INDEX 



379 



Music, 141, 200, 201, 219, 235. 

 Mussurama, 14, 17, 18, 19, 22; jararaca 

 fights, 23, 24, 25. 



Natives, 134. 



Naturalists, outdoor, possibilities for 

 useful work of, 72, 73, 91; slight ex- 

 perience of big game possessed by 

 most, 115, 116; ideal place for work 

 of field, 120; museums should send 

 into the wilderness trained, 161. 



Navaite Rapids, 252-255. 



Nests, communal, 120; troupials', 159. 



Nhambiquara Indians, 194; land of 

 the, 203, 206; Colonel Rondon's just 

 treatment of the, 216, 217; no wilder 

 savages than the, 217; life and 

 habits of, 217, 218; improvised dance 

 of the, 219: dog stolen by, 220; a 

 visit from three, 224; former hostility 

 of, 224, 225; an encampment of, 234, 

 235; their lack of clothing, 235; or- 

 naments of, 238; probable strain of 

 negro blood in, 238; archery of, 240; 

 the Navaite, a sub-tribe of the, 252. 



"Nips," a native hunter, i(). 



North, the call of the, 320. 



Nunlet, 164. 



Nuts, Brazil, 292; crop of, fails, 326. 



Nuts, unwholesome, 315. 



Nyoac, the, the river boat, 95. 



Ocelot, 122, 123. 



Oliveira, Doctor Euzebio de, the geolo- 

 gist, 51, 183, 203, 228, 231. 



Onelli, Doctor, 31. 



Opossum, 96, 168. 



Orchids, 132, 151, 158, 159; sobralia, 

 260. 



Orioles, wasps surround nests of, 99. 



Ornithology, Sclater and Hudson's, 35. 



Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 2. 



Otter, 247. 



Outfit for South American wilderness, 

 Appendix B, 353-369. 



Outlook, The, 27. 



Overland, trip begun, 160. 



Owl, Moses, the tame, 96, 157, 168. 



Ox-carts, 93, 94. 



Oxen, pack, 160; difficulty in loading, 

 169; clothes eaten by, 193; 199, 215; 

 secure some fresh, 233; loads for, 

 Appendix B, 357. 



Paca, 247. 



Pacu, 276. 



Paddlers, 241, 244. 



Paixao (Paishon), 303, 304; Julio kills, 



304; burial of, 308, 371. 

 Paleontological knowledge, our pres- 

 ent, 350. 

 Palms, nacury, 81; Dr. Rodriguez's 



book on, 109; fig-trees kill, 145; 



wawasa, 145, 158; burity, 146, 174; 



bacaba, 236; boritana, 245, 247; 



accashy, 258. 

 "Pantanals," or swamps, 71. 

 Paolistas, the, 212, 325. 

 Papyrus swamps, 134, 136. 

 Para, 335, 336, 337. 

 Paraguay, 39; language and people of, 



43, 44; development ahead of, 45; 



military service introduced in, 46, 



47- 



Paraguay, the, 6, 7, 8, 38, 39 et seq.; 

 early knowledge of the, 55; Amer- 

 ican flag first seen on the upper, 58; 

 95; renewed ascent of the, 117; 

 junction of Sao Louren^o and, 119; 

 183, 329. 



Parana, 33. 



Parecis, Antonio, 144, 147, 149, 150, 

 244, 259, 272, 276. 



Parecis Indians, 187, 190, 191; extraor- 

 dinary game of football played by, 

 192, 193; Colonel Rondon holds a 

 council with the, 194, 195; settle- 

 ment of, 195, 196, 197; presents for 

 the, 200; dance of the, 200, 201; 

 ferry run by, 205, 206. 



Parecis plateau, 174. 



Park, Mungo, 184. 



Patagonia, 26. 



"Pateran," a, 252. 



Peccary, white-lipped, 76, 89, 105, 106, 

 113, 141, 143, 148, 149, 150, 336. 



Peckolt, Doctor, Appendix B, 362. 



Peonage, 152. 



