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months' exploration, 270; 279, 

 282, 283, 285; formally chris- 

 tens Rio Roosevelt, 286; 296, 

 299, 301, 302; trail cut by, 304; 

 305, 307, 308, 311, 313, 315; 

 his decision as to murderer, 

 316; 317, 321, 329; reads record 

 of party's accomplishments, 

 341; good-by to, 344; 348; Ap- 

 pendix A, 357; charges made 

 against Mr. Savage Landor 

 by, 359-361 



Roosevelt, Kermit, 4, 5, 55, 67, 

 68, 73, 75, 78, 79, 82-84, 93, 114, 

 117; speed and endurance of, 

 117-119; 157, 162, 173, 182, 

 189, 203, 208, 234, 240, 247, 

 249-251, 260, 263-269, 272, 275; 

 accident befalls, 276; 277, 279, 

 281-283; river called after, 

 285; 286, 290, 291, 296, 297, 299, 

 301, 302; his experience of 

 rope work, 303, 304; 305-308, 

 his bridge-building experience, 

 310; 311, 313; fever attacks, 

 317; 319, 324, 328, 329, 338, 

 339, Appendix B, 369 



Roosevelt, Theodore, is invited 

 to attempt descent of unknown 

 river, 8; reception to, 46, 48; 

 Dom Joao's gift to, 113; re- 

 ceives silver-mounted saddle 

 and bridle, 170; unknown river 

 formally christened for, 286; 

 injures his leg, 317; has an 

 attack of fever, 317 ; his illness 

 increases, 328, 329; quotation 

 from Colonel Rondon's letter 

 to, Appendix A, note, 360; his 

 suggestions for outfits in 

 South American wilderness, 

 368-370, 392; his report to 

 General Lauro Miiller, 393-395 



Rope, Appendix B, 376, 377 



Rubber-gatherers, 217, 325-327; 

 act as guide, 330; homes of, 

 331-333 ; work of, in opening 

 wilderness, 334; 335; hard 

 lives of, 336; adventures of, 

 .338; 350 



Saddles, Appendix B, 2>76 



Salto, Belle waterfall, 194; fu- 

 ture value of, 195; splendid 

 opportunities for settlement in 

 region of, 195; breakfast at 

 the, 199 



Sao Joao fazenda, arrival at, 

 103; near hamlet of, 340, 342 



Sao Lourengo, 113, 121 ; junc- 

 tion of Paraguay and, 123 



Sao Luis de Caceres, 8, 123; ar- 

 rival at, 131 ; fine government 

 school at, 132; 199 



Sao Paulo, 10, 14, IS, 132 



Scents, 168, 252 



Scorpion, 311 



Sepotuba, the, or River of Ta- 

 pirs, 136; fine cattle country 

 along, 156; exploration and 

 first maps of, 157; camp be- 

 side, 175; 200 



Sequoia, 45 



Serpents, 311 



"Sertao," or wilderness, 209 



Serums, anti-venom, 10, 13-15, 

 Appendix B, 369 



"Shenzi," one of the dogs, 67 



Shipton, Major, 247 



Sigg, Jacob, 4, 5, 9; motor-boat 

 improvised by, 131; 165, 186, 

 205 ; return to Tapirapoan, 207 



Simplicio, 275; death of, 276, 

 277 



Skobeloff, 1 



Sloth, 343 



Smith, Mr. Lord, 29 



Snakes, 10-12; poison of, 13-21; 

 some mammals immune to 

 bites of, 22, 23 ; 137 ; stories of, 

 228;236, 255, 256 



Snethlage, Miss, 177, 347 



Solimoens, 346 



South America, topography of, 

 6, 7; ceremony of public func- 

 tions in, 47; Christianity in, 

 51, 52, 58; education in, 59; 

 mammalia and avifauna of, 

 70-72; need for work of col- 

 lector in, 74; rich bird fauna 

 of, 112; field for work of big- 



