Parley's Cabinet Library: Manners, customs, and antiquities of the Indians of North and South AmericaBradbury, Soden & Company, 1843 |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 34
Page 15
... trees , set close together and fast rampaired in the ground , so standing aslope and bending inward that the toppes of the trees joyne to- gether and bear one against another ; having also with- in the house certain strong and short ...
... trees , set close together and fast rampaired in the ground , so standing aslope and bending inward that the toppes of the trees joyne to- gether and bear one against another ; having also with- in the house certain strong and short ...
Page 96
... trees which grew around it , seemingly to shade and shroud it as a sacred thing : in the solemn stillness of the woods , it seemed a di- vinity mourning over a fallen people . The only sounds that disturbed the quiet of this buried city ...
... trees which grew around it , seemingly to shade and shroud it as a sacred thing : in the solemn stillness of the woods , it seemed a di- vinity mourning over a fallen people . The only sounds that disturbed the quiet of this buried city ...
Page 98
... trees , and the Indians , as in the days when the Spaniards discovered them , applied to work with- out ardor , carried it on with little activity , and like children were easily diverted from it . One hacked into a tree , and when ...
... trees , and the Indians , as in the days when the Spaniards discovered them , applied to work with- out ardor , carried it on with little activity , and like children were easily diverted from it . One hacked into a tree , and when ...
Contents
THE MEXICAN INDIANS | 7 |
ANTIQUITIES OF CENTRAL AMERICA | 89 |
INDIANS OF PERU | 105 |
3 other sections not shown
Common terms and phrases
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