THE NEW TRIBES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 23, 17 June 1914, Page 7

THE NEW TRIBES.

IN SOUTH AMERICA. Colonel Eooscvelt, who declares he has discovered a new river in Brazil, will have to share the laurels in that field of exploration with the leaders of the University of Pennsylvania Amazon expedition, who announced, in a letter received here to-day, the discovery of ten hitherto unknown and unidentified Indian tribes, the arrangements of their vocabularies and the placement on the map of a vast tract of Brazilian territory. Dr. Wm. C. Farabee, head of the exploring party, states in the letter that he reached Georgetown, British Guiana, on April 19, after a year spent in the Amazon basin and the highlands which divide Brazil from the Guianas. The party, the letter continues, experienced terrible hardships while traversing the jungle, and were compelled to live on monkey and alligator flesh when their regular food supply was exhausted and their ammunition was ruined.

The expedition emerged from the jungle bare headed, bare footed, hungry and fever racked. Dr. Farabee continues:—

"From December 16 to April 1 we were anions tribes who had never seen white men before. Xonc of them had ever seen guns or salt or clothing', or matches. They had beads and knives. All wanted fish hooks.. I made measurements of the men and women, took photographs and recorded languages. "We visited the following tribes in Southern British Guiana: Wai Wai, Parikutu, Waime, Chikena, Katiawan, Toneyan, DioW, Kumayonas, and Urukwona's. Xone of these tribes are mentioned in Brinton's list of American races. Several new tribes were found on I the Brazilian side of the divide."