INDEX 



369 



garding habits of animals of native 

 and other, 81 ; riding costume of, 

 139 ; lack of sense of direction of, 

 169 

 Huxley, 336, 341 



Ibis, turtles' nests plundered by, 

 96 



Iguanas, 213 



Indian mounds, 98 



Indians, 46, 47 ; civilization of tribes 

 of, 49 ; fishing village of, 98 ; 

 governmental treatment of the, 

 146 ; wages paid the, 181 ; Colonel 

 Rondon's treatment of, 181 ; tele- 

 graph-line patrolled by, 181 ; dog 

 kiUed by, 261, 262, 268 



Insects, 38, 39 ; man's worst animal 

 foes, 39, 40 ; a menace to wilder- 

 ness travel, 52, 65 ; perpetuation 

 of species of, 112, 113 ; atrocious 

 suffering caused by, 141, 164, 166 ; 

 many queer, 171, 180, 198 ; tor- 

 ments from, 217 ; danger from 

 wild animals less than from, 217, 

 218, 242, 245, 250, 256, 264, 286 ; 

 festering wounds caused by bites 

 of, 290, 309. See Mosquitoes, Flies, 

 Wasps, Ants 

 "Instituto Serumtherapico," 13, 14 

 Irala, the Spanish explorer, 56 

 Itacoatiara, 299 



Jabiru storks, 48, 62, 65, 87, 88; 



Fiala takes a moving picture of, 



104, 146 

 Jacanas, 69 



Jacare-tinga. See Caymans 

 Jacu, a, 246, 247 

 Jacyparana, the, 264 

 Jaguar, 26, 30, 31, 62 ; hunt for, 74- 



80 ; cattle preyed on by, 80 ; spears 



and rifles used in hunting, 99 ; 



unsuccessful hunt for, 110, 111 ; 



melanism common among, 119 ; 



trees refuge of, 132 ; kills bullock, 



322 

 Jaguarundi, 118, 119 

 Jararaca, 11, 12, 20, 21, 22 ; mussu- 



rama fights, 23, 24; man bitten 



by, 61, 128 ; stories of, 213 

 Jesuits, missions of the, 42 

 Joao, Kermit's helmsman, 257, 258, 



272 

 Johnston, Sir Harry, 39 

 Juina, the, 214 



Julio, 234, 278; story of tragedy 



caused by, 290-296 

 Jungle, man strayed in, 162 

 Juruena, the, 125, 126, 176, 196, 203 ; 



arrival at, 206, 326 



Kipling, poems of, 190 



Lambert, Doctor Alexander, 243 



Lamps, Appendix B, 355 



Landor, Mr. Savage, 167 ; Colonel 



Rondon's scathing review of, note. 



Appendix A, 335, 336 

 Languages, Guarany, 42, 43, 151 

 La Plata Museum, 30 ; Appendix A, 



340 

 ''Las Palmeiras," visit to ranch of, 



62, 64 ; cattle at, 67 ; delightful 



stay at, 84 ; leave, 106 

 " Last Frontier," in Brazil, 312 

 Lauriado, Lieutenant, 170, 196, 207, 



318 

 Lecture engagements, 2, 9 

 Lobo, 261 



Long Island, spring on, 162, 308 

 Lowell, 166 



Luiz, steersman, 234, 246, 261, 262 

 Lyra, Lieutenant, Joao, 49, 123, 148, 



160, 172, 175, 176, 196, 196, 220, 



234, 236, 242, 243, 245, 249, 251, 



262, 254, 261, 264, 272, 277, 279, 

 284, 286, 286, 288, 290, 291, 296, 

 297, 300, 307, 320, 322 



Macario, 282 



MacGahan, Januarius Aloysius, 1 



Machetes, 110, 139, 167; falcons, 



Brazilian name for, 300 

 Mackenzie, Murdo, 117 

 Madeira, the, 124, 125, 177, 231, 254, 



306, 320, 327 

 Madeira- Marmore Railroad, 227 

 Madeirainha River, 314, 316 

 Magalhaes, Captain Amilcar de, 49 

 Mammals, 66 ; variety in fecundity 



of different families of, 71, 93, 



106, 155 ; noteworthy collection 



of, 321 

 Manaos, 231, 317, 318, 320, 321, 322, 



324 

 Mandioc, 181 

 Mantes, Praying, 179, 180 

 Marino, Lieutenant, 206 

 Marques, Dom Joao, the younger, 



99 ; his gift to Colonel Roosevelt, 



106, 106 



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