The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-09-22

plored forest in southern British Gut
ana.
Melville did his best to dissuade DR..
/ arabee from the trip. declaring that
the chances We're against his coming
| out alive. DIR. Faralee refused to be
~dissuadeu. but persuaded Ogilvie to 70
with him. Six months later Melville
passed them on the street. and 20
changed We're they by the effects of
the journey that he did not recognize
them. DR.. Farabee's account of that
trip is thrilling.
1T was most successful" he said.
"From Dec. 1G, 1913. to April l. 1911.
we We're among tribes who had never
| seen white men before. All Of them
We're very interesting. None had ever
seen matches. or guns. or salt. 81 cloth
All wanted tishhooks. and many GOT
their first one from us.
"On our trip into the Waiwai coun-
try it was necessary to reduce the
party to siX-four Indians, Ogilvie and
myself. \ larger party couldn't live on
the country. The tribes live far apart.
often ten or twelve days over rough
mountains and across rivers. Three
fourths Of the time and all of the last
month we had to depend upon the
game and fish We could catch. Our
ammunition got low, but the Indians
with us used their bows and arrows
we'll. When we GOT ont we had two
loads Ot shot and SnNnItnnr ,.itin a
trldgeS left-a narrow margin.
"Sometimes we had plenty of food.
Often nothing. Sometimes fruit and
nuts. Sometimes for two days nothing
but alligator. Sometimes nothing but
the heart or head of the palm tree.
The wild turkey and black monkey
supplied the hesr of our food. We often
found birds nests. When not in the
rapids we GOT fish.
"Ogilvie had been fourteen years In
the bush and was the best man | ever
saw for such work. but he found here
the worst waterfalls he had ever seen.
IN what are NOW as the Great falls
we spent several days. 1t was impos-
sible to get through. We carried every
AAA- ~ ''tllV ~ lllt ltol VI lllt IdllS
on the Dutch side. and there, to our JOY,
we found four large canoes belonging
to men hunting balata gum, who We're
deep in the forest. l ook one Indian
and followed a trail for two DAYS. but
could not find them. This was the
worst trip of my experience. Ogilvie
was too weak to go. There was moth
inp nlcn 70 a., l,,A -, Il r -
strange canoes, Il great crime in Dutch
Guiana. The next day we met some
negroes and persuaded them to take us
down to the first store and to return
the canoe.
we got out none too soon, as Ogilvie
was having fever every night and | Sc
we're chills and fever every other night.
Having fever all night and working
hard all day on poor food cut us to
pieces rapidly. When | left Philadel-
phia my weight was 1913 pounds. When
we reached the Dutch s%torehouse it
was 40 pounds. We arrived barehead-
ed and harcfooted and starved, of
course
OF the characteristics and customs of
the natives he me during the course OF
the expedition DR.. Farabee is enthusi-
astlt. After their first tilnidity at the
appearance of white mcn had vanished
they were courteous and gracious and
Received the explorers With a hospital
ltN from which the white man could
we'll take lessons.
One OF the most interesting discover
les made by Or. Farabce was that
there are women in the world who
have no thoughts Of dress TO occ,lpy
thelr minds and yet remain happy and
contented. Virtually all of the tribes
he visited go nude except for a beaded