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laying an egg that was eaten and vomited by a jaguar. A snake was hatched from the regurgitated egg
and slithered into the sea, where it grew fish scales. The beast was so ugly it was shunned by the other
gods, who 422 thrived in the sun, so it lived underground where it eventually became the guardian of the
dead.
Chachapoyas.A town in Peru fifty-six miles from the limestone sinkhole.
Chachapoyas Culture.A vast confederation of city states that encompassed almost four hundred
square kilometers. The tribes were conquered by the Inca Empire around A.D. 1480. Known as the
Cloud People, they were a pre-Inca civilization that flourished high in the Andes from A.D. eight
hundred. The culture was highly stratified but did not have royal elite like the Inca. The Chachapoyan
people were fair skinned with blue and green eyes.
Chaco, Juan.Inspector general of Peruvian archaeology and director of the Museo de la Nacion in
Lima, Peru. Involved with the Solpemachaco. When the attack is bungled en the City of the Dead, he is
thrown from a tilt-rotored plane into a potato field in Ecuador. He strikes the ground in the middle of a
small corral, just missing a cow, and dies instantly.
Chiclayo.Town in Peru north of Trujillo to which Pitt informs the Deep Fathom he is flying. It's a fake,
however, to throw off pursuers.
City of the Dead.Also known as Pueblo de lose Muertos. It is a magnificent lost city recently
rediscovered by the Shining Path terrorists.
Colorado School of Mines.Location in Golden, Colorado, where Gaskill borrows a
ground-penetrating radar detector unit to search the Zolar warehouse in Galveston.
Colt .45.Handgun made by Colt Arms Corporation. Pitt's was carried by his father in World War II
from Normandy to the Elbe River and then presented to Dirk when he graduated from the Air Force
Academy.
Colt Colt Commander.A 9-millimeter handgun used by Swain in the undercover stake-out of
Rummel.