![]() ![]() He then returned to local Peruvian life, married and raised a family. After the chief's death, Córdova was acknowledged as leader of the tribe for some years. The chief also led night-long group sessions under the influence of ayahuasca to sharpen prowess in the hunt. The small tribe knew skills for hunting in the jungle, which he learned well, acquiring the name Ino Moxo (black jaguar). The elderly chief taught him in intensive private sessions traditional tribal knowledge: medicinal plants of the jungle, and ways of leadership. He was, however, captured by a native tribe, and apparently lived among them for seven years. ![]() Manuel Córdova-Rios (Novem– November 22, 1978) was a vegetalista ( herbalist) of the upper Amazon, and the subject of several popular books.Īs a teenage mestizo of Iquitos he joined a company's work party to set up camp in the neighboring Amazon forest. Rivers and cities of the Amazon Basin and vicinity ![]()
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