Part 2 — INDEX

agriculture

of Argentina, 390, 412

of Bolivia, 287, 321, 326, 337

of Colombia, 13, 42, 76–7, 108, 112

of Peru, 270

Andes. See mountains

Angostura, 142

animals

of Argentina, 391, 401, 404 ff.

of Bolivia, 285, 289, 293, 296, 299, 308, 377

of Brazil, 224, 238, 246, 249

of Colombia, 6, 13, 36, 38, 44, 51–2, 56, 88–9, 101–3, 111, 115, 118, 127

of Paraguay, 202, 206, 209–13, 215

of Venezuela, 151, 167, 175–6

ant-eater, 118, 215

Antioquia, 113, 121

ants, 99, 118, 133, 235, 258, 261, 317, 381

Arauca, 148

Arequipa, 268

armadillo, 211

Asuncion, 199

Atures Cataract, 152, 154

Aymará Indians, 273

bat, 101, 209, 289, 299

beena, 186

beverages:

chicha, 286;

somo, 337;

yerba maté, 202, 394

birds

of Argentina, 365, 368 ff., 373, 375 ff., 379 f., 384, 387, 391, 397, 407, 417 ff.

of Bolivia, 282, 284, 288, 291, 293, 297–8, 309, 314, 326–7, 330, 338, 344 ff., 353, 359

of Brazil, 247, 250, 256, 259, 261

of Colombia, 6, 13, 20, 31 f., 36, 42, 48, 50, 57, 59, 71, 77, 81, 88, 97 f., 103, 108 f., 111, 113, 117, 125, 128 f., 132, 134 ff.

of Paraguay, 199, 201, 207, 213, 217, 221

of Venezuela, 157, 161, 170, 174, 183, 189, 191

boa-constrictor, 403

Buenaventura, 3, 110

Buenos Aires, 198

Buriticá, 122

bushmaster, 72, 133, 308

Cabulla, 76

cacao, 42

cactus, 329

Caicara, 147

Calama, 261 ff.

Caldas, 6

Cali, 10 ff.

Callao, 266

Caquetá, 92 ff.

Carretia Falls, 158

Cartago, 47

cassava, 159

Catañapo River, 153

catfish, 117, 151

Cauca, 12, 40 ff., 116

Caura, 146 f.

Cerro do Norte, 236

Cerro Munchique, 29

Cerro Torra, 70

Chaco, 378 f.;

Gran Chaco, 203

chicha, 286

Chilón, 329

Chimoré River, 311 ff.

Chocó, 64

Cisneros, 5, 110

Ciudad Bolivar, 142

climate

of Argentina, 381, 399, 421

of Bolivia, 288, 324

of Colombia, 3, 8, 21, 54, 61–3, 64, 80, 83, 94

of Venezuela, 176, 185, 190

coca, 287

Cochabamba, 279

cock-of-the-rock, 89 ff.

Comarapa, 330 f.

Commemoração River, 249

Cordillera Occidental, 8

Corumbá, 208

crocodile, 215

Cuchicancha, 281 ff.

Cuña Indians, 131

Cunucunuma River, 171

customs. See Indians

Dagua River, 5

“death-doctor,” 274

dress, native, 25

El Carmen, 8

Embarcacion, 378

Essiquibo River, 181

fer-de-lance, 236, 309

fish

of Bolivia, 294

of Brazil, 262

of Colombia, 117

of Paraguay, 205

of Venezuela, 151, 164, 171

catfish, 117, 151

method of fishing, 117, 154, 164

piranha, 164

pirarucú, 262

pacu, 117

food, native, 76

fruit-culture, 390

funeral customs, 68

Georgetown, 180

gold, 187, 190

government

abolition of slavery, 295

dishonesty of, 163

Gran Chaco, 203

Guajibo Indians, 150;

Rapids, 155

Guaviare River, 162

Guiana, 180–193

Gy-Paraná. See Paraná

Hávita, 67

Huitoto Indians, 101

Iguana. See reptiles

Inca civilization, 355 ff.

Indians, customs:

(beena), 186;

(dances), 229, 257;

(“death-doctor”), 274;

(dress), 25;

(festival of San Juan), 100;

(friendly offerings), 252;

(funeral), 68;

(marriage), 93;

(religion), 28, 322

tribes:

Aymará, 273;

Cuña, 131;

Guajibo, 150;

Huitoto, 101;

Maquiritare, 172–3;

Mundrucu, 262;

Nhambiquara, 232 ff.;

Parecís, 228;

Parintintin, 262;

Patamona, 185 ff.;

Piaroa, 159;

Quechua, 277, 281, 321, 347, 356 ff.;

Sirionó, 318;

Yuracaré, 295 (mission of), 300 ff.

industries, 79, 147, 156, 169, 204

insects

of Argentina, 385, 421

of Bolivia, 291, 317

of Brazil, 235, 258, 261

of Colombia, 78, 80, 99, 118, 133

of Paraguay, 206, 219

of Venezuela, 192

ivory-nut, 108

jaguar, 102, 151, 167–8

jarepas, 76

Juntas de Tamaná, 68

Juruena, 231–4

Kaieteur Falls, 187

Laguneta, 49 ff.

language

of Bolivia, 340

of Paraguay, 202

Lao River, 168

La Paz, 270–3

Lima, 266

Maipures, 154, 156

maize, 112

Malina, 107 f.

Maquiritare Indians, 172

marriage customs, 93

maté. See yerba maté

Matto Grosso, 223 ff.

Medellin, 110

Mendoza, 421

Meta, 150

Minnehaha Creek, 187, 190

Mizque, 326 f.

Mollendo, 267

money, 7, 73

monkey, 175, 210, 246, 249, 293, 296, 314;

howling, 44;

bridges of, 115

Monte Christo, 255

mosquito, 206, 192

mountains:

Cerro Munchique, 29;

Cerro Torra, 70;

Cordillera Occidental, 9;

Huana Potosi, 271;

Illimani, 271;

Mount Saint Ignacio, 19;

Murarata, 271;

Nevada del Tolima, 54;

Paramillo, 120;

Purace, 19, 22;

Sotará, 23

Mundrucu Indians, 262

native. See Indian

negroes, 187

Nevada del Tolima, 54

Nhambiquara Indians, 232 ff.

Novitá, 64, 71

Orinoco River, 141–179

pacu, 117

Panama hats, manufacture of, 79

Papagayo Falls, 228

Papayán, 23 ff.

Paramillo, 120

páramo, 58

Paraná River, 240

Parecís Indians, 228

Parintintin Indians, 262

Patamona Indians, 185 ff.

Perico, 372 f.

Perrico, 152

Peru, 265 ff.

Piaroa Indians, 159

Pilcomayo River, 203, 350 ff.

piranha, 164, 205, 262

pirarucú, 262

plants

of Bolivia, 294, 297, 315, 317, 324, 329, 338

of Brazil, 243, 249

of Colombia, 8, 30, 47, 57–9, 78, 81, 101, 108, 111, 125

of Venezuela, 157, 170, 180, 182

Porto Gallileo, 204

Purace, 19, 22

Quechua Indians, 277, 281, 321, 347, 356 ff.

raccoon, 285

rapids:

Atures, 152, 154;

Guajibo, 155;

Maipures, 154;

San Borja, 152;

São Feliz, 256

rat, 224;

cone-rat, 308;

coypu-rat, 390–1

reproduction, rate of, in tropics, 245–6

reptiles, size of, 195–7

of Argentina, 403

of Bolivia, 307–8

of Brazil, 236, 262

of Colombia, 36, 72, 88, 133

of Paraguay, 215

of Venezuela, 160

rice, 390, 393

Rio de Janeiro, 194 ff.

Rio Grande, 342 f.

rivers:

Arauca, 148;

Catañapo, 153;

Cauca, 12, 40 f., 116;

Chimoré, 311 f.;

Commemoração, 249;

Cunucunuma, 171;

Dagua, 5;

Essiquibo, 181;

Guaviare, 162;

Hávita, 67;

Lao, 168;

Meta, 150;

River of Doubt, 198;

Orinoco, 141 ff.;

Paraná, 240;

Pilcomayo, 203;

Sacre, 228;

San Antonio, 291;

San Juan, 74 f.;

Tamaná, 70;

Vichada, 159

rubber, 155, 169, 182, 254

Sacre River, 228

Saint Ignacio, 19

Salavery, 266

Salencio, 65

Salta, 367

Salvajito, 154

San Agustin, 85

San Antonio River, 291

San Borja Rapids, 152

San Cocho, 76

San Fernando de Atabapo, 157, 162

San Jorge Rapids, 149

San Juan, 74 f.;

feast of, 100

São Feliz Rapids, 256

Sirionó Indians, 318

sloth, 88

Sotará, 23

Sucre, 346 ff.

sugar, 13

Tamaná, 70

tannin, 204

Tapirapoan, 223

Tarabuco, 346

Tiahuanaco, 270

Titicaca Lake, 269

Todos Santos, 295

tonca-bean, 147

torture. See beena

Totora, 328

Treasure Rock, 149

tribes. See Indians

Trinidad, 200

Tucuman, 382 f.

Tumatumari, 182

turtle, 151, 166

Urucúm, 209

Vagre, 152

Valdivia, 114

Valle de las Papas, 80

Vermejo, 337 ff.

Vichada River, 159

vineyards, 412

vizcacha, 401;

hunting of, 405 ff.

Volcan, 373 f.

wasps, 219

Yarumal, 113

yerba maté, 202, 394

Yungas, 287–291

Yuracaré Indians, 295;

mission to, 300 ff.

Zamuro, 153

Routes taken by the author in his South American explorations.