LIST OF BOOKS REFERRED TO

Alcock, Frederick, F.R.G.S.

• Trade and Travel in South America. 2nd edit. London, 1907.

André, Eugene, F.R.G.S., F.Z.S., M.S.A.

• A Naturalist in the Guianas. London, 1904.

Bancroft, Hubert Howe.

• Native Races of the Pacific States. 1875-76.

Bancroft, Edward, and Stedman.

• Essay on Natural History of Guiana. 1769.

Bates, Henry Walter.

• The Naturalist on the River Amazons. 2 vols. London, 1863.

Brazilian Year Book. 1908.

Brinton, Daniel G.

• Religions of Primitive Peoples. London and New York, 1897.

Clough, R. Stewart.

• The Amazons. London, N.D.

Crevaux, Dr. J.

• Voyages dans l’Amérique du sud. Paris, 1883.
• Fleuves de l’Amérique du Sud, Yapura.
• Vocabulaire français-roucouyennes.

Darwin, Charles.

• Narrative of the Voyages of the Beagle. 1839.

Deniker, Joseph, Sc.D. Paris.

• The Races of Man. 1900.

Enoch, C. Reginald, F.R.G.S.

• The Andes and the Amazons. London, 1907.
• Peru. London, 1908.

Fountain, Paul.

• The River Amazon. London, 1914.

Hardenburg, W. E.

• The Putumayo. London, 1912.

History of South America, by an American. 1899.

Humboldt.

• Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions by the New Continent, 1799-1804. 3 vols. Bohn edition. 1852-53.

im Thurn, Sir Everard F., K.C.M.G.

• Among the Indians of Guiana. London, 1883.

Joyce, Thomas A.

• South American Archæology. London, 1912.

Koch-Grünberg, Dr. Theodor.

• Aruak-Sprachen Nordwestbrasiliens und der angrenzenden Gebiete.
• Journal de la Société des Américainists de Paris.
• Zwei Jahre unter den Indianern: Reisen in Nordwest-Brasilien, 1903-1905. 2 vols. Berlin, 1910.
• Zeitschrift für Ethnologie.

Markham, Sir Clements R., K.C.B.

• Expeditions into the Valley of the Amazons. Hakluyt Society, 1911.
• Peruvian Bark: Introduction of Chinchona Cultivation into India, 1860-1880. 1880.

Maw, Henry Lister.

• Journal of a Passage from the Pacific to the Atlantic. London, 1829.

Nery, Baron de Santa-Anna.

• The Land of the Amazons. London, 1901.

Oakenfull, J. C.

• Brazil in 1909. 1st edit. Paris, 1909.

Orton, James.

• The Andes and the Amazon. New York, N.D.

Ratzel, F.

• History of Mankind. 3 vols. Translated from 2nd German edition by Sir A. J. Butler, M.A. London, 1897.

Rice, Hamilton.

• Quito to Iquitos by the River Napo.
• Further Explorations in the North-West Amazon Basin. The River Uaupes.

Rodway, James.

• Guiana: British, Dutch, and French. London, 1912.
• In the Guiana Forest. 1894.

Schoolcraft, H. R.

• Historical and Statistical Information respecting the History, etc., of the Indian Tribes of the United States. Philadelphia, 1851.

Simson, Alfred.

• Travels in the Wilds of Ecuador and Exploration of the Putumayo River. 1886.

Spix, John Baptist von, and Martius, C.F.P. von.

• Travels in Brazil, 1817-20. Translated by H. E. Lloyd. 1824.

Spruce, Richard, Ph.D.

• Notes of a Botanist on the Amazon and Andes. 2 vols. London, 1908.
• The Great River. Notes on the Amazon and its Tributaries. London, 1904.

Tylor, E. B.

• Researches into the Early History of Mankind. London, 1865.

von Martius, C. F. P.

• Zeitschrift für Ethnologie.
• Beiträge zur Ethnographie und Sprachenkunde Amerikas zumal Brasiliens.

Wallace, Alfred R.

• A Narrative of Travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro. London, 1853.
• On the Rio Negro. Pamphlet. 1853.

Waterton, Charles.

• Wanderings in South America. New edition. London, 1879.

Westermarck, Edward.

• The History of Human Marriage. 3rd edit. London, 1901.

Woodroffe, Joseph F.

• The Upper Reaches of the Amazon. London, 1914.

INDEX

• Agriculture—
• crops, 104;
• harvest, 193;
• plantations, 103;
• sowing, 104;
• women’s work, 67, 102, 103-4, 105, 131
• Amazons, legends of, 239-40
• Animals—
• characteristics, 243-4;
• no domestic, 52, 102;
• scarcity of, 128
• Agouti, 127;
• ant-bear, 127;
• armadillo, 128;
• bats, 51;
• capybara, 127, 147;
• deer, 128, 147;
• dogs, 102;
• jaguar, 36, 182, 185, 221, 231, 232, 244;
• monkey, 52, 128;
• paca, 127;
• peccary, 128-9, 148;
• tapir, 126-7, 147, 174, 244;
• tiger (see jaguar)
• Anthropophagy—
• dances, 204-5;
• feasts, 119-23;
• practices, 119;
• reasons for, 120-21, 177
• Arts and Crafts—
• basket-making, 96-7;
• carving, 91-2, 93, 211-12;
• painting, 91 (see Ornaments);
• pottery, 62, 95, 96
• Bates, Henry Walter, 52, 122, 125, 146, 199, 229, 232, 278, 280
• Birds, 129;
• shooting, 108, 109;
• condor, 183-4;
• parrots, 129
• Birth—
• customs, 146-52, 273 (see Couvade);
• of twins, 120, 150, 244
• Boats—
• how made, 100-101;
• canoes, 29, 101, 265;
• rafts, 101, 265
• Bridges, 28-9
• Brown, John, 3, 8, 9, 14, 38, 249, 253
• Burial, 175-7, 224;
• customs, 74, 81, 176, 226
• Casement, Sir Roger, 234-5, 246
• Cassava—preparation of, 132-4, 144;
• grater, 99, 131-2;
• squeezer, 98, 132;
• Boro, 98, 132;
• manufacture of, 98-9;
• Witoto, 55, 98-9, 132
• Cazes, Mr. David, 2
• Charms, 234
• Chiefs, 64-5, 67, 71, 193, 200, 244, 257, 258-9;
• death of, 65, 70, 119, 176-177;
• dress of, 71, 73, 76;
• house of, 47, 64;
• influence of, 64;
• wife of, 73, 123, 159, 200-201;
• women of, 64, 159-60, 163;
• Katenere, 63;
• Nonugamue, 63
• Children, 88, 124-5, 135, 146-58, 208, 236, 257, 269, 276;
• boys, 76, 108, 165;
• capture of, 69-70, 274;
• girls, 68, 157-8, 164-5;
• marriage of, 162;
• stealing by spirits and tigers of, 219-20, 224, 232;
• treatment of, 155-8;
• toys, 93, 108, 156
• Chorrera, 4, 5, 6, 21
• Climate, 22-4, 25
• Clough, R. Stewart, 158
• Coca, 104, 106, 135, 141-2, 179, 187;
• effects of, 142-3, 264, 277;
• preparation of, 141
• Couvade, 55, 148, 151-3
• Crevaux, Dr., 55, 57, 72, 87, 96, 240-41, 276
• Dances, Chapter XV.;
• complaints at, 196-7;
• decoration and dress for, 75, 191;
• effect of, 202-3, 204;
• invitation to, 192, 253;
• preparation for, 140, 191-2, 273.
• Varieties—
• animal, 201-2;
• harvest, 193, 199-201, 208;
• initiation, 197-9;
• Jurupari, 157, 158, 198, 212-13;
• riddle, 201-2, 209;
• war, 203-5
• Dancing-ground, 42, 102, 192, 194
• Dancing staff, 193-4, 195
• Dancing steps, 193, 194, 195-6, 203, 204
• Death, 167, 168, 170, 173, 187;
• how regarded, 61, 175, 178;
• of chief, 65;
• homicide, 118, 171-2;
• infanticide, 146, 149-51, 170-71
• Deniker, J., 54
• Depilation, 120, 181-2, 241-2, 273, 281, 282
• Disease, 168, 178, 186, 229;
• chronic, 170;
• infections, 169, 173;
• mental, 169;
• skin, 174, 175;
• beriberi, 13, 174;
• fever, 173, 188;
• smallpox, 174;
• sun-sickness, 173
• Divorce, 165-6
• Dress, 71-6;
• ceremonial, 74;
• travellers’, 15, 16;
• men’s, 72, 73;
• women’s, 72, 79;
• breech-cloth, manufacture of, 73;
• never removed, 74;
• ligatures, 73, 77, 83, 84, 271.
• See Chief, Medicine-man, etc.
• Drinks, 101;
• fruit, 104, 139;
• herb, 138, 277;
• intoxicating, 139-41;
• unfermented, 138-9
• Drugs, 140, 175, 182-3, 187.
• See Poison, Snuff, etc.
• Escort, 3, 5, 71;
• management of, 4
• Field of exploration, 17-18
• Fire, 48-50, 133, 136;
• by friction, 48;
• method of making unknown, 48;
• plan of, 49, 50
• Fish, 130-31, 245, 279
• Fishing, 112;
• nets, 112;
• poison, 113-14;
• spears, 113
• Floods, 22, 32;
• traditions of, 238-9
• Folk tales, 221-3, 231, 236-45;
• animal stories, 243-4
• Food, 50, 126, 128-30, 257;
• difficulty of obtaining, 15, 38;
• eggs not taken for, 130;
• influence of, 121, 147-8;
• preparation of, 68, 105, 135-6;
• scarcity of, 120, 121, 126;
• when eaten, 134-5;
• animal, 128-9;
• peppers, 105, 134;
• pepper-pot, 129, 134, 135-6;
• reptiles, 129;
• salt, 124, 134;
• sauces, 133-4, 139;
• sugar, 104;
• turtles, 129-30;
• vermin, 130.
• See Cassava, Fish, Fruit, etc.
• Forest—
• birds in, 26;
• description of, 26-8;
• depressing influence of, 14, 35-6, 265, 266;
• lost in, 37;
• noises in, 34;
• silence of, 34;
• tracks in, 28;
• travellers’ danger in, 29;
• travelling in, 14, 34-5, 37
• Fruit, 104, 135, 136-7
• Games, 157;
• singing, 208-9;
• toys, 93, 108, 156
• Geophagy, 124-5
• Hair, 274, 282, 285;
• how worn, 77-8, 274
• Hammocks, 55;
• how slung, 47, 50;
• made by women, 97-9;
• Witoto, 54, 91
• Hardenburg, W. E., 62, 88, 149, 163
• Head hunters, 122
• Houses—
• private, 47-8, 161;
• temporary, 47;
• tribal—
• Maloka, 40-52;
• construction of, 43;
• light in, 49, 186;
• plan of, 41, 43, 45, 46;
• sites of, 42, 118;
• thatch of, 43-4
• Hunting, 104, 107-9, 110;
• rights, 112;
• traps, 110-11.
• See Weapons
• Igarape Falls, 6
• Implements—
• household, earthenware, 133;
• human bone, 123-4;
• knives, 94;
• pestle and mortar, 99, 141;
• tools, 95, 214;
• troughs, 99, 140-41
• im Thurn, Sir Everard, 55, 76, 152, 239, 274
• Indian—
• beliefs, Chapter XVII.;
• character, 4, 13, 61, 110, 156, 202, 236, 256-64, 275-6;
• cruelty to infirm, 169-70, 257;
• ethics, 65, 66, 68, 260-62;
• kinship, 67, 244, 276;
• life, 50, 236, 246, 276-7, 278;
• origin not decadent remnants, 54, 264-6;
• physical traits, 269, Appendices;
• treachery, 4, 258, 259-60;
• types, classification of, 53;
• Neolithic, 94, 266;
• voice, 207, 253-4;
• woodcraft, 106-7
• Indians, story of white, 240-41
• Initiation, 157-8, 165;
• dances, 197-9
• Insects, 30, 52;
• ants, 32, 33, 51, 97;
• beetles, 82;
• bees, 31, 51, 130;
• butterflies and moths, 31-2;
• flies, 30;
• harvest boys, 31;
• jiggers, 51, 173-4, 273;
• lice, 130, 173, 273;
• mosquito, 31, 51;
• pium, 30-31, 51, 173;
• sand-fly, 31;
• spiders, 51;
• ticks, 31, 273;
• wasps, 31, 130
• Joyce, Thomas A., 238
• Jurupari, 229, 231.
• See also Dances
• Koch-Grünberg, Dr., 46-7, 60, 77, 111, 121, 151, 159, 175, 188, 194, 198, 247, 251, 262, 275, 282
• Language, Chapter XIX.;
• drum, 215-216, 253;
• gesture, 251;
• groups, 56, 57, 247
• Manioc, 68, 104-5, 237-8;
• cultivation of, 104-5, 131;
• preparation of, 98-99, 131-4
• Map—Witoto, 92-3
• Markham, Sir Clements, 158
• Marriage, 60-61, 66-7, 103, 159-67;
• arrangement of, 158, 159-60, 161;
• betrothal, 162;
• ceremonies, 160-164;
• fidelity in, 69, 166-7, 262
• Medicine-man, 140, Chapter XIV., 273;
• dress of, 73, 95, 183;
• functions of, 151, 153, 168-9, 175, 185-6;
• influence of, 64;
• magic powers of, 172, 178, 179-81, 182, 183-4, 185, 186-7, 188-9, 224, 228, 232;
• poison made by, 144, 178-9;
• succession of, 181-2
• Music, 207-8;
• instruments, 210-17;
• castanets, 213;
• drums, 204, 210, 214-17;
• signal drums, 192, 214-17, 253;
• flutes, 123, 192, 194, 195, 197, 204, 210, 211-12;
• pan-pipes, 192-3, 204, 210-211;
• rattles, 83, 64, 194, 195, 210, 213-14;
• trumpets, 211-12;
• whistles, 194, 212;
• Jurupari, 212-213
• Names, 56, 244, 248;
• boys’ and girls’, 153;
• not mentioned, 57, 153-4, 220, 226-7, 280
• Nery, Baron de Santa-Anna, 239
• Ornaments, 76;
• beaded garlands, 79-80, 81, 191;
• beads, 79-80, 82-3, 213;
• bracelets, 82-3, 213;
• combs, 77-8;
• earrings, 85, 86, 275;
• feather head-dress, 75-6;
• feathers, 76-7, 83, 85, 86, 191;
• labret, 86;
• necklaces, 81, 82, 192;
• nose-pin, 86, 275;
• paint, 87, 192;
• scarification, 66;
• tattoo, 86, 87
• Orton, James, 279, 280, 281
• Palms, 30;
• Aeta, 26;
• Astrocaryum, 30;
• Chambiri, 97;
• edible varieties, 137;
• Iriartea ventricosa, 29
• Poisons, 91, 111, 116-17, 168-9, 219, 259-260;
• preparation of, 144-5, 179
• Proverbs, 259-60
• Rainfall, 22
• Reptiles, 33;
• anaconda, 184, 231;
• boa-constrictor, 36;
• frogs, 129;
• iguana, 129;
• lizard, 184;
• snakes, 129;
• fear of, 30
• Rice, Hamilton, 97
• Rivers, Dr. W. H. R., 237, 266
• Rivers—
• Acre, 11;
• Aiary, 198;
• Amazon, 17, 18, 20, 33;
• fascination of, 17, 205;
• scenery of, 25;
• soil of basin, 24-5;
• Apaporis, 10, 59;
• Avio Parana, 7, 8;
• black water streams, 19;
• Fue, 6;
• Igara Parana, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 18, 58;
• description of, 20;
• Ira, 58;
• Issa, 5, 17, 19, 24, 31, 58, 173;
• description of, 19, 22;
• fish in, 131;
• Issanna, 140;
• Japura, 6, 8, 11, 12, 17, 18, 33, 58, 70, 73;
• camp on, 5;
• scenery, 22;
• Kahuinari, 7, 11, 13, 31, 58;
• description of, 22;
• journey up, 5;
• Kara Parana, 18, 21;
• Kuemani, 58;
• Miriti, 74;
• Napo, 18, 24, 222;
• houses on, 44;
• trip up, 2;
• Negro, 18, 19, 104, 222;
• Papunya, 8, 20, 58;
• Tapajos, 113;
• Tauauru, 58;
• Tikie, 61;
• Uaupes, 18, 59, 91, 112;
• black water, 19;
• description of, 18-19;
• houses on, 46;
• proposed journey up, 1, 2, 13;
• Wama, 58;
• white water streams, 19
• Robuchon, Eugene, 20, 31, 46, 65, 86, 88, 89, 99, 119, 122, 123, 163, 210, 270, 272;
• deserted by carriers, 7, 8;
• disappearance of, 5-12;
• dog “Othello,” 7, 8, 10, 11;
• last camp of, 9, 10;
• last message from, 8;
• previously lost, 11;
• relief expedition, 8, 11;
• survivors of, 6
• Route, 2, 3, 5, 8, 9, 10, 13
• Rubber—
• Belt, 3, 4, 11, 40, 72, 80, 91, 101, 174, 257;
• gatherers, 2, 3, 48, 63-4
• Simson, Alfred, 243, 250
• Slaves, 5, 69-70, 124, 170, 263, 273.
• See Tribes, Maku
• Snuff, 143, 179
• Songs, 190, 196-7, 199-201, 206-10;
• meaning of words lost, 190, 207-8
• Spelling, 57, 248-9
• Spines, 30, 35;
• used for combs, 77
• Spirits, 92, Chapter XVII.;
• evil, 179, 185, 186, 218, 219-20, 223-5, 228-9, 233;
• Good, 218-19, 221, 223, 224-5, 226;
• appeared to man, 93, 221-3, 237-8;
• land of, 225-6;
• return of, 172, 176, 177, 182, 224-7;
• transmigratory, 224-5, 227-8
• Spruce, Richard, 19, 32, 33, 99, 101, 128, 140, 188, 238, 240, 244, 280
• Stone—
• absence of, 20, 24, 94, 265;
• found at Chorrera, 21;
• axes, 94, 260;
• magic stones, 163, 184
• Tabu, 90, 243;
• birth, 121;
• coca, 68, 105, 143, 152;
• food, 121, 135, 147-148, 152, 155, 243-4;
• medicine-man’s, 162;
• removal of, 180;
• tobacco, 68, 105, 143-4;
• women’s, 68, 105, 123, 135, 140, 143-4, 147-8, 165, 197, 212-13, 240, 244
• Teeth, 275;
• necklaces of human, 81, 124;
• painted black, 88
• Theft, 171
• Tobacco, 104, 105, 187;
• ceremonial licking, 153, 163, 221, 259;
• drinking, 65-6, 179;
• not smoked, 143, 158;
• preparation of, 143-4.
• See Tabu
• Tobacco palaver, 46, 64, 65-6, 117, 165, 197, 222
• Tobacco pot, 65, 144, 259
• Trade, 61-2, 79, 91, 105-6, 108, 134, 144, 164, 217
• Travelling in bush, 14, 15, 258-9;
• dress, 75;
• equipment, 15-16
• Tree-climbing, method of, 106
• Tribal Council, 65;
• house (see Houses, Maloka);
• marks, 61, 66, 158;
• signals, 253;
• system, 62-5
• Tribes, 54, 56, 57, 58, 256;
• localities changing, 59, 62
• Aiary, 198
• Akaroa, 247
• Andoke, 132, 133, 157, 162, 231, 273;
• appearance of, 60, 269, 275;
• cannibals, 120;
• character, 257, 259, 277;
• chief, 5, 65;
• country of, 5, 58, 201;
• dress of, 78;
• language of, 14, 248;
• manufactures, 108;
• medicine-man, 73, 95, 178, 179, 182, 183, 184;
• ornaments, 88, 89;
• statistics, 59, 247
• Apaporis, 74, 75, 116, 158, 175
• Arekaine, 120
• Arawak, 54
• Auhishiri, 60
• Bara, 59, 61, 108, 140, 157, 188, 282;
• statistics, 247
• Boro, 55, 56, 71, 104, 112, 127, 132, 133, 152, 153, 154, 162, 178, 216, 276;
• appearance of, 58, 60, 61, 77, 269, 271, 274-5, 282;
• beliefs of, 230-31, 234;
• cannibals, 119;
• character, 277;
• chief, 63, 197;
• dances, 194, 199-201;
• dress, 75, 78, 83, 84;
• folk-tales, 221-2, 241-2, 244;
• houses, 44, 48;
• language, 14, 220, 221, 247, 248, 251, 252, 253, and Appendices;
• localities, 58;
• manufactures, 91, 96, 108;
• ornaments, 82, 85, 86;
• statistics, 59, 247;
• tribal marks, 87;
• tribes, 9, 11, 12, 62;
• women, 149
• Botocudo, 129
• Carib, 54
• Catanixi, 101
• Chepei, 6
• Cobeu, 120
• Coto, 58
• Issa, 79, 124
• Issanna, 140, 160
• Japura, 59, 60, 75, 79, 116, 124
• Jivaro, 115-16, 122, 158
• Karahone, 55, 57, 61, 140, 174-5, 178;
• appearance, 269, 274, 282;
• character, 257-8, 259-60;
• dress, 74, 77;
• manufactures, 96;
• ornaments, 87;
• poisons made by, 91, 111, 118, 144, 168, 259-60;
• slave boy, 5, 273;
• statistics, 59, 62, 247;
• women, 80
• Kuretu, 104, 139, 140, 147, 150, 164, 176, 226;
• appearance, 275, 281, 282;
• character, 60;
• country, 59, 75;
• dress, 75;
• houses, 48;
• language-group, 58-9;
• ornaments, 84, 86;
• statistics, 247
• Maku, 60, 61, 257, 262;
• appearance, 269;
• country, 59, 70;
• slaves, 70
• Makuna, country, 75;
• dress, 75, 77;
• houses, 44;
• ornaments, 86;
• statistics, 247
• Menimehe, 10, 56, 61, 75, 115, 139, 140, 143, 144, 276;
• appearance, 273, 274, 283, 284;
• beehives made by, 51, 130;
• character, 11;
• country, 11, 58, 74;
• dress, 74, 76;
• language, 247, 248;
• monkeys kept by, 52;
• ornaments, 86;
• pottery, 62, 91, 95;
• shooting fish, 113;
• statistics, 59, 247;
• tribal marks, 61, 86, 158;
• weapons, 95, 115, 116, 117, 194;
• women, 10
• Muenane, 56, 61, 235;
• appearance, 77, 282;
• character, 277;
• country, 8, 63, 201;
• dance, 201, 208-9;
• language, 247, 248;
• ornaments, 86, 275;
• statistics, 59, 247
• Napo, 58, 60, 74, 76, 82, 85, 112, 113, 116, 140, 174, 175, 211, 217
• Nonuya, 56;
• character, 277;
• chief, 63;
• country, 58, 63;
• dress, 76;
• houses, 44, 46;
• language, 248;
• statistics, 59, 247
• Okaina, 56, 60, 99, 132, 188, 216, 235;
• appearance, 269, 275, 282;
• country, 56;
• dances, 194;
• dress, 81, 83;
• language, 248;
• ornaments, 89;
• statistics, 59, 247;
• tribes, 62
• Opaina, 59;
• country, 74;
• dress, 75;
• statistics, 247
• Orahone, country, 58;
• dress, 74;
• houses, 46;
• medicine-man, 73, 183;
• name, 58, 85;
• ornaments, 85, 88
• Orahone, 60
• Ouayana, 241
• Pegua, 247
• Piohe, 60
• Resigero, 60, 61, 132;
• appearance, 274, 282, 283, 284;
• baskets for ants, 97;
• cannibals, 120;
• character, 277;
• chief, 63-4;
• country, 8, 58, 63, 201;
• dress, 77;
• language, 248;
• ornaments, 86;
• statistics, 59, 247
• Rio Negro, 140, 221
• Roucouyennes, 57
• Saha, 247
• Saka, 86
• Tapajos, 113
• Tikie, 61, 104, 111, 147, 159, 194, 247, 270, 274, 275
• Tukana, 59, 61, 112, 135, 194, 195, 213, 234, 247, 270, 274, 275, 282
• Tureka, 194
• Turuka, 191, 194, 196
• Tutapishco, 58
• Tuyuka, 86, 143, 151, 254, 282;
• houses, 47
• Uacarra, 161
• Uaenambeu, 160
• Uaupes, 59, 76, 85, 116, 140, 143, 188, 198, 244, 248
• Umaua, 74, 247
• Witoto, 54, 55, 56, 57, 61, 71, 104, 115, 126, 132, 133, 151, 152, 153, 162, 178, 211, 231, 235;
• appearance, 58, 60, 269, 270, 271, 274, 282;
• arts, 92, 93;
• character, 277;
• country, 58;
• dance, 209-10;
• dress, 76, 63, 84;
• fishing, 112, 113;
• houses, 44, 46, 48;
• language, 14, 72, 220, 221, 248, 250, 251, 252, 253;
• language-group, 56, 247;
• manufactures, 91;
• ornaments, 82, 86, 88, 89;
• statistics, 59, 60, 62, 247;
• tribes, 6, 62, 93;
• tree venerated by, 233;
• women, 3, 149, 155, 223, 260, 275
• Yahabana, 84, 86
• Yahua, 247
• Yahuna, 10, 116, 143, 194, 247
• Yakuna, 86
• Yuri, 56, 247
• Zaparo, 226
• Tylor, E. B., 152, 264
• Vampires, 51-2
• Vegetable life, 24-5, 26, 104, 130, 131
• von Martius, Dr., 57, 264
• Wallace, Dr. Russell, 1, 19, 44, 46, 60, 91, 101, 121, 134, 158, 160, 161, 197, 240, 275, 280
• War, 61, 62, 117-19;
• blood feuds, 61;
• causes, 61;
• dance, 203-5;
• defensive, 5, 14, 118;
• dress, 74;
• preparations for, 5, 185;
• prisoners in, 118-19, 120-21, 159-60;
• strategy, 117
• Waterton, Charles, 181
• Weapons, 16, 115;
• arrows and darts, 109, 115-17, 145;
• blow-pipes, 91, 107, 108-9;
• club, 115, 116, 194;
• fish-spears, 113;
• guns, 91, 115;
• javelins, 111, 113, 115, 116, 145;
• shields, 115, 119;
• swords, 115, 116, 260;
• traps, 110-11, 118
• Women, 47, 51, 67-9, 195;
• behaviour of, 262;
• duties and work of, 90-91, 95, 96, 97, 98, 102, 134, 173-4, 263;
• mothers, 147-55;
• physical traits, 271-2, 282;
• position of, 135, 159-160, 161, 164-5, 166, 240;
• prostitutes, 159-60, 167;
• widows, 167