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Show AMERICAN FLEES CANNIBAL PARTY j PHILADELPHIA. Dec 21 Despite De-spite the terrors through which he ; passed while Journeying through the wilds of South America. Dr. Alexan-I Alexan-I der Hamilton Rice, explorer. plans soon to leave for Egypt in an on-denvor on-denvor to locate a certain species ofj goat which is Invaluable In medical j research work. He expressed this Intention in an address on South America before the' i ieogi-aphlcal society here. Dr. RiC said his irip through South) America took him up the Rio Negro th,. largest tributary of the Amazon, j through a natural canal more than 20ft miles long connecting It with 'he irlnoco, into hitherto unexplored pur - i lions of Brazil, it was here that he j came In actual contact with Guaharl-bos. Guaharl-bos. a virtually unknown tribe of can- nlbal Indians, who for Seventeen dny pursued his party In an effort to Cut ' off their return. The attack occurred In a wild spot nlong tho banks of the Orinoco, where Dr Rice had made camp the night I before Two of his Indian guides had ! gone up the river in a canoe to test the depth of the watr. when thty hnvv something moving oiong the hanks. Looking closer, they perceived perceiv-ed the forms of Indians closing In on, the ramp, and hustlly turning about, I hurried back to warn the remainder; Of the party. ' A few moments after the guides' return." Dr Rice said, "the entire' bank was literally lined wlm wildly j shrieking and gesticulating figures who brandished hows about seven feet high, with arrows six feet long Just opposite me I saw one huge crealurQ, evidently the chief or leader, who was shouting and foaming at tho! mouth and making motions that apparently ap-parently meant to express antlcipa-' lion of a hearty meal that night He Was neither negro nor Indian, and hS h.nl black hairs on his upper Hp a thing 1 have never seen on an Indian. "We trier) talking to them in every language and dialect at our command. We laid hatchets, knives and fishes on the rocks in an attempt to pacify i th m, but thoy apparently had no Idea what bhey were for. and there was no' doubting the fact thev Intended to i fight. Finally when one of their arrows landed lust at my feet. 1 decided it1 I was time to do something and we fired j the w in. nester rifle and barker shot-I shot-I gun, our only weapons, over their ; in ids. That frightened them for the i moment, and gave us time to get our things packed together and a start ' down tho river. Shortly afterward, I darkness descended. and all night ' long wo could hear their blood-cur-i dllng screams as they kept at our ! heels. "When morning broke," he went on. "a thick mist covered the entire I river, and it was tills that gave us ; our chance to escape When we fi-J , nally reached deep water we know that we were safe, for the Guaharl-! Guaharl-! bos do not use boats or canoes, and I ; It was too deep for them to wade. ' |