Patrol To Contact
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“ Lost Tribe"
A patrol will leave Telefomin in the Sepik District of Papua- New Guinea about the end of June to make contact with a group of about 750 natives whose existence was unknown until they were sighted from a helicopter recently.
The natives live in rugged, mountainous country near the headwaters of the August River, about 50 miles north-west of Telefomin.
The patrol to contact them will be led by Mr. J. M.
Wearne, Assistant District Com missioner of the Telefomin Sub- District, who sighted the “lost tribe” during an Administration survey to locate isolated groups of people in the area.