Moxos people

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The Moxos, also known as the Mojos, are an indigenous people living around the head-waters of the Madeira River in northern Bolivia, particularly on both banks of the Mamore River. They submitted to Inca domination, but in 1564 gallantly repulsed the Spaniards. A century later, however, the Jesuits were welcomed, and the Moxos became devout Catholics. They numbered some 30,000 in the first decade of the 20th century.

[edit] External links

• Moxos Indians at the New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia.

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