Hofmans Object Lesson on a Peru voyage tragedy
Dick Ordway travels to Peru with his wife Mrs. Ordway and clashes with the charming Spaniard d Alcantara. Jealousy and pride drive Ordway to violent resolutions as Hofman, a wandering South American explorer, intervenes. A deadly confrontation ends with d Alcantara's murder and the shipboard note of looming consequences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Ordway
Peru
Mia
Ordway
d'Alcantara
Mra. Ordway
Hansti
New York
Pedro d'Alcantara Martines
Gustav Hotman
South America
Ecuador
Brazil
Yavary
Amazon
Hofman
Senor Martines
Huase
Buck
Museum of Natural History
Hanso
Lima
Hidalgo
Mrs. Ordway
Huaje
Robert Garrett
Staten Island
Peruvian
Islaya
Senor
Pedro
Bois de Boulogne
Paris
Richard
d’Alcantara
Senor What
Herman
Yurimacan
Forman
Orenat
Yarimaca
Burke and Wills Expedition and Peru Interlude
The article blends Burke and Wills exploration with a Peru tale. It notes the Adelaide and Melbourne connections, the Coopers Creek base, and the buried tree bearing Dig. The Peru segment follows Richard Ordway and his wife Elsie, with Gustav Hofman, a Yurimaca clan, d'Alcantara, and the severed head episode, ending in a tense reunion in New York and a whispered past with Hofman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Menindie
Burke
Coopers Creek
Wills
King
Gray
Cooper's Creek
Brahe
Alcantara
Ordway
New York
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Yurimaca
Hotman
Francis Birtles
Royal Park
Melbourne
Burke and Wille
Gulf of Carpentaria
Darling River
Adelaide
Mr. Hopeless
Wille
Burke and Wills
Melbourne General Cemetery
Richard Ordway
Mr. Ordway
Macas
Pedro d’Alcantara
Reprihas
Miling
Gustav Hofman
Wicely
Willa
Gulf
Australia
Mall
Bynoe
Walker
Sgurke
Frederick Walker
Rockhampton