Article 1: Roosevelt carried a lethal dose of morphine with him to the River of Doubt after an embarrising presidencial loss. The expedition started on 1913 when Roosevelt and a small group of men traveled to Brazil and met a foreign minister who suggested traveling the River of Doubt with Colonel Rondon . Just three months into the journey Roosevelt had a high fever, malaria, and infection. They also ran into great rapids and were forced into the woods.Nearly all the medn suffered from fever and malaria. They also ran into a few indian attacks, the Wide Belts. Kermit's paddler drowned in the raoids, and by the time they reached the six waterfalls they were exhasted. kermit and Cherrie lowered the dugouts down the river. In the end, only Roosevelt, kermit, and three other men survived. The river was then named Rio Roosevelt. Roosevelt never fully recovered.
Article 2:1913, Roosevelt suffered from a humiliating defeat in the presedential election. Roosevelt traveled to South America to visit his son kermit and to travel the Amazon River Basin. Brazilian's minister of foreign affairs told Roosevelt about the River of Doubt and suggested joining forces with Candido Rondon. They experienced deadly rapids, indian attacks, disease, starvation, and a murderer within their own ranks. When Roosevelt and his crew finally reached the River of Doubt, it was renamed Rio Roosevelt. Most people didn't belive he made the journey.
Article 3:Roosevelt began his journey to the River of Doubt after meeting a Brazilian Minister of foreign affairs.They began on December 9, 2012. There was a 900 mile trek with a 40 day excursion across Paraguay- the Amazon Divide leading to the headwaters of the River of Doubt. His crew consisted of 24-years-old Kermit, Colonel Rondon, Gearoge K., Cherrie, Joa Lyra, Dr. Cajazeira, and 16 skilled caamaradas or paddlers. They had 7 dugouts and faced dangerous rapids. On March 15, one of the paddlers died trying to save Kermits's canoe. The men also suffered from fever and insect bites. April 27, 1914, Roosevelt reached the River of Doubt and arrived in Sao Joao. The river was renamed Roosevelt River by the Brazillian government. Roosevelt never fully recovered, he suffered from recurring malaria until his death in 1919.
