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59 Kermit was not KR diary, 26 Jan. 1914 (KRP); TR, Works, 6.49; Vivieros, Rondon, 389–90. Zahm’s attitude toward South American Indians may be intimated from his description of the Guarani as “noble redmen” who had been “gathered by the Jesuits into the most interesting theocratic community of which there is any record.” He praised “the childlike docility with which they submitted to the guidance of their father-priests.” Zahm, Through South America’s Southland, 393, 397.
60 he had himself founded Enders, “Theodore Roosevelt explorateur,” 6–8, analyzes Rondon’s complex philosophy as the patron and protector of Brazilian Indians. For an exhaustive discussion of his education in the teachings of Comte, see Fernando Correia da Silva, “Cândido Rondon: Explorer, Geographer, Peacemaker, 1865–1958,” http://www.vidaslusofonas.pt/. Positivism is still a strong religious force in Brazil.
61 When Roosevelt first TR, Works, 6.183–84.
62 The great cascade Zahm, Through South America’s Southland, 496; TR, Works, 6.181–88; Vivieros, Rondon, 393.
63 compared to Niagara Morris, The Rise of TR, xxiv.
64 Father Zahm had Vivieros, Rondon, 394.
65 The Serviço de Proteção’s Ibid.
66 When the two colonels Ibid., 394–95 (trans. author). See also Rondon, Lectures, 46–49.
67 Every American member Memo, 1 Feb. 1914, preserved in KRP. “Dr. Zahm had gotten much on TR’s ‘nerves.’ ” (Cherrie diary, 3 Feb. 1914 [AMNH].) KR rejoiced in Zahm’s dismissal, on the grounds that he was “thoroly [sic] incompetent and selfish.” (KR diary, 30 Jan. 1914 [KRP].)
68 “Cat very sad” KR diary, 1, 2 Feb. 1914 (KRP); KR to Belle Willard, 31 Jan. 1914 (KRP). KR’s proposal and Belle’s acceptance letters are quoted in Millard, The River of Doubt, 51–52 and 67–68.
69 He took what consolation In his diary, KR uses the Portuguese word moribundia (dying) to describe his spells of depression.
70 The rain thinned TR, Works, 6.192, 94; Rondon, Lectures, 77; Rondon-Naylor interview, The New York Times, 6 Jan. 1929.
71 Meanwhile the Papagaio The language of this sentence is mostly TR’s in Works, 6.188–89.
72 Father Zahm salvaged Rondon, Lectures, 49–50; TR, Works, 6.195.
73 There followed KR diary, 3–6 Feb. 1914 (KRP); TR, Works, 6.198; Frank Chapman in TR, Works, 6.xviii.
74 Kermit, Cherrie, and Miller Cherrie diary, 6 Feb. 1914 (AMNH); TR, Works, 6.195; Miller, In the Wilds, 231–32. The Canadian canoes were left behind because they became heavy in the rain. Diacon, Stringing Together a Nation, 41.
75 The carts were TR, Works, 200–201; KR to EKR, 8 Feb. 1914 (KRP).
76 Groups of Nhambiquaras Cherrie diary, 23 Feb. 1914 (AMNH); Miller, In the Wilds, 232; TR, Works, 6.209.
77 Hard rain This paragraph summarizes KR diary, 3–23 Feb. 1914 (KRP); Miller, In the Wilds, 234–37; TR, Works, 6.196–228; Vivieros, Rondon, 393–99.
78 Fiala nearly drowned Cherrie diary, 8 Feb. 1914 (AMNH). See also Millard, The River of Doubt, 114–15.
79 Books were classified TR, Works, 6.231; Vivieros, Rondon, 400.
80 The three Brazilian Miller, In the Wilds, 231; TR, Works, 6.231.
81 sketched out a title page Bishop, TR, 2.363.
82 their Gi-Paraná colleagues Amílcar, Miller, Oliveira, and Mello.
83 Seven shovel-nosed TR, Works, 6.231–33; KR diary, 25 Feb. 1914 (KRP).
84 The inscrutable river Cherrie diary, 26 Feb. 1914 (AMNH); Miller, In the Wilds, 23. See Millard, The River of Doubt, 172 on the coloration of Amazonian tributaries—the milky, the black, and the clear.
85 Goodbyes were exchanged Cherrie diary, 27 Feb. 1914 (AMNH); TR, Works, 6.233–34. Aside from the 6 principals, the expedition force consisted of 2 solders, 8 “regional volunteers,” and 6 laborers. All were highly paid for their dangerous work.
86 Then with a parting Miller, In the Wilds, 241–42.
CHAPTER 16: ALPH, THE SACRED RIVER
1 Epigraph Robinson, Collected Poems, 16.
2 “We were quite” TR, Works, 6.233.
3 He noted the date Ibid.
4 There were so Miller, In the Wilds, 206.
5 Roosevelt found himself Vivieros,