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OMAGUAS, UMANAS

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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 98 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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OMAGUAS, UMANAS or CAMBEVAS (See also:flat-heads), a tribe of See also:South See also:American See also:Indians of the See also:Amazon valley. Fabulous stories about the See also:wealth of the Omaguas led to several See also:early expeditions into their See also:country, the most famous of which were those of See also:George of See also:Spires in 1536, of See also:Philip von See also:Hutten in 1541 and of Pedro de Ursua in 156o. In 1645 See also:Jesuits began See also:work. In 1687 See also:Father Fritz, " apostle of the Omaguas, established some See also:forty See also:mission villages. The Omaguas are still numerous and powerful around the See also:head See also:waters of the Japura and Uaupes.

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