Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1914-02-28
EXPLORERS BONES
FOUND IN PERU
BeSIey Expedition Find Traces
Of Otn3I Parties.
WAS A PfRILOUS JOURNEY
They Encountered savage cannibals.
Armed Win Poisoned Arrows. and
Used Guns to Erive Them or

Used Guns 10 Grive Them OF.
Members of the Be>lc, expedition.
which left the uitcl States last sum
mer To explore HucAarted regions oil
South America. returned TO New Yorh
on the steamer BYRON and reported
they had found the bones OF mem
bers OF the Cromer expedition. who
had entered the wlds OF Peru nearly
two wears ago and wcr" never heard
from
The Crumcr expedition was healed
10y ". II Cromcr. former West Point
cadet. ana William u Page Chicago
high school teacher The l}csley *
petition crossed the continent rom
Lima and came down the Amazon
from the headwaIers 10 its mouth
They found mp and thigh bones and
other traces oil the Cromcr party on
the way ana erected cross to theiT
memory.
Those who returned ~erc Captain
J. Campbell Besle, an Englishman.
Franklin e. Coates j. X. linlbrook
photographer oil the expedition, and
j. W punu". They reported the dis
covery OF new Inca city in Peru.
called Plateri ayoe. and visited other
regions hitherto unknown to 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
bers of either party The Seljan ex
petition was in search OF rubber and
IS said to have been financed by f. T
Grundlich. Of Chicago.
Beslcy said he AMI 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 OFF.
Considerable scientific work was az.
compished Slides were made Of tile
TIA Gy Moving pictures were taken
OF Jungle life. snakes ana members ot
the cat family particularly
cit was one % the most exciting
and pcrilou- Journey, that a witt,
man has ever undertaken and passed
through alive. said a member OF the
party There were times when a
wrong moy, meant death NOT onA
among th- -atas"~ but also while
tra&c iua the treaohorous Uuailay,
river. .ull % rapid ana Whirlpool
We lad to divide our nights into 'oa
watoh' as protection, both aeainsf
The Indian aua wild aca-t-.
II Ma a.irr taeg cro- scd over TIL
range To The Aeadwatcr~ OF Tie ANA
zon That the trcal troubles Of the *
petition began Botl the north an
south rivers forming Tho upper ima
zen have been explored, and the party
Therefore took their course down the
middle river. from which no Whit,
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 liuallayo. a succession
of whirpools and rapids.
Many 9t 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