Parley's Cabinet Library: Manners, customs, and antiquities of the Indians of North and South AmericaBradbury, Soden & Company, 1843 |
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... warriors . It is different from the alarm - whoop , and consists of the sounds aw oh , successively uttered , the last note being an octave higher , and prolonged into a con- tinued cry . The alarm - whoop always betokens dan- ger . It ...
... warriors . It is different from the alarm - whoop , and consists of the sounds aw oh , successively uttered , the last note being an octave higher , and prolonged into a con- tinued cry . The alarm - whoop always betokens dan- ger . It ...
Page 229
... warriors had returned victorious , celebrations followed , in which dancing , feasting , and the torture of the captive , held a conspicuous part . The scalp - dance among the Sioux is performed at night Scalp dance . the warriors are ...
... warriors had returned victorious , celebrations followed , in which dancing , feasting , and the torture of the captive , held a conspicuous part . The scalp - dance among the Sioux is performed at night Scalp dance . the warriors are ...
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... warrior to exchange his victim for some article of value . To obtain this , he resorted to an American trader , who ... warrior before him . Arming himself with his war - club , he explained the object of the summons , and commanded the ...
... warrior to exchange his victim for some article of value . To obtain this , he resorted to an American trader , who ... warrior before him . Arming himself with his war - club , he explained the object of the summons , and commanded the ...
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