THE WILD INDIAN TRIBES OF THE MADEIRA VALLEY. 
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Teeth, seta: 
God, oard. 
Day, sabaka. 
Sun, baari. 
Son, wffio. 
Daughter, jimawaM. 
Madeira river, Mwmu. 
River, enm. 
Wliite man, cariba tschildi. 
Fire, tsehil. 
To die, mahti. 
He has died, naia mako. 
Arrow, pila. 
Moon, ursolie. 
Tapir, au am. 
Dog, tsclimpa. 
Stag, tsohim-k. 
Tiger, Icmnan. 
AUigator, hapwns. 
1, awes. 
2, eranhue. 
3, kimischd. 
4, eranbui mrdbiie. 
5, mueken tiina. 
Wg should have much liked to ascertain ■vvhether our friends the 
Caripunas have the same mode of conveying their thoughts as the 
Coroados in Parand, especially as the “ written rocks ” of the Madeira 
seem to be beyond their comprehension now. In the immense primeval 
forests extending between the Ivahy and the Paranapanema, the Parand 
and the Tibagy, the rich hunting-grounds of numerous Coroado hordes, 
one frequently encounters, chiefly near forsaken palm-sheds, a strange 
collection of objects hung up between the trees on thin cords or oipds, 
such as little pieces of wood, feathers, bones, and the claws and jaws 
of different animals. 
In the opinion of those well versed in Indian lore, these hieroglyphs 
are designed as epistles to other members of the tribe, regarding the 
produce of the chase, the number and stay of the huntsmen, domestic 
intelligence, and the like ; but this strange kind of composition, 
reminding one of the quippos (knotted cords) of the old Peruvians, has 
not yet been quite unravelled, though it is desii’able that it should be, 
for the naive son of the woods also uses it sometimes in his intercourse 
with the white man. 
Settlers in these countries, on going in the morning to look after 
their very primitive mills near their cottages, have frequently discovered 
them going braA’ely, but bruising pebbles instead of the maize grains, 
while on the floor of the open shed the names and purposes of the 
unwelcome noctirrual visitors have been legibly written in the sand. 
Among the well-drawn zigzag lines were inserted the magnificent long 
tail-feathers of the rod and blue macanq which arc generally used by the 
Coroados for their aiTows ; and, as those are the symbols of war and 
night-attacks, the whole was probably meant for a warning and 
admonition at/ huDiim’in “ Take U2» your bundle and go, or bcAvarc of our 
arrows ! ’’ 
