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and supplies to Canudos

juazeiros

and Canudos structures

and climate of the backlands

described

on the Rosário road

and the
sertão

Judaism

Juetê

jujubes

juremas

Kapuściński, Ryszard

Klopstock, Friedrich Gottlieb

Krupp field guns

and the Auxiliary Division

barrages on Canudos

and battle of Cocorobó

and the Brito expedition

captured

of first expedition

and the Guimarães expedition

and inspection of Canudos

and march to Canudos

at Monte Santo

and the Moreira César expedition

at Mount Favela

and the Savaget column

Lagem de Dentro

La guerra del fin del mundo
(
The War of the End of the World
) (Vargas Llosa)

Lajedo range

Lake Cipó

Lake Laje

Lalau

La Nación

Lancastro, João de

lance squadron

and assaults on Canudos

and bayonet charges

and foraging parties

formation of

and trench warfare

landowners

Lapa

The Last Expedition to Canudos
(Dantas Barreto)

Latin America

Leal, Pedro Barbosa

Leal, Wenceslau

Leão, Mariza

Leaves of Grass
(Whitman)

legal conflicts

Leite, Domingos Alves

Leite, João Antunes

Leme, País

Lençois

Leoni, Arlindo

Levine, Robert M.

Liais, Em

liana

fibers of

furniture made of

and grave sites

and
jagunço
traps

and litters for the wounded

and mobility in battle

Siqueira de Menezes on

as writing instrument

Liberdade

Lima, Cunha

Lisboa, João Francisco

Little Cistern

Little Tablelands

llanos

Lobo, Joaquim Pereira

logistics.
See also
food supplies; military engineering; supplies for expeditions

and ammunition shortages

and Bittencourt

and first expedition’s march to Canudos

and guerrilla warfare

and the Guimarães expedition

and military engineering

and railways

and sappers

Lopes, Vicente

Lopes range

Losch, Paul

Louis XI

Lowe, Alan

Lowe, Elizabeth

Lund, Wilhelm

Lusitanians

lynchings

Maçacará

Maçacará road

Macambira, Joaquim

Macambira River

macambiras

Macambira (town)

Macambira valley

Macaúbas

machine guns

and assaults on Canudos

at Bendegó de Baixo

and Canudos battles

and first expeditionary force

jagunço
attacks on

at the Old Ranch House

at Pitombas

and the second expedition

Maciel, Antônio

Maciel, Helena

Maciel, Miguel Carlos

Maciel, Vicente Mendes

Madeira

Magalhães, Benjamin Constant Botelho de

Magalhães, Henrique José de

malocas

mamelucos

and infantry charges

and mestizos

and the Pedra Bonita

prisoners of war

and racial development of the backlands

and rebellions in the backlands

and the São Francisco River

and settlement of the backlands

mandacarús
(
Cereus jamacaru
)

and climate of the backlands

described

and geology of the backlands

on the Rosário road

and the
sertão

and settlement of the backlands

Siqueira de Menezes on

as water source

mangabas

mangabeira
s

Manichaeans

Mannlicher rifles

and Canudos battles

captured by
jagunços

and casualties

and first expeditionary force

and
jagunço
resistance

and the Moreira César expedition

and prisoners from Canudos

Manoel I

Manoel the Crate

Mantiqueira ledge

Mara, Frederico

Maranhão

and cowboys

and the Guimarães expedition

and Jesuits

and racial development

and settlement of the backlands

Marc-Aurèle

Marcondes, Ayrton

Marcus

marí

Maria II

Mari Mucambo

Marino, Candido José

Mario’s Hill

encampments at

and the Guimarães expedition

and the Moreira César expedition

and trenches

mariseiros

maritacacas

marriages

martial law

Martins, Oliveira

Martius, Carl Friedrich Philipp von

martyrdom

Masada

Masonry

massapé

Massete

Mata da Corda

Mato Grosso

Maudsley, Henry

Mauritia

Mausers

McCoy, Terry

Medeiros, Joaquim Manoel de

and assaults on Canudos

march to Canudos

and organization of expeditions

and supply trains

Melchiades (Sublieutenant)

Melocacti

Mendes, Fructuoso

Menezes, José Joaquim de

Menezes, José Sotero de

mental illness

and Conselheiro

and the Girard Brigade

and Moreira César

mercenaries

Mesquita, Carlos Frederico de

mestizos

and Bittencourt’s reinforcements

and cattle ranching

and defense of Canudos

and diversity of Canudos

and growth of Canudos

in the Moreira César expedition

Pajehú

and racial features

and rebellions in the backlands

religion

and surrenders from Canudos

Meyer, Adolf Bernhard

Middle Ages

migrants.
See also bandeiras / bandeirante

Military Club

military engineering

Cunha’s career in

and the Guimarães expedition

and the Moreira César expedition

and railway plans

and reconnaissance missions

and routes to Canudos

and sappers

military history

military tactics

and assaults on Canudos

and attacks on artillery

and classical warfare

and geography of the backlands

guerrilla warfare

jagunço
tactics,

jagunço tactics

and the Moreira César expedition

at Mount Cambaio

Prussian military tactics

and psychology of the Brazilian soldier

sertanejos
tactics

vulnerable maneuvers

mimoso

Minas Gerais

and the central plateau

and climate of the backlands

and geology of the backlands

and racial makeup of Brazil

and support for Conselheiro

and the Tietê River

Minas massif

mining industry

Ministry of the Exterior

miracles

miscegenation

missions and missionaries.
See also
Jesuits

and backlands religion

to Canudos

and Conselheiro

missions to Canudos

and Monte Santo

and racial development of the backlands

and settlement of the backlands

Mississippi Valley

mocos

monarchism.
See also
anti-republicanism

and military recruitment

and public opinion

and Salvador

monasteries

Monk of Paraná

monk’s head

monsoons

Montanism

Montanus

Monte Alegre

Monte Alto

Monte Marciano, João Evangelista de

Monte Santo

and the Auxiliary Division

and backland pioneers

and Bittencourt’s reinforcements

and climate of the backlands

and communication lines

Conselheiro at

and description of the backlands

and engineering efforts

and evacuation of wounded

expedition’s arrival at

and geology of the backlands

and the Girard Brigade

and the Guimarães expedition

insurrection at

jagunço
control of

and the Jeremoabo highway

and the Moreira César expedition

and preparations for battle

road to

and settlement of the backlands

and supply trains

Monte Santo highway

Moorish culture

Morais, Prudente de

Moréia, Belchior Dias

Moréia mines

Moreira César, Antônio

and attack on Canudos

background

and backlander weaponry

body abandoned

and Canudos battle plan

death

and epilepsy

and expedition timetable

impulsive nature of

march to Canudos

and military tactics

munitions captured from

organization of expedition

and psychology of the Brazilian soldier

Moreira César Battalion

Moreira da Cunha, Eudóxia

Mornay, A. F.

Morton, Samuel George

Mota, Chiquinho da

Mota, João da

Mount Aracati

Mount Caldas volcano

Mount Cambaio

artillery on

casualties at

and defense of Canudos

first engagement at

and geography of the backlands

and the Guimarães expedition

munitions wasted at

and siege of Canudos

and the Vaza-Barris River

Mount Favela

artillery on

and assaults on Canudos,

and assaults on Canudos

and battle accounts

and climate of the backlands

and description of the backlands

fortification on

and growth of Canudos

and the Guimarães expedition

and
jagunço
sentries

and Macambira skirmish

and missionaries to Canudos

and the Moreira César expedition

and origins of Canudos

and the Savaget column

and siege strategy

skirmishes at

stalemate at

and supply trains

trap at

and trench warfare

and the Vaza-Barris River

Mount Itataia

Mount Piquaraçá.
See also
Monte Santo

Moura, Trajano de

Mucuim River

mulattoes

defined

Pious Anthony

and racial development of the backlands

and racial mix of the backlands

and surrenders from Canudos

mules

Murrow, Edward R.

music and song

mutans

mysticism.
See also
superstition and folklore

and backlands religion

of Conselheiro

Conselheiro’s followers

and martyrdom

and mestizo religion

and Pious Anthony

of
sertanejos

mythology.
See also
mysticism; superstition and folklore

Nabuco, Joaquim

Napoléon

Nascimento, Alfredo do

nationalism

nativism

Natuba

Naturalist on the River Amazonas
(Bates)

natural selection

Negroes

and defenders of Canudos

Estêvão

and the Jesuits

and mulattoes

in
pora-pora-eyma
region

and racial development of the backlands

and religious practices

Nery, Antônino

Neville (Sublieutenant)

newspapers

Ney, Michel

nightshades

Nina, Ferreira

Ninth Artillery Battalion

Ninth Battalion

ambushed

and assaults on Canudos

and the Calumbi road

casualties

dispatched to Juazeiro

and march to Canudos

and mobilization of fourth expedition

at Monte Santo

and the Moreira César expedition

at Mount Cambaio

at Mount Favela

and organization of expeditions

Ninth Brigade

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