Word: paya
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...route went up the Tuira River, branching off on the Pucro River. At the Indian village of Pucro we hired twelve packers and went by Indian trail to the Indian village of Paya. (It might be said here that I seemed to be quite a curiosity to the Indians, and was, apparently, the first white woman they had ever seen.) . . . Here our packers deserted us, making it necessary to dispose of a good part of our equipment. Two Indian boys on their way to visit the chief medicine man of their tribe in Colombia agreed to guide us. We followed...
...been for the skill of the Paya Indians in navigating the tremendous rapids, it is doubtful whether I could have reached the interior," contained Mr. Spinden. "Although they are an extremely primitive people, dating back to pre-Columbian times, the Payas are boat-men of great daring and endurance, who drive forward in the face of the most tumultuous streams. I was alone with these natives during the course of my trip and found them a very interesting people, more humanly attractive than the comparatively civilized Maya Indians of Yucatan...