Seward daily gateway., 1925-06-24
WILLIAM CURTIS FARABEE DEAD
 IN WASHINGTON

WASHlNG1ON, U. C., June zf. William Curtis Farabee died at his nome today after an extended illness.
 Dr. William Curtis Farabee was re- sarded by scientists as one ot the worlds greatest authorities on South America and in Theodore ROosevelt's book on South America, the late pres 4dent characterized him as the lead ng explorer of that continent. Dr. Earabee began his South American eX- olorations in 1906, when he headed he Dr. Milhau-Harvard expedition.
 He spent three years exploring lit lie known sections of Peru and for a time was a member of the Peruvian commission which determined the boundary line between Peru and Ec iador.
 Ill 1912. when the University Mu- scum of Philadelphia began it's South American work, Dr. Farabee became curator of the American section of the museum. A year later he started on a three year expedition into the north vest part of Guiana and Peru, during which he penetrated a country never before visited by white men, found three unknown tribes and explored the vast territory north of the Amazon river. The objects he obtained from the natives and from archaeological work gave the University Museum the finest collection of South American material in the world.
 During the trip Dr. Farabee charted thousands of square miles of unknown territory and opened to the world the life and resources of the country. The lack of provisions together with the hardships of the trip made the explor CT and easy victim of fever and when he emerged from the jungle he was removed to hospital at Georgetown, the capital of British Guiana. He had lost eighty pounds in weight He spent several months in the Barba- does recuperating and it was there he met Roosevelt ad the two became close friends. Dr. Farabee returned to the United States in 1916.
 After the armistice President Will son appointed Dr. Farabee as expert on ethnology for the peace confer ence and he accompanied the Wilson party to France on the steamship Geo Washington. At Versailles he pre- pared ethnological maps which were used at the sessions of the peace con- ference
 Dr. Farabee returned to Peru for the University Museum in 1922 and penetrated one of the most remote sections of the country. He again fell victim to the climate and fever. He was given refuge and care by an Indian, and later a wealthy native made a perilous trip in an automobile to bring Farabee to his home. Later he recuperated on the island of Juan Fernandez, where Robinson Crusoe
 
 and crossed the continent to Rio de Janeiro, whence he sailed for New York. Soon after his arrival he col lapsed and was in the hospital for number of weeks. Upon regaining his strength he attempted to resume his work at the University Museum but relapse followed and he decided to return to his old home at Wash ington, Pa.
 Dr. Farabee was born at Washing ton, Pa, February 7, 1863, where he re- ceived his early education in the pub lie schools. He was graduated from Waynesburg College and took his doc tors degree at Harvard. He taught school in Pennsylvania for several years and went to Harvard in 1901 as Instructor in anthropology. He was author of many books, some of which were published by Harvard and the University Museum. They have been accepted as standard works of the countries he explored. Four books remain unfinished, Dr. Farabee hay ing been engaged on them when his illness compelled him to stop his work. He was member of umerous scientific bodies in this country, Eur