BLONDE INDIANS.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18084, 17 June 1924, Page 7

BLONDE INDIANS.

INTERESTING REVELATIONS FORECASTED. By Cable —Press Asso.-iatioii —Copyright. NEW YORK, June 14; A message from Colon (Panama) states that the centuries old theory of the existence of the so-calle blonde Indians may shortly be ertab lished as a result of a ttiat ai American expedition exploiing tl Darien Jungles during the past five months, has succeeded m its quest, and is returning to Colon en route to New York. The personnel of the expedition numbered six, of two perished from tropicaL fever. A message from the .leader, M Richard Marsh, states: I shall be ready to sail for New York in three weeks, accompanied by the King ol the Darien Indians, and twe > white Indians —a boy aged 19, ana gir a p-pd 21 They are golden haired, blue eyed and white skinned. Their bodies are covered with long downy vh te hair. They are not the standard Albino type, but appear to be primitive Nordic whites clis covered evidences of an ancien civilisation, and secured a fine ethnological collection of movin a Pic tU Mr Marsli used an aeroplane to reconnoitre the chartingmfaccmatQ topographic routes, which he subse quently pursued.