426 



INDEX 



Coznarapa, 330/. 

 CommemoraQao River, 249 

 Cordillera Occidental, 8 

 Corumbd, 208 

 crocodile, 215 

 Cuchicancha, 281 ff. 

 Cufla Indians, 131 

 Cunucimuma River, 171 

 customs. See Indians 



Dagua River, 5 

 "death-doctor," 274 

 dress, native, 25 



El Carmen, S 

 Embarcacion, 378 

 Essiquibo River, 181 



fer-de-lance, 236, 309 

 fish 



of Bolivia, 294 



of Brazil, 262 



of Colombia, 117 



of Paraguay, 205 <'• 



of Venezuela, 151, 164, 171 



catfish, 117, 151 



method oi fishing, 117, 154, 164 



piranha, 164 



piramcd, 262 



pacu, 117 

 food, native, 76 

 fruit-culture, 390 

 funeral customs, 68 



Georgetown, 180 

 gold, 187, 190 

 government 



abolition of slavery, 295 



dishonesty of, 163 

 Gran Chaco, 203 



Guajibo Indians, 150; Rapids, 155 

 Guaviare River, 162 

 Guiana, 180-193 

 Gy-Parand. See Parang 



Hdvita, 67 

 Huitoto Indians, 101 



Iguana. See reptiles 



Inca civilization, 355^. 



Indians, customs: (be en a), 186; 

 (dances), 229, 257; ("death- 

 doctor"), 274; (dress), 25; (fes- 



Indians — amtinued 



tival of San Juan), 100; (friendly 



offerings), 252; (funeral), 68; 



(marriage), 93; (rehgion), 28, 322 

 tribes: AymarA, 273; Cuna, 131; 



Guajibo, 150; Huitoto, 101; 



Maquiritare, 172-3; Mundrucu, 



262; Nhambiquara, 232 ff.; Ra- 



recfs, 228; Parintintin, 262; 



Patamona, 185 #.; Piaroa, 159; 



Quechua, 277, 281, 321, 347, 



356 #.; Sirion6, 318; Yuracar^, 



295 (mission of), 300 #. 

 industries, 79, 147, 156, 169, 204 

 insects 



of Argentina,. 385, 421 



of BoUvia, 291, 317 



of Brazil, 235, 258, 261 



of Colombia, 78, 80, 99, 118, 133 



of Paraguay, 206, 219 



of Venezuela, 192 

 ivory-nut, 108 



jaguar, 102, 151, 167-8 

 jarepas, 76. 

 Juntas de Tamand, 68 

 Juruena, 231-4. 



Kaieteur Falls, 187 



Laguneta, 49 ff. 

 language 



of Bolivia, 340 



of Paraguay, 202 

 Lao River, 168 

 La Paz, 270-3 

 Lima, 266 



Maipures, 154, 156 

 maize, 112 

 Malina, 107/. 

 Maquiritare Indians, 172 

 marriage customs, 93 

 maU. See yerba maii 

 MattoGrosso, 223Jf. 

 Medellin, 110 

 Mendoza, 421 

 Meta, 150 



Minnehaha Creek, 187, 190 

 Mizque, 326/. 

 Mollendo, 267 

 money, 7, 73 



