| Show HEAD AD HUNTING AND WD BLOOD I DR DRiNKING Ar ONG CUSTOMS CUSTOM I OF V REGION Mysterious Rock Temple Discovered in North North- Northern Northern em ern Brazil District Reeks With Poison and Many Forms of Death Central AIl A ilci Ins liss long been looked upon as ns the Iho earth 3 dark dark- darkest est eat re loi but according to C W V Dom Dam 1 ilk-I Ito Ifo there I Is set et Ct a dark dark- dark I darker er r I ealm to be found In the Ama Ama- Amaon Ama I son zon on legion glon I of oC South SOl Mr llio has m mid de numerous of or Into this at ast often orten accompanied oni b 1 1 two h 0 half breed II He has now returned his latest I with a record of aden aden- turc I tur turo and that both bolh Ills and amazes It Is according to 10 his hlo 0 n account a land of or ni m s try tory and of or It he sas aas a s Tho equatorial f frest rest like the 0 sand rimmed desert and Arctic on sao noH le els ar are silent places to In man Is conscious of ot his In- In Inti In InI I ti ulon and InsIgnificance Here It itis ItIs is 10 best to see sec and think on the surface the deeper levels lead Iad to madness S through the semi dark aisles waist alst deep dp among mong the amp JI amp growths long along ie alonen-ie uc lile miles of or rhel rhet binic J many good food men have havo died or been aide alc talking aloud Stars Stars- Int I Ing and Insane Inano One On such ouch as aa round found hundreds of or miles from I on by the th Roo evelt another died In the I Candelaria hospital a third lefta left In a 0 last Incoherent message on a I tree tre by she he Rio Hlo Bianco Danco and these ate ale e but a Il few from tram memora s 's JI t 1 There Is horror In the snake Infest ed ed 0 stamps Inso Insects ts ro- ro re-pul re pulI lic e toms foliOs of or disc curious atmospheric storms elrd lights lv heat hoat and stillness silliness poi pol pot pot- poison son loving natI and sickening odors of or rich decay I E v TIU C DI CO I It Tt a al Into such tuch a land that Mr Dom lIfO om tIlo lUc lUc-I went nt In search not I only of or ne no tribes but also of at in- in In Information formation pert to the already Ileno I kno n 0 ones oneR In the former respect lire I ho wa was awarded nith ith the th discos I or of a hitherto unknown n tribe called I the tho That these wild I p ople had ne er before seen sen a man roan a ai manifested In a hat startling manner by t o toor or of Its members The explorer says Tao To louns oung girls gins of ot about aboul 11 I I after CirClIng curiously around mo me for some somo time pluck pluck up up up courage for tor a 0 closer loser exam exam- examInation examInation examination 1 my clothes then m hands were wre scrutinized In perfect perret silence and wonderment tot ot ot sat sat- sat satisfied taIled they thy rolled up my spat on my arms and rubbed them with sith their hands E Ei Eil- Eil I dently tho expected the tho t t hits hila to com COllie off Of and ond See m md revealed In my trust colors V IV hen hap flap happened pend er they thoy tried further at nt Ih the open neck neI of oC my shirt but Lut h been spat pat pat up- up upon upon up upon on once I but firmi resist resist- resisted resisted ed any further scientific tests die dis- distracting dis distracting their attention by hi alIos- alIos allow Ing them to listen to Ih the ticking o of m my watch natch A t CLOS JI CiLL Hr fr rite rife has hns had hd mans exciting ad but probably no narrower escape r om death than that ch came camo at the th end endor or of a sojourn among mong Ih the o Pa- Pa Pa of or the he Parana Gy-Parana After Arter considerable and lind ba- ba bat bat wi It h Ih the chief th thi explorer r finally reached his canoe shile hUe the attitude altitude of or the ages sa was heroin heroin- Inc becom-Inc Ing more and mar more threatening Getting Codling Into tho the cano canoe he says anys I kept my revolver re roads reads rend and It It as sa as luck I C t d tI so 90 because scarce scarce- 1 I had the th paddle pl dipped Into 1010 the Ule rh rIser r before a 0 shower shor of or p poisoned arrows arros Into Inc lie ho water round around und and one stuck Inthe inthe In the woodwork of or the canoe It was wao waon wasa waya n a ticklish moment with panic Mosquito 1 plied piled d 1 his paddle white whir the oth other r boy seemed semd parl paralysed d I ilith Ith tear fear The result as wa that the canoe cu cursed cur ed out into the tho stream Insl d of or movIng movIng Ing away awa from the tho Indians ho could not follow tallow along alon the tho tort tort- encumbered b bink n I fired three shots shot Into tho the bushes behind lh the treacherous Indians Indiana 1 had ad taken shelter sheller and whether It was tho the I le- le leports ports le-ports e ports that broKo tho spell o 01 os the tho kick klek I gave ave cannot be said raid but the th next moment the lh canoe shot away toWn down stream propelled by t tso 0 thoroughly scat ed bo bois s a A In ROCK ULC TC DurIng one ono of ot Mr rr Doms Fifes Dominie ills ills- Fifes Fife's he visited a D mys- mys mysteriOUs roys rode t temple that stands on onan onan onan an open praIrie In n th the n part pul or of brazil It It Is difficult he be bens hess ss ns to to 10 repress a eeling of ot aso 0 s as one rides out of ot the open prairIe pral- pral prairie rie Ic Into the tho shadow hadovs of ot this enor enormous nor nor- mou stone ston Similar In many ro- ro re respects poc 9 to the weird Ird of Rhodesia but tar far larger It 11 gIves the Impression of or Almighty Power how otherwise Ise could this huge bUlIe conglomerate and rounded mass ot of rock ha has have o e arisen from front tho 11 lev les Cl plains which sll teh from unknown leagues around That It has been Jeen used us es a sacred temple tempi by the In- In Indians In Indians for hundreds hUndred of or years Ie Is tea tea- tes testified by the th numerous Strange In- In Inscriptions In Inscriptions n cd upon Ulon It Ih These o oI onre are believed to dale date hack back to GOO GOOB I I B BC C Drori IHU CL nor Mr 1 liro ife s a eX- eX ex brought hint him into Inlo with man Indian tribe and nr- nr af afforded forded hIm an unusual or of Ing m miny ny of or native It would be he haid had to Im- Im eino I ImI mote 1 blood than Ihan some of or those th se which ho he de do- do de scrIbe Among cc lain tain tribes use Iho th drinkIng of or their blood Is Isa 1 Isa a common custom This Ibis Is done In Inthe inthe the belief that the th strength anti and courage of the vanquished toe foe to Is II thereby gained k by the th victor Ictor Head Headhunting hunting Is also a custom among a ati ti ibe called the th At A frequent Intervals Ihl this fierce tribe neighboring villages cap eap- cap capturing luring turing women and girls and killing kUling the men The Tho bodies of ot those thos slain ale alO then and the tho heads brought back In to triumph lb I ghastly trophies are ar stuck on lanoe and the tse tribe assembles around for rOra fora tora a 0 wild lid night orgy DrInking ing feast teul- feastIng Ini Ind Ing and debaucher continue until dawn when shon hen the heads are ar removed remo by the th witch witchdoctor witchdoctor doctor to lo the death house and It Il Is ii hero that the th process of reduction i takes place In let secret seret Mr Porn Dom Dom bs unable to I the exact method y y which thc heads were stare re reduced d to the lh ales of or it A small orange without distortion or of orthe the iho features and he be h says nays lIay further further- furthermore I more snore that It Is very doubtful If IC the actual pro process ha has ever vr bees been by a n white man maji durin during recent times exists among amon certain certain tam tain of or the lh tr oes and In sam some case cases In a peculiar tor for for- Among the for instance ln t nr e only certain parts or of o the h body ar are eaten Ien such as Ihs th brains to 10 wisdom end and cunning tho the heart to obtain alar alor end And me tee right arm rm to obtain A STU Gl D DELO LG lIng Ily no means mean the h lout least la t Interest interest- interestIng Inc Ing part of or the accord was stas 1 u that part where he I 4 a 0 strange drug drue made mado bv by the tho Cart carl Jonas Carl jonas of or the oqueta r-I r don ro-don glon gon of or Columbia This Is ma made l from a n plant called 1 sage lace age 1 grows wild and In abundance In the thick and uli- uli un UI unhealthy j healthy forest It H first dims the and sensibilities Madness I to follow rollow v hether through I continued Imbibing or as II a result I or of the th first dose dos his s not et bon been I established and In the delirium or of orthe the Insane Inane Ita men mn ImagIne to be bo beasts beast of ot the for for- rarest forest for forest est often ottin Jh Ing for lor days alone In inthe Inthe the thick 0 Ib and tearing to pieces an nn ono one w woo approaches them This may quite quit con PO be due to Its effect on the savage mind In later stares stages the th becomeS SemI cataleptic or Is able to describe events of or which lie he h cnn an annever never hao have either seen son or heard In full con consciousness lounes European cit cli- citIe Ics cit Ie is and current events hal base j ben been pictured In detail 0 toe by the tho meagre vocabulary or of I the Iho native dialect and only pos pos- pos possible sible aible of communication with the Iho thaid I aid of or rough drawings 1 T rL It I Is interesting to note that Mr rc r h has crossed South lea a at t II Its and least kno 0 part parI making isearl nearly the n en- en entire tir cn-tir tire Journey on foot tool In addition to his tame fame as a an r ho also is h tell ell II known as US a II writer of or books booko on scientific subjects anti and on South bouth America Iho the latest of these being entItled Amoni the Wild Tribes or of the th Amazons Amazon published by S J JB JB B LippIncott company |
