A fifth technique involved conversations with a whole group of people. After an appropriate introduction, individual Indians were encouraged to volunteer to report on items they had experienced or claimed to have knowledge of. Such reports were recorded on magnetic tape and then played back for the entertainment of the group as a whole. After the first brave souls had broken the ice, the rest generally became eager to participate. In fact, as time went on they often vied for the opportunity to perform before the microphone. As these reports were replayed for the entertainment of the group, the missionary investigators were encouraged to write down the reactions of the listeners to the material on tape, for out of these responses valuable information about values, attitudes, and prejudices could be gleaned. ...Later the anthropologist and the missionary investigator reviewed the contents of these accounts and formulated questions to pursue the leads that such material contained. The additional questions were generally asked in private, with only one or two informants being present. A missionary Bible school teacher used this group technique to study the Lengua spirit world with the students during some of the regularly scheduled classes. Others applied this technique to the study of individual life cycles, recent historical events, and folktales and mythology.