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CHOLONES , a tribe of See also:South See also:American See also:Indians living on the See also:left See also:bank of the Huallaga See also:river in the See also:Amazon valley . The name is that given them by the See also:Spanish . They were first met by the See also:Franciscans, who established See also:mission villages among them in 1676 . They are a See also:wild See also:race but mild-mannered, very superstitious, and See also:pride themselves on their skill as doctors . Their See also:chief weapon is the See also:blow-See also:pipe, in the use of which they are adepts . |
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