Cutts, John 267, 295, 298
Cyclops Mountains 217
Dacrycarpus 167, 170
daka 10
D'Albertis, Luigi Maria 251–252, 258
Dani (people) 224–226, 228–229, 273
Dasyure, Three–striped (Myoictis melas) 208
Deng (mountain) 168
Deyfu (a Miyanmin) 61, 63–64, 67–69, 71–72, 107
Dingiso (Dendrolagus mbaiso) 246, 263–274, 294, 298, 300–302
dogs, singing 173–174
Dokfuma 165–174
Dorcopsis, Mountain (Dorcopsulus vanheurni) 244
Draper, Norm 110
Eagle, New Guinea Harpy (Bogol) (Harpyopsis novaeguineae) 123
Echidna, Long-beaked (Egil) (Zaglossus bruijnii) 32–34, 128, 243, 245
Etna Bay 317
Fas, 2Fas and 3Fas 191–198, 200
Fatima mission 179, 181–182, 185
Femsep (a Telefol) 109, 137–139
Finimterr (plateau) 155
Flannery, Tim bitten by cuscus 38–39 encounters abandoned children 283–286
finds ice cave 288
gripped by python 41–42
in caves 149–150, 156–158, 235–239
in flight 49–51, 85–86, 154–155, 227–229
sharpens village knives 91–92
suffers scrub typhus 180–183
threatened with violence 80–81, 194
trapped in a cave 236
trapping 26–27, 157–158
travels by raft 105–107
tries to explain circumcision 71–72
food 10–12, 25, 26, 28, 29, 68, 74, 185, 197, 203–204, 219
fossils 112, 146, 216–217, 235, 240, 287–288
Freddy (a Wopkaimin) 163–165, 167, 171–172
Freeport (mine and company) 99, 263–265, 267, 274–275, 276, 278–281, 284, 288–289, 291, 295, 302–303, 307–317
frogs 207–208, 268
Fruit-bat, Bare-backed (Dobsonia magna) 151–153, 156
Fruit-bat, Buhner's (Aproteles bulmerae) 146–159, 172
fungi 126
Gardner, Don 49, 58, 60–62, 73, 75,79,85,89,99, 105, 109, 113
German, Pavel 190
Giant-rat, Black-tailed (Keneta or Quotal) (Uromys anak) 238–239
Gilliard, Tom 137–138
Goilala (people) 16–23, 25–26, 30, 34, 38–39
Hatam 251,258
Hayward, Doug 230
Hindenburg Wall 149, 155
Hing 252–256, 258
Honeyeater, Streaked (Ptiloprora sp) 244
Hope, A. D. 14–15, 42–43
Hope, Geoffrey 14–15, 24–26, 216–217, 232, 236, 237, 239, 317
Hope, Penelope 14, 42
horseshoe-bat 193
Humboldt Bay 219
Hyndman, David 146–147, 163
Ilaga 283
Ilam River 155
illness and disease 24–25, 52–54, 60, 62, 79, 107–108, 121, 179–183, 206, 222, 294–296
Imefoop (a Miyanmin) 61–62
Indonesian military, police and security 218–219, 222, 232, 252, 279, 291, 302–317
Irian Jaya 98–101, 215–317
Jalan Raya 240–242
Jayapura 217–224
Jorgensen, Dan 113, 115–117
Juliana Toppen, Mount 168
Kaifak (a Miyanmin) 75–76, 77–78, 81–82
Kamoro (people) 275–276, 308, 314–315
kaukau 26
Kebuge (a Miyanmin) 54, 74, 85
Kegesep (Miyanmin translator) 58, 60–61, 77
Kelangurr Cave 233, 234–239
Keno, Andrew 27–28
Kiriru 317
Kite, Brahminy 106
Kiunga 161
Kogoya, Judas 312
Kosipe 14–24
Kuala Kencana 313–315
Kukukuku (people) 38
Kula, Viare 204, 206, 208–210
Kwalik, Kelly 312–313
Kwamki Lama 274–275
Kwiyawagi 223, 229–234, 241, 292–299
Kyemana 77
Lani (people) 229–234
Libocedrus 30
Lumi 178
Luplupwintem (cave) 147–148, 153, 154, 156, 156–159, 172
MacArthur, Douglas 221
McGeaver, Father Pat 185–187, 199–200
Madang 93
Manas (a Lani pastor) 230, 231, 233, 292, 298
Manokwari 250–252
Maokopia ronaldi (extinct marsupial) 237, 240
Mapnduma 306, 312
Maria (a Miyanmin) 87, 93–94, 96–97
Marsellius 289
Martin, Roger 204
Mastiff-bat, New Guinea (Tadarida kuboriensis) 293
Melidectes, Belford's (Melidectes belfordi) 244
Melidectes, Short-bearded (Melidectes nouhuysi) 244
Melomys, Mountain (Melomys rubex) 32, 171
Menawa, Mount 191, 193
Mendi (people) 16
Menzies, Jim 146, 147
Meren Glacier 280, 286–288
Michaellod, Father Alexandre 16–23
Miyanmin (people) 49, 52–54, 57–60, 65–66, 69, 70–84, 86–101, 130,230
Moffet, Jim-Bob 313
Mokwam 258, 260
Moni (people) 267, 273
Moses (a Telefol) 131–132
mosquitoes 179
moths 185
Mountain Ok (people) 110–111, 127–133, 145
Munbil 131
Mungople 189
Munninghof, Bishop 312
Murip, Arianus (a Lani) 283–286, 289–291
Murip, Jot 232, 292, 294 Muslims 225
Nabire 224
Neon Basin 25–26, 35
nettles 92–93
Noken (a Wopkaimin) 148
Nong River 149
Obert (a Lani) 272
Oblankep (a Miyanmin) 90–97
Ok Tedi 136, 146, 147, 310
Ok Tedi Mining 153, 160, 162–164
Ok Tedi River 164
Olo (people) 186–188
Operasi Merdeka Papua (OPM; Free Papua Movement) 260, 268, 302–313
Owen, Terry 298, 300–302
pademelons (Thylogale sp) 243, 244–245
pandanus 228–229
Papua New Guinea 1–213
Peter (of Wilbeitei) 204
pigs 29, 72–74, 99–100, 194–195
Pine, Monterey (Pinus radiatd) 267
Pipistrelle, Mountain (Pipistrellus collinus) 293
‘Pius Fred’ 161
Podocarpus (Plum Pine) 234
Port Moresby 9–12
Possum, Coppery Ringtail (Pseudochirops cupreus) 27–28, 121, 244
Possum, D'Albertis Ringtail (Pseudochirops albertisii) 208, 259
Possum, Painted Ringtail (Pseudochirulus forbesi) 208
Possum, Pygmy Ringtail (Pseudochirulus mayeri) 248
Possum, Reclusive Ringtail (Pseudochirops coronatus) 259
Prinz Willem V Range 229, 240, 246
Protemnodon hopei (extinct marsupial) 237, 240
PT Freeport see Freeport
Python, Boelan's (Liasis boelani) 40–43
Quail, Snow Mountains (Anurophasis monorthonyx) 287
Rat see also Giant-rat; Woolly-rat
Rat, Arianus's (Stenomys omlichodes) 286, 291
rat, giant (Boboyomin) (Xenuromys bar-batus) 67–68, 82–83
Rat, Glacier (Stenomys richardsoni) 286
Rat, Himalayan (Rattus nitidus) 258
Rat, Moss-forest (Stenomys niobe) 32, 171, 256, 286
Rat, Pacific (Rattus exulans) 110
Rat, Small Spiny (Senok) (Rattus steini) 128–129
Rat, Water (Ayam) (Hydromys chrysogaster) 89 Rat, Western White-eared Giant (Hyomys dammermani) 259
Rat, White-tailed (Uromys caudimaculatus) 68
Reagan, Ronald 77, 135
refugees 98–101
Ringtail Possum see Possum, Ringtail
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roundworms 60–61
salt 241
Sapau, Mount 190
sawfish, Sentani 218, 222
Scott, Winifred Violet 249–250
Seiko, Kaspar 187–188, 189–190, 199, 203, 208, 210
Sentani, Lake 217–218
Sepik Gorge 51, 112, 153, 154
Sepik River 51, 65, 112, 177
Serapnok (a Wopkaimin) 165, 167, 171–172
Seri, Lester 82, 83, 88–92, 97, 148–151, 153–159, 160, 167, 173, 190, 208
Simon (of 3Fas) 195–198
Singa 303, 311
Sissano Lagoon 193, 208
Skgonga River 60, 83
Snow Mountains 170
Sol River 118–121, 124
Somare, Michael 82
Somoro, Mount 178
spiders 107–108, 161–162
Star Mountains 160–174
Steer, Gary 192, 202–203, 210
Strahan, Ronald 237
Suharto, President 312, 313, 315
sweet potato 110
Sweipini 187–188, 189, 199, 204–210
Szalay, Alexandra 250–251, 253, 256–257, 264, 268, 286, 289, 290, 292, 305
Tabubil 140, 161, 162, 163–166, 310
tapeworm (Burtiella flanneryi) 121–122
Tarapi (a Wopkaimin) 164
taro 109, 110
Tegiorak (a Lani) 296
Telefol (people) 29, 60, 109–112, 114–118, 127–141
Telefolip 113, 114–118, 125–126, 132–133, 140
Telefomin 93, 109–112, 149
Telefomin insurrection 110, 137, 139
Tembagapura 263–268, 300–315
Tenkile see tree-kangaroo
Thurnwald Range 85–86, 92
Tiger-parrot, Painted (Psittacella picta) 244
Timika 274, 312, 313
Timika–Tembagapura road 265–266
Tinal, Yonas 269–272, 283, 285–286, 290
Tinamnok (a Telefol) 117–118, 120–121, 123–124, 125, 134, 140
Tom (teacher in 2Fas) 193
Torricelli Mountains 177–183
Tortoise, Soft-shelled 106
Treefern, Alpine (Cyathea tomentosissima) 25
tree-kangaroos (see also Dingiso) 47–48, 243, 245
tree-kangaroo (Tenkile) 183, 187–190, 197, 199–200, 202–210
tree-kangaroo (Weimanke) 190
Tree-kangaroo, Bennett's (Dendrolagus bennettianus) 204
Tree-kangaroo, Doria's (D'bol) (Dendrolagus dorianus) 118, 123–124, 189, 267, 268–269
Tree-kangaroo, Goodfellow's (Timboyok) (Dendrolagus goodfellowi) 61–62, 69, 84
Tree-kangaroo, Grizzled (Dendrolagus inustus) 183
Tree-kangaroo, Seri's (Dendrolagus dorianus stellarum) 172–173
Triok, Great-tailed (Dactylopsila megalura) 263
Triok, Long-fingered (Dactylopsila palpator) 259, 263
Trondesep (a Telefol) 140
Usake River 64
Utai 191, 193
Van Dyck, Steven 152
Victor (a Goilala) 26–27
wallaby (Thylogale calabyi) 35–36
Wamena 224–226
weather 52–53, 161, 165–166, 168
Wetherstone, Bren 14, 24, 216–217, 232, 236, 239, 317
Wewak 182
Wigotei 179–181
Wilbeitei 187, 189–190, 199–200, 203
Willok (an Atbalmin) 118, 121–122, 140
Wilson, Forbes 308
Woflayo (a Telefol) 152–154
Woitape 15
Wollaston, A. F. R. 265
woolly-rat (Mallomys rothschildi) 36
Woolly-rat, Alpine (Alallomys gunung) 294
Woolly-rat, De Vis's (Mallomys aroensis) 259
Woolly-rat, Subalpine (Mallomys istapantap) 37
Wopkaimin (people) 131,145–149, 159,162–165
worm, giant 208
Yapsiei 48–49, 51–54, 98–99, 107
Yominbip 67, 85–88, 95–97
Zonggonau, Vedelis 267, 282, 289–290