The Putumayo, the Devil's Paradise / Travels in the Peruvian Amazon Region and an Account of the Atrocities Committed upon the Indians Therein

THE PUTUMAYO





THE DEVIL’S PARADISE TRAVELS IN THE PERUVIAN AMAZON REGION AND AN ACCOUNT OF THE ATROCITIES COMMITTED UPON THE INDIANS THEREIN BY W. E. HARDENBURG EDITED AND WITH AN INTRODUCTION By C. REGINALD ENOCK, F.R.G.S. Author of “The Andes and the Amazon,” &c. TOGETHER WITH EXTRACTS FROM THE REPORT OF SIR ROGER CASEMENT CONFIRMING THE OCCURRENCES WITH 16 ILLUSTRATIONS AND A MAP T. FISHER UNWIN LONDON: ADELPHI TERRACE LEIPSIC: INSELSTRASSE 20

First Published, December, 1912 Second Impression, January, 1913 ( All rights reserved. )

THE extracts from Sir Roger Casement’s Report, which form part of this work, are made by permission of H.M. Stationery Office. Acknowledgement is also made for assistance rendered, both to the Rev. J. H. Harris, Organising Secretary of the Anti-Slavery and Aborigines Protection Society, and to the Editor of Truth . Portions of Mr. Hardenburg’s accounts have been omitted, and some revisions necessarily made, but the statements of adventures and the occurrences remain as in the original and stand upon their own responsibility. The unpleasing task of editing this book—which stands as perhaps the most terrible page in the whole history of commercialism—has been undertaken in the hope that permanent betterment in the condition of the unfortunate aborigines of South America will be brought about.
THE EDITOR.