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palmatórias
—cacti,
Opuntia vulgaris
Mill.;
juás
—
Solanum balbisii
Dun. and other plants of the Solanaceae family (cf. Putnam, “Botanical and Zoological Terms,” 493).

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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

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

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