Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919). 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, 29–32; 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 Roosevelt’s letter to, Appendix B, 393–395 |
| Mundurucu Indians, 338 |
| Museums, trained observers should be sent into wilderness by, 166 |
| Music, 145, 206, 224, 225, 241 |
| Mussurama, 15, 18–21; jararaca fights, 24–26 |
| 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, 259–261 |
| Nests, communal, 124; troupials’, 163 |
| Nhambiquara Indians, 200; land of the, 208; 211; Colonel Rondon’s just treatment of the, 222; no wilder savages than the, 222; no wilder savages than the, 222; life and habits of, 222–224; 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 Hudson’s, 36 |
| Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 3 |
| Otter, 253 |
| Outfit for South American wilderness, Appendix wilderness, Appendix B, 368–392 |
| 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; 394Paleontological knowledge, our present, 301, 365 |
| Palms, nacury, 83; Dr. Rodriguez’s 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 |