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many through its system of intrigue
and propaganda might be able to stir
UP revolt in southern Brazil. The Bra
lillian government has not been I'M
mindful of this possibility. but has al
ways treasured the alarmists. 1t has
issued several statements explaining
that the German speaking Inhabitants
are far less numerous than has been
assumed, but 1t has not deemed 1t ne
cessary to state just what measures 1t
has taken to prevent these inhabitants
becoming the tools of German autoc-
racy.
Brazil borders on the northern prov
inces of Uruguay. the latter country
has reason to be disquieted over the in
fiuence of the Berlin propaganda.
Should Germany actually succeed in
starting a revolt. this would be di-
rected as much against Uruguay as
against Brazil. and. in fact. geographic
ally. Uruguay would be in much more
danger than Brazil herself. While the
peril may be imaginary. 1t is not one to
be lightly dismissed by any responsible
government. The willingness of Ar
gentinG. to co-oi'erate by means Of her
armed forces In case Uruguay should
be attacked from this source therefore
is reassuring. And it has international
significance. as showing how all South
America ultimately may he lined up
against Germany.
Uruguay Is in q position to be OF ma
teriul aid to the allies by other means
in addition to turning over the tonnage
of the German merchant ships. She
has both supplies and funds which are
at their disposal.
Two years ago the economic situation
was not good. and there was fear
that Uruguay would not be able to feed
her own people. Her resources are
largely agricultural. but they consist
principally in pasturage rather than in
cereals. In some years during peace
there was wheat for export, but in other
years there was barely enough for the
domestic consumption. The uncertain
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were invited the allies were bidding
against one another. and 1t Is rot un-
likely that through the 'charhels of
diplomacy this matter is belng ar
ment will receive fair compensation
based on competitive Nds The
principal thing is it's will ngness that
the allies shall have the use of the
vessels and that German tonnage shall
thus be placed at their d ky,osal
Another aspect Of Cruguay's course
In challenging Germany is to bring out
the position of Arge,Aina. While the
Argentine policy still continues vague.
there are signs that j.: soon will become
more definite and hat this definiteness
Will not be pleasing to Germany. With
Brazil actually at war with Germany
and with Uruguay conStructively SO. it
becomes increasi hgly difficult for Ar
eentina to main Gain an attitude of in
diHereHce. Pop lar sentiment at any
time may rise, and submerge the ad-
riinistration Ehich seeks to continue
friendly reia' sons with Germany.
mere Is ar International phase OF the
Grusuayan policy as it influences or Is
lnnuenced by Argentina. Some time
ago dispa ches from Buenos Aires and
AiohteVld 60 stated that Argentina had
agreed a, place her armed forces at
Crugua rs disposal il the latter's north
ern pr bvinces were threatened by
oerHasn uprising in southern Brazil
The, German speaking element in
soo' hern Brazil has been q subject OF
spe kulation since the Brazilian govern
M mt took SO positive a stand against
Germany. There are not, as is often
stated. a million persons speaking Ger
man in southern Brazel. or even half
: that number. But in the state Of Santa
Catarina and Rio Grande do Sui there
is a compact German-speaktng people.
descendants of German colonists of
more than fifty years ago. At that time
southern Brazil was practically unin-
habited. and these German coloniets
kept their own language. and, to a
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ness. Then the girls Gust American
college girls. you know, not hero1neSl
in books) pulled themselves together
as the Quakers wrung their hands anu
called
"All out, Round up the children
And it was so. In the fourteen VII
lagos assigned them only the colleSel
girls knew all the children and where|
to find them. Already. when 1 visited
them last october, they were caring for
300 under fifteen years of age. Sup
pose it is Hombleux," they told mel
I'VE get the children together, cleanI
them, clothe them, feed them, give
them a good recreation with American
games and leave them hand work to dol
We Try to raise standards. stir hope
These poor people have been terribly
tried and are liable to sit daZed and
talk about their troubles.
Three girls to each auto-camion, they
jumped in. with Red Cross men and
French and British rescuers. to dash on
TO the Villages and round up the chill
dren." OF course. it meant the moth
ers and the family as well, Including
dog, cat and canary. You would have.
to see those villages to understand. NO
postnan could find his way among the.
ruins. Only the feminine mind could
remember who lived where. by months
of visiting. Our girls counted noses
ard licked off the humble populations
Nobody else knew them! =
They rushed them to the nearest 70
lief station.
When the evacuation began. the
American Red Cross. cooperating with
the Franco-British authorities, estab1
liehed a chain of such relief stations fof
refugees. Floyd Vankeuren of Denver
was in charge at Amiens. W. B. Jack
son of Florida, DR.. John c. Baldwip[pl
Baltimore and staff nurses from the
children's hospital were at Nesle, and
as they came up, triumphantly. in ca- !.
mion after canton, the Quakers and,
Smith collegers handled the station az
Montdidier. STERLING HEILIG.
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want to buy is cook stoves. garden
implements and stuff to patch up
houses"
They wrote home impassioned ap-
peals to Mrs. Lucius Thayer of Ports
mouth. n H. head of their executive
committee, and Mrs. Harrison Lyman
ST Sharon. Mass, their treasurer. They
had come to do social service and found
poor folks living in chicken houses.
Later. when they entered the Ameri-
can Red Cross, they had its mighty or
ganization to draw on. Great works
and great hopes were blooming with
the fields The devastated regions won
back by French valor began to look
like land. instead of chaos. Andre de
Fouquier.s, the former cotillon leader
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think. when they come in their auto.
to find my door locked and me gomez"
1t was only a month ago.
Carbon, my Neuilly janitor, returned
from his difficult journey without the
old dame: and all the way. he sang. in
his turn, the praises of the Philadelphia
unit, the Daily unit and the American
Quakers. and the Smith College girls;
and always he returned to the Smith
collegers.
"One morning at dawn" he said,
"three girls came driving their auto, to
ask Offoy folks what seeds they wanted.
The American tractors had already
plowed the fields. The folks chose their
seeds. The Americaines brought them
in busheI sacks. All right. A week
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the list" Get your village people
ready. Wen be back soon"
fastened from their homes at few
hours notice, lamenting that their
bundles must be limited. burdened with
the care of sick and aged. faint and
hungry till they reached a train-head.
dazed. confused. without will. they had
to be moved from spot to spot like
packages. At Offoy they were ordered
out of their homes at Z o'clock of a
Sunday night. allowed till midnight to
gather their belongings and be ready
to pile into the camions. Lucky, In
those hours, seemed the villages. like
Hombleux, situated on a railroad.
In the night Of horror and confusion
there was just this momentary weak
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uruguays Readiness for State Of War With Germany

ties of the world war caused apprehen-
sion of a shortage. and the congress
passed an act putting an embargo on
the export of wheat and four Last
years crop. however. was an unusually
good one. and it is said that there Will
be considerable surplus of wheat for
export. 1t is likely. therefore. that
congress will repeal the embargo. and
the Uruguayan government will ar
range to supply the allies with the sur
plus wheat.
Uruguay from the beginning has sup
piled the allies with wool. When Ger
many seized Belgium the Uruguayan
WOOL which previously had gone to
Boston, the larger quantity being taken
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were more Interested IN making corn
pone or putting up fox grape jelly than
STUNNING sweet fancies on the narp-
sichord or dancing the minuet- Such
revelations might be shocking to many
descendants and It might be that few
devoted readers of the Rambler would
write him scolding letters. But he
would brave all these dangers IL he
could call up the ghosts of some of
these Indians and hold with them
good. sociable. grave-side talk.
~
\
This Indian burying ground is hard
to come at and no very great amount of
information about the Indians buried
there Is to be obtained. at least in the
dim and tangled woods where these
graves are. II Indians were buried
there they were given burial by white
men. The facts probably are that some
Potomac Indians living in the neighbor-
hood of Great Falls for many years
after the coming of the white settlers
were buried there by their white
friends. Those Indians, friends and
neighbors of the whites. were probably
given Christian sepulture in the private
burial ground of some old planter whose
name has passed from the memory of
of the. records of Prince William or
Fairfax county, If those records exist.
1t may be that F. w Richardson. clerk
Of the court of Fairfax county. and
whom everybody in the county affec-
tionately calls '"Tudy' Richardson, or
Judge J. M. Love. who was long judge
of the county court of Fairfax. could
throw some light on the owners of that
land in the early eighteenth century.
The Indians were not driven out of the
region of Washington. Some moved
further into the wilderness that they
could pursue their happiness in their
own way. Many remained to dwell
among the whites. Many of these con-
toms and, dying, were laid no one
knows where. Some of these people
becoming unable to support themselves
were public charges upon the cofonists,
and among the records Of the assembly
Of Maryland, and very likely among
those OF the legislature OF Virginia, are
to be found acts for the relief OF these
Indians.
Some intermarried with the colonists.
A good many white men married indian
women and the union of Indians and
negroes was not uncommon. There are
In southern Maryland today many col
ored people who will tell you that they
are part Indian, and some of these peo-
Rambler has in mind large family in
Prince Georges and Charles counties
who from the earliest times have been
called "the free Proctors." Not far from
Jamestown and Yorktown is q race OF
dark-skinned people who claim to be
descendants of the Pamunkey Indians,
a family Of the Powhatan nation Of Vir-
ginia. Some of the Maryland Indians
adopted the white mans way Of living
and took white mems names.
The solemn spot which the Rambler
visited in the woods above Great Falls
no doubt contains the ashes and perhaps
the bones of Indians. They may have
been dependent Indians who were living
among the whites or they may have
been those Indians who adopted the
ways and customs of. the whites. The
Rambler was told of this place about
two years ago by Uncle Jimmy Tram
NELL He has since passed away. Uncle
Jimmy was eighty-two years old and
had lived in the Great Falls neighbor-
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county road which striking off to the
north from the Georgetown and Lees
burg turnpike near Elkins leads on
OILS branch and Jefferson branch and
fntersects the road which runs north
from Dranesville on the pike to ferry
which carries one across the Potomac
to the mouth Of Seneca creek, in Mary
land. After coming to the end of the
River Bend road should you turn to the
right you will pass the farms of John
Shottroff, Barron Thomas, George Con-
ner. Elmer Henderson. George Cum
mings and Billy Pool. Should you turn
to the left you will pass the old farm
of John Turner, which now has new
proprietor. old Joe Cravens place.
Mrs. Edgar Jacksons farm. the Michael
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large degree, their own customs and
institutions. The Portuguese inter-
mixture came slowly through intermar-
riage with native Brazilians and few Of
them learned to speak Portuguese. In
stead, Brazilians who Qwent among
them were compelled to learn German.
The Brazilian government apparently
did not deem it necessary or else
thought it inexpedient to insist on the
Inhabitants learning to speak Portu-
guese and conducting their official af-
fairs in Portuguese. At the same time
Berlin kept up the subsidy for the Ger
man schools and the German churches.
Under these conditions naturally there
has been some apprehension that Ger
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these German steamers The commit
tee consisted Of the ministers Of for
eign affairs and finance, respectively,
and three members Of congress. SO that
1t was made sure that the executive
and the legislative branches would be
In harmony.
The Uruguayan ministers in the en-
tente countries of Europe and in the
United States were notified Of the action
taken, and some tenders were received
through them, while some direct bids
also were made. One Of these direct
bids was from the Emergency Fleet
Corporation Of the United States. At
tention was directed to the fact that
through the manner in which tenders
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he would wag his tail and yelp as
though he were trying to say, You see,
stranger, you can't lose me here; was
born around here and my ancestors
have hunted rabbits through these
woods and fields for many genera
TONS"
The lure that led the Rambler to in
wade this nearby but little visited
neighborhood was the story of an In
dian burial ground. Why such a sad
place should be lure is not easy to
explain. Perhaps it was the fact that
the most distinguished ethnologists
anthropologists and antiquaries of the
Cosmos Club have not found an au-
thentic burial ground of the Indians
who dwelt in the Potomac region. Per-
haps it was the thought that in such
or names of Potomac Indian might
arise from the tangled growth Of vines
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tors, but the Rambler was willing to
take that risk. Perhaps the old Indian
cestors in the Potomac valley wore silk
stockings, silver buckles and velvet
coats with fine lace rufi1es in the
sleeves. Perhaps he might tell that
some ancestors were not the personal
friends or court favorites of King
Charles the First or the Second and
that they did not carry in one pocket
a scholarship degree from Oxford or
Cambridge and in the other pocket a
royal patent for 10000 acres. Per-
haps he might tell that some ancestors
spent more time in chopping wood. lay
ing brick or shoeing horses than in
drinking the kings health IN sack or
malmsey at the Royal Arms Tavern in
Piscataway, the Golden Crown Inn at
Port Tobacco or the Sword and Garter
at Dumfries, and that ancestresses
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a worn tIdll leduo AioiA
IN Great Falls north along the
~ Virginia shore. For half mile
x X 1t is broad and we'll defined. and
then for another half mile 1t is consid-
erably narrower, though still clearly de-
nned Thence on to the Great Bend 1t Is
"a haphazard sort of trail, which has
been marked over the big stones and
through the close-grown shrubbery by
the feet of fishermen and those adven-
turous walkers who are lured and not
appalled, by the call of the wild Many
persons know this trail as far as the
northern limit of the park that has
been set aside at the falls. 1t parallels
on the east, crosses on a rustic bridge
and again parallels on the west the
abandoned canal which is relic OF the
irst enterprise which aimed at con-
Meeting the great lakes and the Allan
tic.
Beyond that point the trail has been
marked by men and women going as
far up as Trammell's. some to fish or
otherwise refresh themselves, and some
to be ferried over the river above the
dam which impounds and defects a
part of the Potomac into the Washing
ton aaueduct Above that point FEW
people pass along bound for Dr. Laoo
camp, which he calls River Bend
Camp" or for the camps OF the row
hatan and Mid-River Canoe clubs. Some
of the constant all-the-year jewellers
on the eastern part Of the River Bend
road take this way of passing to ana
from Great Falls.
About a mile above the falls the Po-
tomac swerves to the northeast ana
then, with a wide and leisurely bend.
changes its direction to the west InaI
turn in the river is called the Bend.
times 1.-The Great Bend" Within the
nend is wide, apron-shaped stretcn
of country. along which runs from east
to west, with several abrupt. though
temporary changes of direction. the
River Bend road
The trail from Great Falls to the
point where the River Bend road ends
ut the Potomac is familiar to good
many Washingtonians, but uncounted
numbers Of persons look upon it with
dread or trepidation because it leads
away from electric lights and electric
cars into a region Of towering hills,
tall trees. rocks and wild waters. 1t
IL very likely true that great numbers
look on Great Falls as the end OF the
earth because it is the end of trolley
line, or at least they think of 1t as the
frontier of civilization.
But above the falls are beautiful
scenes and good people. and back from
the river are some of the fairest farms
and happiest families in Virginia. 1t Is
q region of peace and great beauty.
where the people are cordial and where
the roadside homes are powered in
fruit blossoms and the gardens are gay
with flowers. Even the dogs are
friendly. One can tell the character of
the Inhabitants of a section without
seeing them If he can but see the dogs.
Friendly people have friendly dogs and
people without any intelligence have
fool dogs. A little black dog which
lives at John Meeks' place on the River
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how you should go. Just beyond the
Meeks' home trail leads southeast
through deep woods. You climb hill
clothed with timber and at its top you
will see two tombstones upright, but
deep-sunken in the forest mold.
The stone close to the left hand side
of the road bears an inscription part
of which may be read. The first name
of the man who sleeps there seems to
have been Eli, and you can make out
very plainly that his surname was
Jones. The date of his death seems to
have been December IL. 1872. Across
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Jackson farm. now the property OF
Mase Brooks. and Mark Turner's farm.
When you come to John Meeks' place
on the River Bend road you should
stop and inquire your way to the In
dian burning ground II John ia at
home. he will show you. II he is not.
Mrs. Meeks, who. before her marriage
was Miss Maggie Rollins. will tell you
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Bend road came out into the dusty way
and wagged a greeting to the Rambler
and took it upon himself to act as es-
cort or guide for several miles. He
seemed so proud of his knowledge of
the topography of the region that he
would rush ahead and come back and
dart off through the woods, first on one
side and then on the other. Returning.
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Federal military authorities on the
Virginia side between the Chain bridge
and Great Falls so much trouble during
the civil war. a little further along
the road you come to John Meeks'
home. and in succession to the homes
of James Turner and JEFF Myers.
That brings you to the west end or
the River Bend road, where it joins the
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and trees and tell the Rambler all
about this country as 1t was before the
Europeans began to settle here. Per-
haps that Indian would be able to tell
Interesting stories ABOUT the earliest
white people who came to live upon the
site of Washington. Perhaps he might
disturb some of the legends which de-
scendants preserve about their ances-
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BY CHARLES M. PEPPER.

RUGCAY again has called the
turn on Germany. Its action
further emphasizes the South
American attitude toward Ber-
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-11-24
OBSEQUIOS A LOS SOLDADOS
ENFERMOS.

La Cruz Roia de Ia CIudad ha
emprendido una nueva carnpana ca
ritativa, dedicandose a coiecter do
natives de dulces, cigarros. period
cos V libros ', en- general, TODD ar
ticulo que sea it'll para regalo, con q
obieto de di~stribuirlos entire los So!d&
Gcs que Sc cncuentran en- los hospl-
tales en- los campos cercanos Il San
Antonio, el dia designado para dar
g~raciaS. cue es ell % del actual.
Expresando que puede ser ell ut-
timo dia que San Antonio tenga O.
poranidad de demosUrar SUI ouena
yolun1ad hacia los soldados. La Cruz
Roja ha emprendido su peregrlna'
cion por las GALES de la cludad, soil
citando los efectos anteS ~indicadoS.
los cuales seran ~repartidos por una
comision de daHlas. a los sotdados en-
fermos, el Dia de Gracias-
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-11-24
TRkTAMIENTO CIENTIFlIO
MAS MODERN0
CONOCIDO C~0NSULTORIO,
ESTABLECIDO HACE
MUCHO TEMPO

Horas-de 9 a. II. a s p. n.
Danlingos-de 9 J. m a 2 p. m
70 doy todas las medicines nece-
SariaS.
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BILLlkEN.
FUE ASALTAD0 UN ERkF
Por una partida zapahsta en-
Ell Estado de HidaEgo

CUTnAD DE MEXICO. Nov.em3rc
22.-Hoy sGoose acuj que los >apa-
tistaS qIc merodean en- e t,to''o dc
Mexico hicieron una incursIon 'en g
de Hidalro. y Que asa'taron ei tren
del mismo nombre que iba de cSta ca
pital, comcticndc las mlsmas atroc'-
daGes que TODD 81 mundo conoce ;
apoderandose dc TODD 10 Que eVeoah
los pasaicros y cl express.
Mas tarde sc recib'eron not'ci"S
dc que. cfectivacnte hab'a SIDE a
saItado el tren; pero Que, deo'co Il
que Ell macuinista habia pGdldo CO.
rrer Mus de 10 regular, q convoy
hahia l!egado a Pachuca. no IleTanao
mas aovcdad que Ia del sUrto mayuS-
culo que suf-iera al scr tlroteaoo ci
trcn Dor los bandoleros.
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FL Temps" ma recibido ia siguien-

FL Temps" ha recibido ia siguien-
te carta:
En- = GcclaGacioEes hechas re-
ciertemente al enviado especial de!
TEMPS. NJ. Ma!inof, Presidente del
Console bUlgaro, dijo:
"Es tan solo ahora cuando estamos
en- posibilidad de seguir Ia polihca
que h. sido siemprc la del pueblo bull
caro-
y otros personajes pohticos Sc eN-
presan en- Ia forma siguiente:
Bulgaria fue obligada por el Gar
Fernando : por NJ. RadoSlarof a l.
iiarse con los Imperios Centralcs, Pc
70 q Dartido Malinof Y Ia ~poblacion
con.inuaron siendo p~artidarios de Ia
Eat=Gte.'
Stguramento 1Qe fut de3ido 4 L
simpatia que experimentation por la
Entente por 10 que el "~Preporetz"
iiario de u. Malinof, publico 10 ST.
vuiente. cuando los Gothas comenza-
ron 4 hacer SuS eNcurSioneS SCORE Ia
ris:
"No podemos menos que regoclJar-
nos de Ia 0bra Nevada a cabo por los
~acaratos aiemanes scbre Paris.
iComprenderan. al fin los franceses
que Ia ~potencia alemana eS grande y
que la Ciudad Lug Sc halla a MERGED
de Hindenburg??"
la falta de pudor, aun en- ct case
en- cue provenga de un Primer Nj
nistro bulgaro Y que Sc manifesto en-
Sofia. no debia. a pesar de TODD, pa
sar de ciertos limites Y serla tanto
como herir 4 la opinion publica fran
cesa Suponcr que Sc lie pueda enganar
impunemente por medic de semeJan-
teS mentiraS.