The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-13

into the. Darien. Unless this is done they will be lost. ~e '1zz.
 "I am going to take the Indians with me. including the five copper-colored Indians, to the country, near Rochester, N. T., where plan to put the children in school. If it can be arranged with the immigration authorities, I plan to keep the children in school.
 s Where They We're Found
 I've found our white Indians at the latter end of our expedition at Maya gandi. on the: San Bias coast, about 20 miles north of Caledonia bay. We have trayersed the Darien region, through the Darien harbor, the River Tuyra and up the Chucunaque, fighting insects and disease and shortage of food. Dr. Baer had returned to Panama, where we later learned that he had died, and we had carried Dr. Baer to the coast, in a desperate drive through the ell but impossible ,jungles between the Chucunaque river and Caledonia bay. "F
 '''Dr.. Baer had been infected by a huge howler monkey, the victim of an affliction caused by a deadly fly, after he had shot the monkey for purposes brain comparison. The infection had developed into septicaemia and Dr. Baer was helpless. As he weighed 25O pounds, eight Indians were required to catfy him, fslung in a hammock through the jungle. When we,reached the coast, I went toS Obadala, on the Colombian border and teiegraphed to the American air service at Panama for an aifpIane to take Dr. Baer to the hospital
 tAs we, later learned, the airplane was driven back, on it's first start by severe storm. It arrived at 6 o'clock the next day, five minutes after Dr. Baer's deaths = F .tAs darkness came on swiftly a heavy rain was falling, and we were com pelled to, make a grave for Dr. Baer in l the jungle, scooping out the soft earth with. tin plates. eW stood at military salute as the body was lowered. x
 Although our expedition had been cut down to a remnant by death and illness, and we were precariously low on supplies, we had come for white In dians andI was determined to get them -I knew they were there.
 Pays Visit To Chief
 ''I decided to visit Chief Ina PAg. uinia at Sarsardi, a few miles to the west. Ina Paguinia, who was the 'chief of chiefs" and in a very lit eral sense. the king of the Darien, re- ceived me coldly. He had never heard of white Indians. He said there was none in the Darien. As the days pass, ed, and he became treasured regarding my intentions, I began to get on bet I ter terms with him. ''.'
 ''sI told the chief that I was still convinced that there were white h. dians~ in his kingdom and. that if could take some of them to America, I could portray, to the American peo- pie the necessity of carrying aid to his perishing race. Gradually, learned why the Indians had resisted the abor- 4 tive efforts of the Panamanian govern ment to establish schools in the will derness. The schools, he said, were taught by negroes, and they had been worse than unsatisfactory. They were determined to fight the encroachment of the negroid peoples to the last, as they are jealous in preserving their racial purity. -...-
 T found an epidemic of smallpox raging. Again went to Obadala and cabled to the United States army medi- cal service for physicians and vaccine. They refused to send them. then ca bled to President Porras of the Pana-