426 



INDEX 



Comarapa, 330 /. 

 Commemoracao River, 249 

 Cordillera Occidental, 8 

 Corumbd, 208 

 crocodile, 215 

 Cuchicancha, 281 ff. 

 Cufia 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 



piraructi, 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-Paran. See Parand 



Hdvita, 67 



Huitoto Indians, 101 



Iguana. See reptiles 

 Inca civilization, 355 ff. 

 Indians, customs : (b e e n a) , 186; 

 (dances), 229, 257; ("death- 

 , 274; (dress), 25; (fes- 



Indians continued 



tival of San Juan), 100; (friendly 

 offerings), 252; (funeral), 68; 

 (marriage), 93; (religion), 28, 322 

 tribes: Aymard, 273; Cufia, 131; 

 Guajibo, 150; Huitoto, 101; 

 Maquiritare, 172-3; Mundrucu, 

 262; Nhambiquara, 232 jf.; Pa- 

 reefs, 228; Parintintin, 262; 

 Patamona, 185 jf.; Piaroa, 159; 

 Quechua, 277, 281, 321, 347, 

 356 jf.; Sirion6, 318; Yuracare", 

 295 (mission of), 300^. 



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 Tamand, 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 /. 

 Maquiritare Indians, 172 

 marriage customs, 93 

 mate. See yerba mate 

 MattoGrosso, 223.0". 

 Medellin, 110 

 Mendoza, 421 

 Meta, 150 



Minnehaha Creek, 187, 190 

 Mizque, 326 /. 

 Mollendo, 267 

 money, 7, 73 



