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HIPURNIAS

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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 523 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HIPURNIAS  , a tribe of

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South
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American
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Indians, 2000 or 3000 in number, living on the
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river Purus, western
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Brazil . Their houses are
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long,
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low and narrow: the
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side walls and roof are one, poles being fixed in the ground and then
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bent together so as to meet and
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form a pointed
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arch for the
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cross-sections . They use small bark canoes . Their
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chief weapons are poisoned arrows . They have a native
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god called Guintiniri .

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