Index

adders, 28

aggression, 27, 32, 61–62, 65–66, 123, 127, 151, 210, 211

Aldrin, Buzz, 180

alpha males, 23, 65, 106, 124, 147–51, 187, 211

Alphonse (fisherman), 89–91, 90, 94–96, 99, 202, 210

Amber (baboon), 65–66

American University, 7–8

Amka (baboon), 185

Amsterdam University, 190

Animal Welfare Act (1966), 4

anthropomorphism, 54

Apollo 11 lunar landing, 180

A-records, 81, 84, 147, 189–90

Armstrong, Neil, 180

Army, U.S., 4, 7–8

Arusha, Tanzania, 144, 165

Arwen (baboon), 64–66

Ashe, Jimmy, 89

Atlas of Infant Behavior (Gesell), 76

baboons, 20, 23–26, 37, 52–54, 61–72, 76, 138, 153; aggression of, 61, 65, 66, 74, 83; Carole’s research on, 185; chimpanzee interactions with, 23–24, 64–72, 103; funding for research on, 78–79; gestures and vocalizations of, 62–64; Gombe’s ongoing research on, 186, 206; Jane deals with problems with, 74–75, 80; poisoning of, 91–92; behavioral differences between monkeys and, 141–42; Tim’s completion of research on, 157; troops of, 23, 43, 53, 62–65, 63

Baldwin, Loretta (Lori), 144, 163, 172, 189, 191, 194, 196, 210; arrival at Gombe of, 145, 153; in search for Ruth, 164, 167

banana provisioning, 20–24, 62, 64–65, 70–72, 104, 106; at Nyasanga station, 110; records of observations during, 81, 81; reduction in schedule for, 75, 80, 122

Bandora, Ado, 99

Bandora, Dominic, 2, 98–99, 100, 164, 182, 209

Bartlett, Des, 87

BBC World Service, 54

Beach Troop (baboons), 53, 62, 63, 63

Bethesda, Maryland, 7, 8

Bible, story of Pharoah’s magicians in, 89

biomedical research, 4–6

Bisigo (earth spirits), 94

black mambas, 28, 159

black-and-white forest cobras, 28

boomslangs, 28

B-records, 81–84, 86, 102, 106, 118, 147, 157, 189–90; of exceptionally long follows, 166, 168; of frenzied response to dead chimpanzee, 126; observational protocols for, 108; of Ruth’s last follow, 175–76, 195, 196

British, 2, 93

Bubango, 93

buffalo, 141

burrowing adders, 28

Burundi, 186

bush adders, 28

California, University of: Berkeley, 18, 25, 52, 78, 99; Riverside, 181

Cambridge University, 3, 79, 81–82, 130, 138, 153, 161, 163, 210

Camp Troop (baboons), 62

carnivores. See predators

Centre for Prehistory and Paleontology (Nairobi), 39

Charlie (chimpanzee), 23, 23, 34, 65, 147, 175, 210; affection between brother and, 85–86; alpha-male candidacy of, 149–50; death of, 187; displays of, 30, 123, 126

cheetahs, 45

chemical warfare, 7–8

Child’s Christmas in Wales, A (Thomas), 132

chimpanzees. See also names of individual chimpanzees; aggression of, 27, 30, 32, 66, 122–23, 127, 151, 210, 211; alpha male, 23, 65–66, 106, 124, 147–51, 187, 211; baboon interactions with, 23–24, 64–72, 103; banana provisioning for, 20–24, 62, 64–65, 70–72, 75, 80, 81, 81, 104, 106, 110, 122; biomedical research on, 4–6; displaying by, 21, 23, 27, 30, 31, 33, 65, 108, 123–24, 126–27, 161; facial expressions of, 22, 65, 86, 101–2, 102, 105–6, 118–19, 122, 128, 146; female, 22–24, 26, 29–30, 32–35, 51, 62–63, 65, 79, 92, 116, 122, 125–26, 136–37, 149, 151, 187, 210, 211; friendships of humans and, 9, 34–35, 101–2, 107, 113–14, 114, 121–24, 129, 132 182, 187, 211; gestures of, 66, 85–86, 105, 141, 150–52; grooming behavior of, 22–23, 23, 65, 86, 108, 125, 127, 175; intercommunity warfare of, 160, 187; out-of-camp follows of, 32–35, 75, 82, 84–86, 103–11, 111, 113–19, 124, 166, 168–69; predation by, 64, 105–6, 118–19, 161; stranger, Nyasanga habituation project for, 110–11, 124, 131–38, 142, 153–59, 189; susceptibility to human diseases of, 74, 76–77, 104, 108, 140, 211; territoriality, 110–11, 136–37, 161; tool use by, 128–29; vocalizations of, 21–23, 65, 85, 93, 103, 108, 125–28, 141, 150; young, 6, 15, 22, 33, 35, 51, 62–65, 92, 115, 117, 122, 126, 128, 129, 140, 149, 187, 211

Chip (baboon), 53

Clark, Catherine (Cathy), 131, 154–56, 162, 163, 172–73, 194, 196, 210; arrival at Gombe of, 130, 153; marriage of Nic and, 181–82; in search for Ruth, 164, 167

Clutton-Brock, Timothy, 138–43, 153–54, 163, 164, 167, 172, 210

cobras, 28, 152

colobus monkeys. See red colobus monkeys

computers, 79, 195

Congo, 19, 25, 85, 86, 186

Congo Basin rain forest, 6

conservation, 17, 191, 206

Cornwall, England, 184

Crease (baboon), 53

Cyrano (baboon), 66

Dana, Martha (Carole’s “second mother”), 15, 48–49, 184

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 10, 50, 111, 144, 156, 157, 160, 186

David (baboon), 64

David Greybeard (chimpanzee), 30, 74, 211

Davis, Dorothy and Price (Ruth’s parents), 10, 55, 165, 177; funeral attended by, 179–80, 189, 193–94, 196, 197; letters to, 67–70, 82–84, 99, 122, 166

Davis, Ruth, 40, 60, 75, 103, 129, 138, 149–58, 160–84, 188–201; adult male chimpanzee favorites of, 122–24, 146, 147, 149–53, 160, 210; affection felt for chimpanzees by, 69, 120–21, 201; arrives at Gombe, 66–67; baboon attack on, 71, 74; Carole’s friendship with, 157–58; at Christmas celebration, 131, 131; correspondence of Geza and, 40, 54, 146, 147, 150–54, 156, 161, 166, 188–89, 194; death of, 3–4, 7–10, 12, 170–77, 186, 189–91, 198–99, 209; disappearance of, 163, 189; follows of chimpanzees by, 103, 124–27, 140–41, 160–61, 198; funeral of, 179–80, 188, 189, 193–94, 196, 197; at Grub’s second birthday celebration, 144; journal kept by, 146, 189, 194–95; letters to parents from, 67–70, 82–84, 99, 122, 166; passion for geology of, 119–20; relationship of Geza and, 4, 54–61, 120–21, 144–46, 187–88; rumors of suicide of, 10, 192; search for, 163–70, 195, 199; shyness of, 120, 139, 140; social isolation of, 153–57, 161–62, 199–201; visions of, 4, 12–13, 165–66, 191–92

Dé (chimpanzee), 125, 127, 128, 211

Dharsi, Ramji, 77, 88, 131, 166, 174, 176, 177

diabetes, 7, 8, 184–85

diseases, chimpanzee susceptibility to, 74, 76–77, 104, 140

displays, male chimpanzee, 21, 23, 27, 30, 31, 33, 65, 161; flash-racket-boom via kerosene can, 148, 151; in interactions with baboons, 65–66; parallel, 106, 108; in response to body of dead chimpanzee, 126–27; through vegetation, 123–24

Doors of Perception, The (Huxley), 38

East African Rift, 1

East Africa Standard, 40

ecosystems, 2, 41

Emma (Em), (short-term volunteer at Gombe), 15–18, 20, 22, 23, 25–27, 29, 32, 36, 47–48

Endangered Species Act (1973), 4

Environmental Protection Agency, 8

epidemics, 74, 91, 104

Evered (chimpanzee), 118–19, 125, 211

Faben (chimpanzee), 34, 74, 102–103, 122, 125, 126, 175, 211; death of, 187; Figan’s displays supported by, 106, 108; polio crippled arm of 106–8, 107

falls. See waterfalls

Fellini, Federico, 57

Fifi (chimpanzee), 140, 211

Figan (chimpanzee), 65, 102, 103, 118–19, 147, 160, 161, 175, 211; Carole’s bedroom visited by, 101–2; death of, 187; Faben supports displays of, 106, 108

Flame (chimpanzee), 140, 211

Flint (chimpanzee), 21–22, 34, 140, 211

Flo (chimpanzee), 21–23, 34, 140, 187, 211

Freud (chimpanzee), 187

Friends World Institute (FWI), 25, 29, 38, 43, 49, 112, 194, 209; controversial behavior of students from, 97–98, 101; short-term volunteers from, 14–15, 47–48, 66, 73, 82, 113

Frodo (chimpanzee) 187

Gaia (chimpanzee), 187

Gale, Carole, 4, 14–38, 47–52, 67, 74, 101–12, 154–55, 162–87, 97, 209; in aftermath of Ruth’s death, 173–83; arrives at Gombe, 18–26; in banana provisioning debate, 71, 75, 81; and Cambridge University visitors, 138–40; childhood and adolescence of, 48–49; chimpanzee friendships of, 9, 34–35, 101–2, 107, 121, 122, 182, 187, 211; contacts Jane about volunteering at Gombe, 14–15; illnesses of, 4, 8, 47–52, 111–12, 156–57, 163, 184, 185; at Jane and Hugo’s Limuru house, 15–18; life of, after leaving Gombe, 183–86; Nic’s relationship with, 132–34, 138, 157–59, 162–63, 179; Nyasanga stranger chimp habituation project of, 110–11, 124, 131–38, 142, 153–59, 189; out-of-camp follows of chimpanzees by, 32–35, 82, 84, 103–11, 111, 166, 168–69; on return visit to Gombe, 186–87; Ruth’s body discovered by, 7, 167–73, 183, 192–93; during search for Ruth, 163–67; training of, 20–24 30–32; transcripts of recordings typed by, 22, 23, 26–27, 29, 36

Games People Play, The (Berne), 139

George Washington University, 10, 55, 56

Germany, East African colonies of, 2, 93

Gesell, Arnold, 76

Gingu, Tanzania, 94

Glen Echo Amusement Park, 58

Glitta (chimpanzee), 187

Goblin (chimpanzee), 15, 17–18, 125, 126, 211

Godi (chimpanzee), 125–28, 175, 211

Golden (chimpanzee), 187

Goliath (chimpanzee), 103–105, 125, 211

Gombe Stream National Park (previously Gombe Stream Chimpanzee Reserve). See also Nyasanga Valley; 1968 Tanzania Parks Department designation of, 76–77

Goodall, Jane, 2–6, 39, 50, 70–82, 97–99, 121, 130, 154, 201, 209–11; baboon research advocated by, 50, 79; and banana-provisioning, 70–72, 74–75, 81; birth of son to, 14; Carole asked to train Nyasanga stranger chimpanzees by, 110–11; divorce of Hugo and, 186; favorite chimpanzee of, 30; financial problems of, 78, 159–60, 197; at Gombe, 20, 47, 70, 75–82, 81, 91, 106, 108, 113, 129, 147, 148, 160, 190–91; at Grub’s second birthday celebration, 144; Leakey and, 2, 14; Limuru home of, 15–18, 145; marriage of Hugo and, 3, 70; meets with Parks Department officials, 77; National Geographic television film about, 15–16; at Ngorongoro, 42–46, 50, 52, 55–56, 113, 130; at Olduvai, 86–87; political lobbying by, 4–5; record-keeping concerns of, 80–81, 81; and Ruth’s disappearance and death, 3–4, 165, 180, 183, 188, 196; at Serengeti camp, 144–45, 189; tractor accident witnessed by, 73–74

Goodall, Vanne (Jane’s mother), 2, 98, 145, 191

Gremlin (chimpanzee), 187

Grinner (baboon), 53

grooming, 22–23, 23, 34, 65, 86, 108, 123–25, 127, 175

Hamburg, David, 79, 190, 210

Ha people. See Waha

Harry (baboon), 53

Heshima (baboon), 185

Hinde, Robert, 79–82, 138, 210

Holland, 50, 165, 188, 196–97

Hollywood, 6

hooting, 21, 23, 108, 126. See also pant-hoots

Hugh (chimpanzee), 26, 30–32, 31, 65, 66, 149, 153, 160, 210; affection between brother and, 85–86; alpha-male candidacy of, 149–51; death of, 187; displays by, 30–32, 123–24, 126, 152; Ruth’s final follow of, 175–76

Hugo (chimpanzee), 23, 26, 125–27, 160, 175

human diseases, chimpanzee susceptibility to, 74, 76–77, 104, 140, 211

Humphrey (chimpanzee), 66, 122, 125–26, 128, 149, 150, 187

Hungary, 5–6, 40

Huruma (baboon), 185

Huxley, Aldous, 38

hyenas, 17, 44–46, 112–13

India, Friends World Institute in, 184

Innocent Killers (Goodall and van Lawick), 45, 144–45, 190

In the Shadow of Man (Goodall), 190

jackals, 44–45

Jay, Phyllis, 52, 78, 210

Johns Hopkins medical center, 8

Kabanga Hospital, 159

Kahama Valley, 153–54, 163, 164, 166–70; waterfall in, 3, 142–43, 169–70, 172, 176, 192–93, 198–99, 203

Kakombe Valley, 104, 132–34, 136–38, 142, 160–61, 179, 182, 190; chimpanzee follows in, 108–9, 114, 125–28, 160–61, 166; Ruth’s withdrawal from other researchers in, 155, 157; tourist diversion from research camp in, 78, 110; waterfall in, 117, 125, 164

Kalande Valley, 137, 156

Kalema, Tanzania, 94

Kasekela waterfall, 35–36, 152

Kennedy, Robert, 69

Kenya, 40, 86, 87, 181; National Museum of, 89

Kigoma, Tanzania, 51, 77, 112, 159, 166, 174, 177–80; flights in and out of, 1, 66, 130, 196; medical care at Baptist mission in, 47, 49–50; police in, 165, 173, 177, 198; shopping trips from Gombe to, 18–19, 67, 84, 88, 129, 133; train service in, 18, 94, 111, 144, 145, 186

Kikwale, Rashidi, 99, 156, 164, 172–73, 179, 181, 209

King, Martin Luther, 54

King Solomon’s Ring (Lorenz), 28

Kitale, Kenya, 86

Kitwe Valley, 156

Lake Rudolf, 40

Lake Stephanie, 40

Lake Tanganyika, 1, 18, 19, 50, 77, 85, 179, 186

Lanoi, Richard, 184

Las Vegas, 6

Lawick, Godi (Hugo’s brother), 160, 196

Lawick, Baron Hugo van, 39, 50, 55, 81, 87, 88, 111, 190, 209; and banana-provisioning, 70–72; Carole asked to train Nyasanga stranger chimpanzees by, 110–11; divorce of Jane and, 186; financial problems of, 78, 159–60, 197; at Gombe, 20, 47, 70, 72, 75, 78, 91, 106, 148, 160, 194; at Limuru, 15, 17, 145; marriage of Jane and, 3, 70; meets with Parks Department officials, 77; at Ngorongoro, 42–47, 52, 55–56, 112–13, 130; old age of, 185–86; and Ruth’s disappearance and death, 165, 166, 179–81, 183, 188; at Serengeti camp, 144–45, 189; tractor accident witnessed by, 73–74

Lawick, Hugo Eric Louis van (Grub; Jane and Hugo’s son), 15, 55, 73, 113, 145, 180, 196; in England, 160; at Gombe, 74–76, 81, 82; second birthday of, 144; at Serengeti camp, 17–18, 42–43

Lawick, Baroness Jane van. See Goodall, Jane

Lawick, Moeza van, 43, 46, 50

League of Nations, 2

Leakey (chimpanzee), 65, 113–15, 129, 132, 147, 187, 211

Leakey, Jonny, 86–87

Leakey, Louis, 14, 39, 87, 165, 166, 176–77, 188; informed of Ruth’s death, 174; Jane’s first Gombe expedition sponsored by, 2; at Olduvai dig, 86

Leakey, Mary, 86

leopards, 45, 93

Levin, Michael, 184

Liemba (steel boat), 174

Limuru (Kenya), 15–17, 145

Linda Valley, 160, 165, 167

lions, 45, 46

Listowel, Lady, 39

Lord of the Ring series (Tolkien), 28, 139

Lorenz, Konrad, 28

Macrotermes bellicosus, 128

malaria, 4, 49, 84, 163–65, 169, 182, 187, 199

mambas, 28, 159

Margaret, Princess, 46

marijuana, 18, 52, 59, 97, 98, 137

Masina, Giulietta, 57

Matama, Hilali, 99, 164, 209

Matata, Iddi, 76, 92, 131, 131, 210

Mbilikimo (baboon), 185

McGiffin, Heather. See Teleki, Heather McGiffin

McGinnis, Patrick, 25, 26, 29, 36, 47–51, 71, 123, 189, 210; in aftermath of Ruth’s death, 173, 174, 176 179, 181; Cambridge University graduate studies of, 81–82, 130, 153, 163; Gombe volunteers welcomed by, 66, 67; and Ruth’s disappearance, 163–65, 167; teaches Carole to face dominant chimpanzees, 30–34

Medical Missionaries of Mary, 159

Melissa (chimpanzee), 126, 187, 211

Mfipa, 94, 95, 99, 202

mganga (traditional healer), 92

Mgaraganza, Tanzania, 93

Mike (chimpanzee), 103–5, 125, 148, 163, 166–70, 175, 190; aggression toward baboons of, 65–66; as alpha male, 23, 124, 147, 150–51, 211; death of, 187; displays of, 20–21, 30–31, 31, 126–27, 147–48, 151, 202; ranging behavior of, 160–61

Mikumi National Park, Tanzania, 185

Minnesota, University of, 195

Miss Goodall and the Wild Chimpanzees (television film), 16

missionaries, 47, 74, 159

Mkenke Stream, 179

Mkenke Valley, 84–85, 104, 132, 163–65; Watu path in, 167–68, 171, 172, 175, 198

Mkono, Hamisi, 165

Mkukwe, Jumanne, 163, 165

Moehlman, Patricia (Patti), 18–23, 25–29, 32–33

Mohammed, Hassad Said, 184

monkeys, 24, 81, 93, 105, 133, 169, 184, 210. See also baboons; chimpanzee predation of, 64, 105–6, 118–19; feeding behavior of, 128, 139–43, 153–54, 163

Monks, Dr., 91

Moro (Ngorongoro camp cook), 43

Moses (baboon), 53

Mount Elgon, 86

Mount Kenya, 40

Mount Meru, 41

Mpofu (carpenter and boatman), 66, 67, 77, 209

Mpongo, Eslom, 165

Munge River, 43, 50

Muslims, 99, 177

Mvruganyi, Yusufu, 99, 165

Mwamgongo, Tanzania, 92, 93, 99, 100, 167, 172, 180

Myrna (baboon), 53

mystic, philosophical, 38

Nairobi, Kenya, 15, 17, 39–40, 91, 131, 134, 143, 183–84; flights to and from, 1, 66, 130, 159, 160, 196; Friends World Institute in, 14, 43, 48, 73, 97, 112; Leakey in, 165, 166, 174, 176–77, 188; medical care in, 50, 138; National Museum’s snake park in, 89; Ruth’s parents in, 179–81

National Geographic magazine, 3, 17, 87, 88

National Geographic Society, 3, 16, 45, 190

Newsweek, 54

New York City, Armed Forces Examination Station in, 143–44, 147

Ngorongoro Crater, 41–46, 50, 52, 55, 130; carnivore photography at, 17, 112–13

night adders, 28

Nyasanga Valley, 132–38, 142, 153, 155, 162, 167, 182, 189; housing in, 134–35; Nic’s weekly visits to, 133–34, 138; ranger station in, 136, 210; taming stranger chimpanzees in, 110–12, 136–37, 156, 158–59, 189

Olduvai Gorge, 86, 144

Olly (chimpanzee), 23, 211

Owen, John, 77

Owens, Mrs. (Baptist missionary and nurse), 47, 49–50

Pallas (chimpanzee), 103, 104, 211

pant-hoots, 21–22, 103, 108, 125

Pasadena, California, 28, 29

Peak Ridge, 125

Penn State University, 39, 55, 129, 147, 188–89, 191, 209

People of the Forest (film), 185

Pepe (chimpanzee), 22, 23, 103, 104, 105, 211

Pharoah’s magicians, Biblical story of, 89

philosophical mystic, 38

Philothamnus, 159

Pickford, Margaret, 73, 87, 89, 97, 130–32, 131, 134, 209; break-up of Nic and, 157; during “exalted guests” visit to Gombe, 78, 82; at Ngorongoro, 112–13

Pickford, Nicolas (Nic), 77, 82, 131, 134, 139, 144, 156, 160, 209; in aftermath of Ruth’s death, 174–79; break-up of Margaret and, 157; Carole’s relationship with, 132–34, 138, 157–59, 162–63, 179; childhood and adolescence of, 86–87; concerned about Ruth, 154–55; and discovery of Ruth’s body, 172–73; fishermen and, 89–91; Friends World Institute volunteers and, 97–99, 101; Geza stays in touch with, 197–99; marriage of Cathy and, 181–82; at Ngorongoro, 112–13, 130; in search for Ruth, 163–68, 195; on shopping trips to Kigoma, 88–89, 131, 133, 162; snake bites of, 159; snake identification by, 152; during tractor accident, 73–74

Pink Lady (Boston Whaler), 19, 66–67, 88, 112

Playboy Clubs, 60, 61

poisonous snakes. See venomous snakes

polio, 104

Polypterous, 91

Pooch (chimpanzee), 35, 211

predators, 45–46, 64, 93, 105–6, 112–13, 118–19; Jane and Hugo’s book on, 17, 45, 144–45, 190

prey. See predators

puff adders, 28

Pumzi (baboon), 185

Pusey, Anne, 195

pythons, 28

Quakers, college run by. See Friends World Institute

Quasimodo (baboon), 53

Quinn, Anthony, 57

Rabchevsky, George, 40, 55, 56, 58, 129

Ransom, Bonnie, 37, 67, 75, 76, 78, 91, 138, 210; arrival at Gombe of, 37–38, 64; banana-provisioning opposed by, 71; Carole’s friendship with, 51–52

Ransom, Tim, 24–26, 67, 99, 138, 153, 157, 192–93, 210; baboon observation by, 53, 61–64, 78–79; banana-provisioning opposed by, 71; beach hut of, 24, 37, 37, 75–76; deaths of research subjects of, 91–92; Geza’s cricism of and debates with, 52, 54, 97; on weekly supply trip to Kigoma, 18–19

record-keeping, 17, 20, 26–27, 29, 80–81, 81, 205–6. See also A-records; B-records; tape recording

red colobus monkeys, 105, 118, 139–43, 153–54, 163, 210

respiratory illnesses, 74, 140, 187

Richmond, Mike, 39

Rift Valley, 41

Rix (chimpanzee), 30, 66, 126–28, 211

Rolling Stones, 139

Rukumata, Sadiki, 68, 69, 99, 164, 209

Rwanda, 186

San Diego State University, 25

San Diego Zoo, 25

sand snakes, 28

Satan (chimpanzee), 125, 127

Serengeti, 17, 41, 144–45, 185, 189

Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Beatles album), 38

shambas (fishermen’s homes and gardens), 92, 104

Sierra Leone, 191

Simpson, Michael, 138–39, 153, 161, 163, 164, 167, 210

Sleeping Buffalo, 103–104, 108, 140, 164, 175

snakes, 25, 41, 86, 89, 93, 130, 133, 135. See also venomous snakes

Sniff (chimpanzee), 103, 104, 125, 127, 128, 175

Sophie (chimpanzee), 22

Sorem, Alice, 25, 36, 51, 67, 123, 130, 210

Sorema (chimpanzee), 22

South Africa, 87, 112, 157, 185

Soviet Union, 58

spitting cobras, 28, 152

Stanford University, 79, 190, 210

Stephenson, Steve, 77, 136, 137, 143, 154, 166, 196

Strada, La (film), 57

Swahili, 40, 87, 136, 167, 169, 171, 185

Tabora, Tanzania, 18

Tanzania, 1–2, 10, 17, 18, 177, 180, 185. See also specific cities, towns, geographical features, and regions; Parks Department, 77, 110, 135, 143, 154, 165, 179, 210

tape recordings, 21, 68, 71, 79, 88, 103, 126, 127, 138, 175, 198; typed transcriptions of, 15, 17–18, 22, 23, 26–27, 29–30, 33, 36, 48

Teleki, Aidan, 8

Teleki, Geza, 4–13, 38–47, 50–61, 79–80, 113–19, 123–32, 138, 143–47, 155, 157, 177, 187–99, 209; in aftermath of Ruth’s death, 189–91, 193; arrives at Gombe, 50–52; author’s friendship with, 6–7; banana provision concerns of, 70–72, 74, 81; chimpanzee friendship of, 9, 113–14, 114, 129, 132, 211; at Christmas celebration, 130–32; correspondence of Ruth and, 40, 54, 146, 147, 150–54, 156, 161, 166, 188–89, 194; disapproves of “hippie” behavior, 52, 97; draft board problems of, 4, 82, 129, 143–44; family background of, 5–6, 12, 40–41; first days in Africa, 38–40; illnesses of, 7–9, 84; out-of-camp follows of chimpanzees by, 75, 84–86, 103, 113–19, 124; Jane assisted in lobbying campaign by, 4–5; at Ngorongoro, 41–47, 50; relationship of Ruth and, 4, 54–61, 120–21, 144–46, 187–88; on Ruth’s death, 7, 10–13, 191–99; during Ruth’s disappearance, 165, 166; Tim’s cricism of and debates with, 52, 54, 97

Teleki, Heather McGiffin (Geza’s wife), 7, 8, 12, 13, 191, 197

Teleki, Paul (Geza’s grandfather), 5

Teleki, Count Samuel, 40, 41

Teleki de Szék, Count Géza (Geza’s father), 6

Teleki Valley, 40

termite fishing, 128–29, 211

territoriality, 110–11, 136–37, 161

Thomas, Dylan, 132

Thug (baboon), 53

Tolkien, J.R.R., 28

tool use, 128–29

tourists, 17, 40, 76–78, 144; Nyasanga Valley station for, 110, 135–37, 186

toxic chemicals, 7–8

Trace, Gillian, 86–87

Transylvania, 5–6

Triton (trimaran), 77–78, 166

uchawai (sorcerer), 92

Ufipa region, 94

Ujiji, Tanzania, 97, 137, 157

Umpono, Bibi, 135–36

Umpono, Ferdinand, 135–36, 166–72, 176, 177, 193, 210

United States, 4, 79, 143; State Department, 180

Upende (baboon), 185

venomous snakes, 28, 152, 159, 166, 199; kits for treating bites of, 82, 164

Vietnam War, 9, 129, 155, 183, 200

vine snakes, 28

Visions of Caliban: On Chimpanzees and People (Goodall and Peterson), 5

vocalizations, 21–23, 85, 93, 103, 108, 125, 126, 141, 150; during banana provisioning, 21–23; during chimpanzee-baboon confrontation, 65–66; of monkeys, 105

Voice of America, 54

vultures, 17, 44

waa-barking, 126

Wabara, 93

Wabembe, Tanzania, 93

Wagoma, Tanzania, 93

Waha, 2, 93, 96, 136, 202

warfare, chimpanzee, 160, 187

Washington, D.C., 4, 5, 7, 40, 44, 54, 59, 119, 180, 188

waterfalls, 2, 35, 94, 117, 118, 164, 199; Kahama, 3, 142–43, 169–70, 176, 192–93, 198–99, 203

Watu paths, 92, 104, 109, 167, 172, 175, 198

wild dogs, 45, 144–45

Will (baboon), 53

Williams College, 52

Willy-Wally (chimpanzee), 126–28, 175, 211

Winkle (chimpanzee), 125

woolly monkeys, 184

World War I, 2, 7

World War II, 5, 40, 58

Worzle (chimpanzee), 21–23, 115–18, 116, 202, 211

wraaah vocalizations, 126–28

xenophobia, 136

Zambia, 139