Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 93, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 March 1910 — ROOSEVELT IS OUT OF JUNGLE [ARTICLE]

ROOSEVELT IS OUT OF JUNGLE

Former President and Party Will Proceed Down the Nile. Colonel Roosevelt, Kermit, and other members of the Smithsonian expedition, arrived at Gondokoro, in Sudan. All in the party are well and enthusiastic over their experiences and the scientific results of their expeditions. Colonel Roosevelt and his companions have now passed through the most trying stage of their perilous Journey and from now on will be in close touch with the outside world. For the last ten days they have been practically isolated in a wilderness so forbidding to the white man that it has not been invaded by the telegraph companies, the only communication between its scattered villages being through native runners. The dangers of the march from Nlmule are understood by those familiar with the dubious route, and to these the safe arrival at Gondokoro will bring a feeling of relief. In Gondokoro there are a few shops belonging to Greeks and Indians and a few traders make their headquarters here. The steamboats owned by the Sudan government call once a month for passengers and the mails for Khartum. The American party, will embark on the sirdar’s launch probably tomorrc’y and proceed down the Nile to Khartum, where they are due about March 6. Three days will be spent at Khartum, when the trip to Cairo will be begun. Mrs. Roosevelt will 'probably meet her husband and son at Khartum.