JURIS  , a tribe of

South American Indians, formerly occupying the country between the rivers Ica (lower Putumayo) and Japura, north-western Brazil . In ancient days they were the most powerful tribe of the district, but in 182o their numbers did not exceed 2000 . Owing to inter-marrying, the Juris are believed to have been extinct for half a century . They were closely related to the Passes, and were like them a fair-skinned, finely built people with quite European features .