q telescope bag with gaily
painted little after-dinner coffee-cup in
his hand.
This is what we had breakfast in"
Fiala continued. "A cupful of coffee
/, like this when we got up in the morn
ing, and nothing more until ten
O'clock. We had no Indians with my