BLONDE INDIANS.
DISCOVERY IN DAIREN;
AN AMERICAN EXPEDITION."
(BY CABLE—PBESS ASSOCIATION COFTBIOHt.) , ' (AUSTRALIAN AKD It 2. CABLE ASSOCIATIOX.) NEW YORK, June 14. , ( A messago from Colon, Panama, states that the centuries-old theory of the existence of blonde Indians may - shortly bo proved as a result of tho >* report that an American expedition ex- *.f plonng the Darien jungles during the ' < past five months has suooeeded in its \;'i|, quest, and is returning, to Colon, s en «%*"*; route for New York. -. v ~ The personnel of the 'expedition num» •> V bered six, of whom two perished from '' £ tropical fever. - A message from the leader, Richard, '• V," Marsh, states: "I shall be ready sail for New York in three' weeks,", < } accompanied by the King of the Darien a A Indians and two white Indians, a boy ' "iV aged 19 and a girl aged' 2l. ' -► , "They aro golden-haired, and white-Bkinned. Their' i P l covered with long, doiray white* They are not tho standard Albino']typb,jMi but appear to be primitive " 'Noiw-jLlli whiteß. "Wo discovered evidences of! civilisation, and secured ,a 'fine logical collection of moving' P^ ttt ?M)S|S Mr Marsh used an aeroplane' * O -sf]§||l connoitre, charting accurate topogpphiof routes which he purtue^/i^^
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 18101, 17 June 1924, Page 7
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199BLONDE INDIANS. Press, Volume LX, Issue 18101, 17 June 1924, Page 7
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