Hunting with the Munduruku warriors - PHOTO

It is a rare glimpse inside the indigenous Brazilian clan living at the heart of the Amazon river, which boasts a largely untouched stockpile of gold.Brandishing guns and daggers, the men waded through perilous waters day and night scouring the tropics for intruders.It is the last straw for the Munduruku, whose leaders travelled to the capital Brasilia last year to demand that the federal government remove non-indigenous miners from their territory.But progress is slow.Rather than wait for a court decision to start the process - which could take years - they today decided to take matters into their own hands and expel the wildcat miners they claim are hiding in their fertile land.And they weren't wrong.The group leaped out of their boat on more than one occasion to surround lurkers, brandishing sticks.The search ran right through the night, with some of the tribesmen's family members joining them with torches later on.Having driven most away, they continued searching for the fertile land being mined.One image shows the moment they stopped at a mine and lit a campfire to ward off prospective intruders.Finally, after almost 24 hours of tireless searching, the tribe stop and can be seen dancing in the moonlight.(dailymail.co.uk)ANN.Az