A primitive Indian group, the Chimilas live in the ex- 
tensive forests occupying the basins of the Magdalena, 
Ariguani and Cesar Rivers. 
Tobacco-chewing is practiced by the oldest inhabi- 
tants. Dried leaves are pulverized between two stones 
and to the powder is added a small quantity of ashes and 
some honey. Small cakes about two centimeters long 
are made of this mass. Occasionally, one may see thick 
cigars of Chimila-grown tobacco, but the usual way in 
which the male members of the tribe employ the nar- 
cotic is in chewing. 
Chami: linguistic family MKavib, according to Rivet 
(38). 
The Chami live in Corozal, Municipio de Rio Frio, 
Departamento del Valle. 
These Indians have a tobacco-pipe in the form of a 
small vase with four appendages on the basal edge by 
means of which four persons at a time smoke the narco- 
tic. This ceramic is exceptional: a collective pipe of such 
singular construction represents a culture-trait hitherto 
unsuspected and can logically be considered a ceremonial 
object. The discovery of clay elbow-pipes also gives us 
reason to suspect that smoking amongst the Chami was 
ceremonial (84, 11). 
Pijao: linguistic family Aarib, according to Rivet 
(38). 
The Pijao comprise three groups representing one 
ethnic unit living in the southern part of the Departa- 
mento del Tolima. 
Coca is found amongst these Indians and is used by 
them in the same way as by the neighboring Paez. Since 
coca is infrequent amongst Karib tribes and since the 
Pijao have been neighbors of the Paez from the time of 
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