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...natives said they thought Raymond A. Paynter, curator of birds at the Museum of Comparative Zoology, his wife Elizabeth, and David W. Norton '66 were government officials trying to take their and away. They had intended to kill the three, and the Paynters are alive only because the natives, who had apparently been drinking heavily, thought they were dead and left the tent...
...Norton slipped past the attackers and ran six miles through the jungle to the town of Palmas for help...
...Paynters and Norton were taken to St. Vincent De Paul Hospital in Cue Ca, the Azuay capital, 190 miles south of Quito. The Paynters are reported in serious condition but are expected to live. Paynter is suffering from machete cuts on his head and his left arm is broken in several places. His wife has cuts on her head and arms. Norton is reported in good condition, having suffered arm injuries...
...expedition was a long term research project on the fauna of Equador. The Paynters and Norton were studying factors of distribution affecting jungle bird life...
...Norton has spent the past two summers in Equador and took a leave of absence from Harvard to join the project. Paynter joined the expedition six weeks ago and was followed by his wife last week...