Parley's Cabinet Library: Manners, customs, and antiquities of the Indians of North and South AmericaBradbury, Soden & Company, 1843 |
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... race ; the second , entitled a " History of the American Indians , " was designed to furnish a brief outline of their story , from the earliest existing records to the present time . We now offer a view of the Manners , Customs , and ...
... race ; the second , entitled a " History of the American Indians , " was designed to furnish a brief outline of their story , from the earliest existing records to the present time . We now offer a view of the Manners , Customs , and ...
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... race against the practice . As we have said , the Indians in early days had no other drink than water , and all kinds of intoxicating beverages were wholly unknown to them . They , were not slow , however , in making acquaintance with ...
... race against the practice . As we have said , the Indians in early days had no other drink than water , and all kinds of intoxicating beverages were wholly unknown to them . They , were not slow , however , in making acquaintance with ...
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... race . They had the moral faculty which can recognize the distinction between right and wrong . " There is not a quality belonging to the white man , which did not also belong to the American savage ; there is not among the aborigines a ...
... race . They had the moral faculty which can recognize the distinction between right and wrong . " There is not a quality belonging to the white man , which did not also belong to the American savage ; there is not among the aborigines a ...
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