Emily Stehr

Interesting (but Incomplete) History of Indigenous Peoples of the Amazon Region Emily Stehr

William Smyth, Frederick Lowe; Narrative of a Journey from Lima to Para, Across the Andes and Down the Amazon: Undertaken with a View of Ascertaining the Practicability of a Navigable Communication with the Atlantic, by the Rivers Pachitea, Ucayali, and Amazon; J Murray; 1836 William Smyth and Frederick Lowe write: "On the 23rd we touched at Loreto, with the intention of adding to our stock of provisions, but found it a very poor place, and that nothing was to be had; we then dropped down the river to an island called Ticuna Island, in the middle of the stream, where we slept in a hut belonging to the Ticunas Indians. Our course this day had been southeast 1/4 south, and we had advanced thirty-eight miles. About this time we lost our little Ronsoc, who had become very tame, and a great favourite: we had given her the name of Rosa, and when called she would run to us. Unfortunately, a calabash of lemonade which we had made for our own use fell in Rosa's way, she could not resist the temptation, and emptied it, and paid for her imprudence with her life."