The Manners, Customs and Antiquities of the Indians of North and South America, Band 12Rand and Mann, 1844 - 336 Seiten |
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... possessed many arts and customs of civilization , strangely blended with atrocious barbarities . Their countenances appear to have been equally enigmatical ; for while their round faces , farther re- moved from the oval than that of any ...
... possessed many arts and customs of civilization , strangely blended with atrocious barbarities . Their countenances appear to have been equally enigmatical ; for while their round faces , farther re- moved from the oval than that of any ...
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... rapacious , noisy and almost frantic . They would stake all they possessed , and even their personal liberty , on a single cast of the die . Southey gives the following description of the amusement THE MEXICAN INDIANS . 19.
... rapacious , noisy and almost frantic . They would stake all they possessed , and even their personal liberty , on a single cast of the die . Southey gives the following description of the amusement THE MEXICAN INDIANS . 19.
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... possessing a serious and somewhat melancholy cast of countenance . They were treated with kindness by their husbands , spending their time in indolent repose , or the feminine occupations of spinning and embroidery . The maidens ...
... possessing a serious and somewhat melancholy cast of countenance . They were treated with kindness by their husbands , spending their time in indolent repose , or the feminine occupations of spinning and embroidery . The maidens ...
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... possessed the wonderful art of so mixing their metals , that the feathers of a bird or the scales of a fish would be alternately of gold and silver . No European artizan could equal them in these delicate manufactures . An important ...
... possessed the wonderful art of so mixing their metals , that the feathers of a bird or the scales of a fish would be alternately of gold and silver . No European artizan could equal them in these delicate manufactures . An important ...
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... possessed many gentler impulses , were in several respects the most barbarous that have been known , and some of their customs exceeded , in this respect , even those of the savage state . The Mexicans had some idea , though an ...
... possessed many gentler impulses , were in several respects the most barbarous that have been known , and some of their customs exceeded , in this respect , even those of the savage state . The Mexicans had some idea , though an ...
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Abipones American Anahuac ancient animals antiquities appear Araucanians arrows Atahualpa Aztec beautiful birds body caciques called Camanchees ceremony character chief Cholula civilization cloth colors conquest corn Cortés cotton covered cultivated customs Cuzco dance death dress dwellings earth enemies fastened feast feathers feet high fish flesh flowers gold ground hair head horses houses Huascar Huayna Capac human hundred hunting idol Incas Indians inhabitants kind lake language live lodge maize Manco Capac manner Mexicans Mexico miles Montezuma mounds mountains nation noble ornaments Osage painting palace Palenque party Pawnees person Peru Peruvians possessed present priests pulque Quito race remains resembling river ruins sacrifice savage scalps sculptured seen side silver skins sometimes songs Spaniards Spanish Spirit square stone temple terrace Tezcuco tion Toltecs trees tribes tumuli village warriors whole wigwam wild women woods yanaconas
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Seite 263 - Within the paths of righteousness, ev'n for his own name's sake. *Yea, though I walk in death's dark vale, yet will I fear none ill: For thou art with me; and thy rod and staff me comfort still.
Seite 99 - ... the face of a monument, and then to dig around and bring to light a fragment, a sculptured corner of which protruded from the earth. I leaned over with breathless anxiety while the Indians worked, and an eye, an ear, a foot, or a hand was disentombed; and when the machete rang against the chiselled stone, I pushed the Indians away, and cleared out the loose earth with my hands. The beauty of the sculpture, the solemn stillness of the woods, disturbed only by the scrambling of monkeys and the...
Seite 263 - My table Thou hast furnished In presence of my foes ; My head Thou dost with oil anoint, And my cup overflows. 5 Goodness and mercy all my life Shall surely follow me : And in God's house for evermore My dwelling-place shall be.
Seite 98 - It is impossible to describe the interest with which I explored these ruins. The ground was entirely new; there were no guide-books or guides; the whole was a virgin soil. We could not see ten yards before us, and never knew what we should stumble upon next. At one time we stopped to cut away branches and vines which concealed the...
Seite 38 - The lips and bosom of the infant were sprinkled with water, and "the Lord was implored to permit the holy drops to wash away the sin that was given to it before the foundation of the world; so that the child might be born anew.
Seite 303 - ... back ; by which he has the power of throwing himself up again, and changing to the other side of the horse if necessary. In this wonderful condition, he will hang whilst his horse is at fullest speed, carrying with him his bow and his shield, and also his long lance of fourteen feet in length, all or either of which he will wield upon his enemy as he passes ; rising and throwing his arrows over the horse's back, or with equal ease and equal success under the horse's neck...
Seite 329 - ... (on a level and beautiful prairie), which before had been strained tight and fixed, were seen waving and flapping in the wind, and in one minute more all were flat upon the ground. Their horses and dogs, of which they...
Seite 38 - Is this punishment intended, not for our reformation, but for our destruction?" Again, "Impart to us, out of thy great mercy, thy gifts, which we are not worthy to receive through our own merits".
Seite 96 - Egyptians ; one, displaced from its pedestal by enormous roots ; another locked in the close embrace of branches of trees, and almost lifted out of the earth; another, hurled to the ground, and bound down by huge vines and creepers ; and one standing, with its altar before it, in a grove of trees which grew around, seemingly to shade and shroud it, as a sacred thing in the solemn stillness of the woods, it seemed a divinity mourning over a fallen people.
Seite 86 - The hair is divided, and falls down behind in two long plaits, fastened at the top by a bow of ribbon and a flower. In this dress there is no alteration from what they wore in former days; saving that the women of a higher class wore a dress of finer cotton with more embroidery, and a loose garment over all, resembling a priest's surplice, when the weather was cold. Among the men, the introduction of trousers is Spanish — but they still wear the...