Evening star., 1924-06-21
BY RICHARD O. MARSH.
Special Dispatch to The star.

COLON, Canal Zone, June 21.--
Death, disease and desertion had de-
pleted our party by the early days OF
May. We had come from the Pacific
assembled the Chucunaque River to
its upper reaches and crossed over to
the Atlantic Numerous indications
caused me to realize that we were
within striking distance of our goal
but had not yet achieved it.
Success in the Darien depends upon
two factors-ability to penetrate al
most impenetrable country and abil-
ity to gain the confidence and help
of the native Indian chiefs. Without
these two factors no expedition can
succeed in the Darien. We had dem
onstrated that we had a fighting
chance with the former. We had to
achieve the latter.
Vnccinated Indians.
When the crisis came the three
whites Charles Charlton of the
Pathe News. Harry Johnson, natural
ist. and I, and four blacks of our
original party of twelve whites and
thirteen DldChS ichiiihe. ="
nearly exhausted.
visited Ina Paguina, chief oil
chiefs, or King Of the Darien. our
I treated Ina Paguina for sickness
and later treated hundreds of Indians
for disease. l discovered a smallpox
epidemic and made my way down the
coast to the Colombian border, where
there is an American naval wireless
nd nv yyiraIeSS-
ident Porras of Panama to send doc
tors and vaccine by special boat, OF
fering to pay all expenses II neces-
sary. President Porras responded
Immediately. Two government doc
tors arrived on the coast, and in one
week we vaccinated all the Indians
men, women and children-in the
vicinity of the epidemic. This was
along the coast The doctors refused
to penetrate the interior OF the coun-
try and returned to Colon.
But | had gained the Indians con-
fidence. At my request, Ina Pagulns
called a conference Of all the CHIEFS
of Darien. They came from far dis
tances and from every direction, from
the coast islands and from interior
mountain valleys. I told them thai
they must adopt modern education
modern sanitation and modern med
ical methods or their race would be
exterminated pledged myself tt
them in every way possible.
Regarded M Savior.
After long discussion. the chiefs
decided that i was their friend ano
stated in full congress that they con-
sidered 1 had been sent to them az
the savior of their race and people
I make this statement, not through
vanity, but to illustrate the psychol-
ogy of the Indian that made oul
later achievements possible.
told them / wanted to see the
White Indians, that have existed in
the Darien from time immemorial
iards. The terrible barbarity of the
Standards, in the five years of theil
occupancy, from 1872 to 1917, turned
the Indians to bitter revenge and
hatred of all white people. This feel
ing has been handed down and has
been transformed into almost racia
They killed the Spaniards, pouring
molten gold down their throats, and
then turned against their own white
indians and killed them or drove
them into the mountains. For years
oil white children were supposed tC
he killed, but parents still protected
their white children and the type
survived.
Ban on Marriage.
Then a law was adopted that nc
white Indian should be allowed t.
marry. The law stood, but the type
nersisted. In discussing these things
With the chiefs, 1 told them tha
the existence of white Indians proved
the,r close relationship with thu
white race. and that If the white
roce knew the truth about the white
indians they would help all the In
aians with the terrible problem!
which confront them.
The Indian realizes that he is hght
Iife-and-death battle with dis
ne on the one hand, and the en-
croachments of low-type negrofd peo
nies on the other. These negroid'
encircle his people, overrun his lant
md debauch his women. He nov
realizes that only the help OF TN
white race can save him from thes'
dangers. Immediately the white In
dian was made to appear TO tnes'
chiefs as a means of soliciting TIT
aid of the modern white brothers.
The chiefs called in the White In
dians. They came from the noun
tains, from secluded valleys and iso
lated islands. In two hours one art
ernoon we saw more white indiana
than all the coast traders have seer
in the last ten years. They arr
numbered by the hundreds, If not b,
the thousands. We photographs
and examined them-old. hairy men