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Page 33
It is very common to find the Indian tribes of America called after wild animals ,
and my own opinion is that the origin of the fable about the red hair was a theory
to explain why they were called Guatuses ; for the natives of Nicaragua , and of ...
It is very common to find the Indian tribes of America called after wild animals ,
and my own opinion is that the origin of the fable about the red hair was a theory
to explain why they were called Guatuses ; for the natives of Nicaragua , and of ...
Page 45
They are called at this stage " chilote , " from the Aztec xilotl ; and the ancient
Mexicans in their eighth month , which began on the 16th July , made a great
festival , called the feast of Xilonen . The poor Indians now have often reason to
rejoice ...
They are called at this stage " chilote , " from the Aztec xilotl ; and the ancient
Mexicans in their eighth month , which began on the 16th July , made a great
festival , called the feast of Xilonen . The poor Indians now have often reason to
rejoice ...
Page 127
On the further end of this plain was a mudwalled , thatched hut , called “ El Salto ,
" from a fall of the river close by . A man was lounging about , and a woman
bruising maize for tortillas . The man told us that the “ worked stones , ” as he
called ...
On the further end of this plain was a mudwalled , thatched hut , called “ El Salto ,
" from a fall of the river close by . A man was lounging about , and a woman
bruising maize for tortillas . The man told us that the “ worked stones , ” as he
called ...
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| Title | The Naturalist in Nicaragua 561. number of Everyman's library Everyman's library, ed. by Ernest Rhys. Science Everyman's library. Travel and topography 561. number of Everyman's library: Science |
| Author | Thomas Belt |
| Contributor | Thomas Belt |
| Publisher | J.M. Dent & Sons, Limited, 1911 |
| Original from | the University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Digitized | 7 jaan. 2010 |
| Length | 306 pages |
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