744 
Uasana. See Oyana. ° 
UANANA, a tribe of Betoya stock on the 
Uaupes, 359. 
UILL, Carib Island name for the commander 
in battle, 760. 
Urroro. See Maku. 
Umava. See Omaua. 
UMBILICAL CoRD, 905. 
UMBRELLA BIRD, Cephalopterus ornatus, 
566. 
Umiri. See Humiria. 
UnGuents. See Oils, Anointing. 
Urasa, Makusi name for a bow, 125. 
Urari. See Curare. 
URN BURIAL, 836. 
URUKU, URUCU, RUCU, ROUCOU. See Bixa. 
UvaRIA FEBRIFUGA, for fever, 927. 
VACHACOS, ants made into a paste, 225. 
VALUES, 817. 
VANDELIA, an emetic, 920. 
VANIvVA. Sec Baniva. 
VAPOR BATH, 922. 
Vara (Spanish), 
measure, 
Var. See Trough. 
VAULTED HOUSE, 299; scaffold for drying 
leaves, 322. 
VENTAN. See Benta. 
VESERRI, VESIRRI, oil, 25; palm fruit, 247. 
Viccis, sleeping dysentery, 927. 
Vierssi, Wicisst, duck, 724. 
VIOL, VIOLIN, 572. 
Visitor, string figure, 
tions. 
VISMIA GUIANENSIS, gum, 23. 
VirIs SP., a source of water supply, 254. 
VOCHISIA TETRAPHYLLA, See Iteballi. 
VULTURE, carrion crow governor, 601. 
War. See Waiwai. 
Waika. See Akawai. 
WAIKARAPA BASKBPT, 413, 414. 
Warwal, Woyawal, Ouayroufh (Cou.), ete. 
At distant sourees of the Essequibo (Br, 
339), ... ramifies to the lower streams 
of the Amazon (SR, 11, 889). Coudreau, 
apparently owing to their comparatively 
lighter color (ScE, 171), derives their 
name from the white ones, from Ouayoué, 
tapioca (Cou, m1, 378). Carib stock. 
WaAryAMARA, WOYAMARA, WAYAMARA, WAYU- 
approximately a yard 
654. See Saluta- 
MARA. Their principal settlements are 
along the River Mocajahi .. . the tribe 
is not numerous. They only spoke of 
three other settlements besides their own 
(ScF, 220). Said to be extinct now as 
a tribe (KGG, 448). Carib stock. 
Waryari, knapsack, 450. 
WAKARAD, a generic term for baskets, 413, 
414. 
WAKAWAI. See Akawai. 
WaALISHI, knapsack, 450. 
WALLABA, Eperua spp., gum, 23; plaster 
for wounds, 929; emetic, 920; juice of 
bark for hammock staining, 478. 
Wamara, See Schwartzia. 
WAMPANG, the first one in the foot races, 
591, 
INDEX AND GLOSSARY 
WANNISPMO-I, bamboo flute, 561. 
WANSIMAI, a decoction of the roots for eye 
complaints, 927. 
War. See Wapishana. 
Wapiana See Wapishana, 
WAPISHANA, WARPESHANA, MAPHSHANA 
(SeG, 248), Mapistana (SceO, 79), Ova- 
PISIANA, OQUAPICHANE, Call themselves 
Wapishan, but are called Wapiana by the 
Makusi. On the savannas between the 
Guidaru, Rupununi, Cotinga Rivers and 
the Pakaraima Mountains. They used 
to occupy the Takutu (SR, 1, 289). 
Arawak stock. 
WapPisiANA. See Wapishana. 
Wak AND WARFARE, chap. xxviii. 
War. See Warrau. 
WARAPAIMA, Sudis gigas, with hook, 191; 
tongue used as sandpaper, 21. 
WARARA-RAUCUI TIPPET, 538. 
WARIMBA, WARIMBO. See Ischnosiphon. 
WARRACABBA, trumpeter bird, Psophia sp., 
tamed, 724. 
WaARRACABBA “ TIGER,” 718. 
WARRAP, sugar-cane drink, 267. 
WARRAU, WaARRAW (BE, 34), WaArav (Br, 
58), Worrow (St, 1, 44), Warow 
(HiB, 333), Guarau or GuARAUNA (G, I, 
144), Uarow, Oaraw-ir (AVH, III, 27), 
? AraoTe (GB, 57). From the Orinoco 
delta along the coast lands into Surinam. 
On the Pomeroon, the Warrau say they 
are so called from Wa(hibarka)arau ¢. e., 
corial—belonging to. Here they call 
themselves Tajanyato, i. e., speech, lan- 
guage, a term which the Arawak oceca- 
sionally use for them. 
WarRI-WARRI, Arawak name for fan, 366. 
WARRUNGGA, dance stick, 576. 
WASHIBA, timber for bows, 125; clubs, 149. 
WASPS AND BEES AS FOOD, 226. 
WASP-STINGING ORDEAL, 884. 
WasslI, the Carib name for manicol; poison, 
735. 
WATCH POST. 
Water, for drinking, 
193. 
WATER BEETLE, basketry design, 445. 
Watrpr poc, See Otter. 
WATER GAMES, 622. 
WATER HAAS, Hydrochaerus capybara, 
hunted, 175; hoofs as bells, 575. 
WATER LILY, bud as fish bait, 192. 
WATERMELON, cultivated, 244. 
WATERPROOF BASKETRY, 115, 433. 
Wax, bees, 24; modeling, 612; diaphragm 
in flageolets, 563, 564. See Gums, Resins, 
ete. 
Wayuco. See Guayuco. 
WEAPONS, hunting and fighting, chap. x. 
Wravine. See Basketry and plait work, 
chap ix. 
WEIGHT-CARRYING ORDEAL, 
WeIRA. See Weya. 
WEIRS AND FENCES, for trapping fish, 203. 
WELCOME AND FRIENDSHIP, 807, 808; 
speech of, 813. 
See Hiding shelter. 
254; lashed for fish, 
748. 
