Wizard of the Upper Amazon [1 ed.]

Table of contents :
Caucho Camp / 5
Strange Village / 16
Visions / 23
Hunting Camp / 42
Hunting Stories / 65
Invasion / 77
Apprenticeship / 86
Indian Caucho / 98
Legends / 120
Marriage / 132
Jaguars / 140
Assassin / 148
Transition / 160
Frustration / 170
Release / 182
Return / 194
Appendix: The Relation of Various Vision-Causing Extracts / 201

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Upper Amazon

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remote jungle

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Amazon forest, was taken cap Indians and carried off to their

village at the

headwaters of the

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