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Guaycurus

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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a tribe of South American Indians on the Paraguay. The name has been used generally of all the mounted Indians of Gran Chaco. The Guaycurus are a wild, fierce people, who paint their bodies and go naked. They are fearless horsemen and are occupied chiefly in cattle rearing.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Guaycurus'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​g/guaycurus.html. 1910.
 
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