ILLUSTRATIONS xiii 



r/lCINO FAOE 



Group — A lonely grave by the wayside. The Parecis dance 190 



The dance of the Parecis Indians ... - 194 



A number carried pipes, through whieh they blew a kind of deep, 

 stifled whistle in time to the dancing. 



Group — Tres Burity. The kitchen under the ox-hide at 



Campos Novos - - - 198 



At the Juruena we met a party of Nhambiquaras, very 

 friendly and sociable, and very glad to see Colonel 

 Rondon 



Group — Nhambiquara child with a pet monkey. The men 

 had holes pierced through the septum of the nose and 

 through the upper lip, and wore a straw through each 

 hole - - - 208 



Group — Maloca or beehive hut of the Nhambiquaras. A 



Nhambiquara shelter hut and utensils - - 212 



The ant-hills were not infrequently taller than a horseman's 



head - - - - 220 



Group — A Nhambiquara family. Nhambiquara women and 



children. "Adam and Eve" 226 



Group — Nhambiquara archer. First position. Second position 228 



Group — I did my writing in headnet and gauntlets. Colonel 



Roosevelt's canoe disappears down the River of Doubt - 236 



Colonel Roosevelt's and Colonel Rondon's canoes at the 



mouth of the Bandeira 238 



In loid-afternoon we came to the mouth of a big and swift 

 aflluent. ... It was undoubtedly the Bandeira. 



The rapids of Navaite - ... 242 



There were many curls, and one or two regular falls. 



Cherrie holding a rifle to show the width of the rapids at 



Navaite - - - 244 



At one point it was less than two yards across. 



Portaging around Navaite Rapids - - 246 



We spent March 3 and 4, and the morning of the 5th, in portaging 

 around the rapids. 



