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

THE END