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Page 33
Treatment of Indians 33 for these speculations , some children , and even adults ,
have been captured and brought down the river by the Ulleros , and all these
have the usual features and coarse black hair of the Indians . One little child that
...
Treatment of Indians 33 for these speculations , some children , and even adults ,
have been captured and brought down the river by the Ulleros , and all these
have the usual features and coarse black hair of the Indians . One little child that
...
Page 52
The Indian is industrious by nature , and works steadily and well for himself ; but if
compelled to work for another , loses ... As freemen , regularly though poorly paid
and kindly treated , the Indians work well and laboriously in the mines ; but the ...
The Indian is industrious by nature , and works steadily and well for himself ; but if
compelled to work for another , loses ... As freemen , regularly though poorly paid
and kindly treated , the Indians work well and laboriously in the mines ; but the ...
Page 273
CHAPTER XX Indian population of the country lying between the great lakes of
Nicaragua and the Pacific — Discovery and conquest of Nicaragua by the
Spaniards — Cruelties of the Spaniards — The Indians of Western Central
America all ...
CHAPTER XX Indian population of the country lying between the great lakes of
Nicaragua and the Pacific — Discovery and conquest of Nicaragua by the
Spaniards — Cruelties of the Spaniards — The Indians of Western Central
America all ...
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Contents
CHAPTER I | 3 |
Commence journey up San Juan riverPalms and wild canes | 13 |
CHAPTER III | 27 |
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