The Archive · 1928

Near Bolivia and Brazil

New York, March 5.

A visit to a mysterious race of warriors, possibly descendants of South Sea Islanders who came South America centuries ago is described by Mr, Hyatt Verill of the American Indian Museum on his return from his sixteenth trip to South America, Mr Verill said he found a tribe of 360 men and women in an almost impenetrable wilderness between Brazil and Bolivia. None of them wore clothing. The men had long beards of the type commonly seen in the Solomon Islands. They were Nature worshippers.—Reuter,

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