The American Race: A Linguistic Classification and Ethnographic Description of the Native Tribes of North and South AmericaBrinton, Daniel G. (Daniel Garrison)
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The American Race: A Linguistic Classification and Ethnographic Description of the Native Tribes of North and South America
Brinton, Daniel G. (Daniel Garrison)
Indians; Indians -- Languages
Mr. Chandless also says, “The Conibos are of the same tribe as the
Manitenerys of the river Purus,” which would bring these latter also
into the Pano stock. The short vocabulary of their language which he
supplies does not bear out this assertion. Mr. Richard Spruce considered
that it proved them to be of the Carib stock;[456] but to me it seems
unmistakably a member of the Arawak family, as will be seen from the
following analysis:
MANITENERY. ARAWAK STOCK.
Sun, _cashi_, _catche_.
Moon, _siri_, _casiri_.
Fire, _chi-chi_, _chichi_.
Water, _huni_, _uni_.
From the above considerations I offer the following names as comprising
the
PANO LINGUISTIC STOCK.
_Barbudos_, on the Marañon.
_Callisecas_, on upper Ucayali.[457]
_Canawarys_, on Rio Purus.
_Caripunas_, near cataracts of Rio Madeira.
_Cashibos_, on Rio Pachitea and Aguaitia.
_Chamicuros_, on west bank of the Rio Huallaga.[458]
_Cochivuinas_, a sub-tribe of Mayorunas.
_Conibos_, on upper Ucayali.
_Culinos_, on Rio Juvary.
_Jaunavos_, see _Caripunas_.
_Mayorunas_, on Rio Tapichi and Rio Yavari.
_Maxorunas_, near Rio Tapichi.
_Panos_, on upper Ucayali.
_Pacaguaras_, on Rio Beni.
_Remos_, on Ucayali, from Abayan to Chanchaguaya.
_Sencis_, right bank of Ucayali above Saraycu.
_Setibos_ (_Setevos_), on upper Ucayali.[459]
_Sipibos_, on upper Ucayali.
Mr. Chandless[460] met on the rivers Purus and Jurua tribes of a
stock whose tongue I have not been able to connect with any other.
They are represented on the former stream by the Pammanas or Pammarys
(_pama-ouiri_, eaters of the _pama_, a kind of berry), or Puru-purus
(_piru-poru_, name of a skin disease which prevails there), whose name
has been transferred to the river. These are believed by Martius to
be the same or allied to the Pamas, a tribe who formerly lived on the
Madeira, but were driven thence by the Caripunas.[461] On the Jurua are
the apparently related _Arauas_ and Araicus. All these depend on hunting
and fishing, and are of migratory habits. Some of the Pammanas are
reported as light in hue, with blue eyes and brown hair.[462]
Many tribes with names differing from the above are recorded by the
older writers as resident on these rivers, but owing to the absence of
linguistic material, no identification is possible.
The close relationship of the Pammarys of the Purus and the Arauas of the
Jurua is shown by the following comparison:
PAMMARY. ARAUA.
Moon, _massicu_, _massicu_.
Fire, _si ju_, _sihu_.
Water, _paha_, _paha_.
Dog, _djuimahi_, _jumayhi_.
So far as known, I would place the following tribes in the
ARAUA LINGUISTIC STOCK.
_Arauas_ (_Araó_), on the lower Jurua.
_Pamas_, formerly on the Madeira.
_Pammarys_, on the Rio Purus.
_Puru-purus_, on the Rio Purus.
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