Ua aneane he kenekulia mai ka nalo ʻana o Colonel Percy Fawcett, he kanaka mākaʻikaʻi ʻōlelo Pelekane, ʻoiai e ʻimi ana i kahi moʻomeheu kahiko āna i kapa ai ʻo 'Z' ma Amazon. I ka makahiki 1925, ua nalowale ʻo ia a me kāna keiki hiapo ʻo Jack, 22, me ka lawe ʻana i kahi ʻano o 'Z' me lākou.
No nā makahiki he nui ma hope o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka mea i ʻike kaulana ʻia ʻo "ka mea pohihihi ʻimi nui loa o ke kenekulia 20," ua mālama ʻia kahi kiʻiʻoniʻoni epic. Eia nō naʻe, me ka ʻike hou ʻana i ka hopena o ka hana a ke kanaka ma luna o ka wao ua "ʻaʻole paʻa" i manaʻo ʻia ma mua, hiki anei ke wehe i nā ʻike e pili ana iā 'Z' a me kahi o Fawcett?
Manuscript 512
I ka makahiki 1920, ua hāʻule ʻo Fawcett i kahi palapala ma ka National Library of Rio De Janeiro i kapa ʻia. Manuscript 512. Ua kākau ʻia e kekahi kanaka mākaʻikaʻi Pukiki i ka makahiki 1753, ua hōʻike kikoʻī i ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi kūlanakauhale paʻa i ka pā i ka hohonu o ka ʻāina ʻo Mato Grosso o ka Amazon. Ua wehewehe ka manuscript i ke kūlanakauhale kālā me nā hale he nui, nā pā pōhaku kiʻekiʻe, a me nā alanui ākea e hiki aku ai i kahi loko. Ma ka ʻaoʻao o kahi hale, ʻike ka mea mākaʻikaʻi i nā leka ʻē aʻe e like me ka Helene kahiko a i ʻole ka pīʻāpā ʻEulopa.
ʻAʻole i mālama ka poʻe kālaihonua i kēia mau ʻōlelo, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana ʻaʻole hiki i nā ululāʻau ke komo i nā kūlanakauhale nui. Eia nō naʻe, no Fawcett, pili pū nā ʻāpana o ka puzzle.
I ka makahiki 1921, hoʻomaka ʻo Fawcett i kāna ʻimi mua e ʻimi i ke 'kūlanakauhale nalowale o Z.' Eia naʻe, ma hope koke iho o ka haʻalele ʻana, ua nāwaliwali ʻo ia a me kāna hui ma muli o ka pilikia o ka wao nahele, nā holoholona hihiu, a me ka nui o nā maʻi. Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia kāna misionari, akā ua hele hou ʻo ia me ia mai Bahia, Brazil, ma hope o kēlā makahiki. Ua noho ʻo ia ma kēia ala no ʻekolu mahina ma mua o ka hoʻi ʻole ʻana.
Ka nalowale ana o Percy Fawcett
ʻO ka ʻimi hope loa a Percy no 'Z' i pau me kona nalo pōʻino. I ʻApelila, 1925, ua hoʻoikaika ʻo ia i hoʻokahi manawa e ʻike i ka 'Z', i kēia manawa ʻoi aku ka mākaukau a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ke kālā e nā nūpepa a me nā hui pū me ka Royal Geographic Society a me ka Rockefellers. ʻO kāna hoa pili loa ʻo Raleigh Rimell i hui pū me ia ma ka huakaʻi, kāna keiki hiapo ʻo Jack he 22 makahiki, a me ʻelua mau limahana Brazilian.
Ma kēlā lā pōʻino o Mei 29, 1925, ua hōʻea ʻo Percy Fawcett a me kāna hui i ka lihi o kahi ʻāina i ʻike ʻole ʻia, kahi i kipa ʻole ʻia ai nā ululāʻau ulu e nā haole. Ua wehewehe ʻo ia ma kahi leka i ka home e hele ana lākou ma luna o ka Upper Xingu, kahi kahawai hikina hema o ka muliwai Amazon, a ua hoʻihoʻi aku i kekahi o kā lākou mau hoa huakaʻi Brazil, me ka makemake e hoʻomau i ka huakaʻi ma o lākou iho.
I ko lākou hele ʻana i kahi i kapa ʻia ʻo Dead Horse Camp, ua hoʻouna ʻo Fawcett i nā leka hoʻi i ka home no ʻelima mau mahina a ma hope o ka ʻelima o ka malama, ua kū lākou. I kāna ʻōlelo hope loa, ua kākau ʻo ia i kahi ʻōlelo hōʻoluʻolu i kāna wahine, ʻo Nina, e ʻōlelo ana e lanakila koke lākou i ka lanakila ʻana i ka ʻāina. "Manaʻo mākou e hele i kēia wahi i kekahi mau lā…. ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e makaʻu i kekahi hemahema. ʻO ka mea pōʻino, ʻo kēia ka mea hope loa i lohe ʻia mai iā lākou.
Ua hoʻolaha ka hui i ko lākou manaʻo e haʻalele no hoʻokahi makahiki, no laila, i ka hala ʻana o ʻelua me ka ʻōlelo ʻole, ua hoʻomaka ka poʻe e hopohopo. Ua hoʻouna ʻia aku kekahi mau ʻaoʻao huli, a ua nalowale kekahi o lākou ma ke ʻano like me Fawcett. Ua hoʻouna ʻia ʻo Albert de Winton, kahi mea kākau moʻolelo e ʻimi i kāna hui a ʻaʻole i ʻike hou ʻia.
ʻO ka nui, ua hoʻomaka ʻia nā huakaʻi he 13 i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e pane i ka nalo maopopo ʻole o Fawcett, a ʻoi aku ma mua o 100 mau kānaka i pepehi ʻia a i hui pū ʻia me ka mea mākaʻikaʻi i kona nalowale ʻana i loko o ka ululāʻau. He nui ka poʻe i hāʻawi iā lākou iho e hele i nā huakaʻi, a he mau kakini o lākou i hele aku e ʻimi iā Fawcett i nā makahiki i hala.
Ua pepehi anei kekahi iā Percy Fawcett?
Ua hōʻike ʻia ka hōʻike kūhelu mai kahi misionari hoʻopakele ua pepehi ʻia ʻo Fawcett no ka hana ʻino i kahi aliʻi India, ʻo ia ka moʻolelo i ʻae ʻia. Akā naʻe, ua hoʻoikaika mau ʻo Fawcett i ka pono e mālama i ka pilina maikaʻi me nā ʻohana kūloko a me ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana o ka poʻe kamaʻāina iā ia e like me kāna mea i kākau ai.
ʻO kekahi wehewehe ʻē aʻe paha ua make paha ʻo ia a me kāna hui mai kahi pōʻino weliweli, e like me ka maʻi a i ʻole ke kau ʻana. ʻO ke kolu o ka mea hiki ke hoʻouka ʻia lākou e ka poʻe pōā a make. Ma mua o kēia huakaʻi, ua hiki ke kipi ma ia wahi, a ua peʻe kekahi mau koa kipi i loko o ka ululāʻau. I nā mahina ma hope o kēia huakaʻi, ua hōʻike ʻia ka poʻe huakaʻi ua hoʻōki ʻia, ua ʻaihue ʻia, a i kekahi mau hihia, ua pepehi ʻia e nā kipi.
I ka makahiki 1952, ua haʻi aku ka poʻe Kalapalo Indians o Central Brazil i kekahi poʻe malihini i hele ma ko lākou ʻāina a pepehi ʻia no ka mahalo ʻole i nā keiki o ke kauhale. ʻO nā kikoʻī o kā lākou moʻolelo i hōʻike ʻia ʻo Percy Fawcett, Jack Fawcett, a me Raleigh Rimmell ka mea i make. Ma hope mai, ua noiʻi ka mea ʻimi Brazilian ʻo Orlando Villas Boas i ka wahi i manaʻo ʻia kahi i pepehi ʻia ai lākou a kiʻi hou i ke kino kanaka, me nā waiwai pilikino me ka pahi, nā pihi, a me nā mea metala liʻiliʻi.
Ua hana ʻia nā hoʻāʻo he nui ma nā iwi, akā ʻaʻole hiki ke loaʻa ka hopena ma muli o ka loaʻa ʻole o nā laʻana DNA mai nā lālā o ka ʻohana o Fawcett, ka mea i hōʻole i ka hāʻawi ʻana i kekahi. I kēia manawa, mālama ʻia nā iwi i ka Forensic Medicine Institute ma ke Kulanui o Sao Paulo.
ʻOiai ʻo ke ʻano paʻakikī o ko Konela Percy Fawcett kaulana ʻo 'Lost City of Z,' nui nā kūlanakauhale kahiko a me nā wahi hoʻomana i hōʻike ʻia ma nā wao ua o Guatemala, Brazil, Bolivia, a me Honduras i kēia mau manawa. Mahalo i ka holomua o ka ʻenehana scanning, hiki ke ʻike ʻia kahi kūlanakauhale i hoʻoikaika i nā moʻolelo o 'Z' i kekahi manawa i ka wā e hiki mai ana.
Ma hope o ka heluhelu ʻana e pili ana i ka nalo ʻole ʻana o Percy Fawcett a me ke kūlanakauhale nalowale o Z, heluhelu e pili ana ʻO Alfred Isaac Middleton ka mea i ʻōlelo ʻia e ʻike i ke kūlanakauhale nalowale o Dawleetoo a me ka pahu gula.
