With the Pianoghottos. 
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resembled the Maopityans : indeed, ho mueli eaie liad been .spent on the 
pi«?-tail that it Avould have done credit to the most fashionable Parisian 
Ivairdressei-. The body was not decorated in lines, but with the excep- 
tion of the face, Avas painted i-ed from cliin to toe. The men wore plenty 
of beads around the loins and .slioulders an<l, like the Zurumata.s, below 
the knees cotton strin<?s from which a number of tassels were dependent. 
Around tlie neck of eacli man a ]>rettily made comb ]mu<x down upon the 
breast. The bows and arrows were unusually lonf;-: they did not possess 
Far elnbs. The women were far more nigfjardly fleshed 1)y Nature than 
the men and wore the hair cro])i»ed quite shoi t. Tho village consisted of 
three houses of which one exactly corresponded in its construction with 
those of the Maopityans: the two remaining" ones were open sheds. 
952. According to the reports that my brother was able to collect 
concerning the district, it admitted of no doubt that the Curuni or 
Curuwuini of the Pianoghottos was the Tiiritani of the Maopityans.* 
Their nearest neighbonrs to th<> eastward were the Cocoipityans or 
Harpy Eagle Indians and five days' journey farther the Mekurus or 
Maroon Negroes of Surinam. They carry on a lively trade with the 
latter. 
950. On the 25th August the whole of the villagers .set out to fetch, 
the things the expedition had left behind. Tlie three ^Maopityans, after 
receiving their pay, went back with them at the same time: just before 
leaving they Averc handed tlie wages for a fourth one, Avho on account of a 
bad foot had been unable to ]>i-(»ceed. As the Pianoghottos could not get 
back under seven days, tJie interval was ac« ordingly occupied in making 
new woodskins, and liaking cassava bi'ead Isecanse my brother wanted to 
continue his journey down the Cutai-i. 
954. A few days after the de])arture of the residents, the expedi- 
tion visited several of the neighbouring Pianoghottos from Avhom my 
brother was aide to galher inany geographical and ethnographical notes. 
To the East of the village the Orokoyanna or Parrot Indians are said to 
be living: towards S.S.E. on the l)anks of the Kaphn, the Tschikianas, 
the dread and terror of their peacealtle neigldiours: close to the sources 
of the Wanamu, some five days' jotirney from here, the Drios, a fellow- 
tribe of the Pianoghottos: fartlier towards the S.E. the similarly feared 
Maipurisehiannas or Tapir Indians, who use the .skulls of their slain 
enemies as drinking vessels. Towards the S.W. lies the country of the 
Tunayannas or Water Indians, and fartliei- to the westward that of the 
( 'ar;iwayaiinas, and Harakutyos or Harokotos. The direct Westward 
appears unoccui)ied. AVlien uiy Itrotlici- men I ioiic«! 1lic names of 
Arawaks and Warrans. they ]K)inted to (lie North. 
955. On Septend»er 1st at least a portion of the baggage Avas l)rought 
to the village, and my brother determined to depart without further de- 
lay although the salt, tent-cover, and the largest part of the colh'ctious 
were Avanting. 
* — i.e. the Corerityii, sect. 9\7. The Aramatiui Hows intci thr Ciihiri. ;iiul tlie ruiniii 
into the latter soon al'tei tlie jiinctioii. sects. iKjH. llö'J. (Ed.) 
