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MOXOS , Mojos, MoHOS, a tribe of See also:South See also:American See also:Indians living around the See also:head-See also:waters of the See also:Madeira See also:river, See also:northern See also:Bolivia, particularly on both See also:banks of the See also:Mamore . They submitted to Inca domination, but in 1564 gallantly repulsed the Spaniards . A See also:century later, however, the See also:Jesuits were welcomed, and the Moxos became devout Catholics . They number some 30,000 . |
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