Divisions.—a. The Tatus (=Armadillo Indians) b. The Tasiwas. c. The Jurupari Pareira (Devil's Indians). d. The Mucuings (named from an insect). e. The Jubaras. f. The Writapwuas. g. The Guaribas (Roaring Ape Indians). h. The Inambus (from a bird so-called). i. The Jawareté (Ounce Indians). j. The Saucanés. k. Pira-Pereiras (Fish Indians).
The Caribunas are placed by V. Martius in this list, with the remark that they are probably Caribs. If so, the rest are, probably, Caribs also.
The Caribunas are also said to be monorchides, but whether artificially or naturally, is unexplained.
THE MURUS.
Original locality.—The upper part of the river Madera.
Present locality.—The lower part of ditto. Migratory.
Language.—Known by a vocabulary. With general, but without particular affinities.
And now come the parts over which hangs a darker obscurity than that which envelopes the ethnology of the rest of Brazil, viz. the water-system of the river Negro, and that part of the Amazons which lies east of the Madera. Geographically, this falls into three divisions—
1. The parts between the Rivers Madera and Ucayale.