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IQUITOS
began life in 1739 when Jesuit Jos Bahamonde established settlements at Santa Barbara de Nanay and Santa Maria de Iquitos on the Ro Mazn. It was a particularly daunting task, as the missionaries here faced the task of converting the fierce Iquito Indians, renowned as marksmen with their long poison-dart blowpipes. There are only one or two families of the Iquito tribe left, living way on the upper Ro Nanay, and these days the region is better known for the Yaguar, Bora and Witoto tribes, whose handicraft can be seen virtually everywhere you turn in the modern city.
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