: The North-West Amazons: Notes of some months spent among cannibal tribes by Whiffen Thomas - Indians of South America Amazon River Valley; Bora Indians; Witoto Indians; Putumayo River Valley; Japurá River Valley (Colombia and Brazil)

@FreeBooks

Posted in: #FreeBooks #FreeBooksIndia #FreeBooksApp #gg

Vote Up Vote Down   0 Reactions

Login to give Reaction!

Introductory 1

Topography--Rivers--Floods and rainfall--Climate--Soil--Animal and vegetable life--Birds--Flowers--Forest scenery--Tracks--Bridges--Insect pests--Reptiles--Silence in the forest--Travelling in the bush--Depressing effects of the forest--Lost in the forest--Starvation the crowning horror 17

Classification of Indian races--Difficulties of tabulating--Language-groups and tribes--Names--Sources of confusion--Witoto and Boro--Localities of language-groups--Population of districts--Intertribal strife--Tribal enemies and friends--Reasons for endless warfare--Intertribal trade and communications--Relationships--Tribal organisation--The chief, his position and powers--Law--Tribal council--Tobacco-drinking--Marriage system and regulations--Position of women--Slaves 53

Dress and ornament--Geographical and tribal differentiations--Festal attire--Feather ornaments--Hair-dressing--Combs--Dance girdles--Beads--Necklaces--Bracelets--Leg rattles--Ligatures--Ear-rings--Use of labret--Nose pins--Scarification--Tattoo--Tribal marks--Painting 71

Occupations--Sexual division and tabu--Tribal manufactures--Arts and crafts--Drawing--Carving--Metals--Tools and implements--No textile fabrics--Pottery--Basket-making--Hammocks--Cassava-squeezer and grater--Pestle and mortar--Wooden vessels--Stone axes--Methods of felling trees--Canoes--Rafts--Paddles 90

Agriculture--Plantations--Preparation of ground in the forest--Paucity of agricultural instruments--Need for diligence--Women's incessant toil--No special harvest-time--Maize the only grain grown--No use for sugar--Manioc cultivation--Peppers--Tobacco--Coca cultivation--Tree-climbing methods--Indian wood-craft--Indian tracking--Exaggerated sporting yarns--Indian sense of locality and accuracy of observation--Blow-pipes--Method of making blow-pipes--Darts--Indian improvidence--Migration of game--Traps and snares--Javelins--Hunting and fishing rights--Fishing--Fish traps--Spearing and poisoning fish 102

The Indian armoury--Spears--Bows and arrows--Indian strategy--Forest tactics and warfare--Defensive measures--Secrecy and safety--The Indian's science of war--Prisoners--War and anthropophagy--Cannibal tribes--Reasons for cannibal practices--Ritual of vengeance--Other causes--No intra-tribal cannibalism--The anthropophagous feast--Human relics--Necklaces of teeth--Absence of salt--Geophagy 115

The food quest--Indians omnivorous eaters--Tapir and other animals used for food--Monkeys--The peccary--Feathered game--Vermin--Eggs, carrion, and intestines not eaten--Honey--Fish--Manioc--Preparation of cassava--Peppers--The Indian hot-pot--Lack of salt--Indian meals--Cooking--Fruits--Cow-tree milk 126

Small families--Birth tabu--Birth customs--Infant mortality--Infanticide--Couvade--Name-giving--Names--Tabu on names--Childhood--Lactation--Food restrictions--Child-life and training--Initiation 146

Marriage regulations--Monogamy--Wards and wives--Courtship--Qualifications for matrimony--Preparations for marriage--Child marriages--Exception to patrilocal custom--Marriage ceremonies--Choice of a mate--Divorce--Domestic quarrels--Widowhood 159

Sickness--Death by poison--Infectious diseases--Cruel treatment of sick and aged--Homicide--Retaliation for murder--Tribal and personal quarrels--Diseases--Remedies--Death--Mourning--Burial 168

The medicine-man, a shaman--Remedies and cures--Powers and duties of the medicine-man--Virtue of breath--Ceremonial healing--Hereditary office--Training--Medicine-man and tigers--Magic-working--Properties--Evil always due to bad magic--Influence of medicine-man--Method of magic-working--Magical cures 178

Free books android app tbrJar TBR JAR Read Free books online gutenberg

(0)

Login to post a comment!