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Legitimate trade with the Guajira included divi-divi and hides 
principally. Cora, rice and snail articles were sent out in return. 
It was evident, during the early days of April when I was working oat 
fro® Biohaeha, that there was considerable business in contraband, 
this included cotton goods and silks, Scotch whiskey, American beer 
and cigarettes, sugar from the D o mi n i c an Republic, and various other 
commodities. Lucky Strike cigarettes sold through these agencies at 
about tee sane priee as tee brands manufactured locally or about #1.00 
U. S. a carton; in other words less than tee ordinary retail price in 
the United States. 
Froa fiiohacha I crossed parallel to the north coast through 
Pijaro to M anan r e, and froa tears turned south to cone finally to 
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Maicao, a center for the southwestern Guajira not far froa the Venezuelan 
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frontier. SeSor Miguel Marla Barren (known usually as Mandia) is tee 
principal aan in this settlement, controlling trade with the Indians 
and other matters. Farther to the west in the region of Xehiapa and 
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Carraipia Eaf&el Barros and one or two other members of the family are 
the principal Sivilizados. At Maicao 30 or 40 houses are scattered 
over an area a mile or so square with a small duster arranged about 
a crude open plaza as a nucleus. Good water is pumped from shallow 
wells by windmills and food is fairly plentiful. At this point Dr. 
Carlos Lehmann and the Lieutenant left tee party. 
From this point we continued on to Uribia, the capital of the 
Guajira, where I met Capitan Eduardo London© Villegas who holds the 
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office of Commisario do Guajira. Uribia, founded in 1M, had a few 
