The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-25
PROF. CHERRIE LECTURES.
Continued from Page L.

RE paid fine tribute to Theodore Roose-
welt. He said = 1t is a great privilege
to speak to the boys and girls, and to
! the men and women, about Theodore
Roosevelt, and how he differed from
most men. The speaker said that IN
| his many years Of camp life he had
/ bunked with all kinds of men, good,
| bad and Indifferent. ''It has been my
! experience, he said, that in long
RAINY season the campers grow grouchy
and complaining; but in my long eX-
| perlence | never heard Theodore boose-
welt utter a word of complaint or allow
vulgar word to pass his lips.
The professor then took UP the ac-
count of his trip. With Roosevelt
| Through the Brazilian Wilderness,
which was accompanied by beautifully
colored slides of South American cities,
| the iungles of that continent, the River
Of Doubt, and various South American
peoples
On Oct s, 1913, the steamer Van Dyke
sailed from Brooklyn with the exploring
party on board On their arrival in
Rio de ,Ianeiro, which Prof Cherrie
spoke of as wonderful and beautiful
city, they We're entertained as guests OF
the Brazilian government. Here the
party decided to try to get away from
the beaten path of previous explorers
on their trip into the unknown wilder
nesses Of the central part of Brazil.
welt heard of a river whose source had
been found, but whose course was I'M
known 10 man. Because of this fact
il had been chTistened, 1.-The River of
Doubt Roosevelt said he wanted to
put this river on the map, so the party
decided to 60 to the source of the river
and then follow it to its junction with
some well-known stream.
SO on Christmas eve they started on
their trip into the wilderness with s.
days rations. After crossing great
plateau they at last came TO the river
and embarked in canoes Here Prof.
Cherrie said that few people have any
conception Of the tremendous size of
Central Brazil with its thousands OF
square miles of land uninhabited except
by scattered Indian tribes.
After a journey of a few days down
the river the party came to the last
group Of human beings which they saw
Tor two months. These Indians We're
polygamous and We're found to be clad
in the style of the Adam and Eve period.
Before four DAYS had passed the
party began TO meet with difficulties
which never left them throughout their
long struggle in the wilderness. A long
succession of rapids caused repeated
Dortages which were terribly slow be-
cause they necesSitated cutting a path
through the traekiesS wilderness. Then
one boat was lost in a whirlpool and
tiIN tuIttu the parity 10 stop 10 buitb
another canoe Quickly following this
delay came tragedy, when one of the
Indian Daddlers was drowned when "a
boat capsized in the rapids
At this point the party realized that
their only hone of salvation lay in speed
a their food supply was getting low.
Consequently most of the luggage was
| thrown away. Short OF food and eN
haustad from long partages. some OF
! the men began TO weaken. To Keen them
from starvation the party ate the tons
of palm trees, which are something like
our celery
This was not very satisfying. however.
and some of the native canoemen be-
came criminally vicious from the effects
of starvation. and began to steal food
To add to the difficulties Roosevelt was
taken i'll. and at last he asked the party
to leave him there to die, and 90 on
TO safety ~ he was q helpless burden
on their hands. The party refused to
leave him however, AID went on.
Soon the rapids became less frequent
end less savage. aud the partv began to
find signs of approaching inhabited ccun-
try. At last. after two days more of Strug
gle, the party came to rubber gatherers
camp where they got food Here, $50
miles from the Amazon, he EXPLORERS
found a relief expedition sent out by the
Brazilian government The government
had sent similar expeditions up every
river which Joined the Amazon in that
section Of Brazil in the hone Of getting
tho right river
In closing Prof Cherrie told the BOYS
hat al l,e had left for clothing at the
ond of the Journey was Il shirt, while
Kermit Roosevelt had only pair of
trousers.
Tho lecture was given fo~ the benefit
Of troop . Boy Scouts OF America
DEATHS
In Brattleboro. April - Mrs Lillian