738 
PESTLE AND MORTAR, 380-382. 
PHANOEUS BEETLE, harbinger of rainy sea- 
son, 938. 
PHYLLANTHUS SppP., fish poison, 213; pro- 
tection against kushi ants, 228. 
Pial, medicine man, 864, 865; novitiate, 
862; status with chief compared, 743; 
digging his own grave, 728, 
PIANoGHOTTO (SR, u, 478), PIANNOCOTAU 
(St, 1, 405), Pranocoto (BRI; 257). On 
Schomburgk’s map they are represented 
at the sources of the Corentyn. Brinton 
speaks of them as on the Rio Branco. 
Carib stock. 
PIAPoco, as they call themselves, signifying 
a toucan, and Mitoua as they are called 
by their neighbors (Cr, 508). Near 
mouth of the Guaviar River. Arawak 
stock. 
Piaroa (Cr, 539). These survive, but the 
tribe so called speak a tongue wholly un- 
like the Saliva, and unconnected ap- 
parently with any other stock (BRI, 
266). Saliva stock. 
Picut (Mak. foot), arrowhead, 128. 
PICK-ME-UPS, 281. : 
PIGMENT, black, 30; red, 28, 29; white, 
32; yellow, 31. 
PIGTAIL HAIRDRESS FOR MEN, 515. 
PILE DWELLINGS, 314-317. 
PIMPLER PALM, pimple or thorn, and so 
applied to sp. of Bactris, Astrocaryum, 
etc. 
PINEAPPLE, 246; drink, 266. 
PINBPAU, PINOT, a source of salt, 250. 
PIPTADPNIA, YOPO, YuPA, ete., narcotic, 
286. 
PIRAI, PYGOCENTRUS, voracity thwarted, 
195; tooth for sharpening darts, 120; 
eutting hair, 14; as a scraper, 18. 
Pirio, Prriou. See Apouroui. 
Prrocue. See Canoa. 
PIsASSA, sandals, 553. 
Pira, Prrn, PERO, silk grass. 
Pium, minute flies biting and 
throughout the day. 
PLAITING, strand, 42, 438, 544; loop, 45, 46. 
PLAITWORK AND BASKETRY, chap. ix. 
PLANT FOOD, ETc., chap. Xii. 
PLANTS, economic, 246. 
PLANTAIN, 246; drink, 268; skin for tattoo, 
510. 
PLATE, COPPER. See Caracoli. 
PLEIADES, ‘‘ Seven Stars,” fixing the year, 
936; string figure, 650. 
See Kuraua. 
stinging 
PuLotus. See Ducklar. 
Puy, single, 33; two, 35; three, 36; mul- 
tiple, 37. 
POCHI-PANAIYANG, ‘‘night-owl ear,” leaf 
basket, 453. 
Poison, bamboo for alligator, 217; darts, 
121-123; fish, 208-214; antidotes, 9380; 
secret, 734, 735. 
Poiri, Porro, slave, 740. 
POLE, PADDLE, 799. 
Poticour, See Palicour. 
INDEX AND GLOSSARY 
PoLvyo, source of salt, 250. 
POLYGAMY, 892-896. 
PoLyPpopiuM, source of salt, 250. 
PonpD-FLY, the Creole term for a dragon fly. 
PONERA CLAVATA. See Counterirritants. 
PONO DANCBR, 840, 865. 
PORCUPINE, Cercolabes, tamed, 723; spines 
for necklaces, 534. 
Porokoro. See Purigoto. 
PORPHYRY STONE CHIPS, for graters, 338. 
PorTAGH, artificial roadway along or behind 
the river bank over which the emptied 
boat can be dragged so as to avoid falls, 
rapids, ete., 801. 
Possiru, the old-time five-pronged 
from Cayenne, 141. 
Por STANDS, 392. 
POTALIA AM4RA, antidote for cassava poison, 
950. 
PoratTo, 246. 
PoOTHOS MACROPHYLLA, for basketry, 100. 
Porrery, débris used as sandpaper, 21; 
figured, 96, 97; pots, pans, vessels, 389— 
391; smashed at death, 865; choice of 
clay, 89, 90; manufacture, 91; firing, 
92; luster and glaze, 93; painting and 
arrow 
patterns, 94; share played by women, 
899; articles of trade, 828. 
Potu. See Aputu. 
POUGOULY, arrow poison, 123. 
Powis, Crax sp., how hunted, 159, 180; 
when to be hunted, 987; tamed, 724; 
feathers for arrows, 132; feathers for 
ruffs, mantles, 538. 
PrayYA, a sandy beach. 
PRESENTS, the giving and taking of, 818. 
PRESERVATION AND COOKING OF ANIMAL 
FOOD, 163. 
Presser. See Temporary separator. 
Prionus. See Sawyer beetle. 
PRISONERS, 767-776. 
PRIVILEGES, HEREDITARY, 754. 
PROCYON CANCRIVORUS. See Raccoon. 
Property, of children, 915; deceased per- 
sons, 884; marks on, 737; accumulation 
of, 816. 
PROTECTION OF POTTERY, 95. 
PROTIUM ARACOUCHILI, 23. Arreco- 
eerra. FP. guianense, heptophyllum, ca- 
rana, 23, 512. P. sp., timber for corials 
and canoes, 794. 
PSEUDALOPEX. See Canis azare. 
PsipiumM, 247. 
PSOPHIA SP. 
See 
See Warracabba. 
PTEROCARPUS GUIANPNSIS. See Arisauru. 
PUBERTY ORDEALS, 884, 885; teeth filed, 
extracted, ete., 502; tattoo, 510. 
PucHprueM. See Kai-appa. 
PUDDLING FOR FISH, 207. 
PULPX PENPTRANS. See Chigoe. 
PuLkKp, the ite drink of the Orinoco In- 
dians, 269. 
PUMPKIN, cultivated 244. 
PUMPWOOD BARK, for house walls, 302. 
PUNISHMENT, chap. xxvi. 
