Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919). Through the Brazilian Wilderness. 1914.
Subject Index
| Para, 344–347 |
| Paraguay, 40; language and people of, 44–46; development ahead of, 46; military service introduced in, 47, 48 |
| Paraguay, the, 7–9, 39 et seq.; early knowledge of, 57; American flag first seen on the upper, 60; 98; renewed ascent of, 121; junction of São Lourenço and, 123; 189, 337 |
| Paran&á, 32, 34 |
| Parecís, Antonio, 148, 152–154, 250, 266, 279, 283 |
| Parecís Indians, 193, 196, 197; extraordinary game of football played by, 197–199; Colonel Rondon holds a council with the, 200; settlement of, 201–203; presents for the, 206; dance of the, 206, 207; ferry run by, 210 |
| Parecís plateau, 179 |
| Park, Mungo, 189 |
| Patagonia, 27 |
| “Pateran,” 258 |
| Peccary, white-lipped, 79, 92, 109, 117, 146, 148, 152–155, 346 |
| Peckolt, Doctor, Appendix B, 381 |
| Peons, 50, 69, 74 |
| Pescada, 323 |
| Photographic supplies, Appendix B, 390–392 |
| Pineapples, 187; wild, 299 |
| Pioneers, 332–334 |
| Pipes, natives dance to, 206 |
| Piraiba, 320, 321 |
| Piranha, or cannibal fish, 42–44; stories of attacks by, 52–54; Miller’s study of, 64, 65, 88; dogs’ tails bitten off by, 137; 288; flesh of, good eating, 300; 321–323; attack Cherrie, 341 |
| Plan Alto, the, 123, 174; healthy region of, 179–181; 182; singular topographical feature of, 238 |
| Plantains, or pacovas, 179, 267 |
| Portages, 257, 260, 261, 282, 301, 303, 304, 318, 319, 321, 323 |
| Porto Campo, 136, 144, 145 |
| Porto Martinho, 55 |
| Positivists, the, 51 |
| Pranchas, native trading-boats, 136, 164 |
| Provisions, 6, 42, 160; tin cases of, 170; loss of ferry-load of, 229, 247, 248; half supply of, consumed, 297; Fiala’s suggestions for, Appendix B, 377–382 |
| Puma. See Cougar |
| Puma-skin helmet, 230 |
| Pyrineus, Lieutenant, 53, 270, 271, 285, 297, 339–341 |
| “Queixa,” the, 146 |
| Quinine, 282 |
| Rain, severe storm of, 110; beginning of rainy season, 112, 113; forty-eight hour fall of, 116, 117; 179, 190, 203, 205; difficulties of travelling in rainy season, 221; 226, 227, 235, 236, 254, 291; end of rainy season, 306; 330 |
| Rainey, Paul, hounds used by, 119 |
| Ramsey, 126 |
| Ranches, 125, 161–166 |
| Rapids, 164; a mishap in the, 221; form serious obstacle, 257; 258, 262, 282, 331, 264–266, 268; Broken Canoe, 269; 273–284, 292–297, 299–304; time spent in going through, 306; note on, 307; 308–310, 318, 319, 321–324; Panela, 331; Inferno, 335; Infernino, 337; Carupanan, 337; last of the, 339 |
| “Regional Volunteers,” 269 |
| Regions, healthy, 195, 203; enter wilder, 208; rich and fertile, 298, 299; beautiful, 322 |
| Reinisch, Colonel Rondon’s taxidermist, 113, 234 |
| Religions, 5, 57–59; need for churches of all, 58, 59; liberty for all, 59 |
| Rheas, ostriches, 180 |
| Ribeiro, Miranda, 270 |
| Rickard, Tex, 41, 46 |
| Rifles, 5, 211, 234, 276; Appendix B, 369, 382 |
| Riis, Jacob, 27 |
| Rio Branco, 331, 350 |
| Rio Cardozo, 319, 327, 335 |