…pass through, but I sensed that our longer hair and loose manner made him uneasy. His uneasiness increased when I asked about Dr Guzman. It was clear then, by the stiffening of the old priest's Face that my question had hit a sore point. Nevertheless, we…

…sore point. Nevertheless, we were offered a ride to a point up river near a trail inland to San Jose Del encanto. Yes Dr Guzman is doubtless there. He passed through on his way to return to his language studies only three weeks before and his wife was…

…began running and shouting. Some ran one way and some another to the first person who reached us, we asked for Dr Guzman. Surrounded by people giggling and whispering, we reached the anomalous house. It was made of leaves woven expertly between long arched…

…of house peculiar to the witoto people. Inside, resting on a hammock which hung between two smoke darkened supporting posts, was Dr Guzman. The immediate impression was of an unnatural gauntness: deep set dark eyes and skeletal nervous hands. He did not get…

…she look up she was plump, wearing khaki pants she had blue eyes and even teeth, seeming to address us all equally, Guzman spoke: my wife shares my professional interests. How fortunate. It must make it much easier. Vanessa offered yes. The flat reply…

…less directly toward revealing its meaning. We talked for perhaps twenty minutes. At the end of that time we had learned that Dr Guzman would help us find bearers and depart, but that this would take some days. We learned that Guzman was an ardent…

…had learned that Dr Guzman would help us find bearers and depart, but that this would take some days. We learned that Guzman was an ardent structuralist marxist and male chauvinist that his involvement with the witoto approached being a mania, that he was…

…and helped us carry our gear to a run down, unused hut on the edge of the village. As we set up camp, Annabel Guzman approached us with several cups of steaming coffee and chatted with us as we worked. She seemed more relieved than dismayed by our…

…had left us rather worn. I spent part of each day collecting insects or writing or thinking in my hammock. We saw Dr Guzman very rarely. He treated us with the same remote disdain that the other male leaders of the community affected. Not everyone was…

…Toto of all ages intently watching whoever of us was most active at any given moment. In one of his oddest moves, Dr Guzman had asked us to answer any of the people's questions concerning the relationships prevailing within our group by saying that we…

…in the heat of the afternoon when I was alone collecting insects in the forest I came around a large tree to Surprise Dr Guzman who was standing absolutely still poised above a small ditch with a fish spear in his hand. We walked back to the village…

…We could not continue on without bearers and only when the men came back from the hunting party would we get bearers. Guzman would tell us almost nothing about the ukuje he said: ridiculous, you're not going to get it. These people don't even speak…

…of us in the company of two huitoto adolescents. The capitan of the village turned out to wish us a good journey. Even Dr Guzman was smiling, delighted no doubt, at the prospect of the village returning to normal after a long week playing host to a…

…the real putumayo will put us at the mouth of Rio Caraparaná. There is a mission there, San Rafael. We are looking for Dr Horacio Guzman, mentioned in one of our papers as the source of an authentic sample of the ucube. We are looking for Guzman. Is…

…Horacio Guzman, mentioned in one of our papers as the source of an authentic sample of the ucube. We are looking for Guzman. Is an anthropologist working with the huitoto upriver from San Rafael at a tiny village charmingly called San Jose Del encanto.…

…Del encanto. This village is situated at the beginning of a 110 kilometer trail through the jungle to la charrera. Not only can Guzman be helpful in our search, but he can help us hire bearers for the trek over land many days to anticipate this…

…is the day of the full moon and tomorrow we will arrive at El Encanto. There. If present plans hold, we will meet Dr Guzman. The tensions that divide us have also surfaced. Vanessa and Sia, who have very little in common, are warm friends. Is this…