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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 267 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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CHOLONES , a tribe of See also:

South See also:

AMERICAN

American See also:

INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians living on the See also:

LEFT

left See also:

BANK

bank of the Huallaga See also:

RIVER

river in the See also:

AMAZON

Amazon valley. The name is that given them by the See also:

SPANISH

Spanish. They were first met by the See also:

FRANCISCANS (otherwise called Friars Minor, or Minorites; also the Seraphic Order ; and in England Grey Friars, from the colour of the habit, which, however, is now brown rather than grey)

Franciscans, who established See also:

MISSION

mission villages among them in 1676. They are a See also:

WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild See also:

RACE

race but mild-mannered, very superstitious, and See also:

PRIDE, THOMAS (d. 1658)

pride themselves on their skill as doctors. Their See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief weapon is the See also:

BLOW, JOHN (1648-1708)

blow-See also:

PIPE

pipe, in the use of which they are adepts.

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