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undeniably white. They wore no clothing, and carried bows and arrows which were tipped with poison, so the
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have skin colors that are not much different from those of other
Amerindian groups.". Another journal article states "there is no evidence of miscegenation with Caucasians".
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81:(1945) compiled further accounts of similar sightings of "White Indians" in the Amazon Rainforest from the 16th to 19th century by explorers and
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