“They are living the life my mother wanted,” Nuno said. “The inland life, far from the white man. But he says it is hard. Many of my people come from the coast, and sometimes they bring the white man’s sickness with them. He says there were many of them in his village once, but now it is just him, his wife and the child. They hear that the white man comes closer each day. People say they see boats on the river—not so far up as here, but in time they will come. He and his family will journey farther into the forest, because he fears this home will not last.”
