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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Piro Indians |
 | | The Piro excel all tribes of the Ucayali both in its strength and vitality, a fact which may be due to the more moderate temperature and superior healthfulness of their country. |
 | | Manuel Albaran, descending the Apurimac, was killed by the Piro. |
 | | After the revolution, which made Peru a separate government, the missions were neglected, most of the missionaries were withdrawn, the neophytes sought employment at the river ports or in the rubber forests, or rejoined their wild kindred, and in 1835, only one mission station, Sarayuca, remained upon the Ucayali. |
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