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Renous

A local guide or gaucho in Patagonia.

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First appearance: viii banda oriental and patagonia

Renous shows up with force in Central Chile. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Mentioned in an anecdote about being arrested for keeping caterpillars to feed, which was considered heresy by local priests.
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