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Huasco; 18 Aboard 8.8. Huasco for Callao; 20 Arrived Lima; 20—April 9 Delayed 
in Lima awaiting funds. 
April 10, 1919 Aboard S.S. Limari for Cristobal; 16 Arr. Cristobal, C.Z.; 
18 Aboard 8.8. Santa Marta, via Colombian ports and Port Royal to New York; 
May 3, arrived Bloomington, Indiana. 
CENTENNIAL EXPEDITION 
May 9, 1920 Left Bloomington, Indiana; 10-11 Outfitting and preparations 
for sailing, New Orleans; 12 Sailed on 8.8. Parismina; 17 Arr. Cristobal-Colon: 
20 Aboard 8.8. Ucayali; 21 Transiting Panama Canal; 24-25 Loading cargo at 
Guayaquil, Ecuador; 26 Payta, Peru; 27 Eten, Pacasmayo; 28 Huanchuco, 
Salaverry; 29 Callao, Lima; 30-31 Arranging with Customs, bank, consuls, Min- 
ister of Foreign Relations, Professors Tello and Rospigliosi, Peruvian Corporation, 
War Department, and Department of Fomento. 
June 1-5 Continued; 6 Fishing with poison at Callao in mouth of Rio Rimac: 
7-8 Geographical Society, Hermanos Praeli, ete., packing; 9 Train to Rio Blanco; 
10 Adjustment to elevation; 11 Poisoning Rio Blanco without results, train to 
Huancayo; 12-13 Visiting native shops to buy their stocks of cubé, the native 
fish poison; 14 Return Huancayo to Oroya; 15 Oroya to Tarma, reconnaissance; 
16-18 Waiting baggage via Tilarnioc, fishing Rio de Tarma; 19-20 Baggage ar- 
rived, repacking for transportation by mule, and arranging for same; 21-22 Tarma 
by muleback and packtrain to San Ramon and La Merced; 23-24 Fishing creek 
with cubé; 26-28 Fishing Rio Chanchomayo about La Merced, damming, dyna- 
miting, seining, poisoning; 29-380 Repacking and organizing transport. 
July 1, 1920 La Merced to La Peruvian on the Rio Perené; united the ‘Cen- 
tennial Expedition’ with the ‘Cornell Expedition’ for the ensuing three weeks; 
2 Hda. La Peruvian of the Peruvian Corporation to the first tambo of the Via 
Central, Yapaz; 3 Yapaz to Tambo Enenas, 30 km., and over the summit of the 
Cadena de la Sal at 6000 feet; 4 Poisoning creek at Enenas; 5 Enenas to Tambo 
Dos de Mayo, Km. 71; 6 Tambo Dos de Mayo to Tambo Porvenir; 7 Tambo 
Porvenir to Tambo San Nicolas; 8 Tambo San Nicolas to Tambo Azupizt, 14 
km., fishing in Rio Paleazu; 9 Tambo Azupizti to Tambo Miriatirani; 10 Tambo 
Miriatirani to banks of Rio Aguachini, held by rain and flood waters; 11 Ferried 
Rio Aguachini by raft, to Puerto Yessup, dugout canoe Puerto Yessup to Puerto 
Bermudez; 12-18 Fishing Rio Pichis, Rio Chiviz, and small streams; 19 Resumed 
travel down Pichis by canoe, camp on sand-bar; 20 Canoe journey continued, 
reached the Cocamita, going aboard with the mail and baggage, down Pichis and 
Pachitea, camping on sand-bar; 21 Continuing down Rio Pachitea, hook and 
line fishing; 22 To mouth of Rio Pachitea, transfering to larger steam launch 
Louis, towing the larger Verdun; 23 Aground on sand-bar most of the day on the 
Rio Ucayali; 24 Arrived Contamana, headquarters for four weeks. Rented an 
unused water-front house, moved in; 25-26 Preliminary arrangements, hiring 
boys; 27-31 National Holiday, boys resigned, no facilities. 
August 1, 1920 Organizing trip upriver; 2 Mail launch Verdun to Nueve 
Ytalia, guest of Sehor Julio Battistini; 3-4 Fishing Lago Cashiboya; 5 Upriver to 
