CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE
[I.] INTRODUCTION [11]
[II.] HARDENBURG’S NARRATIVE: SOURCE OF THE PUTUMAYO[54]
[III.] THE UPPER PUTUMAYO[87]
[IV.] THE CENTRAL PUTUMAYO[111]
[V.] THE HUITOTOS[141]
[VI.] THE “DEVIL’S PARADISE”[164]
[VII.] HARDENBURG’S INVESTIGATIONS: THE CRIMES OF THE PUTUMAYO[215]
[VIII.] CONSUL CASEMENT’S REPORT[264]
CONCLUSION[339]
INDEX[341]

ILLUSTRATIONS

CHAINED INDIAN RUBBER GATHERERS IN THE STOCKS: ON THE PUTUMAYO RIVERFrontispiece
FACING PAGE
MAP[11]
THE PERUVIAN AMAZON: FREE INDIANS OF THE UCAYALI RIVER[24]
AN AFFLUENT OF THE PERUVIAN AMAZON[36]
INDIAN WOMAN CONDEMNED TO DEATH BY HUNGER: ON THE UPPER PUTUMAYO[53]
VEGETATION ON THE PERUVIAN AMAZON[74]
TROPICAL VEGETATION ON THE AFFLUENTS OF THE PERUVIAN AMAZON[76]
CANOE VOYAGING ON THE AMAZON: A NOONDAY REST[96]
A TYPICAL RIVER BANK CLEARING[108]
A HUITOTO INDIAN RUBBER GATHERER[152]
GUAMARES INDIANS, OF THE HUITOTO TRIBE, IN DANCE COSTUME[162]
RUBBER-COLLECTING RIVER LAUNCH[176]
NATIVE WOMEN AND HUT AT IQUITOS[196]
FREE INDIANS OF THE UCAYALI RIVER[208]
A SIDE STREET AT IQUITOS[232]
RIVER ITAYA, NEAR IQUITOS[250]
HUITOTOS AT ENTRE RIOS AND BARBADOS NEGRO OVERSEER[286]