Ecuador : its ancient and modern history, topography and natural resources, industries and social development . stances through the forest by blowsproducing different notes. The deadly blow-pipepoison, and the weapons themselves, form articlesof commerce among these tribes. Some tribesdwell in community houses ; some are clothed,others naked ; and among some there is a primitiveidea of a Supreme Being. The Huambisa Indians inhabit the country betweenthe upper reaches of the Santiago and Morona are descended, like the Jibaros, from the pureIndian and the Spanish race—from the Spanis
Ecuador : its ancient and modern history, topography and natural resources, industries and social development . stances through the forest by blowsproducing different notes. The deadly blow-pipepoison, and the weapons themselves, form articlesof commerce among these tribes. Some tribesdwell in community houses ; some are clothed,others naked ; and among some there is a primitiveidea of a Supreme Being. The Huambisa Indians inhabit the country betweenthe upper reaches of the Santiago and Morona are descended, like the Jibaros, from the pureIndian and the Spanish race—from the Spanish womenwho were captured by the Indians in 1599 at thesack of Sevilla de Oro—and in some cases are fair-skinned and bearded, due to the admixture, so differ-ing from the usual copper-coloured and beardlessnatives of the Amazon basin. They have a reputationfor cruelty and treachery, and before the middle oflast century almost exterminated the civilized Indiansof the missions in that region. In February, 1913,the Huambisas rose and massacred the soldiers ofthe outpost which was established by Peru in the. NAKED IXDIAXS OK THE NAPO, EASTERN FOREST REGION. To face p. 238. THE ECUADORIAN PEOPLE 239 district disputed by that country with Ecuador. Thecaptain of the troop was shot with his own gunby the Indian chief, whom he had just shown howto use the weapon. The whole settlement wasmassacred, all those present at the time being of the occurrence was received in Lima bywireless telegraphy from Iquitos. The outpost was,however, re-established, with a troop of soldiers anda steam-launch for river service. The Indians of the Oriente tend to decreaserapidly, due to the methods of exploitation practisedby the whites, and the acquisition of the white mansvices and diseases, to which they were originallystrangers as a rule. It would seem at present thatunder the existing methods of commerce in theAmazon valley, this aboriginal race is doomed todisappear, but there are signs
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