Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Percy Fawcett" in English language version.
References for the summary & highlights of the following articles taken from: The Rolf Blomberg's book "Chavante, An expedition to the Tribes of the Mato Grosso", pages 70 & 71(Blomberg's book was first published in 1958; various editions of it can be found here)
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of November 2024 (link){{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of November 2024 (link){{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of November 2024 (link)Comatzi, the later chief of Kalapalos after Izarari's death, was after much persuasion induced to disclose the grave of the murderer explorer, and bones were dug up and examined by a team of experts of the Royal Anthropological Institute in London, but the results indicated that those bones were not of Fawcett and there is a doubt whether they belong to a white man. The bodies of the younger ones were thrown in the river, said Comatzi. At all events, they have not been found.
References for the summary & highlights of the following articles taken from: The Rolf Blomberg's book "Chavante, An expedition to the Tribes of the Mato Grosso", pages 70 & 71(Blomberg's book was first published in 1958; various editions of it can be found here)
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of November 2024 (link)Everyone in Amazonia knew that you could not cut trails and keep your team fed with fewer than eight men. ... His other dictum was that Indians would look after them. This was equally dangerous. The Xingu tribes pride themselves on generosity, but they expect visitors to reciprocate. All expeditions in the past four decades had brought plenty of presents such as machetes, knives, and beads. Fawcett had none. He committed other blunders that antagonized their hosts. So it was only a matter of days before they were all dead.
Twenty years later, Chief Comatsi of the Kalapalo tribe gave a very detailed account of Fawcett's visit, reminding his assembled people of exactly how they had killed the unwelcome strangers. But the German anthropologist Max Schmidt, who was there in 1926, thought that they had plunged into the forests, got lost, and starved to death; this was also the view of a missionary couple called Young who were on another Xingu headwater. The Brazilian Indian Service regretted that Fawcett, who was obsessively secretive, had not asked for their help in dealing with the Indians. They felt he was killed because of the harshness and lack of tact that all recognised in him.(Note: Hemming spells the chief's name 'Comatsi', but most other sources spell it 'Comatzi'.)
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