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acted chiefly in time of war. Had the ambition of the chiefs of 
some of these industrious tribes been turned to the acquisition of 
wealth, probably we should have seen indigenous civilized nations 
in the heart of South America similar to those found on the Andes 
of Peru and Mexico” (HWB, 299). 
754. Among the Oyana the tamuchi’s heirs have certain privileges 
over other children. When eating they have the right to sit on a 
cololo [a sort of bench], like the reigning chief, while their subjects 
have to squat on their heels. Again, they are distinguished from 
peitos (sec. 740) by certain honors rendered them in the tribes which 
they traverse. On the eve of his departure the young wife of the 
village chief takes care to paint Ouanica [a chief’s son] from top to 
toe with ruku (Cr, 288), after the usual salutation procedure (sec. 
809). 
