A thousand miles in a dug-out; being the narrative of a journey of investigation among the red-skin Indians of Central Brazil . I. ..^i^-/ -ii^ ^ IPS O-di-di dressed to meet his Caraji Indians on the Banks of the River Araguaya. IN A DUG-OUT. expressions of joy and amazement. The menflung their arms round his neck, and some of thewomen did so too, the rest chattering away withsmiling faces, while the children jumped andwhooped with delight, and then proceeded toexamine his clothes carefully. His short hair was evidently not agreeable tothem, hut they tried to improve it, and trimmed i
A thousand miles in a dug-out; being the narrative of a journey of investigation among the red-skin Indians of Central Brazil . I. ..^i^-/ -ii^ ^ IPS O-di-di dressed to meet his Caraji Indians on the Banks of the River Araguaya. IN A DUG-OUT. expressions of joy and amazement. The menflung their arms round his neck, and some of thewomen did so too, the rest chattering away withsmiling faces, while the children jumped andwhooped with delight, and then proceeded toexamine his clothes carefully. His short hair was evidently not agreeable tothem, hut they tried to improve it, and trimmed itto their liking. I found the people much lessgrasping than in other villages and it was thereforea greater pleasure to give to them. Meanwhile, two uMs arrived, laden with fishof all sizes and shapes, all of which had been shotwith the arrow, perhaps 500 fish in all. They alsohad on board a quantity of short, green sticks, withwhich they proceeded to build a rough stand abouttwo feet high, and about eight feet by three feet inarea, on which they laid all the fish, just as takenfrom the canoe, without cleaning or taking thescales off. Firewood was then arranged beneathand lighted
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