INDEX 



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Paddlers, 231, 234 



Paixao (Paishon), 201, 292 ; Julio 

 kills, 292 ; burial of, 296, 361 



Paleontological knowledge, our pre- 

 sent, 339 



Palms, nacury, 78 ; Dr. Rodriguez's 

 book on, 105 ; fig-trees kill, 139 ; 

 wawasa, 140, 162 ; burity, 140, 

 167; bacaba, 226; boritana, 235, 

 237 ; accashy, 248 



" Pantanals," or swamps, 69 



Paolistas, the, 204, 312 



Papyrus swamps, 129, 131 



Para, 322, 323, 324 



Paraguay, 38 ; language and people 

 of, 42, 43 ; development ahead of, 

 43 ; military service introduced in, 

 45,46 



Paraguay, the, 6, 7, 8, 37, 38 et seq. ; 

 early knowledge of the, 53 ; Amer- 

 ican flag first seen on the upper, 

 57 ; renewed ascent of the, 113 ; 

 junction of Sao Louren90 and, 116, 

 177, 315 



Parana, 32 



Parecis, Antonio, 139, 142, 143, 144, 

 234, 248, 262, 265 



Parecis Indians, 180, 183, 184 ; extra- 

 ordinary game of football played 

 by, 185, 186 ; Colonel Rondon 

 holds a council with the, 187, 188 ; 

 settlement of, 188, 189, 190 ; pre- 

 sents for the, 193 ; dance of the, 

 193, 194 ; ferry run by, 197, 198 



Parecis plateau, 168 



Park, Mungo, 177 



Patagonia, 25 



" Pateran," a, 242 



Peccary, white-lipped, 74, 86, 102, 

 103, 109, 136, 138, 142, 143, 144, 

 324 



Peckolt, Doctor, Appendix B, 851 



Peonage, 146 



Peons, 47, 68 



Peres, Colonel Telles, 289 



Pescada, a, 302 



Photographic supplies. Appendix B, 

 358, 359 



Pineapples, wild, 280 



Pioneers, 311, 312 



Pipes, natives dance to, 193 



Piraiba, 299, 300 



Piranha, or cannibal fish, 40, 41, 269 ; 

 stories of attacks by, 49, 50 ; Mil- 

 ler's study of the, 60, 61, 83 ; dogs' 

 tails bitten off by, 128 ; flesh of. 



good eating, 280, 300, 301, 302 ; 

 attack Cherrie, 319 



Plan Alto, the, 116, 163 ; healthy 

 region of, 168-170 ; singular topo- 

 graphical feature of, 223 



Plantains, or pacovas, 167, 250 



Portages, 241, 243, 281, 284, 297, 

 303 



Porto Campo, 127, 134, 135 



Porto Martinho, 52 



Positivists, the, 48 



Pranchas, native trading-boats, 127, 

 154 



Provisions, 6, 40, 150 ; tin cases of, 

 159, 160; loss of ferry-load of, 

 215, 231, 232 ; half supply of, con- 

 sumed, 278 ; Fiala's suggestions for, 

 Appendix B, 348, 352 



Puma. See Cougar 



Puma-skin helmet, a, 215 



Pyrineus, Lieutenant, 50, 252, 263, 

 267, 278, 317, 318, 319, 320 



" Queixada," the, 136 

 Quinine, 264 



Rain, severe storm of, 103 ; begin- 

 ning of rainy season, 105, 106 ; 

 forty-eight hours fall of, 109, 168, 

 178,189,191 ; difficulties of travel- 

 ling in rainy season, 207, 211, 212, 

 220, 221, 238, 272 ; end of rainy 

 season, 286, 309 



Rainey, Paul, hounds used by. 111 



Ramsey, Mr., 117 



Ranches, 150, 151, 153, 154 



Rapids, 154 ; a mishap in the, 206 ; 

 form serious obstacle, 241, 242, 

 244, 246, 247, 248, 250; Broken 

 Canoe, 251, 256, 257, 258, 259, 

 262, 264, 273, 274, 277, 279, 281, 

 282, 283; time spent in going 

 through, 287 ; note on, 287, 288, 

 297, 300, 301, 302 ; Panela, 310 ; 

 Inferno, 313, 314 ; Infernino, 316 ; 

 Carupanan, 315 ; last of the, 317 



" Regional Volunteers," 252 



Regions, healthy, 182, 190 ; enter 

 wilder, 195 ; rich and fertile, 279 ; 

 beautiful, 301 



Reinisch, Colonel Rondon's taxider- 

 mist, 106, 219 



Religions, 5, 54, 65 ; need for churches 

 of all, 64, 55; liberty for all, 

 55 



Rheas, ostriches, 168 



