. Pioneering in South Brazil, three years of forest and prairie life in the Province of Paraa. r atJatahy, waiting for the waters to return to theirnormal level so as to allow of our journey up theriver being resumed. During this time I chieflyoccupied myself in visiting the large Indian colony,consisting of 500 semi-wild Coroados, and studying thevarious modes and customs of life in use amongstthem, of which however I have no space here to giveany account. I made a collection of their severalmanufactures, which included a beautifully wovenshirt and various fancy costumes and head-dresses offe
. Pioneering in South Brazil, three years of forest and prairie life in the Province of Paraa. r atJatahy, waiting for the waters to return to theirnormal level so as to allow of our journey up theriver being resumed. During this time I chieflyoccupied myself in visiting the large Indian colony,consisting of 500 semi-wild Coroados, and studying thevarious modes and customs of life in use amongstthem, of which however I have no space here to giveany account. I made a collection of their severalmanufactures, which included a beautifully wovenshirt and various fancy costumes and head-dresses offeathers. In the illustration I have shown one ofthese curious feather-dresses, which are manufacturedentirely of bark-fibre and the feathers of toucans,macaws (araras) and other bright-plumaged birds. At length the waters subsided, and on the 25th of 288 Pioneering in South Brazil. CH. VIII. July we bid farewell to Jatahy, the inhabitants turningout en masse on to the river bank to speed us onour way, with shouts and firing of pistols. The bigcanoe that had taken us down to the Paranapanema. COltOADO DRESSED IN FESTIVE COSTUME. had been discarded, two smaller and less cumbrousdug-outs having been especially made for this portionof our journey. Besides Telemaco and nryself, ourparty now consisted of six Caoia Indians and aBrazilian mineiro, whom we took to aid us in the ch. vnr. Signs of Indians. 289 exploration for gold and diamonds which undoubtedlyexisted in many sections of the river. Our difficultiesearly commenced, for on the 27th one of the canoeswas swamped while ascending a cataract, and half ourprovisions lost. This necessitated the sending theIndians back by land to Jatahy for further the next week we continued to make slow butsteady progress up a never-ending series of rapids andcataracts. Everywhere the marks of the recent floodwere visible; in some places the banks being sweptclear of vegetation to a height of twenty feet, and inothers the water-line be
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