Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1910-02-18 | Page 2 | Roosevelt Party Now at Gondokoro

ROOSEVELT PARTY NOW AT Entrance of the Americans Into the Town Said to Have Been Picturesque BAND PLAYED AMERICA EXPEDITION NOW WITHIN THE CONFINES OF CIVILIZATION Soudan on the Upper Nile Feb 17 Colonel Roosevelt floo evelt Kermit Roosevelt and the other members ot of the Smithsonian African scientific expedition arrived here today toda All Mi are well The entrance Into of ot the Americans Amerl ans was wa rudely picturesque and nothing that British and native hospital hospitality ity could suggest was WIlS lacking In the wel welcome welcome come The arrival of ot the expedition In the outskirts of at the town was heralded with bugle blasts by Chief bugle band which led ed the van Chief accompanied his musicians The native party had met the expedition sixteen miles to the south and en route accorded It all the honor that could be gotten out of their instruments of brass and In Indian Indian Indian dian drums Band Played America Reaching the town the band struck up America which happening to be bethe bethe bethe the British national air suited the ocea occa occasIon ZIon elon exactly Belgian marches were in interspersed Interspersed Following the musicians a native por porter porter porter ter carried a large American flag Then Thou came the caravan proper Colonel Roose Roosevelt Roosevelt velt volt Kermit the other American hunters and scientists and tho the body of native porters Waiting on tho the was the Ule launch of ot General Sir Reginal sirdar of ot the Egyptian army and from the vessel was flying the Stars and Stripes Mr Sir Roosevelt boarded hoarded the launch at once and after aUel a brief rest began gan reading his mail mall Many communications awaited him Worst of Journey Over Colonel Theodore Roosevelt and the theother theother theother other hunters and scientists constituting the expedition sent out by the Smith Smithsonian Institution at Washington havo have passed through the most trying stage of ot their African journey and from now on will be in lii close touch with the out outside side Bide world For the last ten days they have been practically isolated in a wilderness where the only communication between the scattered villages was by native run runners runners runners ners At a brick house has been placed at the disposal I of ot Mr Ir Roosevelt In the town there are a few shops be belonging belonging belonging longing to Greeks and Italians and a afew afew few aw traders make their headquarters there The steamboats owned by bJ the Soudan government call once a month for passengers and amI the malls mails for Khartoum The American party will embark in inthe inthe Inthe the launch probably tomorrow and proceed down the Nile to Khartoum where they are arc due about March 6 Three days will be spent at Khartoum when the trip to Cairo will be begun Mrs I Roosevelt is expected to meet her hel hus bus husband hUSband band and son sen at Khartoum