1892.] 101 [Brinton. 



the Napo, and their missions extended north to the banks of the 

 Putumayo, on which stream were the Amaguages and the Oco- 

 guages. Below the latter, and occupying most of the district be- 

 tween the middle Putumayo on the north and the lower Napo and 

 Amazon on the south, were a number of tribes collectively called 

 Zeonas {Seones), comprising the Cungies, Parianas, Cenceguages 

 and others. These spoke a tongue allied to that of the Icahuates 

 (Piojes); while '' the Neguas, Seizos, Tamas, Acunejos and Atuaras 

 are all of one tongue." The editor, Jimenez de la Espada, speak- 

 ing from personal knowledge gained on the spot, identifies the 

 modern Piojes with the Encabellados of the Spanish writers and the 

 Icaguates of the Jesuits. 



It is greatly to be regretted that the ample material existing in 

 manuscript for the study of the Zeona language has not been made 

 accessible. Col. Joaquin Acosta had in his library a Diccionario y 

 Doctrina en lengua Zeona of 416 pages and another MS. of 116 

 pages. He expected to present them to the public library of Bogota, 

 but I have not been able to ascertain whether they are there. 



From these materials I present the following list of tribes who 

 should be classed in this linguistic family : 



The Betoya Linguistic Stock. 



Acanejos, a branch of the Tamas. 



Aquaricos, a branch of the Tamas. 



Airicos (A.yricos), adjoin Betoyes to the south. 



Amaguages, on upper Caqueta. 



Anibalis, on Rio Apure. 



Atuaras, a branch of the Tamas. 



Amjiras. on Rio Napo. 



Becuaries, a branch of the Icaguates. 



Betoyes, on and near R. Casanare. 



Cenceguages, on upper Putumayo south of the Correguages. 



Ceonas =; Zeonas. 



Cobeus, north of the Tucanos. 



Correguages, on head waters of Caqueta and Putumayo. 



Cungies (Kemgeioios), on R. Cungies, a branch of R. Putumayo. 



Curetus (Coretus), west of the Tucanos. 



Dace = Tucanos. 



Eles, north of Betoyes, on Rio Casanare. 



Encabellados --=^ Piojes. 



Icahuates (Icaguates, Icaguages), former name of Piojes. 



Jamas, on Rio Manacacia. 



Jaunas, near River Uauper. 



