. The earth and its inhabitants ... to be easilyconfused with Mayorunas. But this name itself presents a difficulty. In Quichua Mayo Runa meansRiver People, whereas they are a tribe of hunters, living in the depths of theforest, without boats or rafts. They may, however, have originally come fromthe unnavigable headwaters of some river, such, for instance, as the Mayo, on thebanks of which the Spaniards founded Moj^obaraba, The Mayorunas are accused of cannibalism by their neighbours, but withoutany proof ; they are, however, hostile, and even dangerous to whites A^enturiug into INHABITANTS OF
. The earth and its inhabitants ... to be easilyconfused with Mayorunas. But this name itself presents a difficulty. In Quichua Mayo Runa meansRiver People, whereas they are a tribe of hunters, living in the depths of theforest, without boats or rafts. They may, however, have originally come fromthe unnavigable headwaters of some river, such, for instance, as the Mayo, on thebanks of which the Spaniards founded Moj^obaraba, The Mayorunas are accused of cannibalism by their neighbours, but withoutany proof ; they are, however, hostile, and even dangerous to whites A^enturiug into INHABITANTS OF PEEU. 313 their territory. In 1866 a Brazilo-Peruvian expedition up the Yavari had toretrace its steps after losing its canoes and arms, and although the commissionersof 1874 were more fortunate, they lost twenty-seven of their party from fever,hardships, and the poisoned arrows of the Mayorunas. Akin to these are the Marahuas, who dwell farther east on the right bank of Kg. 119.—Indian Populations of 1 : 15,000, West or GreenwrcK 310 Miles. the Yavari, and who are now mostly Catholics. But of all the riverine peoplesabove the Brazilian frontier, the Yahuas (Yaguas) are physically the finest. Bothmen and women have the same proud bearing, and their almost naked figures looklike living statues. Their Ticuna neighbours, higher up the river, are also afine race, who dress in excellent taste, ornamenting their robes with unsymmetricalbut highly effective paintings, and at a distance resembling the conventional 314 SOUTH AMERICA—THE ANDES EEGIONS. figures of angels, with their long tresses and white wings pendent from theshoulders. On the other hand, the Orejones ( Long Ears ), although tall and muscular,make themselves repulsive by slitting the lower lobe of the ear into two strips,which hang down nearly to the shoulders. Their territory lies on the north sideof the Napo, above its confluence with the Marafion. The Spaxiards, Negroes and Coolies. The Spanish im
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