# George K. Cherrie — Through the Brazilian Wilderness character guide

> George K. Cherrie in Through the Brazilian Wilderness by Theodore Roosevelt.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Cherrie, Mrs. Cherrie, Messrs. George K. Cherrie

**First appearance:** 0005-i-the-start

## Snapshot

A veteran ornithologist with twenty-two years in the American tropics, he has been jailed, threatened with execution, and run guns between collecting trips.

## Who they are

Cherrie is the expedition's most seasoned field man, an Iowa-born Vermont farmer whose wife once camped with him on the Orinoco and whose second child was born two hundred miles from the nearest white settlement. His past includes three months in a South American prison expecting daily to be shot, and two and a half years as a gunrunner — after which he named a new ant-thrush for the revolutionary chief he had served. That blend of ornithology and insurrection makes him exactly the kind of companion Roosevelt trusts in country where the map runs out.

## In the story

### [Frontispiece 1](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/through_the_brazilian_wilderness_se/chapters/frontispiece-1)

Photographer of the image.

### [Frontispiece 2](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/through_the_brazilian_wilderness_se/chapters/frontispiece-2)

Cherrie was a member of the expedition.

### [Through the Brazilian Wilderness](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/through_the_brazilian_wilderness_se/chapters/through-the-brazilian-wilderness)

Naturalist and bird expert, collecting specimens.

### [The Start](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/through_the_brazilian_wilderness_se/chapters/i-the-start)

Naturalist who goes ahead to collect specimens; previously lost a native follower to snakebite.

### [II: Up the Paraguay](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/through_the_brazilian_wilderness_se/chapters/ii-up-the-paraguay)

Reported on the severe insect torment experienced during collecting work in the Chaco.

### [IV: The Headwaters of the Paraguay](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/through_the_brazilian_wilderness_se/chapters/iv-the-headwaters-of-the-paraguay)

Processing jaguar skins and tending to a pet owl; trapping mammals including a tayra weasel and opossums.

### [Up the River of Tapirs](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/through_the_brazilian_wilderness_se/chapters/v-up-the-river-of-tapirs)

Observes and collects many bird specimens at Porto Campo.

### [VI: Through the Highland Wilderness of Western Brazil](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/through_the_brazilian_wilderness_se/chapters/vi-through-the-highland-wilderness-of-western-brazil)

Made good collections of birds and mammals at Utiarity, including opossums and mice new to the collection.

### [VII: With a Mule Train Across Nhambiquara Land](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/through_the_brazilian_wilderness_se/chapters/vii-with-a-mule-train-across-nhambiquara-land)

Collects birds, including some possibly new to science, and shares anecdotes about tropical frogs.

### [VIII: The River of Doubt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/through_the_brazilian_wilderness_se/chapters/viii-the-river-of-doubt)

Collects bird specimens, shoots a jacu for food, and has collected sixty birds on the Dúvida so far.

### [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)

Collects bird specimens, discovers ancient rock carvings, and helps in emergencies; shares stories with Roosevelt.

### [X: To the Amazon and Home; Zoological and Geographical Results of the Expedition](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/through_the_brazilian_wilderness_se/chapters/x-to-the-amazon-and-home-zoological-and-geographical-results-of-the-expedition)

Cherrie collected over 2,500 birds and 500 mammals; his diary helped prepare the map of the new river.

### [Appendix A: The Work of the Field Zoologist and Field Geographer in South America](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/through_the_brazilian_wilderness_se/chapters/appendix-a-the-work-of-the-field-zoologist-and-field-geographer-in-south-america)

Noted for penetrating and living in the wilderness for months and years as part of mammalogical and ornithological work.

### [List of Illustrations](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/through_the_brazilian_wilderness_se/chapters/list-of-illustrations)

Photographer of several images; appears in a canoe and his diary contributed to the map.

## Links

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