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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
Dr ...
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
Dr ...
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 135
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 whom there are many
large ...
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 whom there are many
large ...
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