Parley's Cabinet Library: Manners, customs, and antiquities of the Indians of North and South AmericaBradbury, Soden & Company, 1843 |
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... arrows which they regard- ed with great reverence and used as means of pre- dicting the event of a battle . Two of their bravest chiefs were to shoot them at the enemy and recover them , or die . If the arrows struck and killed or ...
... arrows which they regard- ed with great reverence and used as means of pre- dicting the event of a battle . Two of their bravest chiefs were to shoot them at the enemy and recover them , or die . If the arrows struck and killed or ...
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... arrow - heads were made of hard stone , and fashioned with great labor . The tomahawk was made of a softer kind of rock . The wooden part of the arrow was a straight stick cut from an elder- bush , or other light wood . The bow - string ...
... arrow - heads were made of hard stone , and fashioned with great labor . The tomahawk was made of a softer kind of rock . The wooden part of the arrow was a straight stick cut from an elder- bush , or other light wood . The bow - string ...
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... arrows , and a pipe of red stone , richly ornamented . This was taken as the word of consent to his marriage ; so the two were considered husband and wife from that time . " O - no - wut - a - qut - o found everything exceedingly fair ...
... arrows , and a pipe of red stone , richly ornamented . This was taken as the word of consent to his marriage ; so the two were considered husband and wife from that time . " O - no - wut - a - qut - o found everything exceedingly fair ...
Contents
THE MEXICAN INDIANS | 7 |
ANTIQUITIES OF CENTRAL AMERICA | 89 |
INDIANS OF PERU | 105 |
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Abipones America Anahuac ancient animals antiquities appear Araucanians arrows Atahualpa Aztec beautiful birds body caciques called Camanchees ceremony character chief Cholula civilization cloth colors conquest corn Cortés cotton covered cultivated customs Cuzco dance death dress dwellings earth enemies fastened feast feathers feet high fish flesh flowers gold ground hair head horses houses Huascar Huayna Capac human hundred hunting idol Incas Indians inhabitants kind lake language live lodge maize Manco Capac manner Mexicans Mexico miles Montezuma mounds mountains nation noble ornaments Osage painting palace Palenque party Pawnees person Peru Peruvians possessed present priests pulque Quito race remains resembling river ruins sacrifice savage scalps sculptured seen side silver skins sometimes songs Spaniards Spanish Spirit square stone temple terrace Tezcuco tion Toltecs trees tribes tumuli village warriors whole wigwam wild women woods yanaconas