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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 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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