Evening star., 1932-04-05

MEETING in the Brazilian
~ jungle with an Englishman he
N believes was Col. p. H. Fawcett,
4 u the explorer, who disappeared in
the Matto Crosse area seven
wears ago. is described By Telmo ArauJo,
son of a Brazilian rubber exporter and
now a resident of Washington.
Fawcett, If such was the name OF the
man Arauio met, never was captured by
Indians or lost in the jungle, but re-
mained a voluntary exile in the Gar
den of Eden his expedition set out to
discover. The climate of the spot where
he came upon the Englishman Is ideal
and healthy, Araujo says, and the lone
Wanderer told him he never will go
back" to the civilization in which he
gained military and scientific honors.
Seen Near Same Place.
The area where Araujo places the
meeting adjoins that in which Stephen
Rattin, a Swiss trapper, recently re-
ported he met Fawcett and received
from him a message asking to be
brought forth from Indian captivity
Araujos Englishman was found IN
place somewhat southwest OF the loca-
ton described by Rattin, but ArauJo
was told the man was about l0 days
from home at that time.
The details of Araujo's story find YER
ification in the opinion OF Richard
Sanger, a young Harvard graduate, now
employed at the Commerce Department
here. Sanger in 1928 accompanied an
exploring party on a trip across South
America.
Araujo told his story to reporter
here yesterday.
I'm 1925 / left Manaos with a party
of 25 men to seek caucho, kind OF
rubber my father wished to obtain from
forests In the Matto Crosse" he said
For four months we Travelled down the
Madeira and Guapore rivers, and finally
turned off into tributary OF the latter
which we called the River Of st. John
BY canoe and afoot we pushed up the
river to its head and established our
camp there. For two years we shlppeo
material back to civilization and lived
in this wild country.
Friendly With Indians.
eve soon became on such friendly
terms with the Indians that our eX-
ploring parties Travelled in perfect safety
through their tribel lands. I was
Young man-only 2l-and I was very
curious to find out all could about the
iuneles. Often ! would go of for SIX
or seven weeks with few OF the most
capable of my men, and we would scour
the countryside for new kinds OF AMI
rails, plants and topography.
Almost two years after we arrived
I set out on such an expedition and
became lost from my men. For seven
or eight days l wandered alone. living
off nv own small food supply and
whatever wild sustenance / could find
was not afraid, because u had been
lost before and knew that If I kept on
firing regularly and remained calm my
men would find ne.
lone afternoon was walking through
the Jungle when / saw a white man
coming toward me. I stopped and
watched him, and when he saw me he
stood still and waited for me to ap-
proach.
He was a man about so years old,
of medium height, blond, a touch OF
gray in his hair, with blue eyes and
long beard such as all white men grow
in the Jungle. His khaki shorts were
tattered. his shirt falling to pieces. and
on his feet were native rubber shoes.
Il went up to him and asked him who
he was and il he was lost
Refused to Show Trail
"I am an Englishman,' he said, and
I am not lost
II asked him whether there was
town nearby where he lived. He told
me he lived with Indians at a place
about 10 days away from that spot, but
he would not tell me what Indians or
in what direction his camp lay.
Il said to him, Don't you want ever
TO go back to your home?' and he said,
Never I hate that life
Il looked straight at hime and said.
Are YOU Col Fawcctt?'
Never mind abous that he replied.
I am not going back
II asked him If he would help me
find my men. He took cigarette from
me and We sat down and smoked. He
carried no gun, but was armed with a
belt knife
'I gave him some coffee and sugar.
He was pleased with that. He said his
life with the natives was fine, and
thought he looked veryShealthy. His
arms were covered with an oil the ma