Montezuma's Dinner: A Review of Native Races of the Pacific States by Hubert Howe Bancoft, New York: D. Appleton & Co., Civilized Nations, Vol. IICollege Division, Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1976 - 44 Seiten |
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... elective among their members . When a vacancy occurred by the death of a sachem in any tribe , a council of the decedent's gens was convened to elect his suc- cessor , in which all the adult male and female members of the gens were ...
... elective among their members . When a vacancy occurred by the death of a sachem in any tribe , a council of the decedent's gens was convened to elect his suc- cessor , in which all the adult male and female members of the gens were ...
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... elective among its members , like the office of principal war - chief among the Iroquois . The blazon on the house occupied by Montezuma was an eagle , which of itself creates a presumption that he belonged to the Eagle gens . An elective ...
... elective among its members , like the office of principal war - chief among the Iroquois . The blazon on the house occupied by Montezuma was an eagle , which of itself creates a presumption that he belonged to the Eagle gens . An elective ...
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... elective Indian chief . It may also be men- tioned that Montezuma was deposed for cowardice while a prisoner in the hands of Cortes , and his brother Cuitlahua put in his place . Herrera's account makes this a plain and neces- sary ...
... elective Indian chief . It may also be men- tioned that Montezuma was deposed for cowardice while a prisoner in the hands of Cortes , and his brother Cuitlahua put in his place . Herrera's account makes this a plain and neces- sary ...
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American aborigines ancient Anonymous Conqueror April Aztec Confederacy Aztec society brother brother to brother brought Central America chafing-dish children afterwards civilization Clavigero common stores communism in living composed confederacy of three cooked council of chiefs court customs dian dinner of Montezuma dishes earthen bowls eight gentes elective ethnical period existed facts federacies floor gens gentile halls History of America History of Mexico hundred and fifty Indian family Indian house Indian society institutions Iroquois joint-tenement house kettle king lands in common large households law of hospitality lords maize marble mats meal each day Middle status Montezuma lived Montezuma's Dinner napkins organized in gentes palace person Peru phratries plates presented principal war-chief probably pueblo of Mexico Red Race sachem and chiefs social Spaniards Spanish writers status of barbarism stone Tenochtitlan three Indian tribes three thousand tion Tlacopan usages Uxmal Valley of Mexico Village Indians