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s mimesis, and this is where the "science" of the men from the United States blended so well with the "cosmology" of the men from the land of the Cunas. What is more, while certain tones and shades may have changed, this confluence of interests seems even stronger today than it ever was. White Indians of Darien is the story of an amazing episode in the life and