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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 267 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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CHOLONES , a tribe of

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AMERICAN

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INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians living on the

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LEFT

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BANK

bank of the Huallaga

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RIVER

river in the

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AMAZON

Amazon valley . The name is that given them by the

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SPANISH

Spanish . They were first met by the

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FRANCISCANS (otherwise called Friars Minor, or Minorites; also the Seraphic Order ; and in England Grey Friars, from the colour of the habit, which, however, is now brown rather than grey)

Franciscans, who established

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MISSION

mission villages among them in 1676 . They are a

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WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

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RACE

race but mild-mannered, very superstitious, and

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PRIDE, THOMAS (d. 1658)

pride themselves on their skill as doctors . Their

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CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief weapon is the

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BLOW, JOHN (1648-1708)

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PIPE

pipe, in the use of which they are adepts .

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