# Antonio the Indian — Through the Brazilian Wilderness character guide

> Antonio the Indian in Through the Brazilian Wilderness by Theodore Roosevelt.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Antonio, the Indian

**First appearance:** 0012-viii-the-river-of-doubt

## Snapshot

An Indigenous guide and boatman whose knowledge of the river country makes him the expedition's living compass through unfamiliar wilderness.

## Who they are

Antonio belongs to the small corps of local men whose skills the expedition depends on once it enters the interior. His familiarity with the water, the forest, and the routines of river travel places him at the practical frontier between Roosevelt's party and the land they are crossing. As the journey narrows to canoes and unknown channels, his presence becomes one of the quiet conditions of survival.

## In the story

### [Down an Unknown River Into the Equatorial Forest](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/through_the_brazilian_wilderness_se/chapters/ix-down-an-unknown-river-into-the-equatorial-forest)

Accompanies Kermit to explore a side river.

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