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Title : The Putumayo : the devil's paradise, travels in the Peruvian Amazon Region and an account of the atrocities committed upon the Indians therein
Year : 1913 ( 1910s )
Authors : Hardenburg, W. E. (Walter Ernest), 1886-1942
Subjects : Casement, Roger, Sir, 1864-1916 Peruvian Amazon Company, Ltd Rubber
Publisher : London : Fischer Unwin
Contributing Library : Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor : University of Toronto

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cahuana^and the chupe del tabaco was always an importantfeature. The few who possessed clothes generally,wore them on these occasions, painting those partsof the body not covered by them. These dancesused to go on from one house to another for severaldays in succession, and the manguare was hardlyever silent during this time. The Huitotos often paint themselves on otheroccasions, one of the most common colouringmatters being the haitoc or jagua^ which also hasthe excellent property of being offensive to gnatsand mosquitoes to such an extent that they willhave nothing to do with persons painted with it. The religion of the Huitotos is a confused mixtureof several beliefs. Thus, they worship the sunand the moon and at the same time believe inthe existence of a Superior Being, called Usifiamu,and an inferior potentate, named Taifeiio, who isalso supposed to be the Spirit of Evil. They alsoappear to believe in a future life to be spent inhappy hunting-grounds, &c., but these ideas are
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GUAMAKES INDIANS, OF THE HUITOTO TRIBE, IN DANCE COSTUME. To face p. 162. THE HUITOTOS 163 vague and confused and mingled with the mostridiculous superstitions. In the days when the Colombians were para-mount in this district they used to bring downpriests from Pasto and Mocoa to convert theHuitotos and introduce them to the ways andcustoms of civilisation and Christianity. Now thatthe Peruvian Amazon Company has monopolisedthe region priests are carefully excluded, and every-thing that tends to the instruction and enlighten-ment of the wretched aborigines is carefully doneaway with. Indeed, in order to frighten peopleand thus prevent them from entering that region,they have circulated most bloodcurdling reports ofthe ferocity and cannibalism of these helplessIndians, whom other travellers as well as Perkinsand myself have found to be timid, peaceful, mild,industrious, and humble. In conclusion, it is necessary to call attentionto the fact that owing to the oppressions of thePeruvian

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