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and organization of expedition
Fifth Brigade
and assaults on Canudos
and battle of Cocorobó
casualties
and the Guimarães expedition
and the Savaget column
and supply shortages
and supply trains
and trench warfare
Fifth Corps Bahian Police
and assaults on Canudos
and battle accounts
casualties
and inspection of Canudos
and
jagunço
resistance
at Mount Favela
sertanejo
recruits
and siege lines
and stalemate at Canudos
and supply trains
and travel difficulties
Fifth Regiment
Figueira (Lieutenant)
Figueiredo, Antônio Bernardo de
firearms.
See also
artillery; weaponry
blunderbusses
Comblains
of
jagunços
machine guns
Mannlicher rifles
Mausers
fires
First Brigade
arrival at Mount Favela
and assaults on Canudos
and the Guimarães expedition
and march to Canudos
at Mount Favela
at Rosário
and supply shortages
and supply trains
First Police Battalion
First Principles of a New System of Philosophy
(Spencer)
flagellants
Flatland rosemary
floods
flora of the backlands.
See also caatingas; specific plant types
and cattle ranching
and climate of the backlands
and geography of the backlands
and guerrilla warfare
and military engineering
and mobility
and Monte Santo
and Mount Favela
and prospecting settlers
Flores, Thompson
Angico crossing
death
leadership shortcomings
and morale
at Mount Favela
and road repairs
Fogueteiro, Antônio (“Iron Anthony”)
folklore.
See
superstition and folklore
followers of Conselheiro
and Bahia
caboclos
cafuzos
and cowboys
Indians
in Itapicurú
in Juazeiro
mysticism of
sertanejos
and the
sertão
superstition and folklore of
food supplies
and arrival of supply trains
at Canudos
and foraging
and hunting expeditions
jagunço
supplies
and livestock
at Mount Favela
and prisoners
and surrenders from Canudos
foraging parties
Fortieth Battalion
and assaults on Canudos
casualties
and the Guimarães expedition
and Macambira skirmish
fortifications.
See also
trenches
fossils
Fouillée, Alfred Jules Emile
Fourteenth Battalion
and assaults on Canudos
casualties
and march to Canudos
at Mount Favela
and organization of fourth expedition
Fourth Battalion
Fourth Brigade
and assaults on Canudos
and battle of Cocorobó
and the Guimarães expedition
and the Savaget column
France
Franciscans
Franco, Pedreira
free love
Frei Caneca Battalion
French Revolution
Freyre, Gilberto
friagem
Furna Range
furos
Gama, Alfredo
Gamo, José (“Joe Buck”)
Garcia, Miguel
Garcia d’Ávila
gauchos
and Carlos Telles
fighting skills of
and
jagunços
and lancer squadron
language of
Sarmiento on
Gazeta da tarde
Gazeta de Notícias
gender relations in Canudos
geography of the backlands
backlands as
terra incognita
categorization of the backlands
central plateau described
and class structure
and the Cocorobó range
and desertification
and environmental degradation
and flora of the backlands
and gateway to the backlands
and geology of the backlands
and march to Canudos
and military engineering
and military tactics
and Monte Santo
and Mount Cambaio
and Mount Favela
and railways
and São Paulo
and the Vaza-Barris River
geology of the backlands
and the Calumbi road
and climate of the backlands
and the Cocorobó range
and construction of fortifications
and fossils
general description
geologic past of the backlands
and gold
and Minas Gerais
and Mount Favela
and Paulo Afonso
and Rio Grande do Sul
and rock erosion
and the São Francisco River
and settlers
Geral Range
Gerber, Johann Gottfried Heinrich
German Renaissance
Girard, Miguel Maria
Girard Brigade
arrival at Canudos
and the Auxiliary Division
march to Canudos
Gitirana farm
Glimmer expedition
gnosticism
Gobineau, Joseph Arthur, Comte de
Goes, Collatino
Goiás
gold
and geology of the backlands
and history of backland conflicts
and
jagunço
honor
and settlement of the backlands
Gonçalves, Antão
Gonçalves, Bento Tomas
Gonçalves, Manuel
Gouveia, Ignacio Henrique de
and assaults on Canudos
and march to Canudos
march to Pitombas
and organization of fourth expedition
graffiti
Grande Range
Grande sertão: Veredas
(Guimarães Rosa)
Grão Mogol Range
grenades
and assaults on Canudos
at Canudos
casualties from
at Cocorobó
fired on Canudos
and Krupp canons
at Mount Cambaio
and the Whitworth
Grosso, Mato
Guaíra
Guarani Indians
Guedes, José
guerrilla warfare
and Bittencourt’s reinforcements
and the
caatingas
and command of expeditions
historical development of
and organization of expeditions
and the Savaget column
Guerreiro, Ignacio Mendes
Guianas
Guimarães Rosa, João
Gumplowicz, Ludwig
gunpowder
Gutierrez
habitats.
See also
environment
of the backlands
hand-to-hand combat
and assaults on Canudos
and attacks on artillery
and battle accounts
at Battle of Cocorobó
casualties of
and defense of Canudos
and the Moreira César expedition
at Mount Favela
at Uauá
Hartt, Charles Frederick
Hausa blacks
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich
heliotropes
hemeralopia
Herschel, Sir William
Historical and Geographic Institute
History of Civilization in England
(Buckle)
Hobbes, Thomas
Holy Week
Homo afarensis
horsemanship
hospitals
Hours of Mary
human sacrifice
Humboldt, Friedrich Heinrich Alexander von
hunting parties
Huxley, Thomas Henry
hydrography
hygrometers
hygroscopic capacity
Iberian Peninsula
ideational hallucination
ideology
igapós
igarapés
Iguaçú River
immigration
India
Indians.
See also caboclos;
indigenous population
and backland rebellions
and backlands settlers
and Bahia
and
cafuzos
Carirí
and Conselheiro’s followers
and Conselheiro’s followers
and cowboys
and environment of the backlands
Guarani
and
jagunços
and Jesuits
and
juremas
and mestizo religion
and military recruitment
and mulattoes
Potiguara
and prejudice
and prisoners of war
and racial development of the backlands
rights of
and the São Francisco River
Tabajara
Tapuia
Tupi
Tupinquims
and Uauá
indigenous population.
See also
Indians
and the backlands environment
and
caatanduvas
and Cunha’s portrayal
and
ipueiras
and Jesuits
and nativism
and racial development of the backlands
and settlement of the backlands
and the Vaza-Barris River
Indumea
industrialism
infirmaries.
See also
hospitals
ingaranas
Inhambupe
Inhanduhy
Instituto Politécnico
insurgency
intelligence.
See
scouting and reconnaissance
International Union of Friends
ipueiras
Ipueiras (farm)
Irapiranga River
Iron Anthony
irons (brands)
irrigation
Itabaiana
Itamaracá
Itapicurúaçú River
Itapicurú de Cima
Itapicurú River
Itapicurú (town)
and Conselheiro’s followers
and Conselheiro’s travels
and growth of Canudos
and the Jesuits
and reinforcement troops
and settlement of the backlands
Itararé
Itiúba Range
jacaré
Jacobina
Jacobina Mountains
Jacobinism
Jacuricí
jaguars
jagunços. See also
cowboys
ambushes
and assaults on Canudos
attacks on artillery
and the Auxiliary Division
and banditry
and battle of Uauá
bravery of
and Brazilian politics
and Canudos Campaign timetable
and class structure
clothing of
and conflict timetable
and Conselheiro’s army
control of Monte Santo
defined
described
and diversity of Canudos
and end of siege
and ethnic makeup of the backlands
and expedition’s march to Canudos
and governance of Canudos
and growth of Canudos
and guerrilla warfare
and hand-to-hand combat
and Juazeiro
leader killed
leather armor
and military tactics
and monarchism
at Mount Cambaio
at Mount Favela
myths of
origin of
and racial characteristics
and rebellions
response to expeditions
and retreats
and scouting missions
and superstition
and supply routes
at the tablelands
and urban warfare
Vendée rebellion compared to
jalofos
Januária
Jaret, Margaret E.
Jequitaia
Jequitinhonha River
Jeremoabo
backlands as
terra incognita
flatlands
and the Guimarães expedition
jagunço
control of
and the Jesuits
and the Moreira César expedition
and rivers of the backlands
sertão
at
Jeremoabo highway
and assaults on Canudos
and the Cocorobó range
and growth of Canudos
and Uauá
jerimum
Jesuíno, Domingos
Jesuits.
See also
missions and missionaries
Jewish War
(Josephus)
João VI
Joaquim
John III
Jornal do Brasil
Josephus
journalism
Journey around Brazil
(Fonseca)
Juá
juás
Juazeiro
army crossing to
and causes of the Canudos conflict
and Conselheiro’s followers
expedition camps at
and geology of the backlands
and the Guimarães expedition
and
jagunços
and the São Francisco River
and settlement of the backlands

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