The Naturalist in NicaraguaJ.M. Dent & Sons, Limited, 1911 - 306 pages |
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Page 33
... Indian features and hair ; though it struck me that they appeared rather more intelligent than the generality of Indians . Besides these , an adult woman was captured by the rubber- men and brought down to Castillo , and I was told by ...
... Indian features and hair ; though it struck me that they appeared rather more intelligent than the generality of Indians . Besides these , an adult woman was captured by the rubber- men and brought down to Castillo , and I was told by ...
Page 52
... Indian taciturn , stolid , dignified , and moderate . As freemen , regularly though poorly paid and kindly treated , the Indians work well and laboriously in the mines ; but the Negro seldom engages either in that or any other settled ...
... Indian taciturn , stolid , dignified , and moderate . As freemen , regularly though poorly paid and kindly treated , the Indians work well and laboriously in the mines ; but the Negro seldom engages either in that or any other settled ...
Page 135
Thomas Belt. Degeneration of the Indians 135 point that strikes the observer is , that not only the descendants of the Spaniards and the Mestizos are sunk far below the level of the old Indians , but that the nearly pure Indians , of ...
Thomas Belt. Degeneration of the Indians 135 point that strikes the observer is , that not only the descendants of the Spaniards and the Mestizos are sunk far below the level of the old Indians , but that the nearly pure Indians , of ...
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The Naturalist in Nicaragua: A Narrative of a Residence at the Gold Mines of ... Thomas Belt No preview available - 2018 |
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