Putumayo

But even cancer and the Putumayo are not a denial of what Stevenson called "the ultimate decency of things."
The Book of This and That|Robert Lynd
As for the Putumayo region, it was practically unknown until the last decade of the nineteenth century.
The Putumayo, The Devil's Paradise|Walter Hardenburg
The first result of the publication of the Putumayo atrocities in the London Press was denial.
The Putumayo, The Devil's Paradise|Walter Hardenburg
The first contingent of these men, imported by Arana Brothers, reached the Putumayo at the end of 1904.
The Putumayo, The Devil's Paradise|Walter Hardenburg

A small traffic with the rubber-collectors of the Upper Putumayo and the neighbouring Indians is, however, still carried on.
The Putumayo, The Devil's Paradise|Walter Hardenburg

British Dictionary definitions for Putumayo

Putumayo

/ (Spanish putuˈmajo ) /

noun

a river in NW South America, rising in S Colombia and flowing southeast as most of the border between Colombia and Peru, entering the Amazon in Brazil: scene of the Putumayo rubber scandal (1910–11) during the rubber boom, in which many Indians were enslaved and killed by rubber exploiters. Length: 1578 km (980 miles)Brazilian name: Içá

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