Conibos

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Conibos or Manoas is a tribe of South American Indians inhabiting the Pampa del Sacramento and the banks of the Ucayali in Peru. Spanish missionaries first visited them in 1683, and in 1685 some Franciscans who had founded a mission among them were massacred. A similar fate befell a priest in 1695. They have since been converted and are now a peaceful people.

This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.