Pygmies & Papuans: The Stone Age To-day in Dutch New Guinea

LIST OF WORDS USED BY THE PAPUANS IN THE DISTRICT OF THE MIMIKA RIVER, S. W. DUTCH NEW GUINEA.

INDEX

• A
• Acton, Lord, 2
• Albinos, 110
• Alcohol, 68
• Amberno River, 24
• Amboina, 14,257;
  • communication with, 209;
  • inhabitants of, 17;
  • market at, 17
• Ambonese coolies, 50
• Ambonese, dress of, 17;
  • names of, 17
• Amok, 185
• Arafura Sea, 19, 35
• Arfak Mountains, 23
• Arrows, 151
• Aru Islands, 19
• Atap, method of making, 60
• Atuka River, 248
• Atjeh, 92
• B
• Balfour, H., 202
• Bali, 259
• Bamboo, throwing lime from, 219
• Banana, 17, 88
• Banda, 16, 19, 257
• Batavia, 3;
  • washing in, 9
• Bees, stingless honey-, 76
• Beetles, as food, 124;
  • larva of, 156
• Beri-beri, 66, 193
• Bird of Paradise, 74, 142, 159, 178, 227, 261
• Birds, collection of, 241
• Boat-builders, 225
• Boni, 14
• Bonnets of widows, 115
• Borneo, 21
• Boro-Boder, 11
• Botanic station at Merauke, 224
• Bougainville, de, 31
• Bows, 151
• Bridge, building a, 235
• British New Guinea, 22
• British Ornithologists’ Union, 1
• Brush Turkey, 76
• Buddhist Temples, 11
• Buitenzorg garden, 10
• Buleling, 258
• Butonese, 170
• Butterflies, 16
• C
• Camp, health of, 58;
  • repairing, 188
• Cannibalism, 127
• Canoes, 219;
  • building of, 53;
  • description of, 53;
  • method of paddling, 36;
  • the price of, 55
• Carstensz, Mt., 23, 44, 181, 212
• Carstensz, Jan, 28, 221
• Cape York, 28, 32
• Carteret, Philip, 31
• Cassowaries, 200, 214
• Cassowary, 125, 241
• Casuarina trees, 42
• Cat’s cradle, 147
• Celebes, 14
• Celebes Trading Company, 20
• Ceram, 14
• Ceremonies, 131
• Charles Louis Mountains, 23, 35, 44
• Chief, 128
• Children, games of, 117
• Chinese, 17, 223, 225
• Christians at Amboina, 17
• Cicatrisation, 112
• Clothing of Dutch, 9;
  • of natives, 113
• Clouds on mountains, 45
• Clubs, Dutch, 18;
  • stoneheaded, 149;
  • wooden, 148
• Coal, 241
• Coast, description of, 42;
  • navigation of, 249
• Coconuts, 98, 223
• Comet, Halley’s, 81
• Convicts, 13, 93;
  • madness of, 215
• Cook, Captain, 31, 219
• Coolies, 15, 170, 227;
  • Ambonese, 50;
  • failure of, 231;
  • feebleness of, 51;
  • sickness of, 184
• Corals, 16
• Counting, 104
• Cramer, H. A., 3, 13, 41, 46, 57, 92, 102, 231, 258
• Crickets, a plague of, 59
• Crocodiles, 75
• Crowned pigeon, 74
• Crows, pale, 77
• Cultivation, 88;
  • in Java, 5
• D
• Daggers of bone, 203
• d’Albertis, 33
• Dampier, Captain, 31, 123
• Dancing, 143;
  • houses, 143
• Darwin, Mt. Leonard, 239
• Dayaks, 172, 194;
  • arrival of, 253;
  • industry of, 214
• Dead, disposal of, 137-140
• Death, 136
• Digoel River, 24
• Disease, 205
• Djokjakarta, 11
• Dobo, 19, 257
• Dog, Papuan, 126
• Dorei, 22
• Drawing, 145
• Drowning of sailor, 170
• Drums, 141
• Ducks, penguin, 11;
  • perching in trees, 86
• Dugongs, 212
• Dumas, J. M., 212
• Dumas, Mr., 44
• Dutch, Government, 3, 257;
  • food of, 7;
  • house of, 8;
  • habits of, 9;
  • tree-planting by, 15;
  • hospitality of, 18;
  • rule in New Guinea, 23;
  • explorations of, 28;
  • East India Company, 31;
  • Expeditions, 213, 216
• E
• Earthquake at Amboina, 15
• Effigies, carved, 131
• Endeavour, voyage of, 31
• Escort, 3, 13
• Expedition, members of, 2;
  • leave Java, 13
• F
• Fak-fak, 224
• Families, 129
• Festival, 134
• Fiji, 24
• Fire, 152
• Fire-making, 200
• Fish, many coloured, 16
• Fishing-net, 120
• Flies, a plague of, 58;
  • on water, 76
• Flint knives, 200
• Flood, 132, 156, 173, 178, 189
• Flores, 24
• Flowers, 206, 242
• Fly River, 33, 42
• Food of natives, 119, 124
• Forbes, H. O., 33
• Forest, 242-245
• Fortnum and Mason, 68
• Frogmouth, 77
• G
• Garden at Amboina, 16
• Garoet, 11
• Geographical Society, Royal, 2
• German New Guinea, 22
• Ghosts, 133
• Goa, Raja of, 14
• Godman, F. D., 1
• Godman, Mt., 239
• Goodfellow, W., 2, 142, 167, 170, 172, 195
• Grant, C. H. B., 194, 231, 241
• Grant, W. R. Ogilvie, 1
• Grey, Sir E., 2
• Guillemard, 38
• Gurkhas, 3, 156, 160, 171, 179, 194, 233
• H
• Habbema, Lieut., 169
• Half-castes, 6, 223
• Halley’s Comet, 81
• Head-rests, 152
• Herwerden, Captain, 13
• Hindu Temple, 259
• Hornbills, 86
• Houses of the natives, 96;
  • in trees, 217;
  • communal, 218
• Humboldt Bay, 33
• I
• Ibis, 1
• Iguanas, 75
• Intoxication of natives, 99
• Incense, smell of, 238
• Island River, Dutch Expedition, 60;
  • description of, 216
• Iwaka River, 231
• J
• Java, prosperity of, 5;
  • half-castes in, 6
• Javanese soldiers, 62
• Jew’s harp, 203
• Jungle, clearing the, 46
• K
• Kaiserin Augusta River, 24, 28
• Kalff, Mr. E., 227
• Kamura River, 175, 248
• Kapare River, 82
• Ké Islands, 15, 51, 257;
  • natives of, 225
• Kingfishers, 59
• Kloss, C. B., 253
• Kolff, 220
• Kris, abolition of, 7
• L
• Language, difficulty of, 103
• La Perouse, 32
• La Seyne, wreck of, 3
• Leeches, 177
• Le Maire, Jacques, 28
• Lombok, 258
• Lorentz, H. A., 2, 13, 33, 34, 169, 172, 241
• Lories, 75
• M
• Macassar, 14
• MacCluer Gulf, 42
• MacCluer, John, 32
• Macgregor, Sir W., 33
• Malays, 185;
  • food of, 65;
  • music of, 143
• Mangrove, 42
• Marianne Strait, 220
• Marriage, 116
• Marshall, E. S., 2, 80, 82, 133, 175, 185, 231
• Medical treatment, 167
• Meek, Mr., 213
• Megapode, 77
• Meneses, Don Torge de, 27
• Merauke, 31, 37, 222;
  • communication with, 209;
  • natives of, 226
• Mimika, first voyage on, 39;
  • description of, 40, 71;
  • water of, 40;
  • tides on the, 57;
  • obstacles in, 78
• Mission at Dorei, 22
• Missions, 154
• Mosquitoes, 211, 223
• Motor-boat, 52, 173, 248
• Murderer, 13, 186
• Music, 141
• N
• Natives, trading with, 61;
  • communicating with, 84, 102;
  • dislike of rain, 84;
  • migrations of, 95;
  • language of, 102, Appendix C;
  • description of, 109;
  • height of, 112;
  • clothing of, 113;
  • age of, 115;
  • food of, 119, 120;
  • social system of, 128;
  • property of, 129;
  • music of, 141;
  • dancing of, 143;
  • as artists, 145;
  • mock sorrow of, 247;
  • quarrels of, 148;
  • as marksmen, 151;
  • health of, 153;
  • as carriers, 158;
  • our relations with, 163;
  • as thieves, 165
• Naturalists, explorations by, 32
• New Guinea, position of, 21;
  • size of, 21;
  • mountains of, 23;
  • natives of, 24;
  • discovery of, 26;
  • name of, 27;
  • recent explorations of, 33;
  • first sight of, 35;
  • shore of, 36;
  • lack of food, 65;
  • rivers of, 24, 83, 181;
  • departure from, 257
• Newton, Professor Alfred, 1
• Nias, 13, 35
• Nimé, dancing house at, 252
• Noord River, 2, 13, 33, 34
• Nouhuys, J. W. van, 169
• Numerals, 104
• O
• Obota, 83
• Ogilvie-Grant, W. R., 1
• P
• Palm, coconut, 98
• Pandanus, 10, 243
• Papua, 22;
  • meaning of, 25
• Papuans, description of, 25, 109;
  • behavior of, 37;
  • dress of, 37, 113;
  • apathy of, 38, 45;
  • asleep, 39;
  • dancing, 41, 143;
  • as traders, 45;
  • communicating with, 84;
  • dislike of rain, 84;
  • food of, 91;
  • migrations of, 95;
  • drink of, 99;
  • language of, 102, Appendix C;
  • height of, 112;
  • age of, 115;
  • social system of, 128;
  • property of, 129;
  • music of, 141;
  • as artists, 145;
  • quarrels of, 148;
  • as marksmen, 151;
  • health of, 153
• Paradise, bird of, 74, 142
• Parimau, arrival at, 56, 155;
  • departure from, 247
• Payment of natives, 163
• Peace-offering, 166
• Pearls, 20
• Pearl-shell, 20
• Penguin ducks, 11
• Periepia, 85
• Petroleum, 241
• Pickles, 68
• Pig, 125, 133-136
• Pigeons, crowned, 31, 74
• Pineapples, 101
• Plants, 231
• Plants at Buitenzorg, 10
• Ponies, 259
• Pool, Thomas, 30
• Port Moresby, natives of, 213
• Portuguese, remains of, 17;
  • navigators, 27
• Precipice, 239
• Prince Frederick Henry Island, 220
• Propeller, loss of, 250
• Provisions, storing of, 66;
  • packing of, 68;
  • depôt of, 176
• Pygmies, discovery of, 157;
  • visit to, 159;
  • dress of, 161;
  • description of, 161, 197;
  • voices of, 162;
  • visit Parimau, 196;
  • measurements of, 197, Appendix B;
  • ornaments of, 199;
  • possessions of, 199;
  • methods of smoking, 202;
  • village of, 203;
  • houses of, 205;
  • women of, 206;
  • intelligence of, 207;
  • distribution of, 208
• R
• Races, mixture of, 6;
  • harmony of, 19
• Raffles, Sir Stamford, 5, 10
• Rain, 79
• Rattan, 243
• Rawling, C. G., 2, 82, 156, 174-5, 195, 219, 248
• Relationship, 105
• Reptiles, 168
• Retes, Ynigo Ortiz de, 27
• Rice, 65;
  • cultivation in Java, 5
• Rifle bird, 159
• Rijst-tafel, 7
• Rivers, branching, 83;
  • crossing, 236;
  • in New Guinea, 24
• Robinson, H. C., 194
• Roebuck, voyage of, 31
• Ruwenzori, 2, 238
• S
• Sago, 65, 89-92
• St. Nicholas, feast of, 6, 228
• Sandpiper, 86
• Sarawak, H. H. the Raja of, 253
• Sarong, 10
• Schouten Islands, 27
• Schouten, Willem, 28
• Screw-pines, 10, 243
• Sea, depth of, 19
• Sea-snakes, 215
• Seasons, 79;
  • wet, 192
• Shackleton Expedition, 67
• Sharks, fishing for, 46
• Shortridge, G. C., 2, 172, 194, 210
• Sickness, 171-192
• Sindanglaya, 11
• Skulls, preservation of, 139
• Smith, Stamford, 90
• Snakes, 167
• Snow Mountains, 1, 23, 33;
  • discovery of, 29;
  • first sight of, 35;
  • distant view of, 43;
  • attempt to reach, 229
• Social system, 128
• Soldiers, native, 92
• Songs, 142
• Spanish navigators, 27
• Spears, 151
• Spices, Dutch monopoly of, 31
• Spiders, tameness of, 58
• Stalker, W., 2, 14, 51;
  • death of, 47;
  • funeral of, 49
• Steam-launch, 52, 170
• Stone Age, 151
• Stone implements, 150
• Stones, gifts of, 87
• Sugar-palm, 99
• Sumbawa, 258
• Superstitions, 131
• Swift, Moustached, 241
• Swimming, 117
• T
• Tapiro (see Pygmies)
• Tasman, 30
• Tattooing, 112
• Tears, a welcome of, 41
• Temples at Boro-Boder, 11
• Ternate, Sultan of, 22;
  • traders of, 89
• Thunderstorms, 79, 132
• Tides of the river, 57
• Timura River, 251
• Tobacco, 38, 202;
• cultivation of, 88
• Torres, Luis Vaz de, 27
• Torres Strait, 32
• Tosari, 12
• Track, used by natives, 176;
  • cutting a, 183
• Trade goods, 63
• Transport, difficulty of, 52
• Travelling, difficult, 230
• Trees, 216, 243;
  • falling at night, 77;
  • cutting down, 187;
  • houses in, 217
• Tuaba River, 175
• Tugeri, 23
• Tugeri tribe, 222
• U
• Utakwa, Dutch expedition to, 210
• Utakwa River, 4, 33, 210
• V
• Van der Bie, 212
• Vanilla, 159
• Vegetation, 237
• View, a rare, 240
• Volcano, 15
• Volcanoes in Java, 5, 12
• W
• Wailing at death, 137
• Wakatimi, arrival at, 40;
  • camp at, 46;
  • description of, 95;
  • departure from, 255
• Wallaby, 125
• Wallace, A. R., 16, 20, 33, 38, 91, 244
• Wamberi Merbiri, 203
• Wania, excursion to, 249
• Wania River, 236, 239, 249
• Wataikwa, 231
• Wataikwa River, 175
• Water, lack of, 237;
  • squeezed from moss, 238
• Water-lilies, 10
• Weather, 79
• Wilhelmina, Mt., 23, 45, 169, 220
• Wives, number of, 116
• Women, 148;
  • clothing of, 114;
  • treatment of, 130;
  • dress of Dutch, 9;
  • Pygmies, 206