Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919). Through the Brazilian Wilderness. 1914. Subject Index
Fort Bourbon, 57 França, the cook, ghostly belief of, 314 Franco, Ricardo, 189 , 190 , 219 Frogs, peculiar cries of, 210 , 236 Fungi, 168 Game, big, inadequate knowledge of life histories of, 119 , 120 Gauchos, 95 , 96 Geographer, work of field, in South America, Appendix A, 353 , 354 Geological structure of land, 237 Goff, Johnny, 119 Gopher rat, 245 , 246 Graves, forlorn, 203 , 210 , 231 Guaporé, the, 189 Guarany, 44–46 Guiana, 347 Gy-Paran&á, the, 134 , 135 ; descent of the, 158 ; boat, men, and provisions lost ascending the, 159 ; 247 , 270 , 271 , 348 Hammocks, Appendix B, 368 , 374 Harper, Frank, 4 , 5 , 166 ; specimens and unnecessary baggage returned to New York in care of, 171 Haseman, John D., 177 , Appendix A, 359–362 ; theories of, 363–367 Headball, 198 , 199 , 204 Head-nets, 212 , 220 , 232 Herford, Oliver, nonsense rhymes of, 197 Hoehne, the botanist, 172 Honey, 263 Honey-creeper, 237 Horses, 69 , 76 , curious relations of tapirs and, 147 Houses, native, 101 , 132 , 220 , 233 , 244 Huatsui, camp at, 212 Hudson, Mr., author of "Naturalist on the Plata," 29 , 34 , 87 ; Appendix A, 355 Humboldt, 356 Hunters, native, 78 ; one christened "Nips," 78 ; curious ignorance regarding habits of animals of native and other, 86 ; riding costume of, 149 ; lack of sense of direction of, 180 Huquen, Marcelino, 31 Huxley, 360 , 367 Ibis, turtles’ nests plundered by, 103 Iguanas, 228 Indian mounds, 105 Indians, 49 ; civilization of tribes of, 52 ; fishing village of, 105 ; governmental treatment of the, 157 ; wages paid the, 193 ; Colonel Rondon’s treatment of the, 193 ; telegraph-line patrolled by, 194 ; huts of, 244 ; dog killed by, 279 , 280 ; 286 , 287 Insects, 40 , 41 ; man’s worst animal foes, 41 , 42 ; a menace to wilderness travel, 55 ; 69 , 101 ; perpetuation of species of,
121 ; atrocious suffering caused by, 151 ; 175 , 176 ; many queer, 183 ; 193 , 211 , 212 ; torments from, 232 ; danger from wild animals less than from, 232 , 233 ; 259 , 260 , 262 , 268 , 272 , 282 , 306 ; festering wounds caused by bites of, 311 ; 330 . See Mosquitoes, Flies, Wasps, Ants. "Instituto serum-thérapico," 14 Irala, the Spanish explorer, 60 Itacoatiara, 320 Jabiru storks, 50 , 66 , 70 , 93 , 94 ; Fiala takes a moving picture of, 111 ; 155 Jacanas, 74 Jacaré-tinga. See Caymans. Jacu, 263 , 265 , 269 Jacyparan&á, the, 271 Jaguar, 27 , 32 , 33 , 55 ; hunt for, 79–85 ; cattle preyed on by, 85 , 86 ; spears and rifles used in hunting, 105 ; unsuccessful hunt for, 117–119 ; melanism common among, 127 ; trees refuge of, 142 ; kills bullock, 344 Jaguarundi, 127 Jararaca, 12 , 13 , 21 , 23 ; mussurama fights, 24–26 ; man bitten by, 54 ; 137 ; stories of, 227
