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x MacCreagh, Gordon
  1926
White waters and black.
New York, Century Co.: 1-335.
–Repr.: Univ. Chicago Press, 1985. Brief accounts of manatees and manatee hunting (with harpoons and blowguns) by the Tiquié Tucana Indians of the Rio Uaupés region, Brazil (277, 311, 313, 323-324; fig. facing p. 309), including "feeling out" the manatee with a "long thin rod" before harpooning it!

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x  1926MacCreagh, G. (TI; Uaupés R.; 277, 311, 323-324.)
Economic Uses
(SEE ALSO: Archeological Sites, Sirenia at; Hunting and Capture; Medicinal Applications; Religious, Superstitious, or Ornamental Use or Observance; Weed Control)
x  1926MacCreagh, G. (TI; Tiquié R., Brazil; marinated & smoked meat; 324.)
Hunting and Capture
(SEE ALSO: Accidental Death or Injury; Archeological Sites, Sirenians at; Captivity, Sirenians in; Conservation; Economic Use; Natural Enemies; Weed Control)
x  1926MacCreagh, G. (TI; Rio Uaupés area, Brazil; by Tiquié Tucana Indians; harpoon, blowgun; 313, 323-324.)
Trichechus inunguis (Natterer in von Pelzeln, 1883) Thomas and Lydekker, 1897
xv 1926MacCreagh, G. (Uaupés R. area, Brazil; 277, facing 309, 313, 323-324.)
Vernacular Names
x  1926MacCreagh, G. (TI; Tiquié Tucana Indians, Brazil; ohkohthithero; 311.)