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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... walls were so well whitened , polished , and shining , that they ap- peared to the Spaniards when at a distance to have been silver . The pavement or floor was plaster , perfectly level , plain , and smooth . . . . . The large houses of ...
... walls were so well whitened , polished , and shining , that they ap- peared to the Spaniards when at a distance to have been silver . The pavement or floor was plaster , perfectly level , plain , and smooth . . . . . The large houses of ...
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... walls were of marble , jasper , porphyry , a black sort of stone with red veins like blood , white stone , and ... walls of the houses were covered with plaster . From the description it seems probable that in the interior of the large ...
... walls were of marble , jasper , porphyry , a black sort of stone with red veins like blood , white stone , and ... walls of the houses were covered with plaster . From the description it seems probable that in the interior of the large ...
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... walls of this house in such a vague manner and upon more vague information . The reference to the thou- sand or more women as forming the harem of Montezuma is a gross libel . Mr. Hubert H. Bancroft , the last of the long line of ...
... walls of this house in such a vague manner and upon more vague information . The reference to the thou- sand or more women as forming the harem of Montezuma is a gross libel . Mr. Hubert H. Bancroft , the last of the long line of ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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