Machiganga hidians of the San Miguel J ^ a! ley 65 



water — mia 



milk — ichome 



breast with milk — nochome 



tree — inchato 



night — ch istiti eri 



day — poriaqui 



month — cashiri 



moon — cashiri 



sun- — porridachi 



star — 



clouds — mingori 

 iron — ascrro (Spanish?) 

 one — partiro 

 two — piteni 

 three' — mazvani 

 dead — camaiqui 

 small — magatinchi 

 man or woman who knows how to 

 give medicine — eveuquiqui 



ear — chin pit a 

 eye — iwcqui 



mouth — 



hand — naco 



foot — pigiti 



knee — ingierto 



salt — Hbi 



shirt — uuco 



arrow — chacopi 



bow — piarinqui 



mountain — inginichiqui 



river — niaca 



devil — camagorinti 



today — mayica 



tomorrow — camanci 



trail — abochi 



no — Diani 



yes — eh-eh 



There seem to be no plural forms, no distinctive personal 

 names and no words of greeting" or farewell. . . . 



While the food of the Indians consists largely of fruits, they 

 also eat flesh and fish and even grubs. They chew coca exten- 

 sively and have a habit of using the juice of burned tobacco held 

 in a cane joint which they apply to the edges of the tongue and 

 the gums." 



Among the pathological conditions treated by Dr. Ford are 

 malnutrition, ant bites, oriental sore, malaria, conjunctivitis and 

 heart lesions. 



The Indians believe that oriental sore is caused by the bite of 

 a spider and claim to have a remedy in the bark of a certain kind 

 of tree. 



Most of them are pock-marked, perhaps eight out of ten having 

 had small pox. 



Inspection. 



The eye color was dark brown and the conjunctiva yellowish 

 in all individuals of both sexes. The inner canthus was slightly 

 lower than the external in all instances. 



The supraorbital ridges were medium or slightly above medium 

 development in all cases of both sexes, being pronounced in none. 



