Theodore roosevelts trip to the river of doubt

in 1913 Roosevelt traveled to Africa to explore the river of Doubt. his son Kermit Roosevelt came with him to help. in the short year of traveling the trip went disastrously wrong. the animals that carried their supplies died from lack of sleep or lack of food. because of this they had to get rid of some supplies. when they got to the river, they had to cut the remaining supplies in half . the canoes leaked from piranha bites, and they were difficult to steer. many men died from sickness or from being battered against the rocks. Theodore himself was sick, he had been bitten by bugs carrying fatal diseases. Near the end Kermit his father and only three other men got out thanks to Kermit's intelligence.