Narrative of a Visit to Indian Tribes of the Purus River, Brazil by Joseph Beal Steere, first published in 1903, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it.

Excerpt from Narrative of a Visit to Indian Tribes of the Purus River, Brazil It seems probable that no Wild tribe now lives on the Lower Amazon or its navigable branches. The ancient inhabitants have in most cases entirely disappeared, leaving nothing but their graves, kitchen mid dens, and old village sites buried in the forest, and the names of their tribes and ancient territories preserved in the histories of the country and in local names. Most of these tribes have without doubt become extinct, though a few individuals may have merged with the hardier Tapuios (tapuyan family), the civilized and Christian Indians of the Amazon. Great tracts of the country are entirely without human inhabitants, as the latter generally live in small villages and scattered cabins along the navigable streams only. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Narrative of a Visit to Indian Tribes of the Purus River, Brazil by Joseph Beal Steere, first published in 1903, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it.

Mission report on a two-month investigation into the situation of the American Indian tribal peoples of the amazon basin in Brazil - covers the living conditions and legal status of the indians, health services of the reserves (human settlements), some aspects of traditional culture and cultural change, etc., and comments on government policies affecting the Indian tribes. Bibliography pp. 182 to 184, maps and illustrations.

The defeat of the Indian tribes of Brazil is one of the great tragedies of Europe's involvement in South America. John Hemming's highly acclaimed 'Red Gold' told of the early conquest of the Indians by European settlers; 'Amazon Frontier' continues the tale. In 1755, after two hundred years of missionary control and appalling abuse by colonial settlers, the Portuguese governement issued legislation freeing the tribes. But the promised freedom proved to be an illusion: relaesed from the power of the Jesuits who had exploited them, the Indians now suffered even greater oppression at the hands of lay directors. As the colonial frontier pushed westwards into the immense territory of Brazil, stretching from the pampas of Uruguay to the rainforests of Amazonia, the Indians struggled to presserve their independence and their customs. Some tribes fought heroically, but their resistance was in vain; others tried to accommodate the advancing frontier, but were unable to withstand the profund cultural shock; a few, protected by impenetrable forests and rapid-infested rivers, survived with their cultures intact. Decimated by battle and imported disease, and deeply demoralised, the Indians were defeated, stripped of their traditional way of life and of their homelands. 'Amazon Frontier' covers the period from the mid-eighteenth to the early twentieth century - a time which saw Brazil gain independence and change from an isolated colonial outpost to a modern nation, its economy transformed by coffee exports and the great Amazon rubber boom. It was also a time when naturalists flooded into Brazil, drawn by the environmental riches of its plains, forests and rivers, and when alongside the exploiters of Indians came philanthroposts and anthropologists enchanted by tribal cultures, authors romanticising the 'noble savage', and politicians and administrators agonising over the problem of turning the Indians into settled labourers. The first book to explore this vast subject, 'Amazon Frontier' is based on the extensive research from original sources that has made John Hemming the leading authority in his field. A moving and stirring book, it is the definitive account of a fascinating period of history.