ABSTRACT
FIGURE i Cesáreo Soto, a Warao river pilot and boat captain, guides his motorized canoe through one of the many rivers of the Orinoco delta to transport the author from the Venezuelan village of Barrancas on the Orinoco River to the Warao village of Yaruaro Akoho on the Winikina River-a two-day journey in 1973. The sheets of plastic protect the luggage and equipment from the rain. Photo by Dale A. Olsen.
