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The colonists immediately discovered much of the best land in the area was already leased by local
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Colonists were required to follow the laws of
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returned home in June 1925 to recruit more colonists. Later that year he shifted to trying to recruit
Indians from their village at El Palmer. With the shift in strategy, the colony grew to nearly 400 and ran Bolivia's first
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personally approve all land transfers. Any change to the laws required a majority vote and Murray's consent. He barred colonists who were members of
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