Evening Star Newspaper, February 11, 1929, Page 22

AS GUIDES DESERT Dyott and Party in Seriou Plight After Indians Take French Leave. In the 16th installment of his story of the search for Col. Faweett, missing ez~ plorer, Comdr. Dyott tells of being sur- Founded on a. sandbar by tncreasing numbers of hostile Indians. BY G. M. DYOTT. One sleeps uncommonly lightly in the jungle, but on such occasions as the Jas ht in our Indian-beset camp on the sandbar the slighest. sound Toused one like an alarm clock. At 3 in the morning I was clectrified into action by the muffied sound of gome one walking in my direction. I| switched on my electric flashlamp and saw the figure of Joao Climaco coming toward the tent. He cxplained that he was making an carly start for Bai- kari Post. He told me it had been im- possible to get an extra canoe. Some Indians were on their way upstream to visit us, he added, and we would be able to barter for one with them. Of our four bark canoes he proposed | taking three, leaving behind the larg- est for our use down the Xingu. He then bade me good-by and pushed off. Back once more under my mosquito met, I turned the matter over at re in my mind. On the whole, I was glad that he had gone. It meant fewer vorry about; his fear of the infectious. The mjcrobe spreading to my own men, the camaradas, who were y his obvious alarm and the he circulated. With such thoughts running through my mind I fell asleep. At daybreak I proceeded immediately with my arrangements for going back up theiKuluene with Aloique, but an- other surprise was yet to be sprung on me. The Anaugua Indians had vanished! Aloique, Rapatzi and Ma- tuala had decamped during the night. If I was to visit the scene of the Faw- cett disaster, I would have to reorganize my plans afresh. Aloique Feared Plot. It seemed_obvious that Aloique, be- coming suspicious, feared some plot on his own life and had decided to_slip off. It might be argued that he knew nothing of the Fawcett affair, and hav- ing made promises which he could not possibly fulfill had fled rather than face an embarrassing issue. This is possible, but my knowledge of Indian psychology “makes me think differently. The real motive which swayed Alojque, I am convinced, was fear of my having discovered the part he played in the crime and that I was plotting to _take his life in reprisal. Had he not committed the murder it s possible that the reward of a rifle or clothing might have induced him to show us all that remained of Col. Faw- cett in the piqui grove. It might also have caused him to promise more than he could carry out. But it would not have made him turn and run. All_Indians fear vengeance, either ~ squeeze onto q:m toNose is guaranteed by 36 years -'uv(a ':o m'fim. of Americans. 's COMPLEXION Get at the source of your troubles. 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Tube with pile pipe, 75¢. Tin box, GO¢. 40 vP‘:\té from the living .or the spirits of the dead. With them re| are invari- ably sought, and if they kill they expect a relative or a fellow tribesman of the slain to seek their life in return. Aloique might well have thought that something had enabled me to discern the part he had played in the drama and what would be more national than that I should try to get him on the very spot where his foul deed had been enacted? Although everything seemed to con- spire against putting the final touches to our discoveries, I felt honor-bound to leave no stone unturned in the search for Col. Fawcett’s bones. As the day progressed it was obvious that it would be impossible to do very much more. By nightfall things reached such a pitch. the lives of my entire expe- dition were at stake. No perception was needed to see that unless we could get clear of these awkward Indians in double quick time, we ourselves. would never come out alive. In the morning the Indians started to become aggressive. They pushed their way into our inclosure and openly helped themselves to things. In some instances they waited until no one was watching, then deftly grabbed a knife and thrust it into the soft sand, plan- ning to recover it at some more oppor- tune moment, We were up to these tricks and were never so indiscreet as to hurriedly recover the stolen goods. We waited until the thief had gone and then dug around until we found it. We checked this advance by display- ing our rifies and revolvers, which up to now had been kept in the background. On the pretext of cleaning gnd testing Does the gasoline you buy .. WHE “EVENING STAR,” WASHINGTON; D\ 0. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1920.7 . swumerscie. o them we advertised the fact that we were able to look after ourselves. Quack-Quiro, the troublesome Anau- qua, was on hand as usual, watching the proceedings. He pointed to his wife, standing at some distance, and made an expression of fear, The women feared there was going to be a fight. We smiled reassuringly at him, but we were Ppleased to see the effect of our actions. New arrivals continued to come from all points of the compass. A few women were among the throng. But for the most part they were mature armed men. They landed enthusiastically, their faces aglow with anticipation for the gifts they expected to receive. But their broad smiles changed into grimaces of disappointment when told that little was left for them. As time wore on and no presents were distributed the newcomers experienced growing anger and impatience. How about all those bundles? they asked one another, pointing to our nu- merous packing cases- full of photo- graphic and wireless gear. What did they contain? To their way of think- ing they could only be stuffed full of clothes and knives. At noon a regular fleet of canoes was sighted making its way up the Kuluene. They appeared as fine specks in the distance. Gradually their black out- lines became more distinct, and naked figures were seen sithouetted against the water's glare. The steady flash of countless paddles flickered in the sun- light. Quack-Quiro pointed to these with an expression of intense satisfac- amaiula, Kamaiula, Kamaiula,” he “Kamaiula break boxes and help themselves.” He {unmnlned tearing open a case and helping himself to the contents. Plight Grows Serious. It was from the Kamalulas that Joao Climaco had tried to get us an extra canoe, and as we witnessed boat after boat discharge its living cargo on the shore we realized with growing concern the seriousness of the situation. The Kamaiula chief, Jacuma, came to greet me with all signs of friendliness and told me his story. So far as I could piece it together Joao Climaco had met him the day before and had accepted presents of farinha and other foodstuffs for which he, Jacuma, was to receive presents from us on his ar- rival at our camp. Once again we announced the de- plorable fact that we had few presents’ left. A stified protest surged thrcugh the ranks of those wild people. The situation was steadily getting out of hand. The Kamaiulas had a real grievance and unless something could be done to divert the approaching storm we would all be swept into eternity bes fore another sun had set. I now began to understand Joao CIi- maco's haste and why he had not wanted to tarry any longer with us. He had met these people on his way down river, accepted their presents without giving anything in return, and left us to settle the bill as best we could, knowing full well that we were not provided with the necessary means for doing so. Among the Kamaiula cockleshells on our sandbar not a single one was of any use to us. They were all small and leaky. Furthermore, we found that the bark canoe which Joao Climaco left behind was not the best one, as he in- formed me, but the worst of the lot, wholly inadequate if we had to fight eur!way down the Xingu to the Ama- zon (Copyright, 1929. by the North American Newspaper Alliance.) (In his next article Comdr. Dyott tells of escape from the besieged camp on the sandbar.) OFFICE TO BE BUNKHOUSE 0ld Mackay Quarters Torn Down. Lumber to Be Utilized. T VIRGINIA CITY, Nev. (#).—The former private office and bullion ware- houses of John W. Mackay, father of the head of the Postal Tele- graph Co. and founder of the family’s immense fortune, have been torn down, the timber to be used in building a bunkhouse at another mine site 16 miles distant. 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