Theodore Roosevelt (18581919). Through the Brazilian Wilderness. 1914.
Subject Index
Monkeys, black howler, 76 , 108 ; 114 , 116 ; nocturnal, 121 ; 125 , 245 , 253 ; flesh of, good eating, 255 , 305 ; fish eats, 320 ; 346 Montes, Captain Vicente, 32 Mongtevideo, 14 Moreno, Doctor Francisco P., extraordinary discoveries of, 27 , 28 ; puma attacks, 2932 ; Appendix A, 366 Mosquito-biers, 232 Mosquitoes, 103 , 114 , 118 , 124 ; few, 162 ; absence of, 187 ; 233 , 330 Motors, Appendix B, 373 Motor-trucks, 182 , 186 Mountains, 302 , 304 Mules, pack, 165 , 174 ; 175 , 186 ; weather exhausts, 204 ; loads for the, 214 ; weakness of, 214 , 215 ; abandoned, 214 , 231 ; pasturage for, 232 , 233 ; loads for, Appendix B, 374 M¨ller, General Lauro, 8 , 51 , 188 , 286 ; Colonel Roosevelts letter to, Appendix B, 393395 Mundurucu Indians, 338 Museums, trained observers should be sent into wilderness by, 166 Music, 145 , 206 , 224 , 225 , 241 Mussurama, 15 , 1821 ; jararaca fights, 2426 Natives, 138 Naturalists, outdoor, possibilities for useful work of, 74 , 75 , 93 , 94 ; slight experience of big game possessed by most, 119 , 120 ; ideal place for work of field, 124 ; museums should send into the wilderness trained, 166 Navaïté Rapids, 259261 Nests, communal, 124 ; troupials, 163 Nhambiquara Indians, 200 ; land of the, 208 ; 211 ; Colonel Rondons just treatment of the, 222 ; no wilder savages than the, 222 ; no wilder savages than the, 222 ; life and habits of, 222224 ; improvised dance of the, 224 ; dog stolen by, 225 ; a visit from three, 229 ; former hostility of, 230 ; an encampment of, 240 ; their lack of clothing, 241 ; ornaments of, 244 ; probable strain of negro blood in, 244 ; archery of, 246 ; 258 ; the Natïté, a sub-tribe of the, 259 "Nips," a native hunter, 78 North, the call of the, 329 Nunlet, 169 Nuts, Brazil, 270 , 300 ; crop of, fails, 335 Nuts, unwholesome, 324 Nyoac , the river boat, 98 Ocelot, 127 , 128 Oliverira, Doctor Euzebio de, the geologist, 52 , 188 , 208 , 234 , 237 Onelli, Doctor, 32 Opossum, 99 , 173 Orchids, 137 , 155 , 163 ; sobralia, 267
Orioles, wasps surround nests of, 102
Ornithology, Sclater and Hudsons, 36
Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 3
Otter, 253
Outfit for South American wilderness, Appendix wilderness, Appendix B, 368392
Outlook, The , 28
Overland trip begun, 165
Owl, Moses, the tame, 99 , 162 , 173
Ox-carts, 96 , 97
Oxen, pack, 165 ; difficulty in loading, 174 ; clothes eaten by, 199 ; 205 , 220 ; secure some fresh, 239 ; loads for, Appendix B, 374
Paca, 253 , 266
Pacu, 283
Paddlers, 247 , 250
Paixão (Paishon), 312 ; Julio kills, 313 ; burial of, 316 ; 394 Paleontological knowledge, our present, 301 , 365
Palms, nacury, 83 ; Dr. Rodriguezs book on, 113 ; fig-trees kill, 149 ; wawasa, 150 , 163 ; burity, 150 , 253 ; boritana, 251 ; accashy, 265 "Pantanals," or swamps, 73 Paolistas, the, 217 , 334 Papyrus swapmps, 138 , 140