5
palmatórias
—cacti,
Opuntia vulgaris
Mill.;
juás
—
Solanum balbisii
Dun. and other plants of the Solanaceae family (cf. Putnam, “Botanical and Zoological Terms,” 493).
6
cumanan
—a shrub,
Euphorbia phosphorea
Mart., of the Euphorbiaceae family;
candombá
—a variety of palm, likely
Iriartea ventricosa
Mart
.
(cf. Putnam, “Botanical and Zoological Terms,” 493).
CHAPTER V
1
nativism
—political activism based on indigenous social and cultural issues.
2
cajá
—fruit that resembles a yellow plum, from the
cajazeira
tree,
Spondias lutea
L.
3
mangaba
—round orange fruit of the
mangabeira
tree, which yields a milky juice (cf. Putnam, “Botanical and Zoological Terms, 493).
4
pitomba
—common Brazilian fruit from the small evergreen tree
Eugenia luschnathiana
Berg (cf. Putnam, “Botanical and Zoological Terms,” 494).
CHAPTER VII
1
cunanã
—another name for
cumanan.
2
ingaranas
—
Pithecellobium racemosum
Ducke and other trees of the genus
Pithecellobium
(cf. Putnam, “Botanical and Zoological Terms,” 493).
CHAPTER VIII
1
the remains of Antônio Conselheiro
—author’s note 8 (1905 edition):
“Excerpt from the report by the first column commander: ‘. . . I ordered them to exhume the body and take it to the square where it could be identified. Once this was properly done, and witnessed by affidavit that this was the body of the infamous Antônio Vicente Mendes Maciel (known by his followers as the Good Jesus Counselor), I dispatched the photographer so that we would have proof that it was indeed this person.’”
Index
Abade, João
Abbreviated Mission
abolition of slavery
Académico Battalion
Acarú Range
A casca da serpente
(
The Serpent’s Skin
) (Veiga)
acclimatization
accounts of Canudos assault
battle reports
journal entries
Açuaruá
Adamites
administrative skills
Adorno, Dias
Afonso, Paulo
African cultures
African population
Agassiz, Jean
agriculture
aguardente
Aguiar, Durval de
Aguiar, Joaquim de
Aguiar e Silva
Aimorés Mountains
Alagoas
Alagoinhas
Albertazzi, Everard
Albuquerque, Fragoso de
Alcácer-Quibir, battle
alcohol
Alencar, Carlos de
Alencar Araripe, Tristão Sucupira de
Alexander of Abnoticus
Almeida, João Mendes de
Almeida, Pires de
Álvares, Bastião
Amaral Savaget, Cláudio do
arrival at Mount Favela
and assaults on Canudos
and battle of Cocorobó
and evacuation of the wounded
and expedition timetable
and the Girard Brigade
and the Guimarães expedition
and Macambira skirmish
and mobilization delays
replacement for
at Rosário
and the Savaget column
and supply trains
À margem da história
(da Cunha)
The Amazon: Land without History
(da Cunha)
Amazonas detachment
Amazon region
climate of
Cunha’s travels in
and exploration
geology of
rain forest
Amazon River
ambulances
ambushes
and assaults on Canudos
and the Auxiliary Division
and battle plans
and defense of Canudos
and foraging parties
and guerrilla warfare
lack of preparation for
on supply trains
at Sussuarana Farm
at the tablelands
and water sources
American Revolution
Américo, José
ammunition
and ambushes
for artillery
for blunderbusses
captured
depletion of supplies
explosive bullet legend
and the Guimarães expedition
jagunço
supplies
and sharpshooters
shortages
transportation of
Anacardium humile
Anchieta, José de
Andes
Andrade Guimarães, Arthur Oscar de
and advance party
ambushed
arrival at Juetê
arrival at Mount Favela
and assaults on Canudos
and the Auxiliary Division
and battle plans
and Bittencourt’s reinforcements
and the Calumbi road
command of expedition
and expedition timeline
lectures
at Mount Favela
and reinforcements
and supply shortages
and training of soldiers
and trench warfare
Andrade Neves
Angico
and evacuation of wounded
and the Girard Brigade
jagunço
attacks on
and the Moreira César expedition
and supply trains
Anhangüera
animal husbandry.
See also
cattle and cattle ranching
animism
Anjos, José Xavier dos
annatto trees
“A nossa Vendéia” (da Cunha)
Anthony, Saint, Archbishop of Florence
anthropology
Antichrist
anti-republicanism
Antônio Conselheiro (Antônio Vicente Mendes Maciel)
appearance of
and asceticism
background
and Bahian politics
and battle accounts
body of
and Canudos Campaign timetable
and causes of the conflict
childhood
and church construction
and conflict with Bahia
Cunha’s description of
death
decline of
diversity of followers
domestic life
and evening prayers
family
flight into backlands
and gender relations
and gnosticism
and governance of Canudos
Guimarães on
legends of
and mental illness
and miracles
and missionaries to Canudos
Montanism
and penances
and poverty
prisoner reports on
prophecies of
public opinion on
rumors about
sermons
spies of
and women
apocalypticism
Apóstolo
Aracajú
Aracati range
and geology of the backlands
and the Girard brigade
and Monte Santo
and routes to Canudos
and supply trains
and war damage
araticú-araticum
trees
Araújo, Manoel de
Araújo, Pascoal de
Araújo family
Araújo Pantoja, Donaciano de
araxá
architecture
arms shipments to Canudos
artesian well
artillery.
See also
Krupp field guns; Whitworth cannon;
specific guns
and ammunition shortages
and ammunition types
arrival at Canudos
attacks against
and the Auxiliary Division
and battle of Cocorobó
bombardment of Canudos
and the brushlands
captured by rebels
casualties among ranks
and geography of Canudos
and the Guimarães expedition
jagunço
attacks on
and Macambira skirmish
and march to Canudos
at Monte Santo
and the Moreira César expedition
at Mount Cambaio,
at Mount Cambaio
at Mount Favela
and retreats
and the Savaget column
Arzão
asceticism
Ashantis
As meninas do Belo Monte
(
The Meninas of Belo Monte
) (Chiavenato)
Assis, Dilermando de
Assis, Dinorah
Assis, João Pacheco de
Assis, Machado de
Atacama Desert
Atanásio Range
Australia
Auxiliary Division
ambushed
arrival at Canudos
at Monte Santo
and supply trains
Ave Maria
Avila (Lieutenant)
Azambuja, Pradel de
azenegues
Bagé
Bahia.
See also
Fifth Corps Bahian Police
and the backlands
and backlands pioneers
and Bittencourt’s reinforcements
and Canudos
and cattle ranching
and the central plateau
and climate of the backlands
and Conselheiro’s followers
and Cunha’s ancestry
Cunha’s travels in
and desertification
exploration of
and geography of the backlands
and geology of the backlands
and the Guimarães expedition
and Jesuits
and military response to Canudos
and mining
newspapers
police units
politics of
racial composition
religions of
and responsibility for Canudos
and settlers
and state government
and wounded soldiers
Bahians.
See also
Fifth Corps Bahian Police
and backland traditions
and Cunha’s ancestry
defined
and Jesuits
and mestizos
and the Moreira César expedition
and the São Francisco River
and settlement of the backlands
baiano
Baixas
and the Girard brigade
and routes to Canudos
and supply trains
and war damage
Bald Headlands
Bald Hill
“Ball and Chain” Joaquim
bandeiras / bandeirante
and Conselheiro’s sermons
and defense of Canudos
defined
descendants of
and desertification
and Jesuits
and
mestizos
and rebellions in the backlands
and the São Francisco River
and settlement of the backlands
Bantu
baraúnas
Barbacena
Barbedo (Major)
Barbosa (General).
See
Silva Barbosa, João da
Barlaeus
Barra
barrens
Barroca
Bastille Day
bats
Battle of Coxomongó
battle reports
Bayard, Chevalier
bayonet charges
and ambushes
and assaults on Canudos
and battle of Cocorobó
and the Girard Brigade
and Macambira skirmish
and Mount Favela
Belchior Días silver mines
Bendegó de Baixo
Bendegó River
Benício, Manoel
Benjamin Constant Battalion
Big John
bignonias
Big Peter
biological determinism
birth of da Cunha
Bittencourt, Carlos Machado de
blacks.
See
Negroes
blacksmith’s shop
blunderbusses
Bolivia
Bolivia
Bom Conselho
attacks on
and backland pioneers
Conselheiro at
and the Jeremoabo highway
and the Moreira César expedition
Bom Jesus da Lapa
Bosi, Alfredo
Bossuet, Jacques Benigne
Braga, Thomas
Braganza royal line
Brandão, João
brands
Brazilian Academy of Letters
Brazilian Army
Brazilian Portuguese
brimstone
Brito, Antônio Guedes de
Brito, Febrônio de
Brito expedition
Brito Mendes
Broca
bromeliads
brushlands
Bryce, James
Bucelle, José Luiz
Buckle, Henry Thomas
Bueno, Amador
Bueno, Bartolomeu
Buenos Aires
bunkers.
See also
trenches
Burgess, Anthony
caapora
caapuera
caatanduvas
and climate of the backlands
described
and environmental damage
and settlement of the backlands
caatingas
and ambushes
and the backlands environment
and backlands violence
and battle accounts
and Bittencourt’s reinforcements
and casualties of war
and the Cocorobó range
as cover
and description of the backlands
and drought
and environmental damage
and fortifications of Canudos