It must have been clear to Edith, however, that Fiala had no more ability to know whether the Roosevelt party was in good health or bad than she did. The story of his own disaster on a much less dangerous river did not ease her mind, nor did the April release of the first articles in the series that Roosevelt was writing for Scribner’s. Filled with stories of man-eating fish and warlike Indians, these articles only served to feed Edith’s fears and multiply in her mind the dangers that her husband and son were facing.
