Parley's Cabinet Library: Manners, customs, and antiquities of the Indians of North and South AmericaBradbury, Soden & Company, 1843 |
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... pieces were not reduced to any uni- form length , shape , or size . They were joined as they came from the quarries , or fell from the mountains , — some being square , some triangular , & c . They were united by making a hollow in one ...
... pieces were not reduced to any uni- form length , shape , or size . They were joined as they came from the quarries , or fell from the mountains , — some being square , some triangular , & c . They were united by making a hollow in one ...
Page 153
... piece of colored flannel , two corners of which are fastened on the left shoulder by a cactus thorn , the middle ... pieces of gold which were buried with them , were placed in their mouths . Owing to the nitrous quality of the sand ...
... piece of colored flannel , two corners of which are fastened on the left shoulder by a cactus thorn , the middle ... pieces of gold which were buried with them , were placed in their mouths . Owing to the nitrous quality of the sand ...
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... pieces of skin . They chose their situations for their villages with great discrimination , and were always guided in their choice by the chances they saw of obtaining plenty of fuel and food . They were never attracted by. INDIANS OF ...
... pieces of skin . They chose their situations for their villages with great discrimination , and were always guided in their choice by the chances they saw of obtaining plenty of fuel and food . They were never attracted by. INDIANS OF ...
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