Juris

The Juris were a tribe of South American Indigenous people, formerly occupying the country between the rivers Içá (lower Putumayo) and Yapura, north-western Brazil. In ancient days they were the most powerful tribe of the district, but in 1820 their numbers did not exceed 2000. Owing to inter-marrying, the Juris are believed to have been extinct for half a century. They were closely related to the Passes, and were like them a fair-skinned, finely built people with quite European features.

For other uses, see Juris (disambiguation).

References
  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Juris". Encyclopædia Britannica. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 571.


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