The Washington herald., 1914-05-27
I. R. SAYS HEPUT
A RIVER ON MAP
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whole time In order to keep the fever
from us. think everybody got the
fever more or less. but II we had not hao
the quinine We would have been laid
out.
AT the time we were doing this, M,.
Fiala went down the Papagaio which
had never been previously descended
into the Tapajos. On the Papasaio his
canoe was swan ped and all his belong
ings We're Jost
.;Mr. Mueller, with Capt Amilcar. wen,
down the Rio Jurena to the MADEIRA. Al
one of the rapids Capt. Amilcar's canoe
was upset and all his belongings lost,
Including his Instruments. maps. and note
books, SO that he was unable to 90 on
with any of the work that he was doing
Of a geographic type.
1--WE We're fortunate enough or our trip
down the river not to lose any Of our
instruments or any of the specimens or
note books or anything else that was OF
consequence to the expedition, but We
had to cut all our personal belongings
down to the bone. For instance, We end
ed the trip with the three Brazilian Of
feers and Kermit and Cherrie sleeping
under one of the light ny tents that
had been brought down from New York
with us, which weighed very little.
.'Our personal belongings we cut down
to the clothes we had on, which did not
look nice. and to one spare set Of un-
Of sorts. and two or three
or r-handkerchiefs apiece. We kept
the food. of course. That was one thing
We could not have spared. We kept a
large part Of the madeleine. We had a
Ia h1r ,h> k.,s
had to discard about tvo-thirds Of II.
We discarded all the useless .,><.ruments,
keeping only those that were absolutely
necessary for the astronomical observa,
tions. to place where the river ran, and
the tentage. as I-have described. we
cut down to probably a fourth of what
We started with.
"On the upper course Of the river there
were Indians. They were afraid of US,
and somewhat hostile. think their
hostility was due only to timidity, but
II you are shot by a man because he
Is afraid Of you 1t Ia almost as un-
pleasant as IL he shot you because he
disliked you.'
Col. RoAdon Nearly shot.
Col. Rondon was nearly shot. He was
put hunting for monkeys. because we
were hungry, and he had q dog with
him. He heard what he thought was the
bowling Of spider monkeys. The dog
went ahead and he followed. 1t proved
TO be couple CT Indians who were
the calling Of the spider mon
keys, probably to attract him. The first
hing he knew about he was hearing
he dog yell, then coming toward him,
hen yell again, and then silence; and
ne was sure. and II afterwards proved
ne was right. that II had been killed by
Indians. He fired his revolver in the air.
mo the Indians ran. We afterwards
vent out ourselves and found the dead
body OF the dog with two arrows through
L without question, il the dog had
not preceded him. Rondon himself would
,ave been killed. That was the only time
nat we ran any risk Of any kind from
he Indians.
In the wilderness. people portray YOU
As oeinG m danger from crocodiles and
aguars and SO on. They are not the
things you mind. It il the mosquitoes
the poisonuous ants. It ID the ants thai
,at up your clothing. It Ia the mori-
ounoa wasps that are perfectly av.
'uL.. 1t 10 these so-caiied borochuda ana
,irm nfes. which are like the hack
hes Of the Northern woods. only worse
md 1t Is the insect pests of that Kind
nat are really very serious drawbacks
o work In the wilderness The camar-
ldes, the men who fere with us, nor
nahy went oarefooted. At one place where
We stopped to build the canoes the boro-
,huda flies were such a torment ths,
ne feet Of the men swelIed until thew
we're unable to work. They had m
wrap them in gunnysacks and every.
ning OF that kind in order to 20 on with
heir work. The life lacked q good deaI
u being undiluted pleasure during ,ha
ime that we spent at that camp We
we're about three days, almost four dav,
n the camp.
AS We went down the river We an
ountered various affiuents; first a small
'niueht on the right, then a larger one
n the ieft' then one larger still on the
lsnt' tnen another on the left. Then. |
! Iau.uie p-aS we encountered a big
liver to the right. the Cordozo wbicS
re thought might be the Pinean,I. -.
lnanas, Of which 1 spoke I'm m. h.
inning, although 1t is possible that ~.
'ineapple or Ananas runs into the hsad
1aters OF the upper Aripona. and there
tier comes into the main stream Lower
own. io"er
Atter that We encountered no tribu-
aries on the right, and two on the Ief, |
ne Rio Brancho and the Madareno a.
bout degrees 30 and somewhere ahova
degrees; and then. in about 7 degrees
or degrees 30. a big stream. abou,
big as that down which we wera
DING. the so-called upper Aripona, WHICH
anne in to the right
Canoes Lost in Canyons,
Now I have described to Won ,u.,
hat 1t was that We did on this explora.
on trip. If any gentleman here would
ke 10 ask me any question about II on
ny point that have left obscure, or on
ny point as to which he desires more
iIormauon'I should be glad to give
nm .ne oest answer that 1 can. And.
ir. drosVenor, I should like to ask par
quarry II any member of the Geo.
raphical Society. or IL any man who
as been in South America, has any one..
on OF any kind to ask in connection
18th that river, should be really eisd
have him put It, and will answer n
l say, to the best of my ability
'Ifsno one wishes to ask any ouest,,,
hen, just to sum up. i ask YOU To r.
'ember the exact language that I have
sed tonight. 1t is the language I used
course, amplified. when on Nav Ill
rote out my telegraphic report as head
what In Brazil was known as the
xpediciae Cientifica Roosevelt Rondon.
men report I wrote 10 Mr.. Iauro
lueller. the present Secretary of Foreign
fairs of Brazil
And Just to save the possibility NJ
our misunderstanding 1t, want To-
,peat two things. The party consist.
1. In addition to myself. of M
herrie. of the American Museum of
atural History. my son, and of coI
ondon, colonel Of engineers of Rraxh