| Show n. n 1 0 M L 1 dv ures in inContinent ear hl sH earl T Sav geLando geLand o l r J 1 Explorer Describes s H His is' is Pre Preparations ft A for Or Daring I Trip Through Center Cente of 4 aring I i 4 1 South America rz With Wit Crew of Brigands Escort Escort Crossing Rapids of With 4 3 as an Crossing Habits Canoes Canoes Habits Sodden N Natives of ves i With Murderous Instincts Form Forin Part Pari i I 1 p 0 of T Tale a ale e of H Ird d J r r Tim I I. I f J. J i 1 f 9 U tt 5 t. t y O O- O Ao o. o I ll L f 4 I y t f- f y ys y's rt s sk w t. i 1 ir J t YS f Y I OIN IN AC OSS THE THEBY ANDES BY DY A. A HENRY SAVAGE I AND t OR LEFT London In December 1910 Ino on the tho Royal floyal Mall steamship Amazon Amazon Amazon-a a ver very comfortable steamer i When I arrived in Rio de I was struck b by the natural beauty of ot the harbor har liar bor the bor-the the most Inthe in hi inthe the world if It perhaps an au ex exception oxy ox- ox y 1 is made of ot tho the Malam- Malam pava paya sound in the northwestern northwest northwest- em ern part of ot the Island of ot Pala- Pala Wan Philippine archipelago Owing to credentials I was carr earning carrying I was ivas received in n Rio do Janeiro with extreme consideration From the president pros pres ident of ot the tho republic to the lowest cit ben all un with no exception treated me met charming civility My stay in t therefore delightful Lullo was a ono one Tho Brazilians of tho the principal cities are arc most courteous and a accomplished land and nd it is a to associate with them f 1 f Intense Interest was shown b by the federal Sederal government go in m my plan to cross tho the continent It was even at first suggested that tho the expedition should bo be an Brazilian Anglo one and that I should be accompanied by Bra- Bra officers and soldiers But groat great difficulty was experienced in obtaining obtain obtain- i ing Irig suitable men men men-In In fact no one would go and so-and and the chome toll foil through The same samo difficulty waa t experienced ex ex- ex- ex when I endeavored to get civilians civilian The Brazilian forest for for- est cst all said was wor worse e than any forst forest forest for for- est st in tho the world Brazilian rivers were more dangerous than any river on onearth onearth earth the wild beasts of ot Brazil were wilder r than the wildest animals of or 1 Africa and of ot Asia EE R ED ED OF DANGERS D. As for or the Indians of ot central Brazil they stated they thoy were vero simply f merable there there must be bo millions of ot and them and they were ferocious beyond conception They were ivero treacherous t cannibals and unfortunate was the person who ventured among them The people of Rio Illo told me ma stories galore galore galore ga ga- ga- ga lore of ot how the few who had had ventured among those Indians had never como coma back back Then tho the insects the climate tho terrible complaints of central Bra- Bra were Were according to the local au- au worse than any Insect any an any terrible complaint anywhere any any- where here else That is more or less tess the talk one In every even country countr when about to tart on fl an expedition lion SI 3 I 1 had prepared my expedition carefully care care- fully at an outfitting cost of ot some somo 2000 Few private expeditions have ever started better r equipped I carried car car- nod ried ample provisions pro for one year year year- l tInne l meats niets n ts desiccated vegetables I 1000 boxes boxes of sardines bottled fruits jams of f all kinds biscuits chocolate cocoa cocoa coffee tea etc ote two serviceable sOr waterproof light tents the material of t which ilch was specially prepared against attacks from tron the tho white ants t two o complete sets of Instruments for astronomical astro astro- and meteorological observations observations observations and all Instruments necessary for lor making an accurate survey sur of ot tho the country traversed Four our excellent z aneroid which had been specially con- con for tor me and nd a a. well a-well well mado made hyp- hyp apparatus with sl six boiling bollin point thermometers dul duly tested at tho the Kew Cw observatory were ivere carried carrier for the accurate determination of ot altitude ob- ob Then I possessed d two prismatic and six other excellent compasses compasses com corn passes chronometers with Greenwich C mean menn time six a photo photographic cameras cameras- also specially mado made in order to stand the rough treatment and trying climate cli cli- f mate fitted mate fitted with the very best tend and Goertz lenses L LY Y SIA Y PLATES FOR TOR CIERI CAMERA IER Iff I had laad brought out 1400 1490 glass lass photographic photographic photo photo- graphic graphic graphia pl plates including some somo for tor c cOlor lor photography photograph All AU articles liable ito to be Injured b by heat and damp were j duly packed In water-tight water and airtight airtight air air- tight metal cases case with outer covers CO of 1 well Veil seasoned wood Then I carried all Instruments m necessary for anthro- anthro 1 work ork and painting materials fj recording views and scenes scones in inH H colors colon when tho the camera could not beas bo be boK I K used used as at night and when the daylight day day- a- a f flight light w was insufficient nt uL h- h I had bad a supply 01 or spaces picks large saws tiM axes and heavy heavy- bladed knives t two tO O feet teet long for out out- I tins ting our w wiLy vay y through the forest I making roads roada and constructing rafts canoes And temporary bridges I 1 carried a as usual ver very verj little medial medi al cine merOy merel merely a few gallons of ot c castor tor tori V f oil on a few tew s of ot Iodine seine orno A i t of quinine strong carbolic I. I and arsenical soap IHrman permanganate and other powerful disinfectants caustic caustic- t that was about all aU These medicines t. t wore were mostly to be bo used upon my men 1 and nd not b by mo me f PLENTY TY OF WEAPON I had twelve e of ot the but best repeating rUles rifles that th-at are aro made as s well as Qs excellent ei- ei ex ox- automatic pistols of ot the tte most mOlt modern t type pe and several thousand rounds of ot ammunition chiefly soft soft- nosed bullets Those weapons were vere carrl carried d in order to arm m my followers J I 1 possessed ed several excellent rifles rUles for forI Toy rny own o use use but but following m my usual I cus custom om I never during tho the entire cx- cx carried any weapons not i 4 F 4 r I p I A 4 e et c I t t L hi 3 c ff I I I i f k l T even a penknife upon m my person except except ex ex- when actually going after came game Again on this occasion as on previous pro pro- Ious expeditions I did not ado about before during or after ater tho the Journey In fanc fancy costumes such as s people Imagined are worn orn by explorers with straps buckles and patent ar arrangement arrangements arrangements ar- ar all aU over I merel merely wore comfortable clothes and a straw hat such lIuch as I 1 wear ear In London in summer Having Wasted asted some weeks T in Rio owing to arrangements which were being made by the tho government I 1 eventually eventually event event- had to start alone for the tho inte into nor The expedition v was as considered of ot oto so o dangerous a a. character that th tho government gov gov- published broadcast statements statements state state- ments merits In official and other papers stating that A. 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Sava Savage e Landor's Landor s expedition expedition ex ox- across Brazil wa was undertaken on his own initiative and absolutely absolutely absolutely at his own risk and responsibility It ity I was greatly In Indebted Indebted indebted In- In to tho the government for allowing me the free use usa of ot all tho the telegraphs of or Brazil and for special permission to use It if necessary tho the flotilla flo Ia- Ia thIn tilla of ot government boats on the Amazon Amazon Amazon Ama Ama- zon river river river-of of which permission I 1 did not avail all myself I 4 FIRST l STRETCH U LIV RAILWAY nAIL Y b rail Some thirty hours' hours traveling by on tho the Central tho the Paulista and tho railways the railways two 1 latter lines hues traversing the tho richest coffee corteo plantations plantations plantations planta planta- in the he world world brought brought me to o the terminus of the tho n railway line lIno In the province pro of ot Minas at a place called J Thoro There I Intended makInS' makInS making making mak mak- ing InS up m my caravan cara at l in order to proceed to tho thu capital of ot the central cen eon province pro of ot Goyaz Goyas I Had it not been for tor tho the luck lucky meetIng meetIng meet- meet Ing wIth a a. friend a n German Brazilian Brazil Brazil- lan inn the contractor for a new railway I in construction between and the city of ot Goyaz Goaz I might have fared badly AS it il wae was In a n. few hours I 1 I had purchased from the tho contractor contractor- contractor a number of ot mules and he ho also procured two men for me mo Those two men Inon Al Al' Al Alcides Ferreira don Santos Sanios lud ad I da Costa de do Britto both natives of or Ara Ara- guary tho KUar tho first a German Geiman Brazilian of or ofa ora a violent revolutionary temper but of ot extraordinary bra cr bravery tho the other a a. puro pure negro of a boisterous simple nature also of Indisputable bravery in momen mo- mo men meals s of ot great danger proved danger proved them thorn themselves themselves selves to be on that exp expedition the I best beet two men man I 1 possessed Thus If nothing elso can be said alII In praise praise pralle of ot it must be stated In ju Justice that the place can produce some sonic men menor men of or great courage antI and faithfulness After x a ata stay atay of ot sixteen hours In ln I 1 Wa was already On m my wa way to tot t I. 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J t Y I y t f- f rt s sk w i 1 ir YS f 1 t 3 I ff n r f Y v. v 1 t o t 1 a- a C I i. i 4 iL c. c w. w L i 4 l p i f. f t 1 1 Mo f- f t ii f t y tf ri f 1 TRAN E CAVE WITH t t i t t I M 11 i ROCK J t A III y j tt s Ml 4 t h I p fr 4 tt A 4 PRO C INt A RAPID PiD d Sao Paulo and the coast towns were more handsome than otherwise the themen themen themen men and women of ot the interior were co so r o plain that they were vere almost de de- de- de They seemed the product of ofa a worn-out worn race Goitre and other terrible terrible terrible ter ter- complaints were common PEOPLE IN SEVER NEVER S SMILED You never saw a smile upon their C countenances oun te n ance s. s Thc They e y w were a suspicious us p Ic ous and sulk sulky and they showed the greatest great great- est act reluctance toward manual labor Curious people Indeed were the Brazilians Bra ra- ra of ot the Interior Everything was ws loft lett in an abandoned state everything had fallen to wreck and ruin Tho They Thoy cared not for tor comfort They hey never saluted when you sou met them on the road or when you OU entered their houses For a a. consideration the they gave a stranger what the they possessed but the they had not the tho slightest Idea of ot the value of ot things In a farmhouse you ou were charged the equivalent of ot a afew afew few tew pence for a chicken or eggs egga and Inthe in inthe the tho next farm a small fortune was dc- dc v. v 1 j l r f. f C t tL t. t L k J kt- kt s i- i J t. t 1 t 4 Jp cf kt m i I I I 1 A. A AH H SAYA AVA SAVAGE E. E LANDOR LOW FOL-LOW d Goyaz Goaz There was a a. beaten track be between between be- be tween those two places passing i I through the tho towns of ot Catalao and Born Born- BornI j I fin Un but I preferred traveling by tho the I shorter wa way across country countr through enchanting but almost deserted landscape land land- After crossing crossing- the great Par Par- river at an elevation of ot l ZO feet teet above aboe sea level w wo we only rarely came caine upon habitations of ot any kind ex except except ex- ex perhaps some ml miserable crable shed At Atho tho ho sight of ot nn on approaching stranger frightened women and children squealing pigs piSS and fowls I dashed away in all directions More lore rarely still did we como come upon villages j could boast boat of that a dozen houses or orso so flO Vc 0 c sometimes traveled through to forests then here hero ud nd there over handsome me stretches of ot grazing land anti and andon antion on the slopes of ot undulations and hills sr SETS ARE E. Tho The sunsets In that region relon were beautiful beautiful- An Inter Interesting repeated itself n nearly er c every night sun on ot t the tho o hor well ivell- defined radiations shot skyward reaching the hi ghost point of ot the i celestial vault aUIt auit Sometimes those r raL ra- ra ra-J ra f-f f L j I 4 iii p. p eon er converged cd again to a n. point ea eastward diametrically opposite to the suns sun's actual position What hat particularly struck uck mo me In the Interior of ot Brazil was ivas the extraordinary extraordinary nar nary beauty and richness of ot the tho coun- coun try tn and nd in painful contrast the appalling appalling appalling ap ap- ap- ap palling ugliness and poverty of the people Although the land nd landas w Was as beautiful Inthe Inthe in inthe the province pro o of Goyaz one seldom saw signs of civilization Occasional carts drawn by t ten n. n twenty or more mora oxen were encountered Tho carts were used for tor bri bringing lm food tood s to tho the people who c oui O 1 d starve While hUe the men and arid women of or Rio v r for tor similar articles of or convenience conven conven- hence The houses were dilapidated and filthy filth In these tho people fowls pigs and dogs doCs all nil not lived lived not happily but most unhappily together As one ono traveled further north through thinly wooded country or or across great stretches of ot grazing land here an and ad there thero near tho the water we met palms Mauritia M M. which gave the thc scenery a more tropical appearance than we had so 50 far observed ob ob- ob- ob served er Tho They sa say that wherever you ou see a palm vou OU are sure to find tind water It Is quite true LARGE LARG STREAM S CROSSED Several large larse streams were crossed I such as tho ho great reat l Parana arana which flowing in a southwesterly direction I over a tortuous course flows into tho the Atlantic ocean at Montevideo The Tho river some yards ards wide flowed in a west southwesterly direction direction tion lion where we crossed It at an elevation eleva elt tion of ot 2000 feet teet As iS we WO proceeded further north we had In front of ofus us us a high plateau tho the Sierra de do Callos and lovely ely undulating ing lag grazing land all around with plenty plent of ot water In each valle valley Where here the country was wooded many trees and plants were to be found useful for tor their tanning me medicinal or lactiferous qualities As we went further north we found that the farms became more scarce and more miserable than those weI we wo had left lett behind I CROSSES MARK IAru MURDERS April 12 I crossed the tho Sierra de do Santa SantaRita Rita tho the watershed between the waters going north Into tho the Amazon and those flowing south Into the Parana Par Par- ana ana- Whenever we came across In Inhabited Inhabited Inhabited In- In habited places wooden crosses could be bo seen on the landscape Each one marked the spot where somebody had been killed Murders are numerous In inthe tho the Interior of ot Brazil as no punishment punishment punishment punish punish- ment is inflicted on murderers Large streams and small were constantly constantly constantly con con- encountered on our ride tide of close upon miles kilometers Everywhere Everywhere Ev Ev- Ev- Ev of delicious we found plenty water Upon nearIng the capital of Goyaz we went over a pass 2800 2300 feet teet high h from which point a scene of ot extraordinary extraordinary extraordinary geological |
