River of Doubt Summery

November 5, 1912, President Theodore Roosevelt had just lost the election for a third term to Eugene V. Debs. He was upset and ready to get away from. In 1913 he was asked to go on a trip to South America, were his son lives, to explore and unknown river. He took the offer and went with his son and a few other men. When they got there a man named Candido Rondo offered to help them on their journey. Together they charted about 1,000 miles of land. But it wasn’t easy of safe. Throughout the trip they experienced, death by murder, dieses, drowning, and starvation; three men died. But Roosevelt lived thanks to his son Kermit who help keep him alive. When they finally got out of the forest they had the Rio of Doubt, renamed Rio Roosevelt in honor of the President, as well as a branch of that river named the Rio Kermit in Kermit's honor. After the trip Kermit married and had four children.