(5) She led Tarzan in search of her.
(6) Rokoff tries to rape Jane and she escapes.
(7) Two runners arrive at Rokoff's camp ahead of Tarzan and the old woman, They warn of the ape-man's escape.
(8) The natives abandoned the whites, and Rockoff's men mutinied against him. They tried to shoot their former Russian employer.
(10) Rokoff escapes using Jane's route.
(11) Tarzan thinks the two are headed for the village and he races ahead of them.
(12) Once there Tarzan realizes his mistake and returns to Rokoff's camp and picks up the trail.
(13) That night Jane slept in the crotch of a tree.
SOURCE: (1) "The second day following the cessation of the rain he came upon a native village the inhabitants of which fled into the bush the instant their eyes fell upon him." ERB-The Beasts Of Tarzan.
(2) "From him Tarzan learned, by dent of much coaxing, that a party of whites had passed through the village several days before." ERB-The Beasts Of Tarzan.
(3) "It was then the runners had entered his camp." ERB-The Beasts Of Tarzan.
(4) "Who is it," he asked, "that creeps upon Tarzan of the Apes, like a hungry lion out of darkness?" ERB-The Beasts Of Tarzan.
(5) "She discovered most of the camp was asleep except for one sentry and he was dozing." ERB-The Beasts Of Tarzan.
(6) "That night she slept in the crotch of a tree, ERB-The Beasts Of Tarzan.
EVENT: (1) Early the next morning Jane, now armed with the Sweds rifle, continued on her way.
(2) Late that afternoon Jane unnoticed from a distance sees five apes, including a panther, and a black man traveling together.
(3) A half-mile behind Jane the Russian sees the strange band also undetected.
(4) Jane finds a canoe and Rokoff catches up to her. She escapes the Russian but he finds a second canoe and follows her downriver.
(5) Tarzan comes across Mugambi and the rest of the pack while tracking Rokoff and the white woman.
(6) When Tarzan reached the river's edge he saw the canoe go around a bend with only Rokoff in sight.
(7) A half hour later Tarzan caught up to Rokoff but the ape-man was attacked by a crocodile and the Russian escaped.
SOURCE: (1) "and early the next morning continued on her way." ERB-The Beasts Of Tarzan.
(2) "Late that afternoon just as Jane was about to cross a little clearing she came upon an ape making his way from the jungle on the opposite side." ERB-The Beasts Of Tarzan.
(3) "A half-mile behind her following the same trail Rokoff lay frozen with terror behind an aint-hill as the weird band passed close to him." ERB-The Beasts Of Tarzan.
Tarzan is stranded on Jungle Island.
September 9, 1897, through October 10, 1897
Tarzan's travel upriver.
October 10, 1897, through October 12, 1897
Tarzan loses Rokoff's trail for two days.
October 13, 1897
Tarzan rescues the Swede.
October 14, 1897, through October 21, 1897,
October 23, 1897
EVENT: (1) Jane reached the Kincaid two hours ahead of the Russian.
(2) Rokoff reached the mouth of the Ugambi and the Kincaid was there at anchor.
(3) When the Russian started to board the ship Jane turned him away with a rifle.
(4) At the end of the day Jane sees a ship's boat approaching.
(5) Mugambi and the jungle horde reached the mouth of the Ugambi but on the opposite bank as Rokoff.
SOURCE: (1) "So although starting almost at the same time Jane reached the bay full two hours ahead of the Russian," ERB-The Beasts Of Tarzan.
(4) "At the end of the day Jane was alarmed by Rokoff shouting from the opposite bank." ERB-The Beasts Of Tarzan.
CHAT: It is at this point that ERB gives a description of the Kincaid. "He had sent the little steamer away to coal while he had gone up the river, leaving Paulvitch in charge of her." ERB-The Beasts Of Tarzan. "The terrified Russian could not figure out why no one answered on board but he continued on until he bumped against the timbers of the Kincaid." ERB-The Beasts Of Tarzan. A wood-sided coal steamer fits an 1897 description. How does this description fit in 1913?
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EVENT: The Kincade sailed out of the Ugambi into the Atlantic.
About The Author
James Michael Moody Moody is a lifelong fan and collector of Edger Rice Burroughs. Moody has contributed over two hundred articles to various ERB-related fanzines over a span of forty-five years. He also manages an unauthorized Tarzan blog titled, Greystoke Chronologist: James Michael Moody. There the researcher chronologies the Tarzan books starting in May 1872 (known as the pushback theory) instead of the more excepted date May 1888.
James Michael Moody is also the author of the action-packed Sci-Fi fantasy adventure Unium series. Pioneers On Unium, published December 31, 2019, and Exiled On Unium, published August 25, 2022. Swordsman On Unium is going through the publishing process.