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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 638 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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CURETUS , a tribe of

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AMERICAN

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INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians, inhabiting the

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COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country between the

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rivers of Japura and Uaupes,

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north-western

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Brazil . They are

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SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short but sturdy,

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WEAR

wear their

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HAIR (a word common to Teutonic languages)

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long, and paint their bodies . Their houses are circular, with walls of

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THATCH (O.E. thaec; the word is common to many Teutonic languages in the sense of " roof," " cover "; cf. Du. dak, Ger. Dach; from Du. dekken comes " deck "; the Indo-European root is stag, whence Gr. or.yos, roof, Lat. tegere, to cover; the French equiva

thatch and a high conical roof . They are a peaceable

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PEOPLE

people, living in small villages, each of which is governed by a

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

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