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Show Indiana of Amazon Valley War Is 'he normal state of the Jiharo Indian of the Amazon valley, first, for the purpose of getting wives from r-dgbborlng or enemy tribes, second. sec-ond. I'oi reven-e of injuries indicted unnr relatives during wars, then for enemv heads that (.le supposed to bring good luck to the possessors bemuse be-muse of the snrrflcp nf the victim to the devil. The heads of their enemies ene-mies also become a source of Income to these savage Amazonian trhos, trtee they are exchnneed with trad-ers trad-ers for arms, ammunition, etc. The skull is removed from the head of the decapitated enemy through a silt In the back from the neck up. The skin Is then boiled to arrest putrefaction, pu-trefaction, after which It Is dried nnd reduced In size by Inserting hot stones the size of an orange. When the Interior In-terior has been shrunk to the size of the stones hot sand la used to continue con-tinue the process of drying and shrinking. shrink-ing. After the process Is completed, the head Is hung up In the hut as a trophy and feasts are held in its honor. These mln'ature bends, reining to a remarkable degree chnrncieristlc likeness to tho living person, sre ir, demand in the outside world. l.-nroit New s. |