Brinton.l 1"- [Feb. 5. 



Jupuas, on Rio Apaporis. 



Lolacos, a branch of the Betoyas. 



Mcicag%iageSy on Rios Caucaya, Mecaya and Sensella. 



Mag^ieias, a branch of the leaJiuatea. 



Jlalifilitos, a branch of the Betoyas. 



Neguas, a branch of the Tamas. 



Ocoguages, on R. Putumayo, near R. Pineya. 



Pararies, a branch of the Zeonas. 



Payaguas, a branch of the Icalitiates. 



Pequeyas, a branch of the Piojes. 



Piojes, on Rios Putumayo, Napo and Cocaya. 



Pouzevaries, a branch of the leahuates. 



Quiiifayes, on Rio Apure. 



Seizos, a branch of the Tamas. 



Seones = Zeonas. 



Situfas (or Situjas), on Rio Casanare. 



Tamas, on Rio Yari and R. Cagua. 



Tucanos, on the Rio Uaupes. 



Uaupes, on R. Uaupes. 



Tapuas, a branch of the Piojes. 



Yehebos, a branch of the leahuates. 



Yetes, a branch of the Piojes. 



Zenseies, a brancli of the Zeonas. 



Zeonas, between lower Napo and Patumayo rivers. 



Several of these names are synonyms, or merely the same word 

 with varying orthography. The specific termination of nomina 

 gentilia in the Betoya dialects would seem to be guage, which is 

 perhaps the guce, house, household, people, of the Correguage. 

 Thus, Oco-guage =iVfdiitr people, this tribe, according to Markham, 

 being remarkably skillful canoemen. Ycie is the Corr. for " hands." 

 '^ Pioje'^ is the negative "no," with which these natives reply to 

 all inquiries addressed them by travelers. Other of the names be- 

 long to the Lingoa Geral ; as, Payagua=z enemies ; Pararie (^para- 

 uard), parti-colored, /. e., painted men; Atuara=^\\vt basket 

 (making) men; Jupua in the Jauna dialect means "tree" or 

 "wood" men, v^\{\\^ Jauna means, in the lingoa geral, "water- 

 men." Dace is the name of the Toucan bird in the Tucano dialect. 

 " Curetu " in the lingoa geral is an opprobrious epithet, " rascals." 

 It was applied to several tribes. Balbi, in his Atlas Ethnographique, 

 gives a short vocabulary of one of these "rascal" tribes, who 

 lived at Ega on the Amazon. It has no connection with the 

 Curetu of the Rio Apaporis. 



