School (Roosevelt, The River of Doubt)

          In December of 1913, ex-president Theodore Roosevelt and a small group of men, which included his son Kermit, began to explore the River of Doubt. Before the group even got to the river, they had to abandon some of their supplies because some of their oxen and mules died. When they got to the river, they had to abondom half of their remaining supplies because the duggout canoes they were using were not stable enough to hold all of the weight.
          The river contained many rapids. When the group camped on the shore, almost all of the people on the expedition got infected with malaria, including Roosevelt. Roosevelt also cut his leg on a sharp rock and the cut got infected, and his temperature rose to 105 degrees Fahrenheit.
          Later, Colnel Rondon gets attacked by an indiginous tribe of indians and survives. One of the porters, who was lazy and had a bad temper, killed a man because he was hungry, and another man drowned in an accident on the river. When the group reaches a 30ft waterfall, Kermit uses his rope skills to lower the canoes and the people over the waterfall safely.
          Only three men died on this expedition.