Parley's Cabinet Library: Manners, customs, and antiquities of the Indians of North and South AmericaBradbury, Soden & Company, 1843 |
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Page 192
... women were invariably the slaves of the men , still the servitude was less oppressive with some tribes than with others . From a happy conformation , their con- finements detained them but a few hours from their laborious occupations ...
... women were invariably the slaves of the men , still the servitude was less oppressive with some tribes than with others . From a happy conformation , their con- finements detained them but a few hours from their laborious occupations ...
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... woman , should I die- For yourselves alone should you weep . Poor are ye all , and to be pitied . Ye women ! ye are to be pitied ! I seek , I seek our fallen relations ; I go to revenge - revenge the slain ; Our relations , fallen and ...
... woman , should I die- For yourselves alone should you weep . Poor are ye all , and to be pitied . Ye women ! ye are to be pitied ! I seek , I seek our fallen relations ; I go to revenge - revenge the slain ; Our relations , fallen and ...
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Samuel Griswold Goodrich. grounds . The old men , women and children embark Woman and child . in canoes ; the young men go by land , on horses . The winter hunt lasts about three months . The traders follow them , and establish ...
Samuel Griswold Goodrich. grounds . The old men , women and children embark Woman and child . in canoes ; the young men go by land , on horses . The winter hunt lasts about three months . The traders follow them , and establish ...
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