Parley's Cabinet Library: Manners, customs, and antiquities of the Indians of North and South AmericaBradbury, Soden & Company, 1843 |
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Page 247
... village assem- bled to witness the ceremony . • There are many be- low , ' continued the voice of the brother , whom you call great in medical skill , but it is because their ears are open , and they listen to my voice , that they are ...
... village assem- bled to witness the ceremony . • There are many be- low , ' continued the voice of the brother , whom you call great in medical skill , but it is because their ears are open , and they listen to my voice , that they are ...
Page 309
... village to another , quarrelling and intermarrying ; so that the population of no particular village can ever be correctly ascer- tained : but their numbers are supposed to be dimin- ishing . Several missionary establishments have been ...
... village to another , quarrelling and intermarrying ; so that the population of no particular village can ever be correctly ascer- tained : but their numbers are supposed to be dimin- ishing . Several missionary establishments have been ...
Page 316
... village pro- claiming in a loud voice what every man ought to do . Their communities in general , appear to be well re- gulated . The children of both sexes seem to be ticularly under the charge of their mothers ; the boys till they are ...
... village pro- claiming in a loud voice what every man ought to do . Their communities in general , appear to be well re- gulated . The children of both sexes seem to be ticularly under the charge of their mothers ; the boys till they are ...
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