Produced by Chuck Greif, Broward County Library and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net THE PUTUMAYO [Illustration: CHAINED INDIAN RUBBER GATHERERS IN THE STOCKS: ON THE PUTUMAYO RIVER. [Frontispiece] THE PUTUMAYO THE DEVIL'S PARADISE TRAVELS IN THE PERUVIAN AMAZON REGION AND AN ACCOUNT OF THE ATROCITIES COMMITTED UPON THE INDIANS THEREIN BY W. E. HARDENBURG EDITED AND WITH AN INTRODUCTION By C. REGINALD ENOCK, F.R.G.S. _Author of "The Andes and the Amazon," &c._ TOGETHER WITH EXTRACTS FROM THE REPORT OF SIR ROGER CASEMENT CONFIRMING THE OCCURRENCES WITH 16 ILLUSTRATIONS AND A MAP T. FISHER UNWIN LONDON: ADELPHI TERRACE LEIPSIC: INSELSTRASSE 20 _First Published, December, 1912_ _Second Impression, January, 1913_ (_All rights reserved._) PREFACE The extracts from Sir Roger Casement's Report, which form part of this work, are made by permission of H.M. Stationery Office. Acknowledgement is also made for assistance rendered, both to the Rev. J. H. Harris, Organising Secretary of the Anti-Slavery and Aborigines Protection Society, and to the Editor of _Truth_. Portions of Mr. Hardenburg's accounts have been omitted, and some revisions necessarily made, but the statements of adventures and the occurrences remain as in the original and stand upon their own responsibility. The unpleasing task of editing this book--which stands as perhaps the most terrible page in the whole history of commercialism--has been undertaken in the hope that permanent betterment in the condition of the unfortunate aborigines of South America will be brought about. THE EDITOR. CONTENTS CHAP. PAGE I. INTRODUCTION 11 II. HARDENBURG'S NARRATIVE: SOURCE OF THE PUTUMAYO 54 III. THE UPPER PUTUMAYO 87 IV. THE CENTRAL PUTUMAYO 111 V. THE HUITOTOS 141 VI. THE "DEVIL'S PARADISE" 164 VII. HARDENBURG'S INVESTIGATIONS: THE CRIMES OF THE PUTUMAYO 215 VIII. CONSUL CASEMENT'S REPORT 264 CONCLUSION 339