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by Peter Matthiessen


  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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