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Vol. V No. 4 … The Cover: Reaching down to the Southeastern part of Panama up to the Columbian Boundary lies the mountainous jungle homeland of the Darien Indian – an untamed, unexplored and still dangerous region. Adventurers lured into these wilds by tales of treasures and lost mines have seldom returned. The Darien is taller and straighter than the San Blas. He hunts with bow and arrow. Ancient shotgun or rifle and fishes with a barbed spear. His home is a platform on stilts and is roofed with palm fronds: the sides are left open. A log with niches cut into it constitutes the stairway. Darien women and men paint their bodies with colored native dyes. Patterns are varied. Following no set design but ordinarily consist of simple geometric shapes. Far away from all the world, the Darien goes about his undisturbed way in the freedom of his jungle abode.