Parley's Cabinet Library: Manners, customs, and antiquities of the Indians of North and South AmericaBradbury, Soden & Company, 1843 |
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... common peo- ple , we may also use the quaint language of Pietro . They are made round like bells ; their frame is raised of exceeding high trees , set close together and fast rampaired in the ground , so standing aslope and bending ...
... common peo- ple , we may also use the quaint language of Pietro . They are made round like bells ; their frame is raised of exceeding high trees , set close together and fast rampaired in the ground , so standing aslope and bending ...
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... common , as to be little valued by the rich ; even the common people had them attached to their lips when dead , to serve in the other world in place of a heart . When Cortés first returned to Spain , he carried with him five emeralds ...
... common , as to be little valued by the rich ; even the common people had them attached to their lips when dead , to serve in the other world in place of a heart . When Cortés first returned to Spain , he carried with him five emeralds ...
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... common to a barbarous people . When Atahualpa had his first interview with Pizarro , he appeared before him with nearly the same pomp that attended Montezuma in his introduction to Cortés . The Inca approached the Spaniard , being ...
... common to a barbarous people . When Atahualpa had his first interview with Pizarro , he appeared before him with nearly the same pomp that attended Montezuma in his introduction to Cortés . The Inca approached the Spaniard , being ...
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