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Index 



Orioles, wasps surround nests 

 of, 102 



Ornithology, Sclater and Hud- 

 son's, 36 



Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 3 



Otter, 253 



Outfit for South American wil- 

 derness. Appendix B, 368-392 



Outlook, The, 28 



Overland trip begun, 165 



Owl, Moses, the tame, 99, 162, 

 173 



Ox-carts, 96, 97 



Oxen, pack, 165; difficulty in 

 loading, 174; clothes eaten by, 

 199; 205, 220; secure some 

 fresh, 239; loads for. Appen- 

 dix B, 374 



Paca, 253, 266 



Pacu, 283 



Paddlers, 247, 2S6 



Paixao (Paishon), 312; Julio 

 kills, 313; burial of, 316; 394 



Paleontological knowledge, our 

 present, 301, 365 



Palms, nacury, 83; Dr. Rod- 

 riguez's book on, 113; fig-trees 

 kill, 149; wawasa, 150, 163; 

 burity, 150, 253, 265; 179; baca- 

 ba, 242, 253; boritana, 251; 

 accashy, 265 



"Pantanals," or swamps, 73 



Paolistas, the, 217, 334 



Papyrus swamps, 138, 140 



Para, 344-347 



Paraguay, 40; language and 

 people of, 44-46; development 

 ahead of, 46; military service 

 introduced in, 47, 48 



Paraguay, the, 7-9, 39 et seq.; 

 early knowledge of, 57 ; Amer- 

 ican flag first seen on the 

 upper, 60; 98; renewed ascent 

 of, 121 ; junction of Sao Lou- 

 rengo and, 123; 189, 337 



Parana, 32, 34 



Parecis, Antonio, 148, 152-154, 

 250, 266, 279, 283 



Parecis Indians, 193, 196, 197.; 

 extraordinary game of football 

 played by, 197-199; Colonel 

 Rondon holds a council with 

 the, 200; settlement of, 201- 

 203; presents for the, 206; 

 dance of the, 206, 207; ferry 

 run by, 210 



Parecis plateau, 179 



Park, Mungo, 189 



Patagonia, 27 



"Pateran," 258 



Peccary, white-lipped, 79, 92, 109, 

 117, 146, 148, 152-155, 346 



Peckolt, Doctor, Appendix B, 

 381 



Peonage, 156 



Peons, SO, 69, 74 



Peres, Colonel Telles, 310 



Pescada, 323 



Photographic supplies, Appendix 

 B, 390-392 



Pineapples, 187; wild, 299 



Pioneers, 332-334 



Pipes, natives dance to, 206 



Piraiba, 320, 321 



Piranha, or cannibal fish, 42-44; 

 stories of attacks by, 52-54; 

 Miller's study of, 64, 65; 88; 

 dogs' tails bitten off by, 137; 

 288; flesh of, good eating, 300; 

 321-323; attack Cherrie, 341 



Plan Alto, the, 123, 174; healthy 

 region of, 179-181 ; 182 ; singu- 

 lar topographical feature of, 

 238 



Plantains, or pacovas, 179, 267 



Portages, 257, 260, 261, 282, 301, 

 303, 304, 318, 319, 321, 323 



Porto Campo, 136, 144, 145 



Porto Martinho, 55 



Positivists, the, 51 



Pranchas, native trading-boats, 

 136, 164 



Provisions, 6, 42, 160; tin cases 

 of, 170; loss of ferry-load of, 

 229; 247, 248; half supply of, 

 consumed, 297 ; Fiala's sugges- 

 tions for. Appendix B, 377- 

 382 



