Evening star., 1932-12-26
Many Exhibits Brought Back.

"Mr Ulrich has conducted various
explorations into little-known portions
of Europe. Asia. Africa and North and
South America DR.. Brown said. He
was founder and sponsor of the African
expedition in 1930-31. From his eX-
plorations he has brought back many
exhibits for museums in America and
Europe. He is a German by birth and
began his explorations after the war
ended in 1919
In 1928 Mr.. Ulrich had laid plans for
an expedition into South America. His
party sailed aboard the steamer Vestris.
The story of the ill-fated ship made
streamer headlines in November of that
year. From some cause, as yet unex-
planned. the vessel blew up off the
Southern Coast of the United States,
One hundred and twelve persons
drowned.
Ulrich clung to wreckage for 20 hours
and was finally picked up by the steam
ship American Shipper. Mrs. Ulrich,
who has accompanied her husband on
many of his expeditions, was also
aboard the Vestris when the vessel eX-
plcded. Tossing seas swept her % miles
farther than her husband before the
battleship Wyoming found her and
carried her into Norfolk, where she sub
sequently recovered from her long ex-
poSure.
New Expedition Outfiitted.
Even tragedy cannot quiet the no.
madic curiosity of the explorer. Before
long a new expedition was outfitted, and
with full permission of the Brazilian
government, began the fight through
the wild lands of Brazil. through the
section where Col FaWcett disappeared.
Two separate trips were made. Though
Ulrich's headquarters were at the Ex-
plorers' Club in New York, his actual
address became somewhere in the
Wilds of Brazil"
Most of the travel was by waterways.
The matted underground prevented
anything but snail-like progress by land
BuSh-knives had little effect.
Wild animals, snakes and beasts of
prey were numerous. Ulrich himself on
the second expedition killed seven
jaguars, large and block in color.
When a river dwindled away into an
impossible rivulet. canoes had to be
abandoned. An outboard motor. cans
of gasoline and baggage were sent
ahead to the next river by native car
riers. Then a raft would be built and
the water journey begun again.
The expedition. found & the Arawauki iIs
habit the great forests OF babsssu palms.
From these palms nuts are gathered
which are crushed to furnish fine oil.
AS the party travelled along through a
lane of the palms native Indians peered
from behind trees to watch the en-
croachers. On one occasion two of
Ulrich's Mestiza Indian companions.
who were walking near him, crumpled
and fell to the ground.
Antidote Never Found.
When Ulrich reached them after
wading through the underbrush he
allied with their fists tightly balled.
Long arrow shafts protruded from their
backs Before anything could be done
the two men died.
Realizing that poisoned arrows would
ever be menace, Ulrich determined to
seek scme sort of antidote in case others
in his party were shot. He had expert
knowledge of physiology and anatomy
and performed an autopsy. 1t revealed
that the Indians poisoned their arrows
with a mixture of curare (herb) and
cobra poison. The mixture caused al
most instant coagulation of blood in the
aorta and heart of the victim. Rigor
mortis set in Immediately after the
poison reached the blood and death was
almost instantaneous. An antidote
able to find one to counteract the ar
row-poisoning when only the curare
poison was used. The cobras in Brazil
arc not like the East Indian cobraS, but
rather are members Of the American
adder variety of snake.
Illness overlook a number of members
OF the party. The air above the
swamp lands was thick with malaria
mosquitoes Singing flies whizzed by
the faces of the explorers constantly.
Santiago Rimathe. to whom Ulrich
referred as "a national hero OF Para
quay" received double fracture of the
skull in a conflict with natives. Ulrich
gave no details of the fighting, however.
The Rio Brown, which was named in
honor of the Virginia man, arises in
the deep interior of Brazil and flows
westward into the Araguaya which
eventually reaches the ocean through
the estuary Of the Para River.
Abundance o. Minerals.
It is a stream about 375 miles long
The Arawauki Indians live near its
source and get their water supply from
highlands to the west, and rich de-
posits of gold on its eastern bank.
Many of the bits of golden metal are
large as grains of rice and are % carats
pure. Other abundant minerals are
feldspar. pyrites, amazonite and beryl
Rapids are encountered about half
way down its course. They fall from
to 10 feet. The banks of the river
are steep end the water usually very
clear, varying in depth from 18 to 20
feet and about go feet wide. Above the
rapids the banks are dry and sandy
and free of fever, but below them are
swamp lands, thick with insects and
skirted by great groves of rubber trees.
Animals found in abundance are
isguars, pumas, large apes, sloths, fly
ing dogs, water hogs, tapirs, otters and
beavers, while in the waters of Rio
Brown crocodiles and turtles flop lazlly
about as fish of many hues swim by in