Parley's Cabinet Library: Manners, customs, and antiquities of the Indians of North and South AmericaBradbury, Soden & Company, 1843 |
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Page 187
... wild pleasures of savage life . Around the heads of bays , and along the banks of rivers , where fish were plentiful , and where also the deer was abundant , they seemed to collect in swarms . In other parts of the country , they were ...
... wild pleasures of savage life . Around the heads of bays , and along the banks of rivers , where fish were plentiful , and where also the deer was abundant , they seemed to collect in swarms . In other parts of the country , they were ...
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... wild animals . In ancient times these were killed with the bow and arrow , and also caught in traps . Raccoons , partridges , beavers , wild turkies and other game were taken in great numbers . In the rivers 222 INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA .
... wild animals . In ancient times these were killed with the bow and arrow , and also caught in traps . Raccoons , partridges , beavers , wild turkies and other game were taken in great numbers . In the rivers 222 INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA .
Page 290
... wild fruits , game and fish are abun- dant and at hand . The most dense ancient population existed precisely in the places where the most crowd- ed future population will exist in the generations to come . The appearance of a series of ...
... wild fruits , game and fish are abun- dant and at hand . The most dense ancient population existed precisely in the places where the most crowd- ed future population will exist in the generations to come . The appearance of a series of ...
Contents
THE MEXICAN INDIANS | 7 |
ANTIQUITIES OF CENTRAL AMERICA | 89 |
INDIANS OF PERU | 105 |
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