The Naturalist in NicaraguaJ. M. Dent & Sons, 1911 - 306 pages |
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Page xxxii
... Mestizos - Curious custom at the festival at Condego - Cross range between Segovia and Matagalpa - Sontuli - Birds ' nests 211 CHAPTER XVI Concordia - Jinotega - Indian habits retained by the people— Indian names of towns - Security of ...
... Mestizos - Curious custom at the festival at Condego - Cross range between Segovia and Matagalpa - Sontuli - Birds ' nests 211 CHAPTER XVI Concordia - Jinotega - Indian habits retained by the people— Indian names of towns - Security of ...
Page 135
... Mestizos are sunk far below the level of the old Indians , but that the nearly pure Indians , of whom there are many large communities , have so degenerated that it is hard to believe that they are the very same people that , four ...
... Mestizos are sunk far below the level of the old Indians , but that the nearly pure Indians , of whom there are many large communities , have so degenerated that it is hard to believe that they are the very same people that , four ...
Page 218
... Mestizos are a thriftless , careless people , but I care not here to dilate on their shortcomings . Let only the hospitality and kindness I experienced in Palacaguina live in my mind , and let regret draw a veil over their failings ...
... Mestizos are a thriftless , careless people , but I care not here to dilate on their shortcomings . Let only the hospitality and kindness I experienced in Palacaguina live in my mind , and let regret draw a veil over their failings ...
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