Juliacao, Peru, 71
Julio, 183–85, 214
Jungle, 260; Bolivian, 147, 149; Brazilian, 22, 26–30, 37–38, 46, 134, 144–45; high, 159; Peruvian, 56, 69, 184, 204, 220
Jungle Paths and Inca Ruins, McGovern, 249
Kapok, 33
Kashibo Indians, 249
Kayapo Indians, 136, 138, 141
Kestrel, 13, 119
Kingfisher, 228
Kingstown, Saint Vincent, 17
Kite, 35, 53; swallow-tailed, 32, 49, 235–36; white-tailed, 128
Kittiwake, 5
Kkenco ruin, 64
La Condamine, 35, 48
La Honda, Peru, 61
La Paz, Bolivia, 72–73, 77, 115
La Plata, Argentina, 115
Lagarto, 229, 235
Lago Blanco, 89
Lakes, 51–52, 67, 74, 83–84, 86, 88–89, 103, 107–108, 111, 147, 254
Landi tree, 134
Languages, Indian, 52, 106
Lapwing, 67, 83, 96–98, 224
Leche-leche tree, 165, 184
Legends, 23–24, 48, 151, 192
León de Peralta, Estelle de, 157–158, 176
Liana, 30, 38, 196
Lichen, 97, 103
Lima, Peru, 51, 60, 80, 114, 153, 227, 255, 262, 265
Lingüísticos, 52–53, 193, 219, 235, 250, 254, 256, 259
Little Inagua, 11
Llama, 63, 71, 77
Llanquihue, Lake, 83
Lopez, Fausto, 55, 151, 253
Lugarte, César, 181, 183
Lugarte, Señor, 154, 167–68
Lugarte hacienda, 165, 168
Luis, 237
Lupine, 71
Lupuna tree, 245
Macauba, Brazil, 130–31, 134
Macaws, 35, 40, 131, 186, 188, 218, 224, 229
Macedo, Victor, 226, 235, 237, 241, 254–56, 261, 269
McGovern, William, quoted, 249
Machiguenga Indians, 153, 156–57, 171–73, 175, 182, 187–88, 190–192, 195, 197, 199, 205, 207–208, 210–11, 214, 217–19, 221, 257–58, 262–63
Machu Picchu ruin, 67, 69–70, 151, 154, 158, 210
Macrocystis pyrifera, 110
Madre de Dios state, 162
Magallanes, 90, 95
Magellan, Ferdinand, 95
Magellan, Strait of, 85, 88–89, 93–94, 111
Mal pasos, 187, 196, 199, 203
Mammals, 37, 43, 220, 229
Man-of-war bird, 15
Manatee, 37, 47
Manaus, Brazil, 31, 36–37, 118
Mandehoy Bank, 27, 35
Mandíbula, see Fossil jaw
Manganese, 147, 149
Mantaro River, 196, 210
Mantaro ruin, 210, 263
Mapirontoni maelstrom, 196
Mapuya country, 226; maps of, 232–33
Mapuya River, 151, 154, 231, 235–236, 241, 254
Marajó Island, 22, 26–27
Marañón River, 46, 48, 50–51, 151
Marble quarries, 145, 149
Margaret Onstad, freighter, 10
María, Sister, 221
Marquez, Abraham, 163, 168–71, 173–175, 177, 212
Martinique, 16
Massacres, 105
Matamata turtle, 50, 54
Matamola, Padre, 192, 224
Mato Grosso, 2, 73, 118, 120, 130, 134, 143–44; pioneers in, 137
Mayoruma Indians (Mayos), 48–49, 51–52
Measles, 105
Medicinal plants, 50
Medicine men, 132
Menendez, Armando Braun, 101
Menendez Behety, Carlos, 99–100
Menon, Mr. and Mrs., 107
Milne Edwards Trench, 60
Minas Gerais state, 118
Mines, nationalization of, 77
Mishagua River, 221
Missionaries, 3, 48, 53, 55–56, 74, 90, 105, 120, 125, 128, 131–33, 171, 209–11, 258
Missions, 120, 127, 130, 171–73, 193–94, 217, 219, 222, 235, 260
Mollusks, 239
Mona Passage, 15
Monkey, 43, 188; black howler, 231; chito, 229; red howler, 44–45, 239
Montaña, 69, 159
Montevideo, Uruguay, 116
Mook, Charles, 268
Morenos, 10
Mosquitoes, 24, 135, 247
Mountain lion, 91
Murato Indians, 48
Murders and murderers, 122–23
Murumu River, 49
Museums, 50, 90–91, 114–15
Mussel, 110
Mutch, Johnny, 254
Myxamatosis, 109
Nanay River, 49
Napo River, 48
Narcotics, 262
Navarin Island, 106
Needlefish, 13
Neon tetra, 37
New Tribes Mission, 3, 120, 149
New Year’s Day, 49; Eve, 47
North Equatorial Current, 21
Northeast trades, 7
Óbidos, Brazil, 24, 34–35
Oche poison, 50
Ohe tree, 165, 218, 220
Oil, 99, 102
Olarte, Señor, 184
Olivia, Mount, 106
Ollantaitambo ruins, 67, 69, 158
Ona Indians, 100, 103, 105–106, 108, 111, 139
Orellana, Francisco de, 24
Orinoco River, 19
Oriole, river, 39, 46, 49, 159, 168
Orizona, Brazil, 120, 123–26
Osprey, 33, 61, 225
Ostrich, 113, 141
Otter, 37, 47
Otuquis River, 146
Otway Inlet, 89
Outlaws, 49
Owl, 142
Oystercatcher, 61, 96, 110
Pablo, Juan, 226, 237–39, 241, 254
Pachácamac, ruins of, 60
Pachar Canyon, 69
Pachitea River, 38, 251
Pacific Ocean, 60, 86
Paititi, 151, 210
Palm trees, 30, 33, 38, 44, 51, 119–120, 130, 184, 224, 245; buriti, 141; carandá, 146; chonta, 218, 241; macauba, 134; pona, 218
Palo santo tree, 165
Pampa, the, 81–82, 88, 113
Pangoa, Peru, 182, 188, 191, 193, 204, 215–16, 258–60
Pantanals (marshes), 143–45, 148–149
Pará Estuary, 22, 27
Pará state, 118, 130, 134
Paraguay, 81, 144, 146
Paraguay River, 142–43, 145, 148
Parakeet, 45, 69, 145, 159, 165, 188, 229
Paraná de Manycão, 43
Paraná River, 81, 142
Parasitic plants, 38, 44, 103, 184
Parrot, 30, 34, 38, 43, 125, 134–135, 140, 145, 168, 188, 218, 224, 229
Patagonia, 81, 85, 88–89, 102, 112–113; Argentine, 88; Chilean, 89; Fuegian, 98
Patirini maelstrom, 196
Pato vapors, 96
Peacock, 163
Peccary, 135
Peña, Cape, 103
Penguin, 96; Magellan, 93, 95, 101
Pequeña Historia Fuegina, Menendez, 101
Pereira, Alfredo, 259
Pereira, Epifanio, 188–94, 211, 215, 248, 257, 259–60
Pereira, Fidel, 156, 157, 173, 182, 188, 210, 258, 263
Pereira, Justo, 259
Pereira family, 176, 180–81, 188, 192, 211, 248, 259
Peroba trees, 119
Peru, 21, 44–46, 49, 51, 60–61, 69, 74, 262–63, 268; see also Birds, of Peru
Petrel, 93, 107; Bermuda, 6; black-capped, 16; diving, 94–95
Picha River, 151, 154, 209, 219
Picha ruin, 152–54, 209–10, 219, 222, 262–64
Pig, 166; water, 234; wild, 231
Pinga, 122, 138
Piquet, Mr., 24–26, 53
Piqui trees, 134
Piranha, 50, 54, 135–36, 144, 220
Pirarucus, 32, 50
Piro Indians, 214, 221
Pisac, Peru, 65–66
Pisco, 178, 187, 189, 206, 236
Pisonay tree, 66
Planalto,
129, 141–43
Plankton, 8–9
Plantations, 140; coffee, 129; rubber, 34; vegetable, 134
Plate River, 81, 142
Plateaus, 82, 88–89, 112, 119, 142
Plover, snowy, 93; winter, 96, 107
Pongo de Mainique, 154, 156, 163, 167, 172–74, 182, 192–94, 196–199, 267; passage through, 200–205, 212–14, 217, 257, 266
Pongo de Manseriche, 212
Pope, Tom, 135, 138, 141
Porpoise, 11, 14, 22, 43, 61, 227
Porras, Alfredo, 61, 153
Porras, Raoul, 162
Porras Cáceres, Andrés, 153, 155, 157, 161–63, 169, 175–81, 185–186, 190, 193, 198, 200, 202–203, 205–208, 210–11, 213–17, 221–24, 234, 236–37, 241–43, 246, 253–54, 260–61
Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 12–13
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, 18–19
Porto, W., 145–46
Pôrto Esperanca, Brazil, 145
Porvenir, Chile, 94, 98
Porvenir Inlet, 95
Powell, Margaret, 127
Poxoreu, Brazil, 143
Pre-Inca civilization, 60, 62, 72
Prescott, W. H., quoted, 64
Prostitutes, 124, 126
Providenciales, 10
Puberty rites, 249
Puca Pucara fort, 64–65
Pucallpa, Peru, 50–52, 56, 150, 154–55, 211, 238, 242, 253–54, 261
Pucusan, Peru, 60
Puerto Montt, Chile, 82, 85
Puerto Rico, 15
Puerto Varas, Chile, 83
Puerto Williams, Chile, 106
Puna, 67, 69, 71–72
Puno, Peru, 72
Punta Arenas, Chile, 85, 89–92
Punta del Este, Uruguay, 115–16
Puraque, 24
Purpleheart tree, 40
Qquellouno hacienda, 160
Qquepinas, 65
Quebrada Grasa, 237
Quechua Indians, 60, 62, 66, 68, 73, 77, 160–61, 163–64, 177, 186–87, 195
Quest for Paititi, Tennant, 210
Quillabamba, Peru, 154–55, 159, 164
Quirimotini, Peru, 187
Rails, 168, 229
Rain, 95, 110, 186–87, 208; tropical, 39
Rain forest, Brazilian, 134; Fuegian, 92; Peruvian, 151, 204
Ramón Castillo, Peru, 46
Rapids, 167, 169, 196
Raposo, 160
Raton, 251
Raul, a boga, 195, 197–98, 201–202, 205, 209, 216, 258
Reef fishes, 13
Requena, Peru, 51
Revolutions, 77–80
Reynolds, Mrs. Bertha, 109
Rhea, 96
Río das Ahmas, 129
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 116
Rio Gallegos, 112
Río Grande, Argentina, 97, 99
Río Grande River, 100–102, 149
Río Negro, 36, 113, 146
Río Picha, 151, 154, 209, 219
Ríos, Raul de los, 56
River boa, 24
Rivers Run East, The, Clark, 156
“Roaring Forties,” 107
Robin, 84
Roblés, Padre Daniel Lopez, 209–212, 214, 217, 223
Rodriguez, Señor, 178, 180
Rodriguez hacienda, 178–79
Rondon, General, 137
Roosevelt, Theodore, 56, 137, 148
Roseau, Dominica, 16–17
Rosell, Señor, 175
Rubber, 36; boom, 31, 37, 235; plantations, abandoned, 34; trees, 29–30, 33
Ruins, Inca, 62–64, 67; pre-Inca, 60, 72; see also names of ruins, as Picha ruin
Ruiz, Brother, 214
Sabalo, 239
Sacahuinta tree, 165
Sacsahuaman ruin, 64, 67, 70, 157
Sailing Alone Around the World, Slocum, 8
Saint George’s, Bermuda, 6–7
Saint George’s, Grenada, 17
Saint Julian, Argentina, 112
Saint Lucia, 16–18
Saint Vincent, 16–18
Sajino skull, 238
Salinas, Brazil, 22
San Lorenzo Island, 60
San Matías, Gulf of, 112
San Ramón, Peru, 227
San Sebastián Bay, 98, 111
Sancudo, 251
Sand flies, 247, 251
Sandematico trees, 188
Sandpipers, 93, 96, 99, 109, 225
Sandy Point, 93
Sangianarinchi, Peru, 193
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, 73, 77, 147
Santa Cruz River, 89, 111–12
Santa Fe, Argentina, 81
Santa Leopoldina, Brazil, 120
Santarém, Brazil, 34
Santiago, Chile, 81, 115
São Paulo, Brazil, 116
Sargasso Sea, 2, 7–9
Sargassum bacciferum, 7
Sarmiento, Mount, 98
Schwartz, Mr., 37
Scorpion, 24, 55
Sea anemone, 110
Sea and the Jungle, The, Tomlinson, 6, 28
Sea lion, 116
Sea Venture, 7
Seal, 103, 116
Selva, Peruvian, 52, 56, 58, 150, 204, 247
Sepa, Peru, 221
Sepahua, Peru, 211, 222
Sergeant major, fish, 13
Serra das Divisões, 142
Serra de Araia, 136
Serra de Roncador, 136
Shankivirintsi cave, 264
Shearwater, 19
Sheep, 97–100, 112
Shimbillo tree, 230
Shintorini maelstrom, 196
Shipibo Indians, 52, 150, 249, 252
Shrew, 160
Siemel, Sasha, 144
Sierra Córdoba, 82
Sierra Jutahy, 33
Silk-cotton trees, 38, 224
Sirialo River, 163, 167, 169, 173–174, 175, 178; hacienda at, 174
Skimmer, 34
Skua, 4–5, 93, 95
Slaves and slavery, 16, 258
Slocum, Captain Joshua, 90, 93; quoted, 8
Sloth, 44–45
Snail, 110
Snake anti-venin, 155, 256
Snakebird, 228
Snakebite, 37, 54–55
Snakes, 165, 169–70, 220; poisonous, 24–25, 54, 135, 165; water, 39, 140
Snell, Wayne, 193, 254, 256–60, 262–63
Snow, 83, 86, 108, 110
Soga de muerto, 262
Solinões River, 46
Song sparrow, 83, 97
Songbirds, 53, 66, 84, 229
South American Adventures, Jolly, 155
Southern Cross, 100–101, 225, 251
Speroni, Jaime, 100
Spider, 168
Spoonbill, 225
Spray, sloop, 90
Spruce, Richard, 29, 193n., 262
Starling, 5–6
Stars, 15, 43, 100
Staten Land, 83, 97
Sting ray, 24
Stork, 130, 140, 145, 225, 245
Strachey, W., 7
Sucurucu, 24, 54
Sugarcane mills, 18
Superstitions, Indian, 140
Surinam, 21, 25
Swallow, 220, 228; black, 49; river, 30, 43; white, 218
Swamps, 51, 129–30
Swan, 102
Tabacana, 106
Tabatinga, Brazil, 46
Tambo River, 151, 226, 242
Tampu Machay ruin, 64
Tanager, blue, 39
Tapajoz River, 34
Tapir, 54, 209
Tarantula, 24, 55
Tarato, 251
Tariri, Chief, 52
Teffé tributary, 37
Tehuelche Indians, 88, 108, 113
Tejo, Guillermo, 237–38
Temples, Inca, 63
Templeton, Clayton, 120–29
Templeton, Vance, 125, 128
Templeton family, 123–25, 128
Tennant, Julian, 210, 263, 267
Tennessee-Argentina Oil Company, 102
Tern, 18–19, 22, 27, 43, 93, 95; Inca, 61; r
iver, 245
Thrush, 39
Tiahuanaco ruins, 72
Tierra del Fuego, 2, 73, 81, 88, 94–95, 97, 103, 110; Argentine, 105; Chilean, 102
Timo, a boga, 245, 247–48
Timpia, Peru, 167, 173, 194, 205, 207–209, 214, 216
Tingo María, Peru, 51, 114
Titicaca, Lake, 71–72
Tocantins River, 26, 125
Tola, 71
Tomlinson, H. M., 56; quoted, 6, 28
Tonkini maelstrom, 199, 204
Tooey, Colonel, 158
Toribio, a boga, 195, 197–98, 201–203, 205, 209, 216, 258
Tortuga, 14
Toucan, 229–30
Tree frog, 38–39, 134, 239
Trees, Bolivian, 74; Brazilian, 119, 130–31, 134, 141; Chilean, 84, 92; Fuegian, 102–104; jungle, 29–30, 33, 38, 40, 44, 51, 146; Patagonian, 113; Peruvian, 64–66, 69, 71, 165, 184, 188, 218, 220, 224, 228–30, 239, 245, 250–51
Trinidad, 2, 18–19
Trout, 101, 227
Tucu-tucu, 102
Tupungato, Mount, 82
Turkey, wild, 231
Turtle, 50, 54, 229
Tuyuyu, 225, 245
Two Against the Amazon, Brown, 202
Two Years Before the Mast, Dana, 90
Tyrant, bird, 83–84, 97; bienteveo, 20, 39
Ubussu tree, 44
Ucayali River, 50–51, 150–51, 156, 242, 244, 247, 251
Ungonino Indians, 249
Urubamba, Peru, 67
Urubamba River, 68–70, 151–52, 154–55, 160, 167, 170, 178, 209, 219, 224, 226, 242, 267
Urubamba valley, 66, 69, 152
Urubu, 27, 33, 36, 140
Urucu River, 41
Uruguay, 73, 116
Useless Bay, 94, 98
Ushuaia, Argentina, 99, 102, 104–106
Uttermost Part of the Earth, The, Bridges, 101, 105
Valley of the Amazon, The, Herndon and Gibbon, 267
Vampire Indians, 249
Vargaray, Señor, 56, 150–51, 154, 223, 226, 238, 254
Vega, 108–109
Vegetation, of Brazil, 125; of Windward Islands, 17
Velella, 9
Venezuela, 36
Venimos, M.S., 1–3, 6, 13, 17, 21, 32, 46
Verbena, 92
Viajero, M. S., 32
Vianápolis, Brazil, 120–21
Vilcanota River, 66, 154
Virgenes, Cape, 111
Volcanoes, 83–84
Vulture, 19, 61, 220; black, 43, 225; king, 58; turkey, 36, 83, 218
Walton, Izaak, quoted, 9
Waterfalls, 17, 74, 165, 203, 219
Weapons, 121–22, 146, 162, 177, 190, 192, 195, 209, 230, 252–53, 265
West Caicos, 11
Whale, 15, 17, 228
Whirlpools, 196, 203
Willow tree, dwarf, 71
Winds, 5, 7, 92–94, 98, 106–107, 110
Windward Islands, 2, 16
Windward Passage, 11, 13–14
Witchcraft, Indian, 132
Wollaston Island, 91
Women, Brazilian, 115, 126; Indian, 65, 77, 139, 189, 248–50
Woodpecker, 30
Wulaia Harbor, 105
Xavante Indians, 136, 138, 143
Xerente Indians, 136
Xingú River, 31, 143
Yahgan Indians, 91, 105–106, 108
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