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Coatf (the Nasua coatimundi). 

 Juruparf (Devils). 

 Ipeca (Ducks). 



Papunauas, the name of a river, a tributary of the 

 Guaviare, but which has its sources close to the 

 Isanna. 



These tribes are much alike in all their customs, differing only 

 in their languages ; as a whole, however, they offer remarkable 

 points of difference from those of the river Uaupes. 



In stature and appearance they are very similar, but they 

 have rather more beard, and do not pull out the hair of the 

 body and face, and they cut the hair of their head with a knife, 

 or, wanting that, with a hard sharp grass. Thus, the absence of 

 the long queue of hair forms a striking characteristic difference 

 in their appearance. 



In their dress they differ in the women always wearing a 

 small tanga of turiiri, instead of going perfectly naked, as 

 among the Uaupes ; they also wear more necklaces and bracelets, 

 and the men fewer, and the latter do not make use of so many 

 feather-ornaments and decorations in their festivals. 



Each family has a separate house, which is small, of a square 

 shape, and possesses both a door and windows ; and the houses 

 are collected together in little scattered villages. The Isanna 

 Indians make small flat baskets like those of the Uaupes, but not 

 the stools, nor the aturas, neither have they the white cylindrical 

 stone which the others so much esteem. They marry one, two, 

 or three wives, and prefer relations, marrying with cousins, 

 uncles with nieces, and nephews with aunts, so that in a village 

 all are connected. The men are more warlike and morose in 

 their disposition than the Uaupes, by whom they are much 

 feared. They bury their dead in their houses, and mourn for 

 them a long time, but make no feast on the occasion. The 

 Isanna Indians are said not to be nearly so numerous, nor to 

 increase so rapidly, as the Uaupes ; which may perhaps be 

 owing to their marrying with relations, while the former prefer 

 strangers. 



The Arekainas make war against other tribes, to obtain 

 prisoners for food, like the Cobeus. In their superstitions and 

 religious ideas they much resemble the Uaupes. 



The Macas are one of the lowest and most uncivilised tribes 

 of Indians in the Amazon district. They inhabit the forests 



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