Mozetena Indians.—A group of some half dozen tribes constituting a distinct linguistic stock upon the headwaters of the Beni river, Department of Beni, in north-western Bolivia. Among their peculiar customs is the couvade. In the early part of the eighteenth century, through the efforts of the Jesuits, a part of them were Christianized. They now number about 1300, and are living in three mission towns, viz., Muchanes (founded 1725), Santa Ana, and Magdalena, all on the Beni river, near the confluence of the Mapisi.
Brinton, American Race (New York, 1891); Hears in Kansas City Review of Science, VI (Kansas City, 1883); WxpprE Lu, Voyage dans le Nord de la Bolivie (Paris, 1853).
James Mooney.