Pioneering in south BrazilThree years of forest and prairie life in the province of Paraná . ^ atale of bis musings over liis many lonely watcli-fues. I ari-ived at the camp, of whicli the Indians had toldUK!, in <bi(: time, nnd soon made myself at home withthe BKgrtS, wliilc nwiiiliug tlic arrival of the nudo-troop. An Indian Beauty •57 TIk accompanying illustration is from a skctditjiken on the spot, of one of the Indian women. Thebroad band shown across her head is of bark; andlior offspring, in this case an infant of about ten months. COUOAUA WOMAN AM) CHILD. old, is comfortably seated
Pioneering in south BrazilThree years of forest and prairie life in the province of Paraná . ^ atale of bis musings over liis many lonely watcli-fues. I ari-ived at the camp, of whicli the Indians had toldUK!, in <bi(: time, nnd soon made myself at home withthe BKgrtS, wliilc nwiiiliug tlic arrival of the nudo-troop. An Indian Beauty •57 TIk accompanying illustration is from a skctditjiken on the spot, of one of the Indian women. Thebroad band shown across her head is of bark; andlior offspring, in this case an infant of about ten months. COUOAUA WOMAN AM) CHILD. old, is comfortably seated in the lower loop of the band,the whole weight of tlio child being supported ow tliemothers head. Daring the months of ^lay, June, and July, it is thecustom of the tame Coroados Indians of these parts to VOL. II. s 258 Pioneering in South Bi-aziL ch. vi. leave their aldeamcntos, or villages, and roam about thegreat pine forests, living upon the products of theirhows and arrows, and the fruit of the pine trees them-selves. The pine-nut, which is an oblong fruit aboutan inch and a half in length and from a half to threequarters of an inch in diameter in the thickest part,lias a leather}- shell like that of a Spanish flavour it is, however, far superior to this latter,and, as an article of food, it will be sufficient to saythat the Indians often live on it and nothing else formany weeks at a time. It can be eaten raw, but moreusually the Indians roast it in the ashes of their fires tillit pops, when it is ready to be eaten. T
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